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November 27,2000
Volume 102, Issue 62
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special (espouse fee that
would hold renters and
landlords responsible
for the cost of repeated
police visits to disorderly
parties. m
Students. including several
The ASUO presents its own
reponse fee ordinance
to the council. ■
Commision debates over for the
the response fee and its vote on
details, Wpostr
The council passes the
ordinance with four of
five amendments
proposed by the ASUO,
November 1999
Spring 2000 May 24
October 10 November 13
Behind the special response fee
Timeline of events leading to the passage of the special response fee ordinance
► If police are called to a gathering of 25 people of more - and at least two people are cited
or arrested - twice within 90 days, those responsible must pay a "special response fee,"
which is the total cost. Incurred by the city for the response.
♦ The fee cannot be be more than $1,500 for the first violation,
♦ Those held responsible have 15 days to contest the fee with the Eugene Municiple Court.
♦ If they can show they took steps to break up the party, and called the police themselves,
there’s a chance they may not have to pay.
Fuzzv details surround ordinance
■The manner in which the
city’s party response fee will be
enforced remains unclear
By Emily Gust
Oregon Daily Emerald
After the Eugene City Council ap
proved a special response fee that
holds party hosts financially respon
sible for.multiple police visits to their
houses, apartments or taverns, con
cerns remain about how the fee will
be enforced.
ASUO Legal Services Division At
torney Ilona Koleszar said first re
sponse notices and bills for the re
sponses lurk just around the corner —
followed closely by questions about
the legalities surrounding enforce
ment of the fee.
“I just want people to brace,”
Koleszar said. “It’s bad and it’s about
to get worse.”
The special response fee will
charge those deemed responsible for
disorderly gatherings for the total cost
incurred by the city when police are
called to the scene.
One issue is whether the fee on the
bill is an accurate reflection of the
costs incurred by the city. Costs, as
stated by the ordinance calling for the
fee, include things such as equipment
damage, medical costs and wages the
city must pay to the police who re
spond. For example, the number of
police who respond to a call may not
be necessary to get the job done.
“There’s an easy part to that and a
hard part,” City Councilor David Kel
ly said, who represents the area east
of the University.
Kelly said if the number of police
who were actually present is different
from what the notice or the bill
claims, students can contest the fee.
The harder part is what happens if
the party hosts disagree with the
amount of police officers who re
spond. If that happens, Kelly said,
they can file a formal complaint with
the Eugene Municipal Court.
Another question is whether the
fee will be issued in full to each own
er of the house or if it will be divided
Turn to Ordinance, page 3
ASUO feels alienated by Bettman
■ Some students think Bonny Bettman fails to
represent the needs of students in the University
community
By Darren freeman
Oregon Daily Emerald
The relationship between the ASUO Executive and
the University area’s new city councilor has gotten off
to a less-than-cordial start.
The Eugene City Council approved an ordinance two
weeks ago that will hold home owners and tenants fi
nancially responsible for police response to parties, and
councilor Bonny Bettman, whose ward encompasses
the University and downtown, sided with five other
councilors and voted for the ordinance.
Since the Eugene Police Department drafted the ordi
nance last November, members of the Executive have
said the proposal unfairly targets students, who will
likely make up the bulk of those slapped with the fine,
which can be as high as $1,500.
The Executive’s disappointment over the passage of
the ordinance has broadened into a larger concern that
Bettman isn’t representing her younger constituents and
that the student voice isn’t being adequately considered
in city hall.
“Is she representing students? No,
she’s not,” ASUO President Jay
Breslow said.
Christa Shively, the ASUO com
munity outreach director, said
Bettman seems to have “strong neg
ative feelings about students.”
“She thinks we’re disruptive in
the community, that we don’t care
what goes on in the greater commu
nity and that we don’t do enough
outreach,” Shively said. “And
what’s worse, she thinks student government is defend
ing students’ disruptive behavior.
“I’m not sure it would be a good use of our energy to
Tu rn to Bettman, page 3
BETTMAN
Bush certified,
Gore to contest
■ With a margin of 537 votes, Gov. George W. Bush
is awarded Florida’s electoral votes, but Democrats
say they have no choice but to challenge the result
By Walter R. Mears
AP Special Correspondent
Florida’s secretary of state certified George W. Bush the win
ner over A1 Gore Sunday night in the state’s near-deadlocked
presidential vote — but court contests left in doubt which man
will be the ultimate victor and 43rd president of the .United
States. Bush said he had won the White House and asked Gore
to reconsider his challenges.
“Now that the votes are counted, it is time for the votes to
count,” Gov. Bush said from the state capitol in Austin, Texas,
after Secretary of State Katherine Harris, a campaign support
er. announced that he had captured Florida by an infinitesi
mal 537-vote margin.
Bush announced that running mate Dick Cheney will di
rect his transition operations in Washington, and that former
Secretary of Transportation Andrew Card will be his White
House chief of staff.
So saying, Bush tried to preempt Gore with a campaign to
persuade Americans that the election is over with, and that the
outcome announced in Florida should be the last word.
Sen. Joe Lieberman, the Democratic vice presidential nomi
nee, already had declared that it won’t be, declaring that he and
Gore had no choice but to challenge the Florida certification.
“The election was close,” Bush said, “but tonight, after a
count, a recount and yet another manual recount, Secretary
Cheney and I are honored to have won the state of Florida,
which gives us the needed electoral votes to win the election.”
Moments after Republican Harris declared Bush the winner
of Florida’s 25 electoral votes at a ceremony in Tallahassee,
Turn to Florida, page 6
Vaccines trickle in
as flu season nears
■ While most of Lane County’s flu vaccinations
have yet to arrive, some people who fall into the
“high risk” category can receive their shots now
By Lindsay Buchele
Oregon Daily Emerald
Preparing for this year’s flu season, Lane County Public
Health Services ordered 4.000 influenza vaccinations, a ship
ment that should have been received in August. Instead, only
800 vaccinations have come in, and flu season is rapidly ap
proaching.
Audrey Ashby, spokeswoman for leading vaccine manu
facturer Wyeth-Ayerst, said that the nation’s health services
will receive full shipments of vaccinations by late December,
but some health officials worry this may be too late.
The shipments were seriously delayed by the vaccine man
ufacturers’ struggles to develop the A/Panama flu strain,
which will be used to create a vaccine, she said.
Each year, vaccine-manufacturing companies are given
three strains of the flu virus from the Centers for Disease Con
trol and Prevention (CDC) and asked to use them to develop a
flu vaccine. The three strains used to create a vaccine change
every year, with this year’s strains being the A/Panama, B/Ya
manashi and A/New Caledonia.
Ashby said the company’s developers have no idea why the
A/Panama strain has been so difficult to develop.
Pat Dotson of Lane County Public Health Services said the
delay has caused the re-scheduling or cancellation of many flu
shot clinics.
“We will get the vaccines out as often as possible,” Dotson
said. “If the clinics get too delayed, however, we have to can
cel them and go with the others we have scheduled. ”
Turn to Vaccinations, page 6