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Thurs., Feb. 16. 1978
An Active Race Is Welcome
It would be good for the city to
have an active race for the mayor’s
post in the next city elections.
So far the first candidate to
announce his intentions to run for
office. Bruce Cook, has brought out
some good ideas for residents of the
city to consider. For instance, he’s
right on target when he says people
don’t realize how important the
current revision of the city’s
comprehensive plan is going to be
to Sandy’s future.
He also makes a good point when
he says that the city needs to start
planning now to set aside more
area for future industrial use. If
Sandy does become a strictly
bedroom community, the taxes for
property owners will be a larger
than necessary burden.
Some persons have suggested
that Councilman Jim Duff may
also seek the mayor’s seat. But if
he is. so far he isn’t talking. We
hope Duff or someone else will join
the race. An active campaign may
lead more citizens to become in
volved with the workings of their
city government. No one can lose
when that happens. (SAL)
Chirp: Does it eat the people?
Have Your Say
allotted to Clackamas County this
Clackamas County recently
year
for projects.
became eligible for a Community
The
people are the ones who are
Block Development Grant from the
being
asked to decide what the
federal Housing and Urban
projects will be—and the
Development project. It is the only
possibilities are endless. Project
county in Oregon to receive the
titles range from residential
“ urban” designation which
rehabilitation
to
historical
qualifies it for the funds.
preservation.
Any
ideas
will be
Sandy is due to receive its fair
The
next
chance
for
area
share of the funding and city of
citizens
to
have
their
say
will
be
ficials are trying to involve area
Wednesday,
Feb.
22,
at
noon
in
the
citizens in the planning process.
Community Service Room of Far
A public meeting was held
West Federal Savings and Loan in
recently in the Sandy City Council
Milwaukie.
chambers. Citizens were urged to
At this meeting, initial proposals
attend and participate in deter
will be prioritized by a develope-
mining how the federal funds
ment policy board of 15 Sandy city
should be spent.
representatives and one county
Eight people attended the
representative.
meeting.
City and county residents need to
The Community Block Grant
attend
future meetings and
project is a n » opportunity for
citizens
to
have
tfieir * workshops so prom ts they’re
interested in can be funded.
say— something we all talk about
Put quite simply—it’s your
wanting. Officials estimate $2.3
monev,
how do you want it spent?
million to $2.5 million will be
(BB)
The High Cost of Negotiations
Local school districts are in the
middle of contract negotiations and
while whatever settlements are
reached will significantly impact
local taxes, that's only the tip of the
iceberg.
The Foundation for Oregon
Research and Education estimates
that the annual cost of collective
bargaining in Oregon education
exceeds $7 million.
This includes $3.3 million in
management costs. $1.6 million in
OSEA costs. $400.000 in state costs
and $1.8 million in school board
costs.
Not included in the $7 plus million
are released time costs, costs of
any arbitration or litigation, school
supervisory time, conference and
seminar fees, cost to the districts
for substitute teachers during
negotiations, and time contributed
by negotiation teams.
We re sure teachers feel the $7
million is well spent So. perhaps,
do the administrators and board
members. But what about the
taxpayer0 The $7 plus million spent
in salary talks would buy a lot of
books, a lot of equipment a lot of
extra teachers.
There ought to be a better way to
conduct negotiations than the
protracted, expensive fashion
common in all too many districts
todav.
Twirp: Only when they
are spread on thick slices of lands and homes.
letters to the editor
Need bike paths
To the E d ito r:
I think we should have a
bicycle path in the Boring
area Now we don’t have any
place to ride our bicycles
because the highway is so
busy. Also, we could rid e our
bikes to school and to the
store
It would conserve energy
by not making our parents
drive to the store a ll the tim e
and having them pick us up.
A lot of fam ilies would go
bicycle rid in g because it is
very good exercise. It w ill
help build strong bodies and
w ill help keep dads from
haring h e a rt attacks <My
mom is a nurse ». It helps
keep fa m ilie s together
And most im portant, when
our mothers are busy they
wouldn't have to d rive us
around.
Sincerely,
Joanne Richard
14230 SE 215th Court
Boring
Thanks
To the E d ito r:
Thank you fo r your p a r
ticipation in DECA's 4th
A n n u a l W o rld s G re a te st
Trike Jum p event at Mt.
Hood Com m unity College
The event was a success w ith
nine jum pers attem pting to
break the w orld's record
Thank you again, and we
w ill be looking forw ard to
your involvement next year
Sincerely,
John D M irm a k
Chairman
Electric bills
not provide any service to the
consumer C urrently PGE
has S193.000.000 in the rate
base th a t w ould not be
a llo w e d in W ashington,
Id a h o , C a lifo rn ia and 19
other states.
T h is
w ill
cost
PGE
customers over $17,000,000 in
1978 Oregonians who are
concerned about the high
cost of e le ctricity should
w rite O U R . P.O. Box 12763,
Salem. 97309
State Rep Bob Vian
1845 C laxter Rd N.
Salem. Ore. 97303
To the E d ito r:
The
la s t
Oregon
legislative session was not a
good one for the people who
pay
P o rtla n d
G eneral
E le c t r ic ’ s b ills . A new
consumer group has decided
to go d ire ctly to the public
w ith an in itia tiv e petition
because the le g is la tu re
seems incapable of slowing
PG E’s skyrocketing u tility
rates
O regonians fo r U t ilit y
R eform ’s in itia tiv e w ill stop
PG E fro m c h a rg in g fo r
construction projects that do
Keeping posted
Renfro to address
Sandy Chamber
THURSDAY. FEB. It
Oregon T ra il Coffee Hour
w ill begin at 9:30 a m .
Donuts, sweet rolls and
coffee w ill be provided.
TUESDAY. FEB . 21
Clackamas County S heriff
John Renfro w ill address the
noon meeting of the Sandy
area Chamber of Commerce
at T J’s Restaurant
WEDNESDAY. FEB. 22
The Take O ff Pounds
Sensibly Club of Sandy meets
every Wednesday at 9:30
"a m in the basement of the
Sandy Com m unity Action
Center
Call 668-4537 for
more inform ation.
ooo
Linda Vlahos w ill show her
slides taken during a four
month stay in Europe last
sum m er from 7:30 to 8:30 in
the Sandy P ublic L ib ra ry
900
The Sandy Area Merchants
w ill meet from 7-8 a m at
T J ’s Restaurant
John Karlen, Sr.
John R Karlen. Sr., a
resident of the Boring area
fo r 50 years, died on Feb
He was 79 years of age
F u n e ra l se rv ic e s
are
pending
a t the Sandy
Funeral Home
!
somehow all w ould lead better lives
bv being shielded from the "real
world ”
From this viewpoint, that at
titude can be stowed in the round
file along with the mindless adage
that what you don’t know won’t
hurt you
We wholeheartedly support the
goal of balanced and fair coverage,
of giving each side a voice. We
cringe when we see stories that
make no pretense of objectivity or
no effort toward responsible
reporting.
But the role of the press is to
report what happens, not what
someone wants to happen The
press attempts to be the eyes and
ears of those who are not there, not
act as a public relations tool and
present only the good side of a
“product.”
We report the news, we don't
make it
Perhaps those who
complain about negative press
ought to check their hemline to see
if their slip is showing.
<BW>
Board spot open
The Welches School Board
M ill be bolding an election
April 4 to name a board
mem ber fo r position No. 4.
term w ill expire June 30 of
this year
A p p lic a tio n s
m ay
be
picked up at Welches School
Deadline for filin g is Feb 27.
The term of office is four
years.
That position is cu rre n tly
held by B ill Dunham His
Abraham to speak
We Report It, We Don't M ake It
Attention of the working press
was recently drawn to Tennessee
where the governor. Ray Blanton,
issued an edict that he would an
swer only positive questions at his
new s conferences
The public is tired of negative
stones. Blanton claimed, and
rarely receives a balanced view of
the new*s He said his goal is to
insure a fair and objective look at
both sides of a story
Therefore, his new guidelines say
that “if members of the media fail
to present the positive side of a
story. I will decline to entertain any
questions pertaining to the
negative aspect of state news ”
So much for a look at both sides
of the story
The Tennessee governor ap
parently feels the public would be
better served by not hearing
negative news from the statehouse,
even if it be accurate and its
dissemination vital Perhaps he
feels his constituency needs to be
bouyed by good news, that
Perhaps it was m istakenly
felt that the hard-handeo-
tactics of a Dave Beck or a
James Hoffa were needed.
I f the adage that “ where
But if so, the idea backfired
there is smoke there is bound
and Day stepped down in the
to be fire *’ is s till viable, the
stro n g o p p o sitio n to the
sm oldering fires of resent
agency developed through an
ment are sending up clouds
of smoke from around the ' in itia tive ballot to rescind its
statutory base
Land C o n se rva tio n and
The agency was saved by
Development Commission.
the votes of thousands and
T h is has been m uch in
thousands of city people who
evidence since the con
had nothing to lose and
troversial measure was firs t
nothing to gain in the election
adopted.
but who gave the backers of
As of today there are up
LCDC a knee-jerk reaction
wards of two dozen separate
the tremendous campaign
p la in tiffs suing LCDC. Many,
put on to save the powerful
however, have been com
commission.
bined into jo in t action. C urry
The
p ro m ise
of
the
County took w ith it 18 other
legislature to amend SB 100
local jurisdictions in filin g
the in itia l suit. Most recent ’ to curb some of the more
objectionable and d icta to ria l
suits were filed by five new
authorities of the agency was
litig a n ts
fro m
M a rio n ,
never fu lly carried out and
Benton, W ashington and
the present rash of suits are
Clackamas counties.
the inevitable fru its of that
The newest suits are very
failure.
s im ila r to the original 19,
A m e n d m e n ts
d id ,
m aking many of the same
however, take away some of
allegations. But if anything
the authority for LCDC to
these are more definitely
sla te d to w a rd the " c o n “ d ire ct” counties and other
local jurisdictions in a close
fis c a tio n
w ith o u t
ju s t
supervisory manner in ac
co m p e n sa tio n
or
due
complishing LCDC’s Goals
process’ ’ element.
In Clackamas County John and Guidelines.
Instead, it gave LCDC a
Weber, a long-time fa rm e r of
" r e v ie w ’ ’ a u th o rity and
the Canby area; a berry
positive action to command
cannery owner; and Don
compliance only through the
McIntosh, also of Canby,
courts.
were named as plaintiffs in
However, there has been
the new series of suits.
lit t le e ffe c t fe lt in th is
Weber is a member and
Don
M cIn to sh
is
co- change, since the state and
county and c ity planning
c h a irm a n o f the new ly
b u re a u cra cie s a re m uch
organized Clackamas County
more strongly knit than any
R u ra l
L a n d o w n e rs
a s s o c ia t io n
b e tw e e n
P rotective Association.
responsible elected officials
Attorneys for this latest
group to join the move or dissenting citizens.
The
"w o rd ”
spreads
against what they describe
v e r tic a lly , up .and down
as
L C D C ’s
im p ro p e rly
through the various levels of
b ro a d e n e d
o p e r a tio n a l
a uthority say they may file a the bureaucracy, at double
and trip le the speed w ith
motion to join the in itita l
case if that route seems which it is released to the
general public.
feasible Those in the know
To the ordinary citizen who
think that there may be more
had hoped fo r a state-level
suits filed as the present
situation je lls and begins to court of appeal to which he
show signs of its eventual could take his differences
w ith his tormentors, such as
shape
CRAG and the hordes of local
The
new
su its
are
planners and boards and
re p re se nte d by P o rtla n d
attorney E a rl Mickelsen, and commissions that grab so
MjWk. ’ attumev
h u n g rily at control o f h is ^
T aylor O’Hearne O'Hearne land, LCDC has been a vast
and
a
has been quoted as saying d is a p p o in tm e n t
that he has had a long-time disaster.
D ecisions
th a t
mean
interest in cases involving
c o n s titu tio n a l rig h ts and thousands and thousands of
issues, and that he has dollars in zoning rip-offs and
several such cases presently w ip e o u ts to ru r a l la n
pending in several other downers may hinge on an
states as w ell as his own.
adm inistration
“ opinion"
It seems to this observer perhaps m o re c a re fu lly
that most of the legal, if not aimed at preserving vertical
the
p h ilo s o p h ic a l,
con b u re a u c ra tic lo y a lty than
troversies that rage around carefully researched justice
the LCDC spring from the
As another election year
well-known rage to control, rolls around it is to be hoped
which is common to almost that a great many more than
all non-elec ted. bureaucratic the courageous few who have
authorities
now stood
up to the
It was no coincidence that b u re a u c ra tic g ia n t w ill
placed L B Day, well-known become involved in very
Team ster's Union official at real, very deep issues of this
the head of LCDC.
situation
by Bill Sanderson
The Hood land Chamber of
Commerce w ill hear David
Abraham of the Clackamas
C ounty
P u b lic
W orks
Department at a 7:30 p m
meeting on Tuesday. Feb 21
Abraham is due to give ar
update on the proposed
sew er system
fo r
th«
co rrid o r area. The meeting
w ill be held at the Hoodlanc
Women s Club
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