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.”
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