Oregon Daily
Measure 1 opponents view tax as inefficient
j Method of taxation
draws objections
By Meg Dedolph
Oregon Duty Emarakt
On Nov 0, voters will head for
the polls to decide whether Ore
gon will adopt a 5 percent sales
tax. (hi; proceeds from which are
intended to help fund schools.
Supporters of the tax hope it
will supply some much-needed
money to public schools from
kindergartens to community col
leges. But opponents of the tax
view it as overly regressive and a
poor solution to Oregon’s budget
woes.
"The education people are
being duped," Frank Cardoza
said. "This is the worst damn
tiling for Oregon."
Cardoza, the co-director of the
Stop The Sales Tax political
action committee, said he oppos
es tht- tax because it is regressive,
inefficient and invasive.
Regressive taxes like n sales tax
require everyone to pay the same
percentage in tax, regardless of
income. A r> percent sales tax
would cost every consumer an
>\tra 5 cents on every dollar
spent, regardless of whether the
;onsumer made $10,000 a month
>r St .(Hit) a month.
Cardoza said that in the ( nse of
ertnin foods, the tax would he
wen more regressive
"Forty percent of what people
onstmie is taxed (as) packaged or
prepared food. " he said. "So 40
percent of food consumption is
going to fie laved Poor people,
single parents haven't time to
cook, so they‘tv forced into fast
food or prepared food. It s doubly
regressive "
Cardoza also objects to other
exemptions in the proposed lav
hill
For example, machinerv ( ostmg
more than $500. used in indus
Turn to SALES TAX. Page 6A
Pointing fingers
t 1/
IStM
Bree Medley, a freshman in architecture, confronts Jim Webb, a roving preacher who stopped by campus to
declare the behavior of homosexuals, fornicators and others sinful m the eyes of God Medley along with
most of the crowd of about 200 students gathered around Webb, disagreed with his beliefs
Construction
of housing
plagued by
complaints
j Agate complex may not
meet access regulations
By Arik Hesseldahl
Qrvytin CXtify / rtWithl
Now thul i.onstnn turn is nearly com
plete on tlx' Agate family housing com
(ill's, t 'niversitv otfli oils have learned that
tin- buildings ma\ not i nmplv with somn
stato and federal regulations regarding
ai i css |»\ students with disabilities
Fred lepfer of thn I Iniversity planning
officn has lieim looking at the site on the
cormir of IHlh Avenue and Agate Street
and has determined that in several i uses,
some important details of building design
need to he corrected
"After you've started construction is not
the time to la' addressing ai i ess i ompli
iitii e problems," Tepfwr said of the com
plex.
lepfer lias made a brief survey of the
complex and found that some internal
details of tie' buildings need to he cor
ns ted. including some t.lmrai teristu s that
are already complete or near completion
At least one bathroom 111 a unit tfiat is
meant to lie fully ac< essible is not wide
enough for a wheelchair user to enter, use
the toilet, turn around and exit Bathrooms
Turn to AGATE. Page 14A
Controversial curriculum committee meets
j Previous meetings were closed to
public, unpublicized
By Edward Klopfenstein
Oegon D&fy t nwmkJ
The University Assembly Committee on Multicultur
al Curriculum mot publicly for the first time Wednesday
afternoon after holding two unpublicized meetings, one
in which a University student was barred from attend
ing.
Regarding committee business, the groundwork was
laid Wednesday for future meetings as committee mem
bers discussed goals and how statements on the multi
cultural curriculum issue will be collected.
The committee met Oct. 13 and Oct. 20 in whut
appeared to some were violations of the Oregon Open
Meetings Law and to others as a misunderstanding.
Incidental Fee Committee member Preston Cannon
filed a formal grievance Tuesday with the Office of Stu
dent Advocacy for being barred from the Oct. 13 meet
ing. saying that as a member of the University he should
be allowed to attend. He said he has also talked with the
governor's office about further action.
"No one contacted me." he said Thursday abou* mem
bers from the committee. "IX) I have to knock on doors''
Cannon said he wants an apology for the incident.
In an earlier interview, Peter Swan, assistant to the
president for legal affairs, said the committee fell under
the open meetings law
Paul Engelking. a professor of chemistry and the
newly elected chairman of the multicultural curriculum
committee, said after the meeting that the first two meet
ings were unpublicized because members didn't know
where the committee stood under the law.
Engelking said University committees fall into a very
vague part of that law because the University isn't a
municipality or a legislative body. This made the com
mittee unsure about whether meetings should I hi open
or closed.
"Legal opinion said, 'We could make a good c.use for
closed meetings, but why Irather,' " he said. "Why fight
when nothing really rides on it?"
If the committee decided to have closed meetings,
Turn to MEETING, Page 4A
Scary sight
SON CNANIw m» f m«>Wd
A pumpkin headed straw man frightens 1
year-old Isaac Alltucker, whose babysitter is
senior Stephanie Greenwood