Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012, January 18, 1994, Page 6, Image 6

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Candidate aims for education
By Mandy Baucum
Orm}on CX*»V t "*»»>()
In ii speech .imiouni ing his
r.nndidar v for the state senate.
Democrat Tom Atkinson outlined
(>dn< alien funding as lus main
tampaign goal nl Washington i
mentarv S< hool Monday
mi very concerned dial in
■ . 's environment there sim
ply arc not enough tom hers to
provide the individual attention
that I rt* oivcd and that more stu
dents arc slipping through the
i rat ks Atkinson said 1 am also
i om crucii that Oregon is lagging
tar behind in bringing modern
educational resourc cs into our
i InssrtHims ()tir kids deserve (let
ter "
Asked i( he believed higher
education is taking too many
budget cuts. Atkinson answered
yes
"I have a great fondness lor the
University.' Atkinson said,
reminding rcjvortcrs that he holds
a hat helor's degree from the t Ini
versify
Another of Atkinson's cam
paign goals was piihlu safety lie
critit ized Senate Mill J.'ttl. passed
in thi« Iasi legislative session,
who h made short prison sen
tt‘iu es even shorter
As our state senator. 1 will
work hard to prevent Oregon
from becoming a major West
Coast drug and crime t enter," he
said.
Atkinson, a Springfield resi
dent, said education and public
safety are his most important
goals and the remaining issues
will lie subject to must of the hud
get cuts
Although the local unemploy
ment rate has dropped during the
last several months, Atkinson
said the job groyvth has been
mainly in the areas of domes!it
WILSON CMALLla itw Emwaw
Tom Atkinson, a candidate tor the state Senate, named education his
main campaign goal at Washington Elementary School Monday.
help and self-employment.
"To inn, family-wage job
growth is m»t more housekeep
ers." he said "As our state sena
tor. I will vote to ust> lottery hinds
for what they were intended —
more family-wage jobs for Ore
gonians."
Atkinson also emphasized
campaign funding reform as a
goal Me said he would not accept
donations of more than Slot)
from Political Action Committees
outside of the Kugene-Springfield
area
Atkinson said he also had a
solution to the controversial
requests of the Oregon Citizens
Alliance
As senator. Atkinson said he
would propose a state < onstitu
tional amendment guaranteeing
all Oregonians the right to live
Irve of dis< rimination and that he
would reaffirm the state consti
tutional restriction on special
rights for anyone.
"Equal rights for everyone, spe
cial rights for no one,” he said.
In the May Democratic pri
maries, Atkinson expects to run
against incumbent Sen. Bill
Dwyer, who has not yet publicly
announced his candidacy.
Atkinson said the reason he
has decided to run against Dwyer
is because he believed the sena
tor was uncompromising. As an
example, he spoke of Dwyer's
unwillingness to reconsider his
anti-sales tax stance.
"That vvas not the kind of lead
ership I wanted to see," he said.
"I have chosen to run because the
state Senate has become totally
ineffective in solving these major
problems facing our state.”
Committee considers funding issue
By Meg Dedolph
. veyivi C\* y
A Unc County commiUtm on
funding for human services is
considering two options to ensure
a steady source for the $.; it mil
lion needed yearly to maintain
human service programs in Lane
County
Currently, funding lor human
sen u es m Lane County, whu It
benefit the homeless, jobless and
disabled as well as families and
i hildren. i omes from the coun
ty. and the cities of Kugene and
Springfield
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"We decided lust |une with
Measure 5 and the instability of
timber revenue it was necessary
to establish stable funding lor
human services." said Steve
Manilla, a county staff member
who works \sith the Ad Hoc
Committee for Human Service
Funding.
Currently, the committee is
suggesting either a business
In ense tax or a tax on amusement
and entertainment Both sugges
tions an- still relatively unrefined,
no specifn details have been
worker! out
An amusement and entertain
ment tax, common in other parts
of the country, is appealing
because it would affect a broad
segment of the population. The
tax's discretionary nature is also
an asset — it doesn't tax services
or products necessary for sur
vival.
A business license tax, if it
were implemented, would apply
to anyone wanting a business
license in lame County, regard
less of the business size.
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