POLITICS
Hosticka maintains political, professorial lives
By Rene DeCair
Emerald Reporter
People make lots of jokes
when they learn Carl llostirka
has two careers, one as a Uni
versity associate professor and
one as a state representative
from District 40 in Kugene, he
says.
Fellow legislators laugh
when they learn his job in the
"real world" is in academics,
and his colleagues in the l)e
pertinent of Planning. Public
Policy and Management thinks
it's funny that he has a "real"
job in politics as a legislator
“You can make lots of good
jokes about it." said llostir ka. a
Democrat
llostirka entered politics in
1083 when he was eler ted to
represent Distrir t 40. As a pro
fessor observing the world ol
state politics, he thought. "It
might be easier to gel in there
and do it myself.” lie saitl
He has worked as a stale rep
resentative ever since.
llostirka saitl now his two
jobs work well together because
lie teac Ill's about public polii \
in his class room and then im
pli'ini'iils Ins theories in the
I louse
"It's good to have the varie
tv." he said "I like to see both
the practical world and the the
oretic.nl world
liosticka served during the
last biennium as the House mu
joritv leader and was also a
member of the Knvironment
and Knergy, Intergovernmental
Affairs, and Revenue and
School Finance committees
Hep Peter Courtney. I)
Keizer, who replaces liosticka
as the party leader to serve as
House minority leader in this
coming session, said he sees
I Instil ku as not only a very in
telligent man. but one whose
personality is different from his
own
"lie has an ease aliout him
that I don't have." Courtney
said. "We re dramatically dif
ferent people
Courtney said the Legislature
benefits from llosticka’s knowl
edge about economic s and that
he plans to rely on Hosticka's
Carl llosticka
wisdom tis <t cam its loader
"I don't think there's a finer
mind in the legislature or in
the i apilol.'' he said
Rep Kon Cease. D-I’orlland.
who worked with llosticka on
the Knvirnninont ami Knergv
Committee also speaks highly
of liostu ka. i (aiming that he is
a man who is very concerned
alrout environmental, consumer
and women's issues
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I have a lot of t fur
( arl llr's a good. solid liberal
to moderate representative
llr's (hr l\|>r tli.il knows how
to negotiate," (lease said
(Innsidering that llosticka is
well rrspec ted and that hr
serins to enjoy his joh as a rrp
rrsrnlalivr. it seems only natu
ral that hr would remain in
politics for years to comr How
ever, because political cam
paiHm .in1 “getting uglier and
uglier" and less focused on is
sues, he is not making any
speculations ahout Ins political
future
"I take it ye.ir by year non
If anything knocks me out of
this career, it will lie because
I'm led ii|i with what you have
to go through |to get elei ted)."
he said
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