Recalling ‘Babs’
won’t fix situation
•'(iive u» a dollar to dump Hcrshel Taylor." organ
izer of the petition drive to recall (.Jov. Barbara Roberts.
Actually, the quote advocates dumping Roberts, as
voi( ed by Taylor, but it would be better to see the latter
go
The drive, which fortunately failed, will see a sec
ond attempt if Taylor has his way. and if he sees the
funds The second drive, labeled "Bye-bye Babs."
would employ a direct-mail tactic, sending 200.000 pe
titions to voters across Oregon.
Taylor, a retired builder living in Myrtle Creek, is
convinced Roberts would get the boot if he could get
the second chance. The petition gathered 162.257 sig
natures within the 90-day time period ending last
Thursday, some 4,000 short of the 166.928 needed to
initiate a rc< all election
The possibility exists, because the numbers are
(.lose and Taylor claimed he rec eived .in additional
1.000 signatures after the deadline's closure. Should
the funding come through, a recall is possible with a
more concentrated effort made throughout the state
But we don't think it'll happen At least we hope it
won't.
The major reasons Taylor and petition supporters
want to oust Roberts is because of her refusal to exempt
timber sales from the lindangered Species Act and her
methods o! dealing with revenue cutbacks from Meas
ure 5
Roberts' pro environment stance against loggers
helped rally a significant share of the first petition's fi
nancial support, which came from the timber industry
"livery job in the state is timber-related." Taylor
said I bis would be a true statement, except for the fact
that most jobs in Oregon are not timber related, for
those that are. however, all the more reason to protect
our resources.
Many timber industry workers still tail to acknowl
edge the relationship between saving their forests and
saving their jobs And yes, the survival of .1 woodland
goes beyond replanting. Ecosystems, which support
and build the web of a wilderness, take many years to
build
If the timber industry is truly interested in saving
itself, it must look to far-sighted preservation of its
woods and supporting systems, not to myopic tactics
How hard is that to understand? No trees equal no
jobs Save the wilderness means saving jobs.
Roberts' refusal to bond to the Cod Squad and its
relations should be commended. This is the type of ac
tion that will ultimately save Oregon.
As for Measure 5, Roberts deserves more time to
work out tax reform alternatives, that is if they actually
have the chance to pass the Republican-controlled Ore
gon House. All of Roberts' reform proposals have been
shot down thus far by House Speaker Larry Campbell.
No governing body is flawless, whether it be an in
dividual or the entire system itself. What we can do is
work through the tough spots with someone who is
willing to work with us Roberts is still hanging in
there, and so must we.
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OPINION
ASUO’s ad lands out of bounds
THE FINE
PRINT
BV PAT MAI ACM
Good news for iill you stu
cicii 1 felons out there’
I ht- AM JO i% now in
the business of providing legal
.itiv 111- In (fit* May 11 edition of
ifm limt’r.ild. your student gov
eminent p.titi for a large ad lull
ing all 17.000 plus University
students how lo mat l when the
I III uiiiit s knocking al their
tioons
I know this will tome as a
great relief to tlie majority of
students on campus, most of
whom have spent many sleep
less nights t oiuerntsi they are
involved 111 a federal mvestlga
lion I hey w ill !>e glati to know
that the AM O. under the aus
pitf of representing the inter
ests of all University students,
has decided this is well spent
student money
()! c ourM'. AMU) c onslltu
ents wiio Imlieve the vandals
should hi' prosecuted might tic
shin ked to lisirn lh<?\ arc |i.i\
mg lor legal advice lor the pro
leslers Where is the represent.i
lion (or students who want the
vandals to he investigated'
whv are these students subsi
dl/.ing legnl advice tor people
whose ai lions they fundamen
tally disagree with '
Did anyone at the ASUO con
sider this Indore they dec ided
to use student money repre
settling the interests of a small
handful of the University's stu
dent population?
Again, we see more c oncrete
proof that the ASUO never has
and probably never will
represent the Interests of the
majority of students at this
school The ac tions by ASUO
(’resident Jennifer Hills in dcs
ignating funds to pay for this ad
proves once and lor all that the
ASUO represents its own spe
cial interest causes with little
regard for students who may
disagree with them
It makes you wonder what
ASUO stands for It's certainly
not the Associated Students of
t(it> University of Oregon How
about. "Afrandontng tfie Stu
dents of tlie University of Ore
gon (oven current activities,
the name would more in ( urate
ly refine t who is (or is not) rep
resented In the ASUO
So let's stop blaming apathy
lor low voter turnouts Mavtie
the majority of University stu
dents are smart enough to real
i/e the ASUO has nothing to do
with them
'! he I lest interests of the ma
jority of students on this cam
pus (especially students on the
Imam lal fringe) would have
lieen realistically served il that
half-page ad had Imen used to
advertise about how muc h tui
tion is going to go up In the
next lew years because of Meas
ure 5 That's something that
will have an effect on thou
sands of University students
not tiie dozens involved with
the Fill
A lid imough o I this (rap
about the Kill trymg to haras*
and persii ute students lor pro
testing their beliefs (food ( ivil
disobedience protests do not
involve destroying other peo
ple s property' and then fading
into anonymity Civil disobedi
ence is standing up to authority
diui taking responsibility for
your actions Bv doing that,
real protesters are saving. This
issue is important enough to
me that 1 will face the const*
(picnics of mv dissenting be
liefs It is this personal sacri
(tee aspect — martyrdom —
that gets the attention of fence
sitters
When uncommitted people
see others suffering for a cause,
they stop and think that if
someone feels so strongly almut
an issue that they an* willing to
make sacrifices, maybe there is
something to this It gets peo
ple's attention and persuades
them
Carrying out acts of random
violence, and then cowardly
hiding from the consequences,
not only alienates fence-sitters.
TheASUO
represents its own
special Interest
causes with little
regard for students
who may disagree
with them
it sends the message ttiat you
don't really believe that strong
ly in your cause
Mahatma Clhandi, using the
principles of civil disobedi
ence. was able to free an entire
nation of people without ever
having to take someone else's
life or damage property
In the same spirit, the most
touching and sincere protest
over the .a quittal verdict I have
heard of is one being (arried
out b\ lass student (.eorge
f ields At the < allipus rails
April ill, f ields vowed not to
go through the lass si hool grad
nation i erernomes he has twen
working toward lor a lifetime
fields is protesting entrance
into a legal system he views as
not representing blacks A!
though family members are
coming from around the coun
try to watch film graduate,
fields will spend the day at
home with his cap and gown
stowed away in the c Inset
The issue of racism in this
country's justice system means
so much to fields that he is
willing to sacrifice a great mo
ment fie has earned lor himself
This takes a lot more strength
and courage than an act ol
anonymous violence.
Unfortunately, a few mo
ments of uncontrolled mob vio
lence will overshadow a legiti
mate and poignant protest
Now that's something for the
alleged federal Building pro
testers to think about
I’ui Muluili is managing edi
tor of the Emerald.