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COMMUNITY Schools a priority for Sherlock uy Meg ueooiph Oogrtn £Wy f Mike Sherlock, a Democratic candidate for state representative in Distru t 40. which includes the University area, said school funding is one of his major concerns "That's my top priority." Sherlock said "To me. there's two real reasons we should do it It's moral ly what wo should do, to see that our kids get the best possible education The other part of it la that it's an investment If we don't invest in a proper education for the peo ple coming through the ranks right now, how can wo expect our economy to thrive?" Sherlock said Sherlock said people who voted for 1990's Mea sure 5. expecting lower property taxes, are not find ing a reduction in property tax. hut a reduction in state services instead because of the frustration with the results of Mea sure 5. he believes people may be more willing to explore different funding options to raise money for schools. Sherlock said voters might be more willing to pass a split-roll tax, which would equalize the per centages of property taxes paid by homeowners and businesses. "After ballot Measure 5, tile homeowners are (lav ing fiO percent and the business sector is paying about 40 percent What I’d like to see is a program that would equalize the burden so the business owner and the individual homeowner ire paying it 50/50," Sherloc k said. Sherlock said he would support any tax for edu cation that was "remotely do able." whether it was a split-roll tax. a gross-receipts tax on business income or an increase in income tax “That one might lie the least do-able." he said of the income tax, "because we all have to pay that The only tax that's acceptable to people is one some one else has to pay.” Sherlock believes universities that are self-suffi cient and raise enough tuition money to support their programs, like the University. Oregon State University and Southern Oregon State College, shouldn't have to support other state programs "It bothers me." he said, "that money is Itemg taken from, for instance, the University of Oregon, to subsidize programs that maybe are not ns is o nomicully viable It setmis like funding that has boon going to the U of O is Ixung sucked away , slowly hut surely up to Portland State " Sherlock said he believed them was enough mon ey from tuition in the state system to fund the I Ini versity adequately if the University rei eived all of its tuition money Sherlix k said a better education system would not only benefit the state's isunoniy but would help reduce crime "If vve don't prepare people to lx1 self suffi< lent in society, we can only expect them to do what ever they have to do to sun ive. and if that ends up Inung crime, that's what they're going to do." he said Building mom prisons wasn't a solution Ixs ause it might ultimately funnel money away from the education system. Sherlix k said "We're going to find the demand for prisons goes up more gad more gad more, gad we're going to have less and less money for education, so pretty soon, we won't etlui ate anybody and we'll in< ar i erote everybody," he said Sherlock believes his skills in consensus build ing and experience as a lobbyist would lx- helpful in upcoming legislative sessions. "At the last legislative session, there were a whole bunch of )>eople who sat around with some extreme position and they folded their arms and said. If I don't get ms way. I'm going to hold my breath until I turn blue,' Sherlock said. "And guess whatf They sat around and turned blue Nothing hap[X'ned What we need at the next session are people willing to work with other peo ple to find the common ground., he said Sherlix k is a former United States Air I on e pilot and owner of a lex al gas station Run For Office! 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