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for making a run for the seat
without any major funding.
“That takes courage,” she said.
Austin said he never believed
he would win because of the
constraints of time and money,
but he gave it his best shot. It is
part of personal responsibility,
he said.
“It’s giving back what you get,”
Austin said.
In addition, he said, Democ
rats far outnumber Republicans
in Lane County. So to receive
about 20 percent of the vote so
far on a $200 budget is encourag
ing. Austin's budget was minus
cule in comparison to Castillo's,
which was about $18,000 more.
Austin was the only candidate
with a handmade sign denoting
his table at the Lane County Fair
grounds Tuesday night.
“The ideology is changing in
this county,” Austin said. The
apparent defeat of Measure 64 is
a good example of how a “tree
hugging” area is changing its
mood, he said.
Castillo said she is looking for
ward to the 1999 Legislative ses
sion, where she will focus on K
12 education, juvenile crime pre
vention and transportation legis
lation.
She will also support the new
Oregon University System fund
ing model, which, if passed by
the Legislature, will allow all
Oregon universities to keep their
own tuition and fees, rather than
pooling them.
“Everybody is on board with
that — all of the university presi
dents. The legislators are sup
portive of it.”
Despite the early returns,
Castillo wasn't ready to declare
victory Tuesday.
Castillo and Austin spoke
briefly Tuesday.
“He was very sweet, saying
how he’s enjoyed running
against me,” Castillo said.
Austin praised Castillo as well.
"Susan’s a great lady,” he said.
“She’s the kind of person I can
disagree with on the battlefield
and have coffee with later."
And even at the end of the
night, Austin was still smiling.
Democrats lead locally
Incumbent U.S. House Repre
sentative Peter DeFazio was
pulling in almost 75 percent of
the vote in his race for re-elec
tion. Additionally, Democrat
Vicki Walker was leading Norm
Fox for the District 41 state repre
sentative seat; Democrat Kitty
Piercy was leading Republican
Jim Seaberry by 23 percent for
the District 39 seat; and Democ
rat Floyd Prozanski was garner
ing nearly 80 percent of the vote
in District 40, which includes the
University area.
Springfield Mayor Bill Mor
risette ran unopposed and will
fill the District 42 state represen
tative seat.
“I feel energized to go back
and fight the good fight,” a tired
DeFazio said at the end of the
evening. He stressed the need to
revamp campaign finance legis
lation in Oregon.
"We thought we'd win,” Walk
er said of her campaign. "We had
so much support from people.”
In the Eugene City Council
elections, Pat Farr, Gary Pape
and Gary Rayor were running
unopposed. In Ward 4, David
Kelly had a 67 percent to 32 per
cent lead on Mike Lewis late
Tuesday.
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Eugene police to send them a
card explaining that they have
investigated the complaint, Dal
ton said.
Dalton said the current situa
tion was like “the fox guarding
the chicken coop.”
“Right now you have the po
lice guarding the police,” he said.
“This measure allows for impar
tial observers.”
Early in the evening, volunteer
Bruce Davison said he was
guardedly optimistic about the
measure’s success.
“It’s good for both sides, real
ly,” he said. “It's a positive thing
for the community.”
Davison said if the measure
passes, it could help the Univer
sity to avoid future acts of vio
lence.
“This gives the University a
chance to coordinate with the re
view board and work with stu
dents to prevent future riots,” he
said.
“I think that any complaints
from that area that go through the
board will get a result accepted
by the community,” Dalton
agreed.
Carol Berg, member of CAPP,
said the measure works in part
nership with the police.
“We see the police as part of
the community, and we’re all in
this together as a community."
she said.
Berg said the measure will
help students and police better
understand each other’s situa
tion.
“Having an attitude of hatred
towards the police means noth
ing,” she said. “If we should lose
by just a small margin, I would
still consider that a win.”
The police and mayor would
still have to look at the vote, even
if the measure does not pass, she
said.
“The community has to deal
with anger towards the police in
some way,” she said.
Elaine Green, co-chairwoman
of the external review advisers
committee, which helped put the
measure on the ballot, said the
measure will mean the same
thing for students as it does for
anyone else. Green is also the as
sociate dean of student life at the
University, but her job is unaffili
ated with her position on the
committee.
"People will have a more cred
ible vehicle if they have a com
plaint abut how police have act
ed,” Green said. "My hope
would be that if students are un
happy, they will deal with it in a
straightforward way.”
Green said the main opposi
tion to the measure has been mis
understanding. Some people
thought this was an anti-police
measure, she said.
Jim Lynch doesn’t see it that
way. Lynch is one of three citi
zens who formally oppose the
measure in the voters' pam
phlet.
This measure undermines
trust in the police department, he
said.
By opposing the measure,
Lynch said he hopes to be “send
ing a loud and clear message that
the police department will be
trusted.”
Lynch said Eugene doesn't
need a police review board but
more community policing.
“We need to implement com
munity policing on a grand
scale,” he said.
Lynch noted that the City of
Eugene does not current Iv have a
permanent police chief, and
when there is a chief, he or she
will have to “take a hard look at
this measure if it passes,” he
said.
Lynch said he is also con
cerned about the cost of the mea
sure.
“There are not enough police
officers on the street," he said.
“The money being used to fund
the review board is going in the
wrong direction.”
Dalton, however, said the mea
sure accounts for one-tenth of
one percent of the current police
budget.
Dalton, and all the supporters
of measure 20-99, said they are
optimistic about the measure’s
outcome.
“The fact is that we are at 57
percent and have been climbing
all night,” Dalton said. “If the
trend continues, we should
win.”
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