communique’_______ _____
State loses big bucks balancing budget
The anxiety attacks have depleted, and
now it’s just getting plain boring.
doesn’t. All the House’s approval means is that
the House approved the package.
On Monday, the Oregon House of
Representatives approved a one-time 3.9 per
cent tax surcharge to take care of $39 million of
Remember way back, what seemed like
months and months ago, when Gov. Atiyeh’s
plan was defeated, and the House took over the to decide who and where the money should
question of what to do about the state’s come from to make up the state’s deficit. Now
deficit? That long period is the same length of that makes a lot of sense.
time that the House had been debating on what
And if you want to believe what Senate
to do about the hole in the budget.
President Fred Heard said about his cohorts,
Well, that could mean that we are only two- “The plan that passed the House will not pass
thirds the way through the waiting period, since the Senate,” it may be almost too true that the
the House has to have the Senate’s approval on waiting period on a final budget decision is on
ly two-thirds the way over.'
what they just approved.
the state deficit, and voted to remove $44
million for the state’s property tax relief pro
gram. Plus a one-year, 3-cent-per-back tax on
cigarettes.
Does that mean it’s finally over, and the
community colleges will soon know how much
of a cut each Institution will have to take? No, it
And in the mean time, it’s costing the state
government close to $8,000 a day to keep the
debate going. So far it’s been five weeks. That
means, so far it has cost about $200 thousand
Holidays see
rotating dates
Holidays are special times
for everyone. Children look
forward to a day out of school
and adults enjoy a day away
from work. Yet how many of
you have ever given a thought
about the government chang
By Duane Hiersche
landed in the New World on
October 12, 1492. WRONG. If
that was the correct date, why
then would we observe it on
the preceding Monday? Or is it
just that government officials
feel they have the right to
rewrite the history of mankind?
Why not recognize Christ’s
birthday on December 20, then
we can have a longer holiday
between Christmas and New
Year’s Day? No. Better yet,
ing many holidays for the con change it from Christmas day
venience of having three-day to the Chinese New Year,
January 25. That would give
weekends?
everyone a one-month holiday!
I aim referring to holidays
The birthdate of the
such as George Washington’s
United States as a new, free
birthday and Columbus Day.
nation has stayed the same, yet
Washington’s traditional the birthdate of a man who
birthday is February 22, yet it is helped make it all possible is
officially celebrated February changed. Now I ask you, does
15, one week before his true that sound fair?
birthday.
My policy is all-or-nothing.
I would bet that our Foun
If changing official holidays is
ding Father would turn over in
actually what the bureaucrats
his grave if he found out that
want, I feel I should put in my
the government he helped blue
two cents worth.
print, changed his very own
birthdate just to let them have a
After that long of a holi
three day holiday.
To the Editor:
day, can you imagine all the
mail
you
would
receive
on
History also teaches us
that Christopher Columbus January 26?
I, Greg Betts, a law en
forcement student, do now ac
cuse The Print of dereliction
of duty. I base my charge on
Readers write
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