Oregon Daily Emerald Politics
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October 28,1992
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Term limits pawed at date and federal level
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Term limit! pawed at date level
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Term limit! filed for 1992 ballot!
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1 M3 would end career politics
By Rene DeCair
Emerald Associate Editor
Sonin voters art? fed up with
what they coniitder to lie ca
reor politicians. st> they're do
ing something about It
Ballot Measure 3. sponsored
by the group calling itself Let
Incumbents Mosey into the
Sunset (LIMITS), would Im
pose torm limits on all Oregon
state and nalionul legislators
The limits would apply only
J to legislators elected alter the measure goes into
effect Slat*' representatives woulil not \w allowed
to serve more than six years and slate senators
could not serve more than eight years
No politician woulil l>e able to represent Ore
gon for more than six years in the U S. House of
Representatives or 12 years In the U S Senate
The measure would also limit service in other
statewide offices to eight years
Frank Elsonzlmmer, a Gresham athletic club
owner, is the measure's campaign director
Klsenzlmmer was also instrumental in getting
Ballot Measure S — the property tax-limiting
measure — passed in HWO
Turn to LIMITS. Page 48
Wooten, Bell spar
over key issues
By Rene DeCair
Emerald Associate Editor
Wooten
r, n an
B*ll
If tho District 41 candidates'
positions wore plotted on u map,
one candidate would lx? pinned
to tho South Polo and tho other
to the North.
Both Republican Marie Bell
and Democrat Cynthia Wooten
Bro strong, viable women candi
dates for tho state House.
But the two are cloarly polar
ized In their politics and person
alities.
"I'm telling you. sho lives in a
black and white world.” Wooten
said of Bell. "I want to say —
Marie, tho world is not that
way."
Boll says tho some could bo
said of Wooten
What is true is that both wom
an's backgrounds are as different
as black and white — differences
that will be crucial to voters in
what is one of the hottest races of
the political season.
Kep. Bell is anti-abortion.
while Wooten Is adamantly pro-cnoico. wooton nus
spent her life in politics, but Boll’s first involvement be
gan in 1090 when she ousted Democrat David Dlx.
Wooten's experience includes working as a legislative
assistant to former U S. Rep. Jim Weaver In the late
lQ70s-B0s and serving on the Eugene City Council from
1981 to 1989.
Wooten also spearheaded the Eugene Celebration
event and now owns a marketing company called (he
Wooten Croup.
Boll, meanwhile, racelvod a bachelor’s in health edu
cation from the University in 1968 and worked as a den
tal hygiene Instructor at Lane Community College in the
early 1970s. She now lists her occupation as a home
maker.
Moreover. Bell thinks government should act as a
"caring parent." but Woolen calls that view too "co-do
pendont."
The race is important because it was Boll's election
that hoi pod tip the scales of the Oregon House to Repub
lican control for the first time in 20 years.
The district is varied, including students and farmers.
It encompasses the University neighborhoods and ex
tends Into the Ferry Street Bridge and Coburg areas
Like Wooten. Bell said she knows the people in this
area. She’ll be elected, she said, because Republicans
have held the district soat for 16 of the last 20 years
•'I've lived in this area for a long time,” she said
"These are people and schools — people I’ve shopped
with and gone to school with."
Moreover. Bell said, she brings compassion to the
Legislature.
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Who Goes to
the Polls?
Race and Gender
Differences
l Btoc* youth »»ol«d
I Oomocrato n 1986 7 to t
I Women also favored
Demotraac Mkhaei
Dukakis
I
L White youth voted
I Rebukcan3to2 Andmen
f « ttes »g« grot? km more
apt to vote lor George Bush
Graphic by Heeth*f /ilbauw
Student
interest in
voting on
the rise
By Lisa Kneetel
Fmornld Roportac
If increases In voter reglslru
Uon are any Indication. Oregon
youths may break from tradi
tion this election year and buck
a trend of declining voter par
ticipation
The required voting age
dropped from 21 to 18 in 1971,
increasing the number of poten
tial voters hut not the overall
rate of voter participation
According to the New York
Times, voting urnong 1H to 20
year-olds peaked In 1W72 at a
participation of 48 percent
Subsequent voter turnout di
minished steadily and In 1H88
only 3,'t percent of eligible vot
ers 18 to 20 years old cast their
ballots
More than 15,000 students
registered to vote in Oregon
this year as a result of the (Ire
Turn lo VOTERS, Page 4B
DeFazio, Schulz: absolute opposites
By Daralyn Trappe
Emerald Associate! Editor
U.S. Congressman Peter DeFu/.lo, the Democrat who
has represented the Fourth District since 19B7, is facing
a Republican opponent this year who disagrtsts with
him on virtually every major issue.
Richard Schulz, a retired real estate agent now living
in Coos Bay, is a first-time candidate this year. He's run
ning because he's frustrated about what he sees as an
out-of-control national debt triggered by too much Con
gressional spending.
"I'm like a lot of people who are unhappy with
what's going on in Washington." Schulz said. "Wo have
a debt that's piling up and I don't want to put that on
my grandchildren. Wo have a Congress that spends too
much money. This is something I can do about that."
Schulz said an end to "foolish spending." without
raising taxes, would help take cart! of the deficit. That
includes an absolute end to foreign aid. ho said
"I don't think it's right to steul from us and give our
monciy to others." ho said.
Doth DaPazio and Schulz have l«!gislutlve priorities
that include health care, abortion rights and the Urn
ber/spotted owl controversy. But that's where the simi
larity ends
DeFazio supports a universal health care plan that Is
even morn comprehensive than the one C.ov Dill (’Un
ion is supporting Schulz opposes universal health care,
pointing lo the ailing Canadiun plan. He also said he be
liovus health care in general is more efficient in private
hands than it would be with any government regula
tions or control.
Schulz also favors repealing the Endangered Species
Act, on the grounds that “radical envlronmenialisis
who don't care about people's jobs" will stall the limber
industry by trying to declare endangered as many ani
mals as possible.
DePazio said he has spoken with Clinton about the
timber issue and Clinton has assured him that a com
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