Packwood talks, wants court trial
BAKER CITY
(AP) — Sen Bob
Peck wood said
Monday he'd rather be tried in
court than have his case before
the Senate Ethii s Committee
because the statute of limita
tions would have run out on
the sexual misconduct allega
tions against him.
Packwood broke his pledge
not to discuss the allegations by
answering a question at a
Chamber of Commerce forum
in Baker City.
Chris Collins, 36, a reporter
for the Raker City Horalcl who
was not representing the news
paper at the time, asked Pack
wood to discuss the issue.
“I can’t believe you’d come
here to Eastern Oregon and not
expect to answer our questions
about sexual harassment," she
said. "You've lost my trust, and
I think you should resign."
Packwood replied that tho
matter would lie taken up by
the Ethics Committee, which
has become his standard an
swer to questions about the al
legations.
"I'd much rather lie tried in
court. There's a two-year stat
ute of limitations," ho said. "If I
were tried in court instead of
the Senate, any allegations over
two years old would not be
tried."
Others in the crowd of about
60 quickly changed the subject
back to issues Packwood cov
ered in his remarks on IkiIoim:
ing the federal budget
Karlier in Ontario. Packwood
refused to discuss new reports
saying he made unwelcome
sexual advances against wom
en. saving it was more impor
tant to talk about the need to
consider cuts in Social Six uritv
and Medicare to bulance the
budget.
About 150 |>»>ople attending a
Chamber of Commerce lunch
eon in the farming town near
the Idaho border were happy to
oblige, limiting their questions
to Packwood's speech about the
federal budget deficit.
"It doesn't affect us." Steve
Long, an accountant who at
tended the luncheon, said of
the sexual misconduct acc usa
tions. "We're interested in the
budget deficit. Social Security
spending and line item vetoes
and issues that make a differ
ence."
"It is on everybody's minds."
said Manny Alvarada, presi
dent of the local chamber "We
would ask him about it. but we
don’t see what good that would
do with the news media follow
ing him everywhere.”
Rae Ann Hollingsworth, a le
gal assistant, said she come to
the luncheon out of curiosity
Bob Packwood
about wltal lit* would say.
"At stunt' point lit time, be
needs to make dirts t t omments
about the allegations." she said
"The people are a little con
corned uIkuiI whether they can
trust him."
Packwood's visit to Kastern
Oregon comes on the heels of ,i
Washington Post report that I t
more women said he made un
wanted sexual advances toward
them
The latest reports tiring to 2 !
the mimtier of w omen who told
the newspaper that Pa< kwotid
kissed and touched them
against their will between the
late ttM>Os and t'lfW)
House kills amendment
about sexual orientation
SAIJ-iM (API — The Oregon House on Monday voted against
amending its rules to forbid legislative meetings and hearings in
places that discriminate on the basis of sexual orientation.
Rules already forbid meetings anyplace that discriminates on the
basis of race, creed, color, sex. age or national origin. The vote
against expanding the rules to cover sexual orientation and disabil
ity was 31-27.
Opponents said adding sexual orientation would reduce access
to government for people in ( ommunities that adopt anti-homosex
ual ordinances suc h as those proposed by the Oregon Citizens Alli
ance.
Rep. John School), K-Rickreall. said the rule change would
amount to "ethnic cleansing of communities we don’t approve of "
Hut supporters said the question was broader.
"This is not a political issue. This is a human rights issue," said
Rep. Margurut Carter, D-Portlnnd.
Carter, one of two black members of the House, said she had en
dured racism and sexism.
"I know of the great divide." she said. "An ism is an ism is an
ism. is it not?”
(barter wiper! tears from her eyes after the vote. Sitting through it.
she said, reminded her ofbeing in the South and having white peo
ple decide where she could eat and from wliat water fountain she
could drink.
A proposal to amend the rules to include disability, but not sexu
al orientation, was made and could come up for a vote Tuesday.
The only openly homosexual member of the House, Rep. Gail
Shibley. D-Porlland. said she did not expect to win Monday’s vote.
But Shibley said the vote was the beginning, not the end, of dis
cussions of gay rights in the 1993 Legislature
"What does the Nike poster say? There is no finish line,” Shibley
said.
Clark back
working at
statehouse
SALKM (AP) — A former
state representative who did
not suet re-election after be
ing convicted of sexual
abuse is back at the Legisla
ture, this time as head of a
public policy think tank
Former Rep. Kelly Clark of
West Linn was accused last
summer of going to the
home of a legislative em
ployee in the middle of the
night and subjectihg her to
hours of emotional, physical
and sexual abuse.
He pleaded guilty to mis
demeanor charges. He said
he and the woman had a
previous relationship snd
that he went too far in trying
to repair it.
On Monday. Clark was at
the Legislature for a discus
sion of land-use issues be
fore a House panel.
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