Richard
Alevizos
Write-in
Governor
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Alevizos is
forming his
platform
around the idea
that an inde
pendent candi
date should be
elected to re
place the possi
bility of a ma
jor-party
governor. Alevi
zos said people
are being
wrongly con
vinced that voting for a third-party
candidate is hazardous because it
throws the election to a major par
ty, and he hopes to fight this idea.
If elected, Alevizos said he plans
on protecting the environment, low
ering taxes and increasing worker
wages, all which would be support
ed with the legalization of hemp.
Alevizos said hemp legalization
would provide state revenue
through taxation, as well as jobs
for farmers and mills to grow and
cultivate the product.
Independent write-in candidate
Gary Alan Spanovich has been an ur
ban planner for 30 years and was for
merly the Regional Transportation
Planner for Portland Metro.
Spanovich is currently developing
land work for a Tibetan peace society.
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In Spanovich’s “plan for compas
sion,” which
serves as his
platform, he
lists his top
campaign pri
ority as “(creat
ing) the best
school system
in the country
in Oregon.” To
accomplish
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ers, reduce
class sizes and create a permanent
funding source for schools.
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riculum of K-12 so that equal em
phasis is placed on educating the
heart along with the traditional
way we educate our children,
which is to educate their minds,”
Spanovich said.
Spanovich would also imple
ment a plan to make “every adult
Oregonian economically self-suffi
cient within four years.” The plan
calls for the Oregon Economic &
Community Development Depart
ment to place greater emphasis on
many small aspects, including
small business loans, educational
grants and opportunities, loans
and tax incentives.
Contact the senior news reporter
atjanmontry@dailyemerald.com.
Loans
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not be able to take advantage of the
new rates. Consolidated loans are
fixed based on the rate at the time
and can’t be reconsolidated.
Also,-“If you’re in school and you
consolidate, you lose your grace pe
riod on your loan,” Burgett said. “If
you decrease your monthly pay
ment with a consolidated loan, you
may end up paying longer.”
Burgett added that the benefits of
loan consolidation depend on how
much a borrower can spend per
month repaying.
Variable rates for federal student
loans are based on the three-month
Treasury bill. Adjusted each year on
July 1, each new rate remains in ef
fect for 12 months.
Alternately, consolidated loan
rates depend on a formula that
weighs the average of the borrower’s
current loans and rounds up to the
nearest one-eighth percent. The
rate then remains static throughout
the life of the loan.
According to Carol Wirthman, a
student loan regional manager with
U.S. Bank, now is the time for stu
dents enrolled in classes to apply.
“It is a good time to get new
loans,” she said. “The rate is the
lowest it’s ever been.”
Contact the senior news reporter
at janmontry@dailyemerald.com.
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