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Oregon Daily
Emerald
Thursday. October 30. 1986
Eugene. Oregon
Volume 88. Number 41
Hart makes Eugene appearance
to help boost DeFazio campaign
By Shawn Wirtz
Of thff EMtraki
Former Democratic presidential can
didate Sen. Gary Hart. D-Colo., flew
into Eugene on Wednesday to cham
pion Peter DeFazio, candidate for the
4th Congressional District seat, as
"one of the new generation of
Democratic leaders”.
DeFazio introduced Hart as a
presidential candidate, but Hart was
quick to respond with, ‘‘former
candidate.
“We'll talk about that after Peter’s
elected.” Hart replied to an inquiry
concerning his status as a 1988
presidential contender.
"This is the last two years of the
Reagan era." Hart proclaimed He
predicted the Democrats will regain
control of the Senate 52-48. and he
said the 100th Congress needs DeFazio
in the House of Representatives.
“What Peter DeFazio stands for are
the traditional values and principles of
the Democratic Party, which other
Democrats have abandoned." Hart
said.
“The best indicator of that is his
continued commitment to a strong and
secure Social Security program.” he
said Hart urged the audience to par
ticipate in DeFazio’s campaign. "(Jive
him a little money if you haven’t been
devastated by Reaganomics," he said.
Hart lauded DeFazio for advocating
decreased military expenditures.
“What our values as a society ought to
be is not Star Wars and smart bombs, it
ought to be a productive economy and
smart people.” Hart said.
He criticized President Reagan's per
formance at the ll.S.-Soviet summit in
Reykjavik. Iceland. "In exchange for
preserving the right for 10 years to test
exotic, new weapons in space... he
abandoned the possibility of dramatic
reductions in offensive ballistic
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Sen. Gary Hart stopped in huffene Wednesday to help Democratic (Can
didate Peter Det'azio campaign in his bid for Oregon's 4th Congressional
District seat.
missiles." Hart said.
“It was a very, very poor bargain in
deed," he said. Hart would have ac
cepted General Secretary Mikhail Gor
bachev's offer. "Are you kidding? Ab
solutely. Absolutely," he said.
Spokesman for DeFazio's opponent
Republican Bruce Long. Todd
Bankofier said he was not surprised
Hart came to support DeKazio. lie
noted that the National Taxpayers
Union voted Hart one of the highest
spenders in Congress “four of the last
five years."
"He’s probably known as the
premier liberal in Congress,”
Hankofier said. “So that's on par with
Mr. UeFazio.”
OSPIRG's
funds frozen
in injunction
By Stan Nelson
IN Nm (mkM
The ASIJO Constitution Court, in a
court injunction Wednesday, froze fun
ding of the University-chapter Oregon
Student Public Interest Research Croup
for political activities, but the ASUQ Ex
ecutive said the injunction is invalid.
The injunction, submitted by Inciden
tal Fee Committee member lames Ran
dall. asks the court to restrict OSPIRG
from spending incidental fee-allocated
funds, frum using Suite 1 of the Krb
Memorial Union for political purposes,
and from listing its office phone in Suite
1 on partisan advertisements
Randall said ho requested the injunc
tion on behalf of himself, and the request
in no way reflects the collective opinion
uf the I FT.
The ASU0 Executive believes that the
injunction exceeds the Constitution
Court's authority, said Steve Nelson.
ASUO president. The wording of the
Constitution Court's description of
duties in the Green Tape Notebook,
which outlines administrative duties', is
ambiguous and the ASUO Constitution
makes no mention of the Court acting in
this capacity, he said.
- The document is deceptive tiecause
Randall submitted the request on I Ft.' sta
tionery and signed the document as
James T. Randall, memlier, Nelson said.
It implies that the request had the sup
port of the IFC. he added.
Constitution Court member |on
Folkestad. who granted the restraining
order, said the order is within the
authority of the court to issue a tem
porary restraining order. If a group is not
complying with governing rules, even
EMU Hoard rules, then an injunction can
and will tie granted upon valid evidence
that shows a violation has occurred, he
said.
Randall presented a valid argument for
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Higher education experts blast ballot's tax measures
By Chris Nomd
Of Ik. EmM
Several of Oregon's higher
education experts are warning
that ballot measures 9. 11 and
12 will be disastrous for state
colleges and universities.
University President Paul
Olum blasted all three
measures, saying that passage
of any one could cripple Oregon
State System of Higher Educa
tion institutions, which he
termed the "the best bargain in
higher education in the U.S."
State System Chancellor
William Davis also denounced
the tax measures, saying they
would only result in "tax
shifts" that could, at worst,
severely hamper the quality of
education, and "at best, one
could only project a continua
tion of the status quo. when it
has been clearly demonstrated
that we need to invest more in
higher education in Oregon."
But proponents of the
measures are saying the future
economic benefits, which
Oregon may derive from the
measures, will pay dividends to
all segments of the state, in
cluding higher education.
Ballot Measure 9 has received
the strongest criticism from
educators at all levels in the
state. Measure 9 calls for an
amendment to the state con
stitution. which would set a
maximum property-tax rate and
limit annual increases of assess
ed property value to 2 percent.
New or increased property
tax rates would require voter ap
proval if Ballot Measure 9
passes. Measure 9 is the fifth
property-tax limitation measure
to reach an Oregon ballot in as
many elections.
Oregon's highor education in
stitutions do not receive fun
ding from property taxes.
"The way Measure 9 would
affect the University is that the
legislature would then be left
with the problem of how to keep
the (elementary and secondary)
schools running. Then we're in
grave risk that one of two terri
ble things would happen: either
they will let all the things that
matter so much in our society,
like elementary and secondary
schools, fall apart; or they will
have to divert a very large share
of income taxes that are now go
ing to other purposes into help
ing to run the school systems."
Glum said.
"And if that happens, we will
be in terrible trouble."
But Jana Bader Jarvis of
Oregon Taxpayers United, who
is pushing for passage of
Measure 9. said its effects on
higher education would be
negligible.
Currently property-tax rates
in Oregon are set by local levies,
and higher education's funding
comes from state-wide taxes. So
a cut in property taxes would
not equal a cut in higher educa
tion funding. Jarvis said.
Measure 9 opponents think
that a property tax cut would
force the legislature to spend
inure state-wide tax money on
elementary, secondary and
community college education,
but that is "|ust a guess on their
part, one of many possible
scenarios." Jarvis said.
All revenues lost in public
education, K-12. do not need to
be made up. Jarvis said. She
noted that Oregon spends
$1,000 more per student than
any of its four neighboring
states.
"We the supporters feel very,
very strongly that this is a
measure that'll turn Oregon’s
economy around." larvis said.
Oregon needs to tighten the belt
on public sevices and allow
private enterprise the oppor
tunity to boost the economy,
she said.
"I believe very strongly in
higher education, and I believe
we will all benefit together."
she said.
Higher education should be
scared of Measure 9. but higher
education experts' fear of
measure's 11 and 12 is based on
a lack of understanding, said
Mike Farber, regional organizer
of Oregon Fair Share, which is
sponsoring measures 11 and 12.
Measure 11 would exempt
from taxation 50 percent of a
residence valued up to a max
imum of $25,000. School
districts, cities, and county
governments would lose $310
million in property tax
revenues, according to the
legislative Revenue Office. The
state is required by the measure
to then make up HO percent of
the lost revenues.
Measure 12 would increase
personal and corporate income
taxes by $293 million to make
up the deficit left by Measure
It.
"To transfer property tax to a
huge income tax burden sounds
very nice. It sounds like you're
just hitting the rich and hitting
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