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Vol. XXX No. 4 Wednesday, October 16,1996 Clackamas Community College Measure 47: cuts and caps Laney Fouse Editor-in-Chief H » : {Associated Student Government Presidential Aid Josh Buegman (upper left) and ASG Federal Officer Jakob Boenisch helped host “Rock the Vote.” ASG was able to register approximately 100people. Rock the Vote ‘96: ASG registers & informs voters Yesterday was the last day for “Rock the Vote” — an MTV-sponsored organi zation designed to get 18 to 34 year olds registered to vote and to inform voters on the issues. “In one day we got double what we got last year,” said ASG Federal Officer Jakob Boenisch on the amount of people ASG was able to register to vote on Oct. 14. Boenisch added that he has seen i“a lot more student involvement” this year when it came to politics and political issues. “Registering to vote is only part of it however. Now we need to make sure that they get out the vote.... They need to get the Voters’ Pamphlet and make sure that they actually vote,” said Boenisch. “Your personal participation will increase the probability that the right choices are made and will strengthen the safeguards provided by an informed and active elector ate,” states Oregon Secretary of State Phil Keisling in the introduc IN THIS ISSUE Lonie Cline and the Clackamas Choir recently performed in Estonia. Read about it on... Career/Counseling Chairperson Ellen Wolfson decided to learn Spanish — first-hand. Read about it on... tion for volume one of two of the Voters’ Pamphlet. Volume two of the Voters’ Pamphlet will be mailed this wepk. The General election is on Nov. 5. If you cannot go to the polls on election day, you can get an absentee ballot by contacting the local elections office; the Oregon Secretary of State, Oregon Elections Divi sion, at 503-986-1518; or Rock The Vote at 1-800- CALL-RTV. dents. Our board would lose its decision-making ability because At the General Election on the state would gain considerable Nov. 5, Oregonians will wield the control over future college direc power of their vote to amend the tion,” said College President John state’s constitution. Keyser. This year’s ballot holds an Although this measure pro unusually high amount of initia vides a desired tax cut for those tives. There are some 23 state individuals owning property, it wide measures requiring voter has tremendous financial impact consideration. Among them is on schools and local services. Measure 47. Or, as it’s commonly These implications are serious referred to, the “cuts and caps” enough that the college Board of initiative. Directors voted to oppose Mea Measure 47 will limit (cuts) sure 47’s property tax reduction 1997-98 property taxes. Property act. owners will be This cuts-and- taxed based on caps initiative one of two differ does not include ent levels. One the limits brought limits the amount about by Measure of tax to what 5. It is, therefore, owners paid in difficult to esti 1994-95. The mate the full fis other limits the cal impact 47 property tax to would have on ten percent less Clackamas. than their 1995- Keyser advised 96 property tax the board that the -John Keyser bill. College President . proposed initia The other half tive would result of this measure in lost revenue of changes (caps) future annual nearly $2 million in 1997-98. property tax to three percent per That figure could jump to $2.5 year. Current law allows a six million for 1998-99. These fig percent increase of real market ures are representative of a 24 to value annually. 28 percent reduction in property There are some exceptions. taxes currently generated. The tax limit does not apply if the “The dual impact of loss of taxes are being used to repay dollars and control is a very large bonded debt. In some specific double whammy,” said Keyser. situations, it allows an increase to The direct loss in revenues to the average tax on similar prop local school districts and govern erties in surrounding areas. ments are estimated to be at $467 “If passed, Measure 47 would million in fiscal year 1998. Those have a negative impact on college programs and services for stu- See Measure 47 on page 2 The dual impact of loss of dollars and control is a very large double whammy. Changes in Criminal Justice: Wiseman, Ashbaugh share duties Laney Fouse Editor-in-Chief Change, although not always welcome, is an unequivocal part of life — even for those in the Criminal Justice Department at Clackamas. Reorganization of the de partment was necessary due to fhe serious illness of Jim Brouillette, former director of Public Service. Brouillette, who had planned to retire on Nov. 8, is battling life-threatening cancer. “He is going to enter retire ment the way he didn’t want to, and that’s in a hospital room,” said Jim Wiseman, former chief of Public Safety. Some of Brouillette’s de partmental duties included law enforcement training, the instructional part of the crimi nal justice programs for two- year degrees and the 911 cer tificate programs. The college administration plans to leave Brouillette’s chair open for now. Wiseman feels his replace ment, Larry Dexheimer, is a good choice. “Larry is a pretty user-friendly kind of guy himself, and I know he’ll continue that user-friendly service orientation that we’ve had here at Clackamas,” said Wiseman. Wiseman’s new duties will include administrative man agement of the training pro grams for local police depart ments. He will continue to “spearhead the implementa tion of the Board’s wishes of the Regional Law Enforce ment Training Center.” Wiseman is not retiring, as was reported in last week’s edi tion of the Clackamas Print; in stead, his job has been re-orga nized. Richard Ashbaugh, former public service instructor, has been named as the acting de partment chair until July of next year. He will manage the for mal academic side of the program. According to Wiseman, he assumed half of what Brouillette was doing and Ashbaugh as sumed the other half. ‘We all teach, as well as man age, direct and coordinate all the law enforcement training,” said Wiseman. Friends of Jim Brouillette may send their cards and letters to P.O. Box 328, Oregon City, OR 97045.
