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Barnhart promotes education funding ■The state representative elect for District 40 plans to address both education and the environment By Lindsay Buchele Oregon Daily Emerald Phil Barnhart, D-Eugene, said he doesn’t pretend to have all the an swers. Barnhart won the District 40 seat, which includes the University resi dence halls, with 70.3 percent of the popular vote. He said there are no simple problems or solutions, but he hopes to address some key issues during his legislative ses sion. “When dealing with the legisla tive body, you only get to pick some things you want to do,” Barnhart said. With the defeat of several tax cutting measures, including Mea sure 91 and Measure 8, Barnhart said education funding won’t be further damaged. But the lack of ed ucation funding is still a major is sue for the legislative body, and Barnhart said he has an idea how to deal with the problem. ^ ^ We have very little money available. If the people want programs, we need to figure out how to pay for them. Phil Barnhart state representative elect District 40 “If there was a small tax increase for the wealthy and corporations, it could possibly make up for the $500 million the state is short on education funding,” Barnhart said. He said he knows tax increases are hard to sell, so legislators need to talk realistically about what’s needed. “We have very little money avail able,” Barnhart said. “If the people want programs, we need to figure out how to pay for them.” Barnhart said the Nov. 7 tax-cut ting measures failed because peo ple understood exactly how the measures would be hurtful. He also said this same faith should be granted to the people when decid ing how to further education bind ing. “People realized the connection between taxes and program fund ing,” Barnhart said. “I believe when people are faced with real choices about their lives, they are good about making responsible deci sions.” Jed McGuire, co-chair of College Democrats, has had a lot of contact with Barnhart. The representative actually paid the group’s debt, which the group — ASUO-recog Dan Brunell Emerald Phil Barnhart, who won the District 40 seat of the state House of Representatives, speaks at a Nov. 2 debate. nized but not ASUO-funded — had acquired from last year. McGuire said he has a lot of faith in Barnhart and what he’ll do for the University. “We believe Barnhart will con tinue to fight for schools and the environment,” McGuire said. The environment is under attack, thanks to the recently passed Mea sure 7, Barnhart said. “Measure 7 could cost the state an obscene amount of money,” Barnhart said. The measure requires state and lo cal governments to pay property owners if law or regulation reduces property value. The estimated cost of the measure is $5.4 billion. To fix the potential problems Measure 7 presents, Barnhart said the legisla ture should work on writing laws to better interpret the measure. Barn hart said he also hopes to deal with protecting people’s rights to privacy. “A major theme I wish to address is the relationship between corpo rations and individuals,” Barnhart said. “The U.S. currently has little or no laws concerning an individ ual’s privacy.” Barnhart said there needs to be a set of rules for corporations regard ing when they can share their cus tomers’ information. “Corporations can sell your name to another company,” Barn hart said. “The question that is just being dealt with is could personal information be considered an asset to the corporation. I feel we need to protect the individual over the cor poration’s assets. “The government needs to act as a mediator between businesses and individuals,” Barnhart said. ASUO Legislative Organizer Melissa Unger said Barnhart will represent the University, a place where more funding is needed, well in the legislature. “Phil said he supports the ASUO and the University,” Unger said. “He said he will also be supporting higher education, which will be de termined when the budget comes up for discussion.” DON’T MISS OUT ON ALL THE CURRENT CAMPUS INFORMATION. Check the web. o.d.e. on the world wide web: pmpfqlH www.dailyemerald.com ^ Want to study guitar and get credit? 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