Oregon daily emerald., May 13, 1994, Page 5A, Image 5

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House candidate urges more funding for education
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Floyd Prozaiuki’s long-term goal
is to undo Ballot Measure 5. but for
now he's interested in relieving edu
cation's money crunch through a
gross receipts tat
Prozanski. a Democratic c andi
date for the House District 40 seat,
said that public education means
access to education for all individ
uals and that the state must Uxik for
additional education funding
"It's very very important that we
not out-price students or young peo
ple from Ixiing able to get an educa
tion." he said
Ho said he supports a gross receipts
tax, which is a tax on business prof
its, because it would equalize the tax
burden between individuals and
businesses and because it would lie
a decision the state Legislature could
make without having to refer it to the
public for a vote.
"Until we go hack to the voters and
undo Measure 5. property taxes are
tied to a vote by the public, and 1
don't want to waste any more time
trying to develop a package for ini
tial relief. We need something in
place and we need to go back and
undo Measure 5,” he said.
Me «uiid Mikiiure 5 is "tearing the
state apart" because of how it was
implemented and that all the state
services are suffering as u result of
it — not just education
"Measure 5, in and of itself, has
just gutted the funding base for state
services," he said
Prozanski said ho finds it difficult
to understand why the state has as
much control over the University as
it does, considering the state is pro
viding less money for higher educa
tion.
"It seems to me that we need to
have more autonomy within the
schools and the universities to allow
them a little more choice in decision
making based on what thev. have
available to them." he said.
"It just seems to me that when
you cut back on how much you're
funding into a program, your over
sight or authority over it should
become less "
Prozanski said businesses need to
have a strong base of educated indi
viduals both in academic and vocn
tional Holds before thev will relocate
to Oregon.
"The state has a duty to be
involved," Prozanski said, adding
that although the state needs to
recruit large businesses. it should Im>
remembered that the majority of
Oregon b»MiH*s*ej are small busi
nesses.
"The vital fabric of our job and
employment seems to be with small
er business, small industry and cot
tage industry." he said "Because of
that. I find the state as well as other
economic groups should be looking
to foster assistance to those types of
groups as well as bringing in larger
corporations
Kven though the state currently
supports small business. Prozanski
said more support is needed
because many small businesses
need more money for expansion
He also suggested a state-subsi
dized apprenticeship program to
"bring opportunity to our young
people so they don't have to leave
the slate to find employment
"If you assist young people who
are just starting out in a profession, I
believe that you are really going to
be investing in their future.” Prozan
ski said.
He said the state should continue
to cut ancient forests but should
establish strong secondary products
industries, sue h as furniture or p<i[>er
"We want to look at what other
means there are to have the forest
provide additional jobs and wo
nomii benefits, while at the same
time maintaining u quality of life
that's going to be sustainable for
Prountkl
minus imnir man
economic gain,"
he said
Furthermore,
Pmzanski said he
supports the use
of alternative
fibers to relieve
some of the pres
sure on the wood
supply needed
for pajHir
"Hemp is a
proven fiber
nun > umhi iur < I'niuru's, nu
Mid "It's a product that has a much,
much higher return than traditional
wood fiber Industrial hump is not
marijuana, it does not have T1IC and
it should not be a concern as to
whether or not industrial grade
hemp is allowed "
I’ro/anskt is mi assistant distru t
attorney for lame Countv and has
served as a University student ton
due t hearings offit or and on the
Ixiard of directors for HKING Ket v
ding
bplit-roll tax workable, candidate says
By Meg Dedolph
Oregon Daily Emerald
If more money for higher education can't be
found. Democrat Marty Hennor, who is running for
state representative, supports closing Western Ore
gon State College and redistributing its programs
among the remaining state universities
"1 don't want to see all the universities take
another 10 to 15 percent cut." Manner said "I'd
rather have three good universities than four ones
that have been cut so much they're terrible
Manner said he favors a split-roll property tax.
where businesses and homeowners are taxed at
different rates.
"1 think it's doable 1 think we can sell that to
people by saying, Look if you vote for this mea
sure, your taxes will stay the same but First Inter
state Bank, they may have to pay a little more,' so
I think it's fair."
He also said the stale should amend Ballot Mea
sure 5 to allow local school districts to decide
whether or not to override the property tax limit
"Shouldn't the voters lie able to vote to decide to
tax themselves a little extra be< ause they want the
quality of the schools to he a little better?" he
asked.
Hennor said this change would provide some
models, even in school districts that wouldn't do
it initially.
"People would see what the extra money would
do, so if extra money were spent in Eugene, par
ents in Springfield would lie able to look and say.
'Well, gee, Eugene is spending the extra money
and look at what they're getting for it
He said last year's Legislature had a "business us
usual" approach, which ho thinks is out of place
"This is no longer business as usual," he said.
"This is crisis time, and while 1 will push for the
kind of taxes I think are progressive. I will proha
bis ust> my mediator skills to put together some
package w ith the net essary votes so \v« i an get
some tax measure I’m not going ,l> hold mvself
to some standard of purity
He said providing more money for schools is key
Henner
to resolving the stale s bud
getary problems So mm h mon
ey had been used to fund
schools that other services are
suffering, he said
"If we can get money for pub
lic education, we can relieve
pressure on other parts of the
state," Manner said
Some of the more important
environmental issues fat ingthe
state concern forest manage
moot, especially log exports,
and transportation
Mb said ho supports l S Hep F eter LwtFazio's
plan to ban log exports bei:iiuso it will help pre
serve the ancient forests and preserve jobs in Ore
gon when raw logs are no longer exported to oth
er countries for processing
"We have to get people out of cars," Henner
said. "We should amend the state constitution to
permit the use of gas tax money for mass transit
and the high speed rail system
"If we don't start getting people to use rail trans
port, in another two years we'll have to add two
more lanes to 1-5. which means more cars and
more air pollution." he said.
Henner is an attorney and professional arbitra
tor and mediator as well as a former instructor at
the University and Oregon State. He served on
the hoards of the ACl.tJ and Friends of the
Fuigene Library and is a member of Clergy and
Laity Concerned and Temple Beth Israel
Overwhelming support brings Frohnmayer to forefront
(AP) — In tin* fractious world
of higher education, the over
whelming and broad support that
led to the selection of Dave
Frohnmayer as interim president
of the University was startling.
"There was literally a
groundswell of support that
brought him to the forefront,"
said Janice Wilson, president of
Ihe state Hoard of Higher Educa
tion.
Frohnmayer, the former state
attorney general w ho has served
as dean of the University law
school since 1992. said he wasn't
interested in the job when it
opened a month ago and he nev
er campaigned for it.
"It just was not on any screen
that I had up." he said. "Rut that
doesn't mean that the thought
didn't grow on me after ! began
to see the spontaneous urgings
that I got.''
Shortly after Myles Brand
announced April 14 that he
would become president of Indi
ana University, Wilson. Chan
cellor Thomas Bartlett and Ixxml
vice president Rob Miller met
with key faculty and student rep
resentatives on the University
campus. They unexpectedly
heard a loud, dear call for Frohn
mayer to get the job.
“They said they were unani
mous and that was unusual for
them," Wilson said.
In addition, the board began
receiving calls from around the
state supporting Frohnrnaver.
"I’ve been really gratified and.
in some cases, surprised by the
strength and unanimity" of the
support, Frohnmayer said.
The board decision Wednes
day to hire Frohnmayer as inter
im president was also unani
mous.
Although a national search for
a permanent replacement for
Brand is expected to start next
year, there are strong indie ations
the board simply will remove the
word "interim" from Frohnmay
er's title.
"Dave would certainly be a
strong candidate, and if he per
forms in the manner in which he
has performed all of his other
tasks, I would say if he wants the
job. it would bo his.” Wilson said
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