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About The print. (Oregon City, Oregon) 1977-1989 | View Entire Issue (March 8, 1978)
gw;; ary lairman urges student support for budget vote iHansen Enterprise Courier «Print ¡I 4 is a big day not k the future of Clacka- iinmunity College but f government finance ¡on, and students who out the quality/of their on,the college and the icy of the government districts they will sup taxpayers should begin ng for it now; Ipril4, CCC is putting the voters of the dis- proposal for a three- ute-based serial levy would provide the dis til operating funds for tt three years as well the local share of con nfunds to build a new ience Building and an i to Barlow Hall for ito body repair and national classes. n't have to tell any who currently has a ithe Orchard Complex i student who has an ody repair class or one is been shut out of the >y crowding how im- tthe success of the from his or her stand- At least, I shouldn't i, Approval of the levy til 4 would provide di ll tangible benef its to ill provide a less ob- int equally important to all other CCC stu- By giving the college isource of operating s for three years, it iwthe administration eton the basis of bet- irmation with fewer invariables to get the ssible use out of each tax dollar. With financing as sured for three years, the faculty and administrators will be freed from the annual necessity of running levy e- lection campaigns to devote full time to providing the best possible service to you, the students, and to the com munity. And with three years of operating funds as sured, it means the kind of atmosphere of job security that retains the good faculty you already have and attracts ’ other good faculty members. And for the many of you who already are taxpayers and those of you who soon will be, passage of the April 4 levy means more efficient use of the hard-earned dollars you turn over to taxing districts and less of it spent on the ex pensive ritual of annual elec tions and repeated efforts at passing operating levies. Last year, the amount spent on the three elections ' to win an operating levy for CCC including election costs and campaign expenditures totaled $20,000. If the rate-based, serial levy concept is established as an acceptable means of fi nancing taxing districts at the April 4 election, with a strong, favorable majority, other taxing districts will try it, and all taxpayers will benefit. Local control is retained, because no administration of taxing district is going to use three years worth of operating revenues unwisely when it knows it must face the voters again at the end of that three years. Now that you know the importance of the April 4. election to you as well as to the state in general, why am I taking this opportunity to address you. Frankly, the Citizen's. Campaign Committee needs your help to make the elec tion a success, and there is much you can do to ensure a favorable vote on April 4. First, you can register and vote. If every student who had taken a course here in the past year were to vote April 4, a resounding majority would be assured. Your vote is important. It does count. Secondly, you can donate your time to a door-to-door effort to inform the voters about the April 4 election and to help win their support for the rate-based serial levy. We also need people to man phones on election day to re mind those people who have voiced support for the levy to give that support form and substance in the ballot box. Third, you can lend your financial support. It hasn't been all that long since I was a student, and I know how tight it is, but any help you can contribute now will be returned to you many times in the future if the levy suc ceeds on April 4. You can help and enjoy yourself at the same time by buying tickets to the Benefit Sing-Along March 25 at the West Linn Inn. For $5 per person you can have a great evening of fun and song as well as all the beer you can drink and all the sausage and finger food you can eat. You also can take part in a bingo night we are planning for the Satur day before the election on April 1 at several locations in the county. Or you can make a cash donation, which is tax deductible, to the Clackamas Community College Founda tion. It simply costs money to win public understanding and support through mass mailings, posters and news paper and radio advertising. Those of us on the citizens committee have nothing to gain personally from working on the levy campaign. We believe in CCC and the many benefits it provides to the community and its economy as well as the vast human re sources it nourishes through its educational and commun ity programs. We believe also in the con cept of the rate-based serial levy and the stability and savings it promises to the tax payers. If these things are import ant to those of us who have no direct, personal benefits to gain from passage of the April 4 levy, they should be of special importance to you, the students, who stand to gain better classroom space, more time and attention from your faculty and better use of the funds being spent for your benefit. . A little of your time, money and effort spent now will mean much to you in the near future as well as in the long run. Plèase help. FAMILY DINING STEAKHOUSE COCKTAILS BALLROOM WEDNESDAY NITE LADIES NITE HOMEMADE FISH & CHIPS NOW APPEARING MARCH 8-12 GREG SMITH HOT DANCE BAND COMING ATTRACTIONS: MARCH 15-19 22-26 29-AR 29-APRIL 2 ABACUS CARL SMITH & NATURAL GAS CO. iedback rections fa's review last week, wortant corrections footed, please. W sentence should I" .. without lack pas printed "talk") P facilities holding ten," The other was Inscription of the tae when "super- Rician with a . . ." ®t. The photo cap- of the female «e reversed, also Id also like to invite nd others interested M facilities in re ts to leave me a "the Dance Collect tex in the ASG fa teaches regular tantown Portland, •it 226-0348. ■Withheld By Request in the March 1 issue of the Print. Your excuse for not getting involved in Clackamas Commun ity College's student government is as frail as ashes. You are re lating your impressions of other individual's actions from an ob viously biased point of view. The exuberance exhibited by a few persons among the student government is a natural outlet of energy for some extremely astute participants thereof. If you expect the participa ting students to conduct them selves as though they were Lords of Parliament, you're not func tioning at any level of reality.. If you were involved and knew of the time freely given by these "persons with1 heads removed," you would possibly evolve a greater consideration for the outward acts of others. at the CCC Bookstore March 14,15,16 It is, however, as I see, much easier to criticize than to par ticipate or understand. Via buy all types of books Ñame not withheld by re kant (tor; Ute to reply to Name quest. West Coast Books Richard J. Weiss Senatorf/ASG immunity College centimeters LOUNGE
