Investigation
Continued from Page 1
Many of the allegations
claim Babcock is an inept man
ager The list also says Habcix k
has been party to several ques
tionable pun bases and proce
dures
As if to underscore this
point, the Physical Plant has
the highest overhead cost of
any state institution that pro
vides hash maintenance, ai
cording to the list of allege
lions.
Moreover, the list calls on
state officials to investigate the
construction of an .or si rublier
i listing more than $<>110.01)0
The s< rubber was designed to
filtur smoke produced at the
plant but was only used for one
month
Babcock, who was attending
a safety conference in Portland
Tuesday, said he could not
comment on the investigation.
"I'm not allowed to even
comment on it (the investiga
tion). though I'd like to." he
said
In addition. Haix:ock is ac
i used ol overpaying an Eastern
Oregon friend for "hog fuel"
(forest industry waste products)
and for loaning the I Iniversity's
066 Hut ket I .trader free of
charge
The tractor, used to load fuel,
is normally rented for about
$4.0(H) a day, according to the
allegations
The allegations (laim Hah
cot k and Physical I’lant admin
istralors have used "intimida
lion" tactics to discourage
workers Irotn voii mg concerns
Furthermore, Babcock is ac
cused of pressuring employees
espei ialh those who have
heav\ equipment expertise to
work on personal projis ts of
his
“Currently (Babcock) has
asked for work to be done on
his mobile home develop
ment This puts personal
pressures on us to do work for
him or lose favor." one allega
tion read.
Most of the accusations ren
ter around Hahcor k's use of fa
voritism to seler t contrar tors in
and out of the Physical Plant to
complete I tniversity projects,
whir h the list i laims has led to
cost overruns in the millions of
dollars
Soviets
ontinucri from P.»k«' 1
mu," slii' s,iid "Hut in terms of
teaching and mrdii al fields,
the majority of workers are
women It feels normal to have
a lot of women m these posi
tions."
She said she was "very im
pressed" with the University's
library, and was delighted to
disi over on the shelves Russian
hooks that she had not yet had
the opportunity to read
"1 (i«n ided Iti spend a lot of
time reading." she smiled.
there .ire, for example, some
books from the l!>20s. and
some books In Russian immi
grants that have not vet been
published in Russia I want to
read a lot of them.” Zagorskaya
said
She also expressed a desire to
see more of Oregon both its
landsi ape and its people
"I like to walk around town
.ind look .it the art hitecture It
varies .i lot; the houses are all
different It's also nil c to see
green in tile middle of I ehru
arv and to look at the flowers I
like to wall h |ieople and the
free and informal wax that lhe\
inter.u t liar It person is an indi
xidiial, and that's ver\ strik
111K Z.agorskaya said
Zagorskaya speaks little linn
lisli, and at times crossing tile
language n.irrii'r can oe trying
However. she said she gets by
with a little help from friendly
Kugenlans
"Kltgene people lire very
friendly, anti everyone has
been very helpful, especially
the professors and the staff
here They've been very helpful
in setting me tip with .t place to
live dealing with a new town,
a new < ulture. and the lan
guage barrier, she said
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his own amendment,
which would return the
hill to its original reading
and let "the debate on the
House floor decide what is
right "
After approving the
amendment, the committee
referred SJRH to the House
floor The bill is expected
to <oine up for vote some
time during the next few
days.
The actual voting on the
amendment has become a
controversy in itself At
cording to Dwyer. Chair
man Hernie Agrons (D-Kla
math falls) "didn't clarify
what proposal was being
voted on
"It’s possible some peo
ple didn't know what pro
posal they were voting
for." sail! S( ott Bartlett
legislative assistant for
Dwyer
Both House Speaker
Vera hat/, and Senate Presi
dent John Kitzhaber said
they opposed the amend
ment
"I'm not sure it will
pass." Katz said. She add
ed that the unclear voting
might necessitate the bill
being returned to commit
tee.
MlZfifltMT was more sire
deni in his objections. < all
inn the proposal "horrible
public policy "
"This hill lias tremen
dous impact." kitzhaber
said. "Log exports are a
state wide issue, not a
county issue The ques
tion is. do counties have
the right to control state
lands7 1 say they don’t.'
In other legislative busi
ness Tuesday. Rep kelly
(Hark (KWest I inn) intro
dut ed a hill during .1 morn
ing press conference that
would allow state income
tax ( red its for non-profit
1 liaritv 1 ontrihutions
" Those ot us who he
iieve that the private sector
1 an help pa k up the slat k
in soi ial ser\ ii ex have a re
sponsihilitx to make it pos
sible tor them to do so,"
( dark said
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maximum amount ot tax
credits would lie Sltill tor
joint returns and Sal) tor
individual returns
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