Sen. Hill’s leaving
indicative of setup
The Eugone-Springfiuld area — particularly the
University — lost a true friend las? week when state
| • Sen Larry Hill, 1) Springfield, left the Legislature for
the private sector.
Hill isn't leaving public life altogether, as his ness
job is political director of the Oregon Public l.mploy
.ee's t rtion. Hill has been an outspoken advocate for
worker's compensation legislation and has been a lead
ing ion e in labor-related is ties So his ness job is right
in line with his political .ideology and hts interests
Hut that doesn't ss. a the blues of losing Is.flu
em e and work in the Legislature
Since he first went to Salem in ltlH L I (ill !:as been
,1 i.iedit to the area and has served his constituents ad
mirabh He wasn't flambovant or extravagant, like his
legislative counterpart Sen. Uratian Kerans. U-Eugene
Hill was more soft spoken, but that didn't take away
from the impact of his personality and at com
plisftments.
I hiring his time in the
.Senate. Hill was a member
of the Joint Ways and
Means Committee, which
allocates funds to state
agencies, a member of the
Labor Committee; and
served as chairman of the
Water Policy Committee
Hill's accomplish
meats are many, but ulti
mately he will be remem
bered for his work, on the
l ire Med ambulance in
surance program and his
sponsoring and lobbying
tor the 1088 bill that
upped the state's mini
mum wage level before
the US. Congress got
around to doing it.
As the chief lobbyist
for the 19,000 ■member
OPI-U. hopefully Hill will
Hills
accomplishments
are many, but
ultimately he will
be remembered
for his work for
the Flre-Med
ambulance
insurance
program and his
sponsoring and
lobbying for the
1988 bill that
upped the state's
minimum wage
level.
have a chance to continue his advocacy on the part of
the blue-collar worker.
However. Hill's parting does point out a serious
flaw in the state's legislative system.
The Oregon Legislature is still run in an archaic
fashion. The writers of the state constitution wanted a
"citizen's legislature” run under the principles of Jack
sonian democracy; ordinary, everyday people serving
their constituents for principle, not financial gain
flint is a noteworthy idea, but in this age. it doesn’t
work Oregon lawmakers make $‘.189 per month and re
i v e to yon a month for expenses when the 1 eg
. .ex uni. During the biennia) session.
;1 . \ : ' \ e S I .: <!.: \ to; ex pen ses
■ •• 1 t 1 ; to g.-t rich off tlleir pidee
ervn i nor should they expect to. but it is ridiculous
' ■ • x. i !;n: aw makers when they are
; !. p.n • :\ w; ges It is ,i rare few that don’t
,*■ I'b u..:ke ends mei and itint
* of-. ti ;e Hum what legislators should be con
il,. win. I > wife .usd otn.d. had to make a c'.itti
. f. uce i n* demands of the Legislature make ai
':x to hold down ar. outside job, and ■
entnelv too mm h unneeded pressure on the individual
. dwiii.! k t* r.
I'nless lusvriuker.s get a pas raise, tins state vs in
i outintie to suffer the losses of highly rpiulified legisla
tors. such as Hill, to the private sn tor And t! .t would
be .i true shame
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S i h.isr ,> ss.ill Idled SVilh post
i .mis Irom people across tin*
l tuli'il St,lies
i h. i 11 k you 1111 your ,i s s I s
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Miisver Minimi, i X 75U21I
Au contraire
II not fur the oi < asiun.il gra
luilous inclusion of the \ word,
( ni 11*n Pohiig s Ki'j.i ili'r s
N it. i ok n her beat With the
police department (
OOl . ()c i 1) woultl Ih- {.a but
ler Milled !,;f a A H ( lid) • ssay
contest than a university ne ws
paper ^
Publics Pollyanna volution
to ’*:« { r; ..s m relations be
tWeCh police and students is fur
■ ' . ‘ ' 1. ! ’' • - k ■ ■ ' ' V , . : . .
. If !« ' h\ ' ‘ A!:d)i!i mg) a ( imp
erative attitude toward the no*
\\. :: ex. use mr. but the
last tune ; i h* i k. ; sf5<■ j■ was
n«. proii'ssnnnaliN trained group
rtment bears that re
a asmg disr uptions and I’m
o! buying lbe “tough job’* jus
fVi alum then it's not up to
student*. L> ! ; \ Vise lag itive
Pub hi’, began lfie article with
a nl; .ns ot a weekend full
t v i! >ient i rimes and a uuote
torn an officer that "a large
number of students scorn to be
!iinking for -i i .onfrontation
I'he slurs itself. however, men
tioned no specific m I of vio
lence, moreover, the majarili of
students the officer confronted
were described ns pie,is,ini'
and 'polite Pehlig accepts at
I.ue value the officers' asser
tions that this Iwhai mr is "very
rare " 1'his is sloppy reporting
Kven more sloppy is this sen
tern e 'Our next mission led us
to responding to a noise pollu
tion call at the Sigma Chi Iratei
nit> " If reporters are not to he
held to a readable standard of
prose, the copy should he
chei hed more i arefu ! 1 y by
proofurs A literate student
bodv deserves this much
Ron Jensen
Student
Toxics
We prorime over U50 billion
pounds of toxics each year, a
1J,000 fold increase since
1‘tto Many cd these chemical
c ause cane er, birth defects,
male and lemalu intertiltty, ner
vous system dysfunction, or
other diseases
The year Gongless IS work
mg toward the reauthonzatiori
of two major pieces of environ
mental legislation the Clean
Water Act and the Resource
ConsulA a! ion and Recovery
Act Both these ptec is of iegis
l.itlOII Were intended to address
tie tuxes problems, hut Itave
'adecl to pe- very c-ttei five
St tdi nts involved with the
USi’iKt. i hapter on campus ate
w ok.:;.; w ith tit* other ■ .1111
|uise-, across the t.ounlry to
amend these hills These
amendments Would prevent
pollution by banning the most
ha/,minus c heinicais and re
ctuc ing the use of all others,
■>!up toxic releases into the en
i r mmi'til, and expand citi
zens i!.;! t know about toxic
hazards
Oenerating the; support to
pass this legislation requirt ->
the active support of students
.a ross tile country 1 urge stu
dents to write their legislators
asking lor support on these
pici es ol legislation, and to get
involved in the largest student
environmental campaign ever
t o be 1 a u nc bed Con tact
OSl’IKC in Suite One ol the
KMl! i:Uf>--i:i77) for more infor
malion.
Deborah Halle k
( ampus cootdinatoi
National Campaign Against
Tux it s
RIP.
Why is it that revisionists
cannot leave Christopher Co
lumbus alone/ The poor man
has been dead for nearly 500
years l or Cod's sake, let him
rest
These do-gooders, like How
ard /.inn. comment, as though
surprised, that Columbus was
out looking lur gold alone Ol
course I|, Was, and who could
reasonably blame him/
We;■ I undertaking a vox, 1
into tin: darted watets with :t ■
!!• S I>n the line bei alise tie
ki■ imj i;;e-en expected n
turn a profit for thorn, I, too,
Would ho rather zealous m m\
efforts to get some valuable
commodities The same artii U
on /.inn was titled 'Columbus
;;,:! i ii s t looking tor New
W >rId i OP! . Oct 14) as
though we ought to be siir
prised by such a suggestion
()! course be wasn't lookr.i',
fo: the New World. Wind h>
wanted to find was Cathay a: I
gold
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