Candidate runs due to
‘high stakes’ of race
By Gerrit Koeppmg
E^nefaid Be;- vier
Cynthia Woolen said that
originally she did not want to
run for a seat on the Oregon
House of Representatives
But, she tolii a group ol 1 t
University students Tuesday.',
the at.lions of republican in
i unibent Marti Bell and the ef
felts of Ballot Measure > ion
vineed tier to enter the rai e
Woolen-, a u el I known demo
t rat who has served on the hu
gene City Counsel for eight
years:, said : the slakes are very
high, because v\ hat we are talk
ing about is money arid money
for higher education
She said she yvouId wait lor
(.Jov Barbara Roberts to take
the lead on replacing the lost
revenue After tfi.it she said she
would he active in solving the
problem
Wooten said she supports
personal and corporate income
tax in combination with in
creased taxation of commercial
landowners
Despite her advocation ol tax
plans that would ini rease the
tax burden on businesses, she
said "there is a haleru e to he at
tamed We re not going to get
the number and quality of jobs
we want if we take a blindly
anti-business stance
"We need leadership from
every strata in our society to
solve the problem with dignity
and to rebuild trust in govern
mellt," she said
Measure 5 is not the only is
sue Woolen is addressing in her
Cynthia Wooten
campaign platform
Wot)Ion places strong empha
ms on her pro-choice stance cm
the abortion issue She said she
has rec eivec) endorsements
from tile National Organization
for Women and National Abor
turn Rights Action League
Bell, on the other hand is a
staunch opponent of abortion
rights Wooten said Hell's abor
lion stance does not represent
her constituency
She also said that Hell is not
an effective leader and is not
sophisticated in her analysis of
politic al issues
At best she doesn't under
stand how the political system
works, Wooten said
The discussion with Wooten
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