ELECTION 92
Voters say Ruth Bascom knows Eugene
By Meg Dedolph
Emerald R6port#f
At press limt!, Ruth Bascom
appeared to tie the now mayor
of Eugono. loading with 17,(iOf>
votes over Mary Burrows'
1f>,0‘iO votes in the Tuesday's
election.
Basoorn said her background
in Eugene government as a Citv
Council member was a decid
ing factor in the race.
“I had Eugene experience."
Bascom said "That was the
critical difference. Mary knows
the state, hut 1 know Eugene.”
Bascom said both candidates
had such similar views that
their governmental experience
was the only real difference
Burrows said that her label as
a "Republican" might have dis
couraged voters, despite her
liberal voting record while a
state representative
"People loved my voting re
cord,” Burrows said, "but lx'-"
cause 1 was branded as a Re
publican, they couldn't do it
Another obstacle Burrows
said she did not expect was
that of John Bascom
"John Bascom is a beloved
surgeon in the community, and
many people said that they just
loved John Bascom." she said
"1 couldn't get money or en
dorsements from them."
furthermore, she said she en
countered many people who
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Ruth Bascom, a/ho was elected mayor ot Eugene Tuesday night, is
congratulated by a supporter after she played keyboard on a local
radio station.
thought running for mayor after
serving at the stale level was a
•‘stop down." which Burrows
did not agree with
”1 just love Kugone. and i In it
I had u lot of experiences that
could be utilized," Burrows
said, citing her experience in
economic development and tax
revenues as a representative
Bascom's first priorities as
mayor will include bringing the
city out of debt and "melding
the council into a working
txidy "
Revitalization* of downtown
Eugene. including a new li
brary, Is also high on Bnscnm's
agenda
Bascom also emphasized the
importance of the University to
the city
"The University is still the
single most important i hiirue
(eristic of our c:itv." Bascom
said
Burrows said she does not
know what she will do after the
election
“I suppose I could lobby
again, but I need to keep doing
something that's fruitful." she
saiil "I'll find something."
Burrows said she believed
die mayoral election refits ted a
nervousness in the general pop
u latino
"People .ire a little skittish."
she said "The economy's flat
and people are nervous We
don't have anything for dis
placed workers, the down
tow n's lagging there's a lot of
hope for the downtow n and the
economy, hut it will take tenac
ity. "
Burrows also said there w as a
sense of futility she had lies
er seen in Kugcrie before "Peo
ple want a change, hut they re
afraid of the unknown," she
said
Basi nm said she tlisagreed
"I do believe deeply in the
city." Bascom said
Hombuckle claims council seat over Dobson
By Colleen Pohlig
Emerald Associate Editor
Kevin Hornbuckle's personal door-to-door
campaign for the Ward 3 City Council seal
proved successful us he led liben Dobson by
more than 500 votes at press time.
"Hombuckle came to my house un<i sat at
my kitchon table for two hours and wo
talked politics," said University political
science major Cary Malcolm. "This was five
months ago. before I oven gave him my
vote."
As of midnight, 2.182 people had voted
for Hombuckle, and Dobson had 1.644
votes.
Hombuckle, who spent less than S2.000
on his campaign, said ho believes Ins grass
roots efforts wore a "good use of the 1111l«r
money wo hud,"
Hornbucklo. who prom lies to support
famlly wag*- jobs, progressive tax proposals
and low-income housing initiatives, ac
cused his opponent throughout the cam
paign for being a pro-business ami special
interests candidate.
"We relied on the ability of the people of
Ward 3 to sis- through Dobson's pseuuo-iib
erulism,” Hornbucklo said
Dobson said the only thing he regrets
about his campaign is not being more vocal
about his opponent's negative portrayal of
hirn, which he said was not accurate
Although disappointed with the results,
Dobson said the must important tiling to
him in this tilot lion was the doloat of Ballot
Measure w
Hambuckle (Mild one thing he wlil inimo
diatoly I login to work on is the community
policing effort in the University area He
would also like to Install more lighting
around campus to give women a hotter
sense of security, he saiil
Hurnbucklo, a University graduate, said
one thing that won him the seat is that he
knows Eugene well
"I was a student at the University, and I
still have a lot of connections with activists
on campus who know' I'm totally dedicated
to justice," Hombucklti said. "They respect
me and the work l do.”
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