opinion
Roofless stadium
FRANKLY SPEAKING
It is our opinion that, regardless of the term used,
the "permanent mass spectator seating" that has been
budgeted for the Clackamas Community College Ath­
letic Department is just another name for stadium. And
if the athletic department wants to build a stadium
they should just say so and not try to hide behind
verbiage.
After all, if this year's benches are designed to pro­
tect the health of area residents by keeping them off
the wet ground the next logical step is a roof to keep
their heads dry.
And if a stadium (read that "permanent mass spec­
tator seating") is going to be built we feel that the public
(read the taxpayers) should have a say in the matter.
There have been no mass spectator events to warrant
permanent seating and a more realistic approach would
be to simply reposition the seating already available.
To the budget committee, $12,200 may not seem
like a lot of money, but to many students that is much
more than their entire year's income. It seems to us
that the money could be better spent on things that
serve the student population community as a whole.
After all, CCC is not planning on an expanded foot­
ball program or anything. Or is it?
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Double bind
Earlier this week a major area electrical-power pro­
ducer announced it will seek a rate increase of eight per
cent for residential customers and 14-39 per cent for
commercial and industrial customers.
The president of the firm blamed the drought for the
increase in power production costs and stated that low
water conditions are responsible for high power costs.
It is not unlikely that other utilities will soon ask for
a similar rate increase.
Our question is this; "Why should the consumer have
to pay for a private company's operating costs when
that consumer is already involved in an effort to con­
serve energy use?
Ironically, in using less electrical power, the con­
sumer will still be charged more.
Seems you just can't win no matter how hard you try.
House bill 2459
Student parents will finally have their forum at
Oregon Legislature when Subcommittee Four of
Ways and Means Committee meets today at the
pitol.
The committee will gather to consider House
2459 which would provide money for child care to
low income student-parents across the state.
Student-parents now having trouble meeting rising
day care costs for their children could be directly bene­
fited if the bill is approved.
Until student-parents and their children descended
on the Capitol for an afternoon rally last week, the bill
had been languishing in subcommittee four since its
early referral there in February.
We hope House Bill 2459 will become a reality to the
student-parents in Oregon and we commend their suc­
cessful effort last week in gaining the attention of state
legislators. Score one against bureaucratic apathy.
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