Groups competing for EMU offices face new rules
Tasha Eichenseher
CXoort Osfy f merakJ
Stridor guidelines for holding offii e
s(xm* in the EMU are now in effect Ixtimw
organizations that have either no office
space or inadequate space are seeking
offices.
"l-ast year in the house committee we
went through and revised space criteria."
EMU Board Mouse Committee Chair
woman Shannon Varney said at Wednes
day night's meeting.
Corporations
dole out dollars
to candidates
SALEM (AP) — With his
trademark blue jeans and cow
boy boots, John Kitzhaber often
fins been called the Marlboro
Man of Oregon politics
Maybe that explains why
Phillip Morris USA gave him
$3,000.
The Democratic candidate for
governor listed the tobacco
giant's contribution on the cam
paign finance report he submit
ted to the state this week.
Actually, Republican Denny
Smith got a $3,000 contribution
from Phillip Morris as well.
Big corporate interests such as
Phillip Morris like to spread
campaign money around as a
way of sowing good will with
whomever might 1m the next
governor.
Still, given Kltzhaber's posi
tion as possibly the state's best
known physician and author of
the Oregon health plan, the
$3,000 contribution stands out.
It would be like Denny Smith,
that well-known spotted owl
basher, to list a large contribu
tion from the Sierra Club
kit/.baber notes that he built a
strong record of opposing smok
ing and supporting cigarette lax
hikes while in the Legislature
He says he makes no apology for
accepting the Phillip Morris
donation.
"If they want to use their
resoun es to promote an anti
smoking candidate, that's great,"
Kitzhalier says.
An Oregon Heart Association
spokeswoman isn't so sure
about that.
"Well, I'm disappointed,"
Margaret Mitchell says "He's
always been so positive with
respect to anti-tobacco issues."
The cigarette maker's contri
bution is just one of the details
in the voluminous campaign
finance reports submitted by the
candidates for governor this
week.
Smith's support is anchored
in the timber industry. The
reports showed he has received
more than $200,000 — a quarter
of his campaign war chest —
from timber interests.
Smith spokeswoman Elaine
Franklin says that's not surpris
ing. given Smith's criticism of
federal environmental laws.
Smith's top individual con
tributors generally gave larger
amounts than Kitzhaber's indi
vidual contributors. Conversely,
the political action committees
backing Kitzhaber gave more
than the FACs backing Smith.
Does this mean that the fat
cats an? tucking Smith while the
political groups are behind
Kitzhaber?
Franklin offers this assess
ment: "Denny is a watchdog for
the taxpayers, not a lapdog for
the unions."
Kitzhaber says Kitzhaber has
received a lot more contributions
from Oregonians than Smith and
from more diverse groups.
Group* that have office sp«<« nvod to
respond to a notti e issued by the com
mittee by Oct 21 or they will be declared
inactive.
The notice, dated Sept. 26. states that
for an organization to k.<*»p its sjvm* it must
maintain at least 10 regular office hours
per week during normal business hours,
produce a roster of at least seven active
members, demonstrate activity by the
fourth week of fall term, which ends Oct
21. and respond to all KMU Board of Dins -
tons' requests.
Of the f>4 groups with office space in the
EMU for the 1994-95 school year. 20 had
responded to the committee notic e as of
Oct. 11.
Stricter guidelines were written because
the EMU Board "should Im able to start
earlier than Innuary or February giving
people office space." said Frank (ieltner,
EMU assoc cate direc tor.
Once offic e space opens up, the com
mittee- will have to dec ide which of the 14
groups (hut have filed requests will receive
an omen.
"Sometime after the 2»th we ll have to
look at 14 entities and decide vs hat we
want to weigh more importantly than
something else." Geltner said.
According to (ieltner. the committee will
fill the first available spaces by looking at
what services the gn>up offers, if its activ
ities overlap with the activities of other
groups and if it already has spm e in the
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