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Gambling Continued from Page 1A As written, the initiative seeks to phase out all video poker ma chines in the state by December 2001. Concern surrounds whether the state, now dependent on the $240 million in revenue generat ed by the 8,731 machines in Ore gon, can maneuver its operating budget in 13 months without such Lottery Commission proceeds. In a Sept. 23 Register-Guard edi torial, Kitzhaber is referenced as generally supportive of the ballot measure, but said he could really get behind one that required a longer phase-out over the course of five or six years. “I can enthusiastically support that,” Kitzhaber said. Money from video poker has helped pay for state education programs, -parks and salmon restoration among others. Addi tionally, fiscal year 1999 saw 1,835 restaurants, bars and taverns receiving $134 million in commis sions for providing the machines. Though the loss of revenue would be significant, backers of the initiative say the cost to soci ety from problem gambling out weighs its financial benefits. Karl Stoner, in attendance at Wednesday’s event, said he’s seen people lose their jobs, their fami lies and their lives to gambling ad dictions by suicide or prison sen tences. And taxpayers, he believes, lose more money from the effects of problem gambling such as bankruptcies, bad checks and theft than they realize. “It’s the state’s dependence on gambling revenue that needs to be looked at,” Stoner said, “They’re the biggest addict of all.” G024Q6 N Council Los A^^cles to /takland i^°i Eugene -to Tokyo f(P}5 Eugene “to London Portland to Puerto \/dllarta fel\ * Some wtrictioni may apply Ti*e* ire not included. Travel CIEE: Council on International Educational Exchange University of Oregon In the EMU Building Eugene 877 1/2 East 13th Street Eugene (541)344-2263 21. State Sen. John Lim, K-Fortland, in a recent statement, underscored this point when he wrote, “The one cost that state officials fail to figure in is the social cost associ ated with problem gambling such as broken homes, bankruptcy and suicide. The bottom line is the big winner is the state government, but the bigger losers are the citi zens.” Lim sponsored abill during the 1999 legislative session to stop lot tery advertising in the state, but the proposal was defeated. Oppo nents, he said, argued that the state couldn’t survive without lottery dollars being pumped into now dependent programs. Stoner said he’s not buying that rationale. “There are some 80,000 prob lem gamblers in Oregon,” he said. “So what are they doing promot ing it? It’s not like the state didn’t run for 140 years without it. ” Oregonians for Gambling Awareness will need to secure 89,048 signatures by next July for placement on the 2000 ballot. They are eliciting the help of com munity members and several church organizations across the state including hosting an address Friday from Rev. Tom Grey, a na tionally-recognized leader in gam bling awareness. Scott Barnett Emerald Lane Community College sophomore Chad Hickey plays one of Rennie’s Landing’s five video poker machines. The organization, Oregonians for Gambling Awareness, is dedi cated to eradicating video poker machines in Oregon. Court rules families can sue gunmaker By Bob Egelko The Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO — A Califor nia appeals court ruled Wednes day that the families of eight peo ple shot to death in a law office in 1993 are entitled to sue the manu facturer of the gun used in the mas sacre. This is the first time any appel late court has allowed a gun maker to be sued for a criminal shooting. The justices acknowledged that every other court to consider the is sue has ruled that manufacturers of legal, non-defective guns cannot be sued for their criminal misuse. The families contend the manu facturer of the TEC-DC9 marketed it to criminals and should have foreseen that it would be used in a massacre. The three-member appeals pan el ruled 2-1 to reinstate the fami lies’ lawsuit against Navegar Inc., a case that had been dismissed by a lower court. The dissenting justice said shooter Gian Luigi Ferri was solely responsible for the 1993 at tack. The ruling “provides legal precedent for finding that (the) gun industry can be helfl account able for irresponsible conduct leading to death and injury,” the Center to Prevent Handgun Vio lence, which represented the fam ilies, said in a statement Wednes day. 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