EDITORIAL
‘Marketing technique’
was just simple fraud
Don’t look, for stair Non Peg Jolifl. DUottage Drove,
to be tea( hing any business or economies classes a! the
University; not with the wav her "marketing tech
niques" have backfired.
The Oregon (Government Ethics (.ominission con
eluded there was a "strong and < dear appearance” tii.it
Jojin used tier political office for personal gain when
she mailed a letter to constituents, asking for inonev to
repair her pickup truck
In the letter. John c laimed her c ampaign was
S10.000 in debt, and the truck was damaged while tier
husband Dennis was putting up campaign signs Utter
Jolin admitted tier coffers had a 528,000 surplus, but
defended the letter, calling the slightH shady tactic .1
"marketing technique ”
(Gal! it a misrepresentation of facts, or any other eu
phemism you wish Hut bluntly stated. John duped her
constituency Whether the letter slipped through an
elections law loophole is not the point, legally, John
may not have done anything wrong that is up to a
court and the state Elections Division to decide. Hut
ethically. Jolin was false to her constituent v
The: Kthit s Commission meets next Tuesday, and
could possibly rule on the incident If lolin is found
guilty. she fact’s a pos
sible SI.OOO civil fine’
— .1 slap ttn the ssnst.
but it's .something
Juliu s troubles may
not end there. Secretary
of State Phil Ket.sling
has asked the attorney
general's office to t on
vent: a grand jury to in
diet Jolin on breaking
Oregon's undue influ
ence law So far. that
hasn't happened.
7 could have gone
back there and
used the bathroom
as you suggest, but
I would much
rather take a dump
In the woods,*
Denms Jolin
I he miniscandal is not without its corn it eie
meats, most of which have been provided by John's
husband Dennis Jolin told the Ethic s Commission in
vestigntor he had been putting up campaign signs in
(.ottagc (.rove when he rolled the pickup, but a tow
truck driver put the scene of the ac cadent several miles
away on a seldom used logging road.
Dennis lolin explained he had driven up the log
ging road in search of a bathroom When confronted
with the fact that there were several public restrooms
much closer to Cottage Grove than the? logging road,
lolin responded with one of the more colorful quotes
ever to appear in the local press {RegisterGuard, (Jet
20):
I could have gone back there and used the bath
room as you suggest, but I would much rather take a
dump in the woods."
When compared to Watergate, Teapot Dome, Credit
Mobilier and other great, historical scandals. Jolingute
isn't even in the running Hut it should be important to
(lottage Grove voters.
Hitting up constituents for money is a necessary
part of life for lawmakers, but there should be some
wav of preventing them from misstating facts in doing
so.
In the real world, such actions would be deemed
fraud. Let's see what the Ethics Commission and the
Elections Division calls it
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LETTERS
Stupid taxpayer
Vnur editorial "No one
vvutching " (ODl. ()i t 1(>) is
good mid i vnii .il II apjiears
tii.it America is waking up from
Us strands love affair with a
singularly i old president l ias
great popularity poll (popu
lar with whom' (K A'J seems
quite unreal
With the insane de licit
< limbing daily higher, the econ
omy is in shambles, hut does
lie care' Ihe deficit Includes
such items as our dirty "off
budge! war in --.i gloriously
Won. as well as the ongoing
SM. s< andais (now also hanks)
w ith their assets sold off at bar
gain prices
Win -.lifters i | . stupid lav
payer1
! hell there Is the continued
arms production (our "durable
goods i nuclear and all. even
though then- is no enemy and
vve have enough on hand to
blow up thr world ,1 million
limes ovrr.
!<uI then, it keeps Hush i ro
mrs iiappv* Then add to thr
lirbt the (onstant loss in thr
I'iiri-si Srrvu.r whi rr mad road -
building i utisumi's mure mon
ey than is generated hv limtfer
sales, these are bargain base
ment tor Japan
Do we have problems7 The
pro/ is busy traveling whtle our
eilies are going bankrupt
I hide K Cherry
l.ugene
Caddyshack?
Ill regard to the letter from
Ihi' little hoy in Texas (()UE ,
Oit 1!H) who wanted postcards
from our "beautiful city" for
Ills classroom wall, I have only
one thing to say You'll gel
nothing and like it
John Horgonovo
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Student
For the glory
In response to Heatherle
Himes letter (Ol)l.. Ot:t 25) I
took her advice and went to
thank my local police officer
(or laving down his life in my
servile Iiut as I crossed the
street to weep tears of gratitude
onto Ins feet, the si.inkv pus
monkey gave mo .i ticket for
)a ywalking
Tliat made me think I'm pay
mg this glorified meter maid's
salary through my tax dollars,
and what service do 1 get in re
turn' lie protects me by ticket
ing jaywalkers' Now, I know
that nut a day goes by when
someone isn't brutally maimed
or robbed by these jaywalkers,
and that each ticket handed out
means that there is one more
l-iywalker who'll think twice
beiore they hurt anyone again
but isn't there a better way that
our tax dollars could tie spent'
I mean these ( ups that spend
all day doing nothing but catch
mg harmless students on route
to class shouldn't even hi
trusted with pointy scissors
much less a gun
Ami to be perfei tlv fnink, 1
would feel belter if my tax dol
lars were spent on getting pigs
.ind cuttle rouringlv drunk on
tile most expensive wine in
town At least then 1 wouldn't
tie paving for officer Barney
fife's professional wrestling
IH kets on weekends
So next tune you see a po
liceman tu keting a victimless
oilense stand directly behind
him and mimic his actions lor
the amusement ol passers-bv It
may not he mature, but it
makes me feel better
Mark Anthony Russell
fiugene
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