BALLOT MEASURE RESULTS
Measure 3
Thn one and only statewide
ballot measure to pass Tuesday
night will limit the number of
years Oregon politicians can
servo in Congress
Following the national trend,
Oregon voters passed Measure
3. which will mandate term
limits by 70 percent More than
BOO,000 Oregon voters ap
proval the measure, and more
than 250.000 opposed It.
The Oregon Constitution was
amended Tuesday night by an
overwhelming majority, so that
the nest members of the stale
Legislature will be limited to
six years in the House of Repre
sentatives and eight years in
the Senate, or 1? years total
in thi! U S Congress. Oregon
members will 1st limited to six
years in the House and S2 in
the Senate
No limit will tie enforced In
judicial offices
Opponents of the measure ar
gued there was already a way
to limit terms of Incumbents
to vote them out People like
University student Lisa ilart
turned out Tuesday night at the
Lane County Fairgrounds to see
the outcome of her votes
"! think mandating term lim
its is like using a band-aid for
the problem." Hart said "1 here
are other ways of making politi
cians ai countable, like limiting
campaign contributions and
s (Minding."
Hut proponents such as Clar
ence Volivu argued the incum
bents simply have too much
power once in office He said
that in the Voters' Pamphlet
things like name familiarity
through the media, large profes
sional staffs, free travel and free
mailings give incumbents an
unfair advantage over newcom
ors
By Ho/a* Noalson
Measure 4
Oregonians voted Tuesday
not to ban triple truck-trailers
from Oregon highways
'Triple*" are trucks pulling
two trailers, or a truck tractor
pulling thrrto semitrailers. With
5tl percent of the vote countod.
til percent of voters said "no"
to Ha I lot Measure 4
"It hus been a long, tough
campaign and the fundamental
grxxi sense of Oregonians has
prevailed," Don Homulh, man
ager of the No on 4 Campaign,
told the Associated Press.
Homulh said banning triples
would have Increased the over
all number of trucks on the
road, thus Increasing pollution,
businesses' operating costs and
state road repair costs.
Opponents of the measure
believed an increase in the
number of trucks would also
have caused more accidents.
Supporters believed the triples
were dangerous on two-lane
roads, especially in the rain
"Nothing is spookier than
oncoulering triples in the rain."
said Rico Perez, who drove nu
merous hours for Sanitary
Cleaning Systems
Williams Bakery, located at
17f>0 b 13th Avenue, has used
triples for 17 years with no re
portable accidents In an oppo
sition statement, bakery trans
portation director Dave Kintigh
said Measure 4 would have cost
the bakery $250,000 and used
38,000 more gallons of diesel
fuel por year.
Lane County Administrator
Jim Johnson said the county
was not concemod about the
outcome of the measure. The
county does not own any triple
Measure 20-01
Lane County citizens voted
Tuesday nlghl lo keep Eaat
Alton Baker park wild.
More than 51,000 voters
turned out to vote "yea" on
Measure 20-01. which will
prevent the construction of
golf courses or soccer fields
in the undeveloped section of
Alton Baker Park. More than
32.000 opposed the East Al
ton Baker Park Charter
Amendment.
Sharon Teague, secretary
treasurer for Alton Baker
Park Coalition, said voters/
are sending the County Com-'
miss toners a message
■'This shows Eugene wants
lo keep the country in tho
city." Teague said. "There
are other parks that are avail
able to bo manicured Into
soccer fields.”
The new amendment will
prevent the County Commis
sioners Irom spending funds
to develop a golf course or
any other sporting fluid on
the 237-acre habitat It man
dates tho land bo used for
"passive recreation.”
Passive recreation Includes
activities such as hiking,
boating, biking, logging,
wheelchair racing, frlsboo
throwing, bird watching,
photography, swimming, na
ture classes and sun bathing
The measure also order*
the County Commissioners to
elect a 15-membor Citizens
Planning Committee to de
cide the mixture of passive
recreational use* for the east
ern section of Alton Baker
park.
Opponents of 20-01. Alton
Baker for the Kids, argued
the measure was too strict in
that It didn't allow for any
development in the park. The
group argued the apace could
be used for kids’ sports
fields.
By Hope Noehton
trailers nor (Jo tnnny triple-trail
or drivers use county roads
Anne O’Ryan, spokeswoman
for the Automobile Club of Ore
gon, told the Associated Press
that voters were swayed by
money spent by business and
trucking interests in opposing
the initiative.
"Considering how little mon
ey this grass-roots campaign
bad. we are doing well," she
said "We haven’t had the mon
ey to inundato people with ad
vertisements.”
liy lacquellna Wage
Measures 5 & 6
Supporters of measures 5 and
6 were disappointed Tuesday
night as they watched the de
feat of their efforts to close the
Trojan power plant.
Organizers of the Do it Your
self Committee to close Trojan
linked thoir defeat to being out
spent by the opposition
"Wo didn't have the funds."
said Kate O'Donnell, co-coordi
nator of Do It Yourself in Lane
County and supporter of Meas
ure 6.
"They spent $4.7 million;
our main strategy In Lane
County was planting lawn
signs." O'Donnell said.
At press time, voters were re
jecting Measure 5 statewide 62
percent to 32 percent, with 39
percent of the precincts report
ing
Measure 6 was being defeat
od 59 porcont to 41 percent,
also with 39 percent of pre
cincts reporting
Measure 5 would have closed
Tro|an until operators made
structural changes In the plant
and located a permanent stor
age site for its nuclear waste
Measure ti. sponsored by a
different group with similar
goals, made the same demands
hut also forbade plant owners
from [Missing on decommission
ing ( osts to rate [layers.
Proponents of the measure
charged that Trojan and its nu
clear waste would be dumped
into the nearby Columbia Kiver
in the event of on earthquake
Opponents of the measure
claimed that an Immediate
shutdown would economically
hurt Portland residents
Portland General h'lectric,
which operates the plant, suit)
it has plans to close Trojan by
1U**t>
By Dmnlm Mi Loan
Measure 7
While many business inter
ests breathed a sigh of relief
when Ballot Measure 7 the
split-roll property tax initiative
failed miserably Tuesday,
some students and citizens
again saw a state that is unwill
ing to solve the deepening fi
nancial crisers facing education
today
"This shows that the busi
ness community is protecting
their business interests rather
than trying to solve the finan
cial situation facing the state's
education," said Carl Hosticka.
a victorious state representative
for District 40 who also sup
ported the initiative.
The initiative, which would
have put a now limit on the
amount of school property tax
es paid by owners of commer
cial and other income-produc -
ing property, failed 76 percent
to 24 percent as of 12 a m
Wednesday.
Currently, the slate is re
quired to pay for much of the
K 12 education to replace funds
lost to the 1990 Measure 5
property tax-cut initiative, thus
draining much of the money in
the state’s General Fund
If Ballot Measure 7 had
passed Tuesday, It would have
relieved the state of providing
most of the funds to K-12, free
ing up some money in the Gen
eral Fund to go toward higher
education. This would have
likely resulted in decreased tui
tion exists
Consequently, some students
view the failure as another
blow to higher odoration in the
state.
"I knew it would g<i down."
said Bo Adan, a University
graduate teaching fellow who
worked on the Yes on 7 cam
paign ' Anytime you mention a
new tax. people don't vole for
it."
Although disappointed with
the failure, Adan said he will
not lie satisfied until some oth
er revenue is found to replace
that lost to Measure 5 two years
ago. It is now in the Legisla
ture's hands, he said.
Eugene County Commission
er Marie Frazier, who opposed
the measure, said she thinks
this will force the Legislature to
find alternative ways to fund
education.
"Nobody wants to pay more
taxes," she said. "By this, peo
ple are Just asking the state to
find better ways to finance
schools.”
By Colleen Pohlig
Cynthia Wootan applauda har victory m
^ Photo by P«l%
atata Houaa District 41, ivhUa Rap. Patar DaFazio, D-Springfiald, calabrataa hia own win Tuaaday night.
Wooten wins District 41, thanks students
By Daralyn Trappe
Emerald Assocale Edrtor
Cynthia Wooton appeared to
have emerged triumphant Tuesday
night in her bitter iwtllo with In
cumbent Marie Bell for the state
House of Representatives seat in
District 41.
With 4B percent of the vote
counted. Wooten had captured 5«i
percent to Bell's 44 percent. If the
trend continues, Bell will be ousted
after one term in the state house.
But the sparks between the two
will continue to fly. as both have
filed charges of elections law viola
tions with thn state. Wooten and
Bell ant accusing each other of dis
torting information in campaign lit
erature.
Wooten said Tuesday she plans
to pursue thn charges. Bell, who
did not appear ut the Lane County
Election Headquarters at the fuir
grounds, was not available for com
ment.
Wooten, who is pro-choice, capi
talized on Bell's pro-life stance and
made the issuo a key tenet to her
platform.
Wooten also courted the Univer
sity vote by promising to fight for
bettor highor education funding. In
fact, as the votes rolled in Tuesday
night and a win became apparent,
Wooten attributed her victory to
"women who want to have a
choice" and "newly registered vot
ers, especially those at the Univer
sity.”
Wooten praised members of the
ASUO and the University's College
Democrats for their efforts and
promised she wouldn't forgot her
pledges
“The people at UO ran count on
me to be open and accessible to
their needs," she said.
The people at UO
can count on me to
be open and
accessible to their
needs.1
— Cynthia Wooten,
House District 41 winner
In her acceptance speech. Woo
ten said she was excited to bo a
part of "a day for Oregon and a day
for America This proves that we're
not going to bo punished anymore
for being Democrats."
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MEASURE 9
Continued from Page 1
Tho measure. sponsored by the Oregon Citizens Alii
anco. would have amended the Oregon {Constitution to
declare homosexuality "perverse" and "abnormal- and
would have required schools and the state government
to discourage It
The battle between IX'.A supporters and opponents
got under way full-force with the passage of a similar
mcasuro. also sponsored by the OCA, in the city of
Springfield last fall
The defeat of tho statewide measure, which drew me
dia attention across tho country and oven overseas,
brings to a dose an astonishing chapter in Oregon's his
tory
Communities have been united and divided; both sup
porters anil opponents reported personal harassment
and desecration of homes and buildings; and the deaths
of a gay man and a lesbian woman in Salum last month
wen- linked by some to the heated political atmosphere
Lane County No On 9 Chairman Allen Brown put in
nearly a year of effort to get to the hoped-for Election
Day result Brown heaved a weary sigh when consider
ing possible disappointment that the measure wasn't be
ing defeated by a greater margin.
"I'm just glad we n; winning." he said. "The people of
this slate have very clearly said that discrimination of
any kind is wrong."
Brown and Troy Shields, co-chairman of the Universi
ty Lesbian. Uay and Bisexual Alliance, said some posi
tive things have come out of the fight Both pointed to
the statewide anti-Measure 9 coalition that included
many religious groups and a vast ma|ority of both Re
publican and Democratic political leaders.
Brown said he hopes that coalition is sustained as the
fight for gay rights continues.
"Ifs prompted people to get Involved who had maybe
never thought about it before," Brown said “I’m not at
all surprised that so many churches got Into it. I'm sure
they’re tired of seeing people use their religion to dis
criminate."
1People are Maying to me, “Arerrt
you glad we won?" But we didn’t
win anything. If a like we’re back
to ground zero.’
— Troy Shields,
co-chairman of (he University Lesbian, Gay and
Bisexual Alliance
Shields said ho wus loft with mixed emotions about
the outcome.
"I'm pleased, but we aren't really gaining anything."
ho said. "People are saying to me, Aren't you glad we
won?’ But we didn't win anything It's like we re back to
ground zero.
"It moans that many peoplo in this stalo don't advo
cate hale, and that's positive, but it’s so discouraging
how many people voted in favor of it," Shields said. "It
makes me think that there are 200,OOO-and-some people
who want mo to disappear But I'm not going to."
No (X:A representatives appeared at the Lane County
Fairgrounds, the official county elections headquarters,
and messages requesting comment were not returned.
However, the Associated Press reported that (X1A chair
man Lon Mabon vowed his group would come hack
with a new unti-homusuxual measure that would appeal
to more people
“We'll bo analyzing why Iho measure didn't pass, it it
doesn't, and readjust it and file again." Mubon told the
AP. "We ll be coming back.”
OCA spokesman Scott Lively also told the AP he be
lieved most people were uncomfortable with describing
homosexuality as porvorso.
"But In our opinion, It was important to como out
strong the first time, and then modify the measure the
next time." he said
Shields said members of the gay and lesbian commu
nity are certainly aware that their effort doesn't end with
Tuesday's election
"Measure 9 failed, but the lesbian and gay community
has been forcod to the forefront by the OCA,” Shields
said, “and the battle with the OCA is far from over."
Women vow
U.S. reform
WASHINGTON (AP) -
With an unprecedented vic
tory behind them. Democrat
Ic women and their support
er! are promising to push a
congressional agenda expect
ed to Includo health care, ed
ucation and workplace re
form.
"You are going to see a co
alition of women that will gel
to work from day one to got
this country back on track,"
said Patty Murray, one of
four women who captured
seats in the Senate In Tues
day's election.
The Victoria, by stato legis
lator Murray in Washington,
former San Francisco Mayor
Dianne Feinstein and Rep.
Barbara Boxer in California,
and Carol Moseley Braun in
Illinois mean there will be
seven women in the Senate,
at least temporarily.
There are now a rocord
three — Barbara Mikulski, D
Md.. re-elected Tuesday;
Nancy Kassebaum. R-Kan..
not on the ballot again until
1M6; and Jocelyn Burdick.
D-N.D , filling In temporarily
for bar late husband.
Women also made substan
tial gates in the House. Moat
of these victors. Ilka aU four
of the senators-elect. are
Colorado voters pass
anti-aav riahts law
(AP) — A Colorado proposal to ban the state and local govern
ments from enacting gay-rights legislation prevailed 55 percent to
45 percent, '("he measure rescinds such protection already on the
books in Denver. Aspen and Boulder
Among the measure’s opponents was Cov Koy Horner, who said
"It Is not you who an! gay and
lesbian who have lost the fight.it
Is all of Colorado."
In Tampa. Fla . residents re
pealed a city ordinance protect
ing homosexuals from discrimi
nation The vote there was 58
percent to 42 percent
Cay-rights advotales won a
victory in Portland, Main.;,
where 57 percent voted to retain
an ordinance taming discrimi
nation against homosexuals in
housing, jobs, credit and public
accommodations
We found people
saying
(homosexuals)
have equal rights
— and should have
— but not
something special.’
Will Perkins,
Colorado lor family Values
The Colorado measure doc*
not prevent private companion from adopting |«)li< ies that prohibit
discrimination against gavs, only state and local municipalities
Colorado Springs tar dealer Will I’erkms. leader of a group tailed
Colorado for Family Values, maintained that It was fairness, not
hatred, that prompted the measure
“VVe fell all along In the polling we had done that people didn't
have hatred or had feelings toward the homosexual communitv
But we found people saying they have equal rights and should
have hut not something special
State county
a bellwether
no longer
PHlNKVILLB (AP) *- Crook
County lost Its status us tho
nation's Inst bellwether coun
ty Tuosday. (
George Bush won In tho
county, which until this year
had chosen the popular vote
winner In overy presidential
election si net! 1BB4
With all of the county’s
precincts reporting. Bush had
2,702 votes to 2.500 for Bill
Clinton. Ross Perot had 2,001
votes
Until Tuesday, Crook
County's record for choosing
presidents was unequaled
among the nation's 3,106
counties Crook had to share
the status until Iowa's Palo
Alto County went for Demo
crat Walter Mopdale In 1 OH-1
Prinovlllo, with 5.300 resi
dent*. is the only incorporat
ed town in ilp> county of
14,000 in Oregon's high de
sert
CANDIDATE RESULTS
Secretary of state
After » demanding and sometime* ugly men.
Democrat I’hil Relating defeated Republican Run
dy Miller Tuesday and will continue to serve us
Oregon's secretary of state.
"We were able to prove Phil did his job well,
and he’s been rewarded with another four-year
term." said Chris Warner. Keisllng's deputy cam
paign manager
Warner called the race especially challenging
in light of Miller's tough criticism of Keisllng's
performance.
"Wo definitely had a harder case to prove in
the sense that wo tried to run a positive cam
paign. but Miller's been running against Cov
Roberts." Warner said
Gov. Barbara Roberts uppomted Keisltng secre
tary of state in 1930 after her election as governor
vacated the office. Although the offices are inde
pendent of one another. Miller has charged that a
"Keisling/Roberts administration is largely to
blame for many of Oregon's Ills because the two
"lack leadership and are Insensitive to Oregoni
ans."
Miller said he’s disappointed by the loss be
cause he wanted to alter the tone of government
in Oregon.
"I think Roberts and Keisling noted as philo
sophical twins since she appointed him." Miller
said, "and I wanted to offer Oregonians real
change."
Miller has also charged Keisling lacks manage
ment experience for the office despite Keisling s
one-and-a-half years as secretary of state. Miller
said ho had hoped to Improve government by
contributing what he believes is his more sub
stantial management experience.
•i’ll still try to do that because many contribu
tions to stute government don’t come from elected
office.”
Miller suid he will still be an advocate for rea
sonable Umber harvests and a re|ieal of the En
dangered Species Act. hut he believes the election
of Democrats Dill Clinton and Al Core will In; det
rimental to Oregon's timber industry because of
Gore’s environmental views.
Miller attributed his loss to the strength of in
cumbency and the media’s lack of attention to the
secretary of stute race. He also said the over
whelming support for a democratic presidential
candidate may have led to straight ticket votes for
other Democrats.
Warner said Keisling will continue his work as
secretary of state, focusing on tho office’s auditing
and election division functions.
Keisling received a bachelor’s degree in Ameri
can studies from Yale College in 1977. Ho worked
as a Journalist for six years, first as a Willamette
Week reporter and later as an editor at The Wash
ington Monthly
Keisling also acted as senior legislative assis
tant to the speaker of the Oregon House from
IMS to 1988. He served In the Oregon House of
Representatives from 1M9 to 1991.
The si* retary of state is (ho second-highest of
fice in stiite government. The six rotary acts us
i hief elections officer, records the official acts of
the Legislature and the exiscutive branch, and
oversees (he state Board of Accountancy and lux
service examiners and the state archives
By l.istt Knttvfal
Districts 39, 40
Incumbent Democrats Jim lidmunson, District
:i«*. and Cur! Hosticka. District 40. easily wnt) re
election to the Oregon House of Representatives
Tuesday night
Edmonson defeated Libertarian Bot) F’ouvre
13,714 to 2,U>4 votes 'I'ux reform would lie one of
Edmonson's top priorities in the Legislature, but
expressed uncertainty about voters' willingness to
accept tux reform, bused on the failure of Ballot
Meusure 7, the split-roll property tax Initiative
"The voters aren't In u mood to fix things," he
said "I don’t think that, realistically, anything
the Legislature would refer to them would pass."
Edmonson also expressed concern for funding
higher edu< allon Tin afraid that wo re going to
see some major cuts In state funding and It's go
ing to include higher od." he said
Hosticka. who is also an associate vice presi
dent at the University, defeuted Republican
Ceorge Boehnkn, 15.2M7 to 4.512 Boehnke. who
said he grew up in politics, supported many poli
ticians during his life but never ran for office
himself until this election
Boehnke, who was opposed to Measure 7 and
opposed the governor s tax plan this past sum
mer, criticized Hosticka for having a one-track
mind.
"All ho tan think about is tho University,"
Boehnko said.
Boohnko suggested Hosticka has a conflict of
interest hy holding both University and legisla
tive positions. "He's just another lobbyist with a
legislative degree," he said.
Hosticka said the effects of 1990's Measure ft
would lie first on his agenda for the next legisla
tive session "It's fienn the number one issue for a
long lime," he said, "and stays as the number one
issue."
Health care is another concern of HostickaV
Ho sponsored a single-payer, universal-access
plan during the last legislative session and will
do so again during the next session
"The Oregon Plan was a good first step." he
said, referring to the Oregon health-care plan re
jected by tho Bush administration this past sum
mer.
"But it doesn't get us whore we want to lie. I've
boon pushing harder for a national health-care
plan." he said, "but it can t be implemented at
the state level."
Hosticka. who has served in the Oregon House
for nine years, said he is not concerned about Bal
lot Measure 3. the term limitation initiative. “I
havo another life," he said, "and I don't plan on
serving another six years.”
By Martin Fisher