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EDITOR
VCX. 7 NO. 1 NOV. 1990
Beth A. Allen
CALENDAR EDITOR
Philip Anderson
FEATURES
STAFF REPORTER
Anndee Hochman
Defection, rejection,
reflection
ADVERTISING DIRECTOR
Are gays and lesbians guilty of
prejudice against people with
alternative sexual orientations?
Yvonne Mammarelli
ADVERTISING
REPRESENTATIVES
(Cover story)
Brant Fether
Kristin W. Pressey
Profile
Anndee Hochman interviews
Nancy Lawson, a woman living
with HIV disease
PRODUCTION DIRECTOR
Jim Briones
(p.19)
TYPOGRAPHER
Littlejohn T. Keogh
PROOFREADER
Philip Anderson
DEPARTMENTS
About 20 people showed up at Pioneer Square on Coming Out Day, Oct. 11.
TYPESETTERS
Maggie Powers, Miki Kehr
CO VER
E. Ann Hinds
(p.4)
Rupert Kinnard
DISTRIBUTION
LeeAnn LaBar
SUBSCRIPTIONS
CONTRIBUTORS
Robert A. Bernstein
Dr. Jerry Exel
Richard Francis
Kent Kullby
Lisa Loving
Lee Lynch
Matthew Nelson
Kathie Okay
Jack Riley
Alan Scalley
Dakota Stone
Dr. Tantalus
Rex Wockncr
Jeffrey Zurlinden
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News Briefs
ed ito rial
GRAPHIC INSPIRATION
Robin Bentzel
Letters
S
Nov. 6th election
endorsements
ometimes it is difficult to sort through all the candi
dates and all the ballot measures. For those who
haven’t had the time or inclination to attempt the task,
Just Out has compiled a list of endorsements.
The hotly contested race for the governorship of Oregon
between Barbara Roberts and her Republican opponent, Dave
Frohnmayer, could conceivably be decided by a single vote.
Roberts has shown her willingness to stand by the gay and les
bian community; the editorial board at Just Out unanimously
voted to stand behind her. Don’t be deceived by the number
of bumper stickers or lawn signs bearing her name. A lot of
Frohnmayer’s voters live in Oregon’s rural areas. It will take
everyone in our community going to the voting booth to en
sure we have Roberts as our next governor.
Senate candidate Harry Lonsdale may not have a voting
record to refer to, but he has shown that he views the support
of the gay community not as a risk but as a benefit. He has also
publicly stated that if elected he will work for an amendment
to the 1964 Civil Rights Act that will prohibit discrimination
based on sexual orientation. Lonsdale’s opponent. Sen. Mark
Hatfield, has thumbed his nose at gay and lesbians for too
long. It’s not often that voters have the chance to choose be
tween good and bad rather than the lesser of two evils.
Lonsdale’s bid to oust Hatfield is a refreshing chance to feel
good about voting.
In the House of Representatives, we recommend votes for
incumbent Democrats Les AuCoin in District 1, Ron Wyden
in District 3 and Peter DeFazio in District 4. Democrats Jim
Smiley, District 2, and Mike Kopetski, District 5, also have our
endorsement.
In other state races, we endorse Mary Wendy Roberts in
her bid to retain her position as labor commissioner and
Norma Paulus to continue as Oregon’s school superintendent.
The ballot measures offer a few easy choices and a few dif
ficult choices. A no vote is obvious on measures 8 and 10,
which threaten women’s access to safe and legal abortion.
People from throughout the United States will be watching to
see the results of these ballot measures. Hopefully, we will
show them Oregonians still stand for choice.
We support a yes vote on ballot measure 4, which will sus
pend operation of the Trojan Nuclear Plant until a permanent
federal radioactive waste dump is operating and the plant is
found to be cost-effective and able to withstand earthquakes.
It is important to note, however, that shutting down Trojan
will cost taxpayers a lot of money.
We suggest a no vote on ballot measure 5 which will limit
property taxes for local government services and phase down
property tax support for schools. The financial effect of the bill
will mean fewer homeowner and renter refunds and a cut in
the Senior Citizen Property Tax Deferral Program. Some of
the lost property tax revenues will be offset by higher income
taxes. In all, this measure would mean more financial drain on
the people who can afford it the least.
Although measure 6 opponents have enlisted the aid of
Oregon’s bottle bill author to help defeat the measure, it is an
environmentally friendly measure. The measure’s purpose is
to decrease the amount of wasteful packaging that finds its
way to the landfill.-The measure allows time for compliance
and will not require businesses to use unsafe packaging prac
tices. Vote yes.
Measure 7 assumes that people getting government aid do
not want to work, not that they can’t. In the six counties it
would effect, the job program would be mandatory. People
would be required to work for sub-minimum wage without
benefits, sick leave or assistance for child care and would lose
food stamp assistance. Vote no.
Oregon is one of the few states left without a seat belt law
for adults. A yes vote is a vote to require everyone in a vehicle
to wear a seatbelt Although any law that restricts freedom of
choice is scary, numerous studies have shown that wearing
seatbelts can save lives. It’s too bad something that’s good for
us has to be legislated.
Measure 11 is a tough one. Some feel the time has come
for parents, regardless of family income, to be able to select
the school they want their children to attend as a way to pro
vide better educational opportunities for their children. Al
though the idea sounds good on the surface, what good is a
$2,500 tax credit to a mother on welfare? This measure will
in effect hand state-provided tuition money to religious
schools. Since private schools can pick and choose entrants,
public schools will soon become the bastion of the slower
learner and the poor. The basic idea has merits, but there has
got to be a more egalitarian method to implement it. Vote no.
Remember, if you don’t use your privilege to vote, you
lose your privilege to comment on the results.
National (p. 13)
World (p. 14)
Local (p. 15)
Out About Town
Check out Just Out’,? new and
expanded guide to Portland
area activities
Ip. 21)
Comics
(p. 35)
COLUMNS
Between the lines
|p. 16)
Religion
(p. 17)
Speaking Out
I p - 18)
Recovery
(p. 32)
Amazon Trail
(p- 34)
ARTS
Music
Dr. Tantalus reviews the brash
and bold Marianne Faithful and
the classy women of classical
music, Musica Femina
(p. 26)
Books
Richard Francis takes a walk
through New York and Anndee
Hochman spends a Gaudi
Afternoon with Barbara Wilson
fans
(p. 28 and p. 29)
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