Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012, May 10, 1990, Page 4, Image 4

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Incumbent lack Roberts is vy
inn tor the position against
i hallengers Franklin Frond
zinski and (.'ynthia Wooten
A fall run-off election will be
avoided if any of the three can
didates captures at least fil per
i ent of the vote
I’rondzinski, a local property
investor, said the job of com
missioner should consist of
controlling the budget and dis
tributing funds
"It is the only job the com
missioners have Some of them
ma\ have lost sight of that," he
said
Frondzinski s go.il would be
to run a more effii lent opera
tion in county government
"The lirst thing to do would be
to start i ult mg i osts." he said
"We need to start eliminat
mg some of the dead wood
And I'm sure there's a lot
around A good place to start
would be with a 1(1 perc ent cut
.a loss the board
Government has been grow
mg faster than the population.
Frondzinski said
1 here are too main people
in government Some people
don't want to work am more so
thev hire more people." he
said
"1 have been in business tor
.iTi voars and i can think of no
better plat e to apply mv talents
bee ause that’s exac tlv wh.it that
job consists of.' Frondzinski
said "It's business manage
ment
Roberts an attornev in pri
vate practice, has been a l.ane
( ountv Commissioner sinc e
1‘lHU when he was appointed to
the position after (lommission
er John Hall resigned
Roberts is a founding mem
ber of the Kugene Springfield
Tax Assoc iation and a member
ot the Flxec utive (lommittee of
the taxation section of the-Ore
gon State Bar
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voter's pamphlet Roberts
said he has backed strong law
enforcement, fought for i liild
care for county employees .it no
cost to taxpayers, supported the
Homeless and Affordable Hons
ing Task Force report and
worked effectively with his lei
low commissioners
"Roberts has worked hard to
earn the respect of his col
leagues and constituents." the
statement said. "Roberts has
demonstrated the competent e.
compassion and concern net es
sarv to identify problems and
solve them "
Roberts could not be reached
for additional comment
Wooten, who currently
works as coordinator tor ROOD
for Lane County, said she be
lieves commissioners' roles and
responsibilities are many and
di\ erse.
"(Commissioners! should be
acting in the best interests ot
the people they represent." she
said. ' 'They must have at
( ountabilitv and ac cessibility
Areas of i oncern for cominis
sinners should include job de
velupment, crime and budget
ing, Wooten said
"Theie are also en\ ironmen
tal issues that are not getting
dis< ussed,'' she said
Wooten said the county
needs a more comprehensive
rei veling plan, a i 11\ bi( vcle
plan and a plan for dealing
w ith local wetlands She added
that there should be no relapse
into roadside pesticide spra\
mg
She said she would like to
see the i it\ and county govern
me lit.s work with the l hi i vers it \
to relieve the "insane" housing
problem
Wooten, who co-c haired the
Lane County Task Force on
Homelessness and Affordable
Housing, said she would sup
port task force recommenda
tions. which were rejected In
the current i uunt\ i oinmission
I’rond/.inski and Wooten
agreed that environmental re
sponsibility does not net essari
ly impair economic grow th
"There should be a good
mixture of both. I’rondzmski
said. "There are not black and
white decisions that can be
made You need to have .1 total
consideration of the environ
ment but not at the total ex
pense of the economy."
"People seem to think that
growth and economic prosperi
tv equals environmental de
struction," Wooten said
She stressed that it was not
an "either or" situation "We
can have both "
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