EDITORIAL
Technicality springs
Jolin, but it ain’t over
East Tuesday, an overlooked law scuttled the eth
ics case against Cottage Grove's Democratic Sen. Peg
jolin, who is accused of falsely telling her constituents
she was in debt when her campaign coffers were really
in the black.
A technicality — an unintended loophole • - and
jolin walks. When Oregon legislators passed the innoc
uous bills tjiis past session, they could not have known
the impact.
The two bills put I20duy deadlines on ethics in
vestigations. Like most new bills, the measure would
have exempted arses currently under investigation,
such as Jolin’s.
But somebody screwed up. That clause was acci
dentally left out of the final drafting: the one the legis
lators passed. It is amazing and incomprehensible that
not one of the <10 lawmakers caught the omission. No
one said a thing.
The new statute wipes out John’s case. <.s it does
the ones against Eugene Mayor Jeff Miller and Spring
field Mayor Bill Morrisette. who were on the chopping
block for accepting trips to the Independence Bowl for
their wives. In fact. the law pretty much founders most
ongoing investigations.
The legislative members who drew up the two bills
are claiming innocence, saying the original intention
was to exempt current investigations. Ethics committee
members are fuming, seeing their hard work go down
the loophole drain.
Whatever the case, it was an ill-conceived bill gone
awry. A 120-day st.itute of limitations for ethics inves
tigations is ludicrous Fraud cases (the civilian version
of ethics violations) have much longer deadlines. Six
months just isn't enough time to collect information,
interview witnesses and give a fair trial.
lawmakers sure tied their own hands on this one.
With another session not scheduled until 1903, legisla
tors need to Find some way to get these bills off the
books.
As for Jolin, her troubles — though temporarily
suspended — are not over. This investigation is kaput,
but there is nothing preventing ethics committee mem
bers from slapping a new date on the old case and
starting anew — something they should do for every
investigation trashed by the two hills.
Emerald
Oregon Daily
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LETTERS
Duck dew
Shnugagoogagundu my fal
low rubber due kies Just an or
dinary ('HUD {Charismatic Hu
manoid Undergraduate Dwell
er) uiinin' from the under
ground to tell y-i'li about uno'h
»T sior v left untold
With so mans highly intellei
tuiil debates plaguing the ness s,
my ln .it may gut lulscli I as th.il
st.i ky, Miutlly, fist: ihis old. hut
still fresh dog doo on the bot
tom ol your shoo, hut 'tix
funky
Thu football team ss .isn’t the
only unn gullin' svhoopod at thu
Cal garno Lain in iho day,
vs Hilt- folks fled thu stadium
and Oregon fans turned off
their boob tube, feathers ss ere
(lyin' furiously on the side
lines
liven those pesky security
guards couldn't keep the flu-,
tered Out k from Minikin’ the
Cal mascot around a lot Alter
being confronted by the bus ish
lookin' hear, da' Dm s let him
base it (ham, bam) vs lift tsso
i 1 an bloss s to the head
A meaningful lesson to he
lit.irriesi While most had given
up, our mascot kept up the
tight 'i he light for re' pel t, Use
light lor our pride, the light we
ah dt-Mte to will Tvs o it y i, Id ,
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make sa’ horny, hollies of
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Vantastic
) our paper is lacking one of
its more charming elements
this lall term, and 1 miss him.
You might call the following
"A Lament for a Missing
Friend " Sing it to the tune of
"My Bonnie Lies Over the
(Lean":
1 never subscribed to 7/ie I'.inrr
old.
1 don't live on campus, you see
My daughter would send me
the (omits
Lm a reader of Hudson Van d!
Refrain
Bring buck, bring hack
My Hudson Van (arrest to me,
to me
Bring buck, bring buck
Oh, bring but k my Hudson to
me'
Now Os, a r I hr h'rrshman's
amusing.
The world of the Weasel's Ok
But I'd really muc h rusher read
Hudson
The others can all fade uwuy.
(Refrain)
Is Hudson really going with
Hilary?
Is Anthony still bis lies! friend?
I'm glad they esc aped the! Infer
no,
But their story was too short to
end
(Refrain)
There's plenty of untapped ma
terial.
New things be could do or
might see
So come out of hiding Mike
Russell,
Am! bring back mv Hut's, n to
tile!
(Retrain)
Hudson could travel in Europe
Or try joining ROSY!
You could even send him to
( Lisses(')
Just bring buck my Hudson to
me!
(let the message' Thank you.
Susan I'ngern
Parent
Bitter lemon
Regarding Michael Mellon's
letter on health Insuranco [ODE
Oct. 23): It is astounding that,
in this country, health care is
something oidy the rich can af
ford
Poverty is not always a
choice Some people are puor
because they ure too sick to
work People with bad health
histories experience difficulty
getting work because employ
ers find it more cost effective to
hire healthy people. The total
cost of providing a health care
plan fur employees is less if the
employees don't use the plan.
Persons in ill health find it
hard to get work, which makes
it difficult to get health care
since they do not have the
money to pay for it Insurance
is also expensive and difficult
(or impossible) to get in the
case of a bad medical history.
All people have tire right to
earn money, and spend it how
ever they choose. But with
those rights come responsibili
ties We share a measure of re
sponsibility for our fellow citi
zens l or every chronic drunk
or drug user that gets, what
some see as unwarranted, med
ical care, how many elderly
people, people too unhealthy to
get work, children who can't
work, do we also help? Should
they be excluded from the ben
efits of living in this country
simply because they lai k mon
ey or the means to get money ?
A sports cor is something you
can earn, transportation is
something we ull need. Health
care should lx; an essential ser
vice, not a luxury item.
Kvalyn Lemon
Senior
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