Candidates
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Democrats elected to the legislature.
“With a Democratic majority it
will be easier to deal with issues
such as education funding,” Barn
hart said.
Young, a local veterinarian, had no
previous political experience. He
had said his community service
made him a viable candidate and, on
election night, he was pleased with
his community-based campaign.
“We ran an old-fashioned race
with a lot of volunteers, [and] very
little money,” Young said. “I’m glad
I gave people a choice.”
Incumbent Peter DeFazio, D
Ore., easily won his race against Re
publican John Lindsey. DeFazio, a
Eugene native, led the race from 8
p.m., when election officials re
leased the first results.
“I feel like I had a strong vote of
confidence from the beginning,”
DeFazio said.
DeFazio was given his own room
for the evening, where supporters
for the incumbent and other Demo
cratic candidates watched two tele
visions for election results.
Lindsey couldn’t be reached for
comment before press time.
Almost 300 people paced nerv
ously around the fairgrounds past
midnight on Tuesday, and political
supporters and the media fought
for the few printed copies of updat
ed results that election officials dis
tributed every hour.
As in previous years, a group of
local anarchists arrived at the fair
grounds to make sure their voices
were heard on Election Day, fre
quently in the frame of local televi
sion cameras.
As a reporter interviewed Eugene
Mayor Jim Torrey, who ran unop
posed this year, an anarchist stood
behind the mayor holding an upside
down American flag. Bob Avery, a
Miller supporter, tried to stop the an
archist, who wouldn’t give his name.
“It’s sad they acted so juvenile,”
Avery said.
Local supporters of the presiden
tial candidates, decked out in but
tons and stickers, also gathered at the
fairgrounds. The fate of Oregon’s sev
en electoral votes remained uncer
tain throughout the evening, but
Lane County supporters of Green
Party candidate Ralph Nader said
the final result didn’t diminish their
desire to vote for the consumer advo
cate.
“I didn’t throw my vote away. I
voted my beliefs,” said Cherie
Siamm, a Eugene resident and Nad
er supporter. She said her vote was
also part of a national movement to
make major party candidates ac
countable for what they say.
Many Oregon residents were
split between their desire to sup
port Nader and their desire not to
see Bush elected to the White
House. But others, such as Eugene
resident Turlis Zilbrandt, said Nad
er simply represented his beliefs
better than the other candidates.
“The Democrats don’t represent
the more liberal people,” Zilbrandt
said.
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tection of natural resources. They
also believe the measure would
cause Oregon to lose billions of
dollars in federal funds.
ASUO President Jay Breslow
was happy that the measure didn’t
look like it was going to pass.
“It would have been detrimental
to funding at the University,” he
f
said.
STATE MEASURE #91
Measure 91 — which would
make federal income taxes fully
deductible on Oregon personal
and corporate income tax returns
— is failing by a majority vote of
54 percent at press time.
Opponents say the measure will
reduce the state budget by at least
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a SI billion each year, decreasing
funding for education by 10 per
cent of its current budget and hurt
ing public services, such as li
braries and fire and emergency
services.
“It’s very important for higher
education and all other public
services in the state that [Measure
91] fails,” ASUO legislative organ
izer Melissa Unger said.
STATE MEASURE #93
Measure 93 — which would re
quire Oregonians to vote on in
creases in taxes or fees — is failing
by a 60 percent majority vote at
press time. Though supporters say
the measure would give voters
more control of their tax dollars
and stop government overspend
ing, opponents say that voters
wouldn’t approve vital tax and fee
increases.
Eric Gunderson, an architect
with WBGS Architects, said that
he opposes all measures Bill Size
more proposes because they limit
state income.
“Our stgte has already been beat
up badly, “ he said. “Other states
are investing in new schools, open
spaces for park land and natural
resources ...We are not doing that
because [Oregon] doesn’t have any
money.”
Educational Measures
STATE MEASURE #9
The fate of Measure 9 — which
would prohibit public schools
from promoting or sanctioning ho
mosexuality and reduce funding
for schools who don’t comply — is
hanging in the balance with a yes
vote of 49 percent and a no vote of
51 percent at press time.
Andrew Bauer, a sophomore at
Churchill High School, said that
homosexuality is a topic that
should always have been banned
from schools.
“I get sick of teachers teaching
how homosexuality is right,” he
said. “It’s not a part of my religion,
and I don’t want homosexuality in
school. Math, English and history
should be in school.”
Opponents of Measure 9 say
that there is no curriculum in Ore
gon public schools which encour
ages or promotes homosexuality or
bisexuality. They say the measure
is written vaguely and would cut
health education, counseling and
support programs for teens.
Russell Benedict, representative
of Waste Not of Oregon, said that
even if the measure does pass, it
will remain a topic of debate.
“In mv opinion, it’s unconstitu
tional,” he said. “ I just don’t think
you can restrict teachers from
teaching factual information.”
Public Employee Measures
STATE MEASURE #92
Measure 92 — which would
prohibit payroll deductions for po
litical purposes without specific
written authorization from em
ployees each year — is failing by a
54 percent majority vote at press
time. Supporters say the measure
would force organizations to get
written permission from employ
ees contributing to political caus
es.
But opponents argue that Mea
sure 92 restricts the political voice
of union employees and would
harm many organizations which
receive money from deductions.
Sue Choppy, a former member
of the Oregon Public Employee
Union (OPEU) and current school
psychologist in the Springfield
school district, said that OPEU em
ployees already have to indicate
whether or not they want to con
tribute to political campaigns. She
said payroll deductions exist to
help public employees communi
cate their issues.
“Union organizations are one of
the few voices working people
have,” she said.
STATE MEASURE #7
Measure 7 — which would re
quire state and local governments
to pay property owners if law or
regulation reduces property value
and would cost the state an esti
mated $5.4 billion a year — is
passing with a 54 percent majority
at press time.
Those in favor of the measure
say it would protect farms and cre
ate a balance between the econo
my and environment by guarantee
ing that landowners are paid fairly
for their land.
But those in opposition say the
measure would unnecessarily cost
the state billions of dollars, dis
couraging environmental protec
tion.
Unger said the measure’s costs
would take away pollution and
land use regulations.
“[Measure 7] will ruin the beau
tiful state we once called Oregon,”
she said.
Election results are expected to
be finalized before the weekend.
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