Tax reform proposals aim at relieving state budget
By Lisa KneeJel
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SALLM Sen Shirley (inhi (1)-Uisl
7) presented two t.ix reform proposal*
.nmed at replacing revenue shortfalls
frc.ru id'to s Hallot Measure '■ at tie
monthly meeting of the Joint Revenue
and School l-'inanoe Committee Monday
.tnd Tuesday
1 he proposals are an effort to find re
placement revenue for the SI 2 billion
less the state will receive from taxes next
year than ll would have received prior to
the passage of Measure r>
Measure r> modified property tax rates
through gradual annual reduc tions HiO
state services budget is estimated at S’
billion for the biennium, but
taxes will only provide approximately S<>
billion
Gold, interim via; chairwoman of the
committee, presented h gross receipts tax.
proposal thiit would eliminate the short
fall A composite tax reform proposal
that includes a state sales tax and split
roll property ta* rates was also present
ed, but it would only redute the short-,
fall
"Our objective vxas to get sotnt .u Won
going," Gold said of the proposals The
proposals will Ik- part of the legislature's
next session when solutions for revenue
shortfalls will be researched, Gold said
The gross receipts lax proposal would
apply only to businesses whose gross in
come receipts total more than $ 100,000
per year Bimnn'M'S would puy ait onl
ine to n lav rail- based on their ro« eipt*
The other proposal attempt* to balance
taxation as well as rnplar <• revenue
C’.old said residential homeowners bear
the brunt of the Stale's tax burden i he
proposal would assuage the burden
through a split roll property lax Owner
occupied property would t>o taxed at a
rate ol S5 per $1,000 of assessed value,
and all other property would he laved at
S10 per SI .00(1 of value
The balanced tav reform plan would
int hide .i ,t H percent sales tav on goods
that exempts essentials like groceries
The plan would allocate half the net rev
enue from the stale lottery to education
A c ritical feature of the proposal is .in
income tax cut for 'M( percent of laxpav
ers. Gold said
The income tax cut applies to com
bined family incomes of less than
S 140,00(1 and single incomes of less than
S70.000, hut rales would l>e increased for
corporate taxpayers in the highest in
come brie kris The other parts of tin
proposal would account for the income
tax reductions while still reduc ing the
budget shortfall. Gold said.
(.old said the components of the re
form plan can bo adapted to shift more of
the taxation from one source to another,
or to eliminate a source altogether
You can juggle around these tax items
as you see lit," Gold said
SUICIDE
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talked .iIkhiI killing herself" by
jumping from ii high plan!. thrr
said
liirr said conversations with
other witnesses prior to
Abrams' death also led pal tec
lo believe it vv.is a siik i(i<t Peo
ple won III ask how Abrams was
doing, Birr said, and she would
respond with .iri answer like,
"To lx? or not to he That is the
question ”
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‘Everything looks to
be (suicide).
There’s no thought
about foul play.’
Lynn Waller
deputy medical examiner
A SCO President Hobby Lee
s.iiii ho h-.imcd a woman who
had ridden the PLC elevator
with Abrams Monday hud a
conversation with thi; do
n-axed Lor said In* Ijelioved the
oxtent of w hat Abrams said was
Today's tho day" or "I'm fil
ing to make it or hroak it
Leo said ho had littlo id on
about why Abrams was on
1 atnpus
Slio was not a student,' ho
siiid Wo don't know why
sho d uso PLC llie mvstory be
hind this is protty inb-nso "
Though it has lu-on dolor
mi nod a suicido, llirr said some
s|iot lf)( s ill the raise still need
to Im- t loured up
"Not all of the loose ends un
tied up." ho said
(Terry Moseley, the Universi
ty's vice provost lor academe
support and student services,
said he would urge- any other
witnesses or those who knew
Abrams to contac t police ll
they hue) information
Counselors will be available
at the University Counseling
Center Thursday during drop
in group se ssions from noon to
2 pm for those who wish to
talk about the incident
PLC
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i rumi of u lark of funds
K.iv Coots of the University Office of Public
Safety said the minutes of the Campus Safety
Advisory Committee show the fencing in of
the balconies was discussed in a January l't'H)
meeting
Morse said a Physical Plant employee was
also hit by a full can ol soda pop thrown Irom
a PLC balcony around the same time, which
played a part in prompting the rocomrnenda
turn Only a short railing separates the balco
nies from open space
I think it's ridiculous, Morse s.ud "I think
the building from the first floor up should be
enclosed.-'
Morse said he also res ailed other objei ts be
mg thrown from the balconies, such .is a
couch
"I think they ought to dig into it," said Paul
Anderson, a carpenter with the Physti al Plant.
Anderson was also on the safety committee at
the time Anderson said the building's locks
were re keyed as a result of the committee's
recommendation
The section of PLC with the exterior balco
nies was completed in 1967. said University
art hivist Keith Kichard
University Architect Chris Ramey said the
design of the stairs and balconies was probably
i boson for two reasons. It was cheap to build,
and the design was common whim PLC- was
built, he said.
Reggie Augsburger. a Luge no fire marshal,
said the balconies on the south side of the
building serve no real safety purpose, and he
doesn't know why the south side of PLC
wasn't built like the north side, which does
not have external balconies.
Augsburger said he did not think caging the
balconies would be a violation of fire codes
Monica Margaret Abrams, of 1872 Harris St.,
plunged to her death from the ninth-floor bal
uim Monday, L'ugene police said Leroy Mer
rill, a former dean of the University's School of
l.ibrarianshlp. also killed himself in a fall from
the same balcony in 1070.
Williams, the University vice president for
administration, said the school did look at
lem irtg in the balconies and putting screens on
the building's windows several years ago be
cause of the amount of things being thrown
from the building
Joint Urosiar, of the University News Bureau,
said a proposal for an estimate and design was
drawn up by the Physical Plant, but it never
wont in any formal direction.
Williams said nothing was done about the
proposal Isa ause the University didn't believe
it was a viable option to solve the problem ol
people throwing things out the building.
"We didn't want to cage people in the build
ing to solve the garbage problem," Williams
slid "Safety was not the issue at that time "
Coots said the safety committee looked for
other ways to solve the problem and ended up
n keying the I’LC locks. She said the commit
tee re keyed the locks because too many peo
ple were gaining access lo the building and
throwing things out of the building.
"We wanted to limit the access to the build
ing after it was locked," Coots said. "The
building had not been re-keyed in a long
time."
Williams said Monday’s incident is a trage
dy, hut it is important not to infer the decision
to not cage the balconies on PLC years ago had
anything to do witli the suicide.
"There's no reason to believe wo could have
prevented what happened." he said. "If they
have set their mind (to commit suicide), keep
ing that from happening is difficult."
ASUO President Iiohhy Lee agreed.
"There is not going to bo a perfect solution.
Anyone can climb up any building if they
wanted to commit suicide," he said.
ASUO Safety Affuirs Coordinator Caitilin
'[‘wain said there's another area to focus on.
"All of the community must make it known
people can get support when they are in
need." she said. "That will do more than put
ting up screens.”
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