POLITICS
Blazer tickets among expenses listed by lobbyists
By Miko Sian Yim
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who givi*s <iw«i\ Portland Ir.ii! Hl.i/rr
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I lov\ nlxiut .1 lobby ist'
I lie lati-st lobbyist i!X|xmM' reports
lili’il mi May vv ilb tin’ (Iregon (invent
mu -111 dibits ( (iiniiiisMim indicate dial
dif distinction between .1 fni’nd and a
lobbyist may not Ih1 .ill dial i tear
In tin'll reports I«*>jis1.111v'*• lobbyists
listed evervtbing from food and refresh
intuits to dinnrrs and Ifla/er games as
i osls of doing tin’ll |obs
Although Oregon lobbying regttla
lions ei|tiatc lobby tug \s ith influent ing
or attempting to obtain lli«> good will of
legislative officials, loin Harrows. .1
( apitol lobbyist. sees it a different was
Mr primarily trot information bar k
ami forth from i licnt to legislators anil
legislators lo 1 lients hr sail!
If Itii' expense reports of two lobbyist
art' an indii alor. a lot of trotting goes on
outside of the ( .apitol and in seats at
Mazer names
Donald lordvir a lobbyist lor I S
Ham orp and I S Hank of Oregon. inrli
1 all'll on his report that lie spent $7tl
aptei e oil Mazer tii ki ts for lavs makers
(.ars (unKling a lobbyist fm mans
businesses ini Hiding Portland based
1 0111 panies such as Tektronix Ini and
Mentor (irapliii s ('orp , spent more than
$ Hit) apiece for Mazer tickets and din
ners
Between- tile two of them. Kordvre
and (onkling provided tickets for in
legislators and an aide to attend Hla/ei
names that bail lieeri sold out to the pub
In
The legislators senators and repre
sentatives are from froth major politi
(ill parties Some of tin lawmakers who
attended the games m< hide Senate Ma
lorilN leader Hill Hradburx I) Handon.
Rep |im Kdmundsnn. 1) Kugene. Sen
l.enn Hannon K Ashland, and Rep
Margaret ( after I) Portland
Lordvc e and ( onklmg are only two of
more than tOO lobbyists listed ill the
( apilol inemliership roster and almost
twice that iniinbei registered with the
( begun F.thu s ( ominissinn
I he\ are ,dso two who actually re
ported their Hla/.er In knt- as expenses
Many other lobbyists do not report all
expenses bec ause of a loophole m regii
hit ton's
l.thics commission guidelines allow
lobby ists lei omit lobbying expenses less
than $l~> from their reports
Lobbyists such as I lay id Harrows
lorn Harrows father who lobbies toi
the Oregon League of l inanc ial Institu
tions and ( hemic al Waste Management
of the Northwest use the loophole to
their advantage
Harrows said he invited ..'n legislators
to lilazer games this season, including
one .playoff game Harrows' expense re
port listed only one Hlaz.er game snu e
j.ul\ l'ltttl He did not report the other
"We've been in these seats since the
'70s.'' Harrows said He said bought the
tn kets for $ til it) each, and he takes leg
ixletors he likes though he declined to
identity those he took to games
I don't want to mention names
Tom Harrows said Some legislators
aren't comfortable with that bet ause the
puhlit has the pert option that they've
been bought off
Hut in a wav they are being-bought
off said )ohn Lie a I'niversiH sm min
gv professor yvho specializes m social
intei,a turn and organizations
'The lobbyists intervene in a direct
relationship belts een the pllhlit and the
legislators." he said Lobby ists repre
sent themselves as serving the public
good, and in fai t, they only further their
oyy n interests
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