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will give judges the opportunity
to step up the penalty for prosti
tutes and johns. The state will
have the option of increasing
penalties of up to $1,000 and/or
100 days in jail for the first offense
and up to $5,000 and/or a year in
jail for additional charges.
“Where would these people get
$1,000 or $5,000?” Taylor asked
during a discussion preceding the
final vote. “It almost forces them
to go back on the streets.”
A second part of the final ordi
nance will allow the city to prose
cute prostitution-related cases in
the state courts to allow the op
tion of going through drug court,
a program that lasts a year, and re
quires mandatory judge visits and
drug treatment.
Before voting on the measure,
Councilman Bobby Lee proposed
adding $50,000 to funds designat
ed for drug treatment programs
for prostitutes.
“Part of our goal here is not just
to change public behavior but to
help these people get off drugs,”
Lee said.
Lee suggested the money might
come from a federal grant, but if
not, that the city should pull the
funds from somewhere else to ad
dress the problem. His suggestion
generated more discussion than
the combined three ordinances.
“This is treatment, it is not pre
vention,” Councilman Scott Meis
ner said. “Here we are willing to
sacrifice the solutions for those
that are causing the problem.”
Lee continued to stress that the
city needs a system that works,
and that the current one is broken.
He said that by passing an ordi
nance that offered the option of a
drug treatment program, the city
has to have the capacity to offer
that program, or the problem is
{ { / believe that when
you change public behav
ior, you have to take mul
tiple approaches. What
we’re doing here is pass
ing punitive measures.
What we need to do is
help these people get out
of trouble.
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being perpetuated.
“I believe that when you
change public behavior, you have
to take multiple approaches,” Lee
said. “What we’re doing here is
passing punitive measures. What
we need to do is help these peo
ple get out of trouble.”
The vote for Lee’s proposal came
down to a tie, and was rejected by
Mayor Jim Torrey’s deciding vote,
although he reiterated that he
would actively pursue grants for
the drug treatment program.
“My major concern is all folks
in the community talk about pre
vention,” Torrey said. “By the
time these women are arrested,
it’s not about prevention.”
Despite the quick voting, feel
ings of the community and coun
cil were mixed after the meeting.
Sue, a former prostitute who at
tended the meeting, said that the
council doesn’t even know what’s
occurring on the streets, yet
they’re making decisions.
“They need to go out and help
the women get off the streets and
not send them to jail,” she said.
Jean Daugherty, director of
women’s services for Sponsors
Inc. — a non-profit transitional
living program for men and
women getting out of jail — said
that the ordinances won’t affect
the problem’s root.
Despite opposition to his pro
posal, Lee felt good about the
progress.
“I think overall I agree with the
steps the council is taking, though
I’m disappointed with the lack of
intervention funds and that we
weren’t able to address it today,”
Lee said.
Taylor, who had questioned
several facets of the cruising and
exclusionary ordinances and was
the lone opposition in those two
votes, expressed frustration over
the results. .
“I’m very disappointed with
the way things were resolved,”
Taylor said, specifically address
ing the exclusionary ordinance.
“Now we’re going to exclude peo
ple from this neighborhood. I
think people have a right to be
everywhere, and obviously
they’re not going to disappear.
“The problem is that we pass a
stupid law and it will never get re
pealed.”
Measure
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along with community colleges,
state colleges and universities and
all state and local institutions that
provide education for patients or
inmates. However, only K-12 pub
lic schools and community col
leges could be sanctioned for non
compliance. The penalty for
noncompliance would be the
withholding of state dollars.
Representatives from other
groups said they believe that the
purpose of the measure is discrim
inatory.
“The intent of this act is to dis
criminate against homosexuals
and bi-sexuals,” said Kathryn Fire
stone, president of the Oregon Par
ent Teachers Association. “The ini
tiative says that homosexuality
and bisexuality are not necessary
in the instruction of public
schools, but these are not parts of
the curriculum now.”
Firestone said she is also con
cerned with heal tin issues, censor
ship and the effect it will have on
teachers.
“This act brings up questions of
what you can teach about AIDS,”
she said. “Fifty percent of all AIDS
cases are under 25 years old — kids
need to know that information.”
Should the act pass, others be
lieve that First Amendment rights
would be in jeopardy.
“This is not only an issue of dis
crimination on its face, but it also
impacts the faculty’s right to speak
freely in the classroom,” said
Hosea Ortal, director of affirmative
action and diversity at Lane Com
munity College. Although the Stu
dent Protection Act would mostly
target K-12 graders, the impact on
the state’s community colleges is at
this point still uncertain.
“This legislation may or may not
affect Lane Community College,
but I suspect it would affect cours
es like Human Sexual Behavior, or
Cultural Competency and Com
munity Service,” Ortal said.
Concerns of censorship also arise
when looking at the act’s education
al implications, Firestone said.
“Are we not going to allow au
thors like Plato and Alice Walker
because the authors were homo
sexual?”
If Oregon voters pass the act,
teachers may also be put in jeop
ardy of termination for not cooper
ating with the regulation, accord
ing to Firestone.
“This piece of legislation would
put teachers at risk who are sought
out by students for counsel,” she
said. “Teachers would not be al
lowed to refer students [who are
questioning their sexuality] or else
they might get fired.”
The Oregon PTA has an estimat
ed 27,000 members for 270 schools
and communities throughout the
state, and is making the defeat of
the initiative a top priority. Mabon,
who could not be reached for per
sonal comment, responded in his
press release to the PTA’s stand.
“The leadership of the PTA say
they want to protect all children,
but they advocate the validation of
a very unhealthy lifestyle to these
same children, one that continues
to be viewed by God as a sexual
sin,” he said. “It is obvious that the
leadership of the PTA has been
compromised by pro-homosexual
activists.”
Ballot mania
A record 26 ballot measures made
it on November’s state ballot. Be
low is a sampling of what Oregon
voters will face come decision
time.
Measure91, which would make
federal taxes fully deductible in
Oregon. This is one of several ini
tiatives sponsored by Bill Sizemore
and his Oregon Taxpayers United.
This measure also impacts stu
dents the most, with a potential $1
billion a year eliminated from rev
enues that pay for schools, univer
sities, the prison system and hu
man services.
Measure92, which would ban pay
roll deductions for political pur
poses without written authoriza
tion. Another of Sizemore's
initiatives and aimed at labor
unions. Similiar to 1998’s Measure
59, which was defeated.
Measure 93, which would require
voter approval for most tax and
fee increases. Yet another Size
more initiative.
Measure 94, which would repeal
the mandatory minimum-sentenc
ing law imposed by 1994’s Mea
sure 11.
Measure97, which would ban the
use of animal traps and poisons
and restrict fur trade.
Measure 5, which would require
universal background checks of
purchasers at gun shows. Under
current law, such checks are re
quired only of gun show purchases
from licensed dealers.
Source: The Register-Guard
and Emerald archives
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years of age, 57”, medium build
with long shaggy blonde hair.
“If there is no threat to the commu
nity and we’re not looking for addi
tional victims, frequently there is no
further action taken other than filing
a basic report,” Power said. “Gener
ally, most victims don’t want to be
contacted unless the suspect has
been apprehended and arrested. ”
However, if a pattern is present,
the case is referred to the campus
EPD team, Power said.
Her advice to victims of public
indecency: Call the non-emergency
EPD line at 682-5111, get a good
description, and if possible, keep
the assailant under observation un
til officers arrive on the scene.
“Generally they’re not a dangerous
individual,” Power said.
Anyone with further informa
tion can contact the EPD.