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State needs to find new money source For someone who hasn't uffic i.dlv entered the 1‘i'tn HiiheiHiitoii.il race vet Ciov Neil (midst luniill is sure making sounds as if he's going to run for a second term (ioldsc hmidt Inis spent the bettei part of tins week traveling around the state delivering tlunlv disguised campaign speci fies in Oregon, the governor usuallv gives a single ' state of the state spent h at the begin ning of the yeai llovvevei (ioldschmidl in an interest mg politic al move has given one spent h a dav foi foul ( onset utive davs ill different ( ities around the slate So far the most intriguing new pits e i amt) out of (Ioldsc hmidt s Tuesday speech in fiend I here the guv ernoi proposed a i (institutional amendment to ti name his Head Stall program with proceeds from lot terv funds I'he Head Start program is part of (Ioldsc hmidt s well-known Hhildren's Agenda \oters liked his idea of a spei nil emphasis on i hildren's programs after all. it helped gel him elei ted in I'lMli hut so far, the program lias been less than vvhal (iotdsc hmidt had an t icipated When the lottery measure passed in 1118*4 one of the hvl.iws was that 14 percent of proi eeiis would he used lot economic development (Ioldsc hmidt s new proposal would use 40 percent of that money, about $20 million a vear. to greatly expand the program Of the I >,000 i hlldren in the slate between the ages of t and 4 only about t.OOt) are actually enrolled ill Head Start I he lotterv was originallv intended to i reate a pool of economii resourt es. but sine e its inc eption it's been mutated into something else l.otterv funds have been used to financ e such things as interc ollegiate athletic s. prison c onstruc tion. and now. children's programs There is nothing wrong with using lotterv funds foi soi ial programs but it is rmkv to base vour state budget on a variable* source of income lust as home owners wouldn't bank on winning the lotterv. the state shouldn’t i leate a budget based on lottery proceeds I lie obvious solution is to come up with nnnthet revenue sourc e. sue h as a sales tax In the past, Oregon voters have been adamant about rejecting tax meas ures. hut the time is coming where there just won't be enough money to fin.mi e state seiv h es t'nless Oregonians want to sec massive i uts in so • ial programs, they will have* to approve some sort of new tax measure A new sourc e of revenue won t c lire all of the slate's problems (sue h as si bool financ.e. cor rei turns and high property taxes), but it vv ill be a start Editorial >"MNlike the P< vie think ouk \99° . fiiwget j6 jUSt Chock M of fiscally Responsible stUTW Allocate money for Eugene school repair Most Line (lountv residents an* wall aware of the problems m the state school svstem. hot so far, Kugene schools have avoided the worst linani ial crunches so i !)iiinii]ii in other si hoot dislrii ts Last year, the district made several dras tic budget moves, including cutting out 127 stall positions Kugene voters approved a lieu properU tax lew. bill be< aose ot con tinuing budget delicits. will probahh be lai ed with another one this year ()n top ol theii concerns, district offi cials learned troin a capital improvements committee this weekend that the district's buildings are in dire need of repan Most ol the buildings .ire between 2(1 and It) vears old and face a variety ol problems structural unsoundness, as well .is beating, rooting and plumbing ills I lie cost to renovate the buildings is high, the committee lecomntended allocat ing S i H million ovet the next two years lor the repairs Alter that, voters will need to approve a capital maintenance bond ol somewhere in the neighborhood of $ l (l-S 1 > million in l'l'l 1. District residents are not going to tre.it this year's property tax levy and next year's maintenance bond too kindlv. In the past they’ve turned down other levies, such as in 1 tIKti when they rejected a $17.7 million ( apital improvements measure. Nobody likes taxes, but right now them is no other alternative While the lawmakers in Salem barnh about di lie rent school li nance proposals and make waves ovei mi uuscule items, the state public school sys tem continues to collapse. II district resi dents want their children to get a quality ed mation. and get it in sale and upgraded buildings, they're unfortunately going to have to pay tor it themselves. Voters need to approve both the property lax levy and the capital maintenance bond it residents show they are doing something to improve the state education system, may be lawmakers yvill get their collective aits together and do something as well -Letters Unwanted I agree wholrhrurteilh with VtUir I )i‘( ft, rilllnll.il lll.lt st.ilrs Ihr l!niversit\ should rr Itisi' tin- Student llr.dlli Insur .mi I- ( ommitlres |• I,iii lot m.in d.itorv ASt'O hc.illli coverage lor .ill stiidrnts I or $ 1 ~t .i month I am i.m rrrd tor .ill meilii .il r\|irnsrs through ( IIAMIM S due to m\ srr\ it r in thr I ' S N.u \ I'here is ahsolutrlv no rr.ison I would need an\ .icltlilion.il hr.dth in surant r. .inti I t rrtainU don't nrrti thr $.1(10 expense that it wuuld retpnrr I am alrratK paying student trrs for a myriad ol activities that I do not partake in; 1.11) Inis trans|>ortation. sports, rtc Let s not add an additional and unwanted expense on top ot those To AntK Clark anti St oil WAtkoll Thank vou for vour com era. hut I lielievr that I am oltl enough to lake t are of im own medit al insurant r neetls Page 1 /all \ dlanueva Student Vocal boycott I stronglv agree vvitli Kli/i belli ( mis.im IOM-. I)n I III'' guiding Ihi' repulsive nature ul I In* n. mu- I hrrrv Poppin' I Kill dii's I .mi surprised I In ■ \ still, alter min li 11 u I it ii ilisi ussiim mi llir n.mu', i outinun In plus ter this campus anil the i itv \\ itli their sii k posters What's innri* disgusting is th.it businesses in Ibis t.iH con linue to support Oherrv Pop pm Daddies, as do radio sta lions I suggest a very vocal bovi ott ot these businesses; tell Taylor's that you vs ill not Ire ipient their establishment if the\ i outinlit* to support this kind ot woman and child bat mg Personally, everv time I see a Cherrv I’oppin’ Daddies poster. I tear it down and throw it aw.is (amsani. you're not missing the joke; you’re getting it loud and i lear. l aurel Sharp Student Uncontrollably I laughed uncontrollablv through I In- duration of 11 n • lust day nf finals week This oddly timed tieli.w in] was nut line tu a sudden loss i if "marbles" during tile must i rut lal point of tin- leim V1\ intermittent i Inn thug was fueled In reading Marianne t i.ibrielsen s letter "True definition" 11)1)1'. Dei 11) In it. she eritli izes what sin feels to be the intolerable liber al slant ol the t'inrr.ilil She jus tifies her criticism by stating that the h'nitTiihl is always put ting someone down This, she i mu hides, has led her to "the true definition of liberal hypocrisy and intolerance " I am laughing, but I'm con fused at the same time I mean, if the Fmvralil is hypocritical, intolerant, and thus, liberal, then what are you (’.abrielsen? You certainly don't seem to In tolerating the Emerald David (Urey Geography Evaluate Mark Fink [ODE. Dec 11) asked why don't I just give up trying to convince others of almrtion's fuudiimeut.il inliu itmiutv lit- .irgiii's Im abortion on-demand while simultane onslv inquiring, "Wliv do v»u insist upon arguing an tin resoWable i onllii t (lorrect me il 1 am mistaken. I ink lint isn't one of the i en Iral hint tinns nl a liberal arts universit\ to advance diverse, or even i ontniversi.il ideas for evaluation and perhaps incur poration into a student's own set of i onvictions? II your mind is already fixed l ink, what are you doing here? Surely there must he some open-minded individuals on your campus. Individuals who will evaluate without prejudice the wisdom of maintaining a woman's unlimited legal right to alMirtion-on-demand (includ ing sex-selection, means of birth control and post-viability abortions) vs a prehorn baby's light to continue his or her ex isteni i' It's those individuals I would hope to reach, not you And c ■ >iin* on l ink, cut me ,i break! It's obvious your inajm isn't biologv . but still lb.it lin'd argument tb.it tin' pro-lib' position requires "beliefs with some deity unknown to tbe rest ol 11s ” Any competent high school biology textbook will indisputably verify the fundamental humanity ol the preborn. As even Planned Parenthood used to admit before becoming the nation's largest abortionist "Abortion kills the life ol a baby after it has begun." It's sad to see you choose to b< lieve it's appropriate to kill a mem her of our human race (list be cause you've not yet directly observed it |un VVollander Eugene —-Letters Policy Letters to the editor must be limited to no more than 25(t words, legible, signed and the identification of the writer must be verified when the letter is submit ted The Emerald reserves the right to edit any letter for length or style. Friday.January 12.1990
