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Mark McCambridge Emerald
Beer and wine taxes may rise to be some of the highest in the nation.
Alcohol
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difficult to pass the bill. The alcohol
industry—from farmers to distribu
tors — will likely oppose increased
taxes. Nonetheless, Morrisette re
mains hopeful.
“I am cautiously optimistic be
cause the time has come to do this,”
he said.
The proposal would tax manufac
turers of beer and wine; such in
creases would likely continue in a
domino-like effect, however. Manu
facturers annually producing less
than 50,000 barrels of malt bever
ages would be partially exempt from
the tax increase, as would producers
of less than 100,000 gallons of wine.
But Kent Huey, vice president of
Western Beverage Go., said such a
plan is unjust.
“It’s an unfair tax — it is targeting
a specific consumer which is totally
wrong as far as taxes are supposed to
work,” Huey said.
Oregon is a beer-producing state
and, therefore, taxes on the product
should be low, Huey said. The tax ex
emptions would likely not apply to
Widmer, Deschutes, Pyramid and
Red Hook brewing companies, he
added. If the proposed bill were to
pass, Huey said it would create a
snowball effect and further hurt the
economy.
“We just hope it dies on the floor,”
Huey said. “We do not want to do this
to consumers and we do not want
(legislators) to do this to us.”
The tax increase could also raise
consumer prices.
“In essence, you could see a $3 in
crease on a case of beer,” Huey said.
But such an increase is a small
price to pay, according to others.
Lucy Zammarelli, senior manager
at Willamette Family Treatment Ser
vices Inc. — Lane County’s largest
addiction treatment facility — said
people should realize that the money
would go to help those who cannot
help themselves.
“One of the things about the dis
ease of addiction is that it isn’t a dis
ease until it develops into one,” Zam
marelli said.
Under the proposal, $43 million of
the money would go to the Medically
Needy program, which provides pre
scription drugs to low-income, sen
ior and disabled citizens. Another
$65.4 million would be matched for
the Medically Needy program in the
form of federal funds. The remaining
$57 million would be distributed to
counties within the state to help
fund mental illness programs and al
cohol and drug addiction services.
If approved, money from the pro
posal would go into the 2003-05 bi
ennium. To become law, the bill
must be passed by the Oregon House
of Representatives, the Senate and
Gov. Ted Kulongoski. In such a situa
tion, the bill would go into effect in
fall 2003. If Kulongoski were to ap
prove the bill and present it to the
state treasurer, the tax increase
could begin July 1.
If such a plan is unable to gain sup
port from state legislators, an initia
tive for similar beer and wine taxes
could be circulated. If enough signa
tures are gathered, the initiative could
then be decided by the state’s voters.
If passed, the increased taxes on
beer and wine would be permanent,
unless repealed.
Contact the news editor
at bradschmidt@dailyemerald.com.
Maya
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this is your world — and you’re up
for the challenge,” Angelou said.
Angelou’s regal voice filled
McArthur Court with an assurance
that could not be ignored. But who
knew the woman had such a spirited
sense of humor? The highlight of the
evening may not have been her
words of motivation, but a simple
poem about the joys of smoking ciga
rettes and eating steak. Angelou said
she wrote the verse after a decidedly
serious waitress at a health food
restaurant nearly strangled the poet
when she lit up a cigarette.
And finally, the doctor came back
to her opening words, but with a
more direct message to the audi
ence: “Each of us has the potential
Jeremy Forrest Emerald
Poet and speaker Dr. Maya Angelou
wowed the audience at McArthur Court
on Sunday night with her poetry.
to be the rainbow in the clouds.”
Contact the senior pulse reporter
atryanbornheimer@dailyemerald.com.
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