EVENTS CALENDAR |
Saturday, Oct. 23
Thursday, Oct. 21
Friday, Oct. 22
Movie: “Zulu”
“Side Tracked Home
Executives”
Holly Farm Mall
Mezzanine
. Cross country meet
9 a.m.-noon
12:00
Fireside Lounge
1 p.m.
Sunday, Oct. 24
Monday, Oct. 25
United Nations Day
Volleyball match
CC Mall
gym
College field
6 p.m.
Wednesday, October 20, 1982
Coliege administration speaks out against 3
By Shelley Ball
Of The Print
Clackamas Community College President
John Hakanson began a series of staff-member
discussion meetings on campus last Thursday con
cerning Ballot Measure 3.
At the meeting, staff members asked questions
about the proposed 1.5 percent property tax limita
tion measure on the statewide November ballot,
and discussed the impact the measure would have
on the College and its 1983-84 budget should it go
into effect July 1, 1983.
In a memorandum distributed during the
meeting, the President’s Council stated “that
passage of Ballot Measure 3 would provide the Col
lege with operation funds for 1983-84 in the
amount of $10 million, or 23 percent less than an
ticipated expenditures for 1982-83.”
A reduction in staff of about 20 percent (70 full
-time positions), the elimination of programs or the
significant reductions in the funding of others are
the best possible predictions the President’s Council
could make in regards to the College’s cutbacks.
“No department can count on operating the
same as last year,” Hakanson said during the
meeting.
In addition to schools being effected by the
passing of Measure 3, police, fire, paramedical and
library programs would receive cuts, as they all rely
on property taxes for revenue.
According to the Oregon Department of
Revenue, $44 million less is expected to be gained
for the state government from Measure 3, and
$240 million for the federal, benefits County Com College President John Hakanson
missioner Ralph Groener feels will go to 60 percent
Staff photo by Wanda Percival
business, 40 percent residential.
average of $25 per 1,000 people would be cut to
Groener, who is also Chairman of the coalition
$15 per 1,000.
currently fighting Measure 3 (the Committee to
Oregon City, which has a little over $29 per
Support Community Services), explained that the
$1,0.00 tax rate (this covers the College and library
average citizen would, relatively speaking, save
also) would be cut nearly in half, which results in
around $300 a year, while the large property
cuts to education as well as police and fire.
owners would receive the millions stated earlier.
“There is a sense of Dark Ages involved in
“I see it flowing upward and staying there,”
this,” Groener said in regards to educational cuts
Groener said in regards to the savings gained from
made by Ballot Measure 3, which he explained
Measure 3.
were not considered to be an essential part of the
If Measure 3 were to pass, the statewide
Measure’s cutbacks.
Cuts to libraries could lead to closing them, ac
cording to Clackamas County Library Director Dick
Tuffli.
A 50 percent budget cut would be expected for
Clackamas County Fire District 1, with job cuts of
15-20 department people, the possible closing of a
station, and limited or curtailed paramedical pro
grams, which make up 80 percent of calls, accor
ding to Fire Chief Harry Carpenter.
They are 12 people short now. But if Measure
3 passes, the Clackamas County Sheriff’s Depart
ment will not be able to hire deputies, and come
next July another dozen would have to be laid off,
Sheriff Paul McAllister said.
McAllister explained that before the passing of
their levy, the department was short 28-30 people.
Since the passing of the levy these positions have
been filled by people who are trained and in the
position to go out and conduct good law enforce
ment, a position that would soon be lost if Ballot
Measure 3 passed, McAllister feels.
In response to the above mentioned cuts,
retired Chairman of the Oregon Tax Payer’s Union
Ray Phillips explained that the elimination of
duplication and fat in the budgets would be the
result of passing Measure 3, and that attempts at
making the cuts sound crucial are merely “scare
tactics.”
According to Phillips, Ballot Measure 3 would
help the economy by giving the unemployed jobs,
cut down on bureaucracy and keep homes for peo
ple.
Phillips felt that the small businessman would
benefit from Measure 3 by being able to expand
with the money saved, thus creating more jobs.
As for education, Phillips feels that too much
money is being spent unwisely in “a horse and
buggy education,” and that some school districts
have not been honest on the amount of money
they have to spend.
The David Douglas District was found to have
an extra $300,000 in its possession nearly two
years ago, an incident that “soured the voter,” ac
cording to Phillips.
Rape prevention: fighting back
doesn’t mean martial arts
By J. Dana Haynes
Of The Print
It is well know that the
statistics on rape and attempted
rape are increasing throughout
the United States. Even in our
so-called safer areas, such as
Oregon.
What is less well know is
that women can protect
themselves. To stress that
point, Helen Cheek and Lynne
Landau have offered a class
called Fighting Chance at the
College. The two-day, six-hour
workshop ran last Thursday
and tomorrow, and was
designed to teach the class of
18 women how to defend
themselves without any special
martial arts skill nor weapons.
“The class is designed to
alter the traditional rape
prevention programs,” Landau
said. “In the past, women have
been taught safety tips and
rules by which they had to live
their lives, in order to be safe.
That includes not shopping at
night, walking alone, etcetera.
This is very unfair.”
Landau and Cheek also
provide an alternative . to
mastering judo or karate. “We
feel that’s an unreasonable op
tion, because that’s a sport and
an art form.”
(Please see page 3)