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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 7, 1994)
District 20 candidates affirm education, oppose further taxes Marcelene Edwards QrffQOft Oii-'-y EtnQf’&kf Using lottery funds for educa tion is one goal the three candi dates for State Senate Distrn t 20 share, Ament an Party t nndidate leanne Dellinger, a University of Oregon student, proposes a tuition rollback of at least 20 per amt by dedicating all lottery funds to education She said this would be achieved by the conversion of state money that goes to "upper echelon" employees, who would have to pay for their own retire ment plans. The proposal would not affect low-income govern ment workers, she said. The state is using money from the lottery for economic devel opment, and she said she is tired of the money being wasted "1 think there are a lot of feasi ble solutions, but the only wav to get them is to break the two par ty system," Dellinger said She said the fate of the Uni versity is very important to her because she is a student. Republican candidate Jimi Mathers would also like to use lottery money to fund education for students in kindergarten through 12th grade. She said she hopes with the economy picking up, the state won't lie short mon ey. "Lottery development is sup posed to bo used for economic development and there is no bet ter economii development than education," Mathers said. Education is one of the most important issues in the state and Mathers said it cannot bo ignored. She said children deserve to leave school with a solid educa tion and direction. Democratic candidate Peter Sorenson said the state spent less money on education in than SORENSON MATHERS DELLINGER it dtd in l‘><)2 Kach year a small er and smaller percent of the state budget is spent on higher educa tion. "We could take some of the lot tery dollars out of economic development and put them in higher education." Sorenson said. He would like to move SO per cent of the lottery dollars to school funding and increase cor [Hirnte income tax to 10 f> |>ert ent Currently. Oregon has the low est corporate income tax of the western states After the raise it would be the second lowest of the Western states and would la back to whore it was three years ago. he said. Sorenson applied for the edu cation committee in the Senate 1 le is making education one of Ins major priorities, he said. In 1 ‘17it was possible for a college student to go to college and leave with a debt that could lie easily paid off in five years, he said. Now students ore m debt much longer. Sorenson said Next year he would like to pro pose a bill that would allow (In state government to sell bonds to fund loans for students The loans would lie on n '10-veer basis with an interest rate that would not be favorable because of the time frame. Sorenson said One issue the candidates don't agree on is Measure 15. Dellinger is not in favor of the measure Iwcause it doesn't help higher education. If it does pass, she said, she would look toward lottery funds to help fill the gap Sorenson is also not in favor of Measure la He said that, although it is a well-meaning effort, it hurts higher edui atiou. law enforcement and sih ial ser vices. However, Mathers said Mea sure 15 is not really taking mon ey out of higher education Many programs, sut h as music and art. have been cut out of kindergarten through 12th grade. "We i an't i ut anymore from there." she said. Most students discover they have a desire to pursue art or music when they are in grade school. They cannot wait until collage to find out they would like a i uroer in one of those fields, Mathers said The c undulates also agree that Measure 5, which would require voter approval for any new taxes or fee increases, is not good leg islation Mathers said it's not a reasonable solution to financial problems in education Soren son said the measure is a "bureaucratic: nightmare ” Dellinger said she doesn t like Measure 5 tun a use she doesn't like to raise taxes Republican Jimi Mathers disputes Measure 13 Marcia Lana Heavy rain did not deter )imi Mathors, Repub lican candidate ior Statu Senate District JO. from holding a press conference to denounce the poli cies of the Oregon Citizens Alliance on Fridas Although the ruin may have reduced the atten dance of supporters, passing t ars honked their approval for signs held by a small cluster of cam paign volunteers in front of 7/te Hrgistvr Guard "No on 13" signs with rainbow flags were lined up next to signs reading. "No way OCA" and "The (M'.A shames the name of Christ." Mathers said thut denouncing the (XIA was the right thing to do, even if it would cost her some conservative Republican votes. "If I had any OCA votes. I’m losing them today," she said. Mathers stressed that this was not a single par ty issue ns a moderate Republican, she joins both the Democratic and American Rarty candidates in the race opposing the views of the (X1A. On Measure 13, she said that she hopes people will vote against it so the issue will die out And though Mathers disagrees with its issues, she said she feels the OCA could contribute positively to Oregon. “If the OCA would put their efforts to something good, look what they could do. They are so well organized,” Mathers said. However, it was the OCA's misguided organi zation that served as the impetus for the press con ference. Mathers said she wanted to publicly refute inaccuracies contained in a propaganda piece circulated by the Yes on 13 Committee. For fear of increasing support for the anti-gay rights movement, Mathers said sin* would not dis play the controversial tabloid which featured an especially contentious headline Shi* said she fears that a headline with such outrageous distortions of truth would incite the anger and gain the support of voters who are "just good religious people who do not realize that what is taking place is a move to discriminate and take away the civil rights of segment oi our population civil rights trai our Oregon and I Suited Stales Constitutions now guar antee to all citizens '' Mathers also expressed concern fur the l.u k of hvlinos or source references in tin* tabloid, w hich, she said, i asts douht on the credibility of informa tion presented in the publication The inflammatory article is l»nng distributed to houses throughout Oregon by the OCA. act ording to Mathers, and is espe< tally controversial las a use it involves an incident that took place m a school On May It), 1994. the Beaverton School District presented a workshop on human sexuality for eighth-grade boys According to this article, some troys who attended this workshop allege that they were told to "try homosexuality at least twice " An official investigation of possible school dis trict policy violations of the Incident found this allegation to he unfounded, hut has prompted a clarification of the school district guidelines for human sexuality education to prevent any prob lems in the future. What was actually said at this workshop, according to the presenter, larry Smith and sever al students, was that if a person has two homosex ual experiences, it dues not mean that he or she is Ray The workshop in question, called "A New Atti tude: Promoting Healthy Behaviors in a High Risk Society,” was held off-campus. Parents were invit ed to attend a screening of the material at the school, but only three parents did so. Of the approximately 130 students who attended the workshop, parents of five students complained. One of the other subjects of the workshop, also under attack by the OCA, was the treatment of male stereotyping in advertising as it was present ed in the video. 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