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Thurs., Apr.
1978 ¡
The Race for State Superintendent
W ill it be Verne Duncan, Fred
Heard or Ruth M cFarland in the
race for State Superintendent of
P ublic Instruction?
A fter something like a jillio n
jo in t appearances, you m ight think,
the candidates would sound just
alike. But they don’t.
A t least
certainly not in their C ity Club
appearance F riday.
Duncan, the incumbent, speaks
w ith growing confidence although
obviously nettled by rem arks from
his foes. Heard is the polished
politician, speaking w ith intim ate
knowledge of the workings of state
government.
M cFarland is the
self-styled
“ red-haired
grand
mother w ith a Ph. d. in genetics.”
She has a nice sense of humor and
probably was the favorite among
F r id a y ’ s a u d ie n ce ...a t
le ast
judging by the applause.
The issues aren’t very sharp. A ll
agree that the role of the state
superintendent is restricted by
legislative enactments;
never
theless the leadership role of the
person in the jo b c a n ’ t be
minimized.
A ll agree that something must be
done to insure that high school
grads can read, w rite and do
m a th e m a tic a l
c o m p u ta tio n s ..
Duncan defends Oregon’s com
petency program , Heard thinks
any program which focuses on high
school students is years too late.
He would require demonstrated
competencies no la te r than the
th ird grade. M cF arland says “ lack
of leadership” has turned the
present competency program “ into
a state of chaos.”
A ll agree that if the choice is hl
Portland: Better you should buy der fat, little pig in der
betw een
te achers
and
ad
pretty sack!
m inistrators, teachers should win
every time. Some districts now Clackamas County: I wonder what's in that package - -
have a higher percentage of ad and where it came from?
m inistrators supervising teachers
Washington County: I'm afraid I know the answer to that!
th a n
te a ch e rs
s u p e rv is in g
students.
The race w ill be a close one.
Duncan has name fa m ilia rity ,
Heard has legislative experience To the Editor:
My m ain reason for
To the Editor:
and the backing of teacher-labor
wTiting is to thank the 150
You did an interview on my
I have had many inquiries
flower field last fall but no visitors, the 80 card senders,
groups. M cF arland has a warm , why a lawyer, who is not a
the 80 phone callers./he food
voter or a resident of
one seems aware that Feb.
folksy approach plus some very
from
the
Baths,
the
Clackamas County can file
25 Doris' Dahlias nearly
good professional background.
Baumanns and the Franks. I
against me for the position of
came to an abrupt stop! -
February 25 I was rushed feel I have been neglectful
I f the election were held today, C ircuit Judge, especially
when I could have helped.
to
the Portland Adventist
when
he
filed
for
the
same
we think Duncan would win. But
position of Circuit Judge for
Hospital with blood clots Thanks for your prayers and
the election is m ore than a month Washington County the last
trying to tear themselves concern
Special thanks to Sandy
away and everything depends upon election
into my left lung This could
Chapels
Good
The law makes it quite
have been instant death but Baptist
how effectively each of the can
clear that this is permiss
God needed me here
The Shepherd Church and Chapel
didates campaigns from here on
pain is indescribable. Seven of the Hills
ible
O.R.S.
3.041
out. I t ’s a good race.
Doris Johnson
‘ Qualifications of C ircuit
bottles of Heperin, the blood
letters to the editor
Packwood-Moynihan Becoming Obscured
The m atter of tuition tax credits
is becoming a real hot potato.
So many variations on the Pack
wood-Moynihan b ill have surfaced
that i t ’s d iffic u lt to predict what
w ill happen. Even if one of the
m any measures does get through,
it s till faces a presidential veto.
The original idea, of course, was
to provide middle-class parents
some tax re lie f for costs of sending
their children to college. Rich
parents can pay for th e ir children,
poor parents get government help.
The m id d le -c la s s o n ly
gets
squeezed.
Hence,
c re d its
w ere
proposed ... $250 per student per
year in Packwood-Moynihan.
Objections im m ediately were
raised; feelings cross p a rty lines
Opposition centered on religious
grounds ( separation of church and
state). Support comes from those
who sympathize w ith r- ddle-class
taxpayers.
Obviously, there are side issues,
but these two seem the over-riding
concerns.
Now, it appears that some sort of
compromise w ill be reached,
possibly lim itin g credits to parents
of college students. In other words,
elim inating credits for attendance
at
p riv a te
e le m e n ta ry
and
secondary schools.
This would return to the original
intent of Packwood-Moynihan and
m ight quiet those who cla im a
system of tax credits spread
through the lower grades would
“ destroy the nation’s public school
system.”
That sort of an assertion is
patently absurd but it is p o litic a lly
potent. Thus a college-credit-only
compromise seems likely.
An Idea Whose Time Has Come
We were raised, so to speak, on a
»ales tax.
When we moved to Oregon ( from
Washington) in 1960. we thought
“ Thank goodness, we ll fin a lly get
rid of the sales ta x.”
Several years later, we were
active on a com mittee opposing
im plem entation of a sales tax in
Oregon
We s till were unalterably op
posed to what we considered a very
regressive tax.
But we’ve changed our mind.
Over the years, we’ve concluded
that a sales tax here in Oregon
would be vastly preferable to our
continued reliance on property and
income taxes.
Oregon’s property tax ra p id ly is
becoming confiscatory. There is
growing acceptance of the idea of
a sales tax, especially if it were
dedicated to schools or to property
tax relief.
The next legislature w ill be fo r
ced to deal w ith the problem. We
hope they take another, very hard
look at the sales tax.
thinner,
were
fed
in-
tervenously
along with
Coumarin, the slower, longer
lasting thiner.
I spent 11
days as a patient in the
hospital and 10 days as an
outpatient.
March 18 1 was rushed to
Gresham Hospital and spent
17 days there as blood clots
tore their way into the right
lung resulting in pneumonia
There was no strength left to
walk or talk
58945 E. Highway 26
Sandy
To the Editor:
The Boring PTA would like
to extend their thanks to the
area's businesses and in
dividuals who donated prizes
and supplies. Your con
tributions helped make our
carnival a success
Thank You.
Diane Pettingill
PTA Secretary
Lake Oswego attorney sees
need for change, seeks seat
A Lake Oswego lawyer
with 14 years experience in
private practice has set his
sights on the Clackamas
County D is tric t Court's
Position No. 2.
And he d like to see some
changes
• The system is plainly not
doing the job.” said Vince
Robeson, who is seeking the
position currently held by
Judge Robert Mulvey
Robeson cites the jury
system as an example of
ways in which the county
legal network is self-
defeating
“You excuse the better
part of the people who are
qualified because they can't
afford to give up the time.”
Robeson said
Instead of the current
system, in which jurors
serve up to three months.
Robeson suggested that
jurors be on for only one case
, or a few days, so that more
people are able to serve
Robeson also feels that
holding court only during
daytime hours is unfair to
users of the court
“ It ’s wrong to make a guy
leave his business so he can
appeal a traffic ticket he
feels he shouldn't have
gotten.” he said
People
have a right to be able to use
the court.”
W hile
not
describing
himself as a hard-line law-
and-order advocate. Robeson
does feel that the county jails
are failing in their primary
task—deterring crime—due
to lenient penalties and jail
conditions
‘ The threat of jail is a
deterrent.'’ he said “Jail
should not be a pleasant
place ”
Robeson believes allowing
prisoners to mingle gives
them a chance to “ learn a
new tra d e ” from other
prisoners as well as allowing
them an opportunity to
engage in extortion, rape and
other activities.
Robeson said he thinks
first offenders should be
given a reasonable second
chance but that any following
criminal activity should be
dealt with firmly
"As long as people think
they will have to go to a
certain point before they get
a jail term you're not going
to have a good deterrent ’
Clackamas County District
Court Number Two sees
about 28.000 cases a year
ranging from civil matters to
criminal cases
Robeson
finds
the
great
variety and number of cases
attractive.
"This is the court where
you get to be with the people
more than any other. ’ he
said. "That's the part that
appeals to me.” Educated
at
Southern
Oregon
U niversity and Portland
State University. Robeson
received his law degree from
the Northwestern College of
Law.
He has been involved in
various civic activities such
as land planning, school
budgets and city charter
work
The incumbent in the
county's position two seat,
Robert Mulvey. has served
two six-year terms on the
court In recent years he has
come under fire from
lawyers for his actions on the
bench
Along
with
Robeson,
Clackamas County Senior
Deputy D is tric t Attorney
Robert D Burns is seeking
Mulvey s seat.
Other candidates include
Avedovich Meyer and Jean
Franklin
The position is non-
partisan. with a primary
election set for May 23 If no
candidate holds a clear
majority after the primary a
run off will be held
Independent joins race
How To M oke Money
The S tate D e p a rtm e n t of
Transportation has its faults, but
selling property isn’t one of them.
The state acquired a number of
Portland properties back in 1972 as
a part of the M t. Hood Freeway
co rrid o r When the freeway was
kille d a few years later, the state
was in the real estate business.
The firs t of the properties was
Judges; residence.” “ (1) . . .
“ (2) Each judge of the
Circuit Court shall be a
resident of or have his
principal office ir. his judicial
district___ ’’
My
opponent
has
established his office in Lake
Oswego, thus satisfying the
statutory requirement
Very truly yours.
Dale Jacobs
Clackamas County
Circuit Judge
Recently we have spoken
about the certainty of death
and taxes as examples of the
things that are inevitable in
this life.
Today we will comment
briefly upon a third cir
cumstance
even
more
1 predictable.
An editorial in the Sunday
Oregonian urges voters to
vote “ yes” for an "elected,”
re g io n a l
g o v e rn m e n t,
meaning, of course, the
passage of Ballot Measure
No. 6
In spite of its long-time and
obvious
support
of
regionalism, the Oregonian's
arguments in favor of the so-
called
" m e rg e r”
of
C o l u m b i a Region Asso
ciation
of
governments
into the Metropolitan Service
District and providing for the
further merging of Tri-Met
and
the
Metropolitan
B ou n dary
Com m ission
appear specious and labored
For one thing the editorial
labels the present system as
“ fragm ented” and ‘ ‘ap
pointed,” and yet of the
hundreds of job6, job-holders
and officials who will be
blanketed into the new
“ government,” not one was
elected to his position.
While admitting that a
“ regional” government will
‘probably” cost more, the
O r e g o n ia n
e d ito r ia l
rationalizes that the increase
in costs “will depend ont he
services the people want.
They conveniently forget
that many of the present
unasked-for and unwanted
services will be ploughed into
the new government willy-
nilly whether or not the
people want them.
In the same vein, the
put up for auction earlier this week
A house which the state had
acquired for $16,000 was sold for
$38.000 in other words a 137^4
percent increase. Or roughly 23
percent per year.
Who needs a gasoline tax? Just
turn the state’s agents loose to buy
more houses'
Former West Linn mayor
Don J. Mcln‘ o3h has an
nounced his candidacy for
the Clackam as
County
commissioner's position now
held by Stan Skoko
McIntosh, who now lives in
Canby, will enter the race by
means
of
nominating
petitions as an Independent
rather than attempt to call a
m inor p arty nominating
convention.
he
said
Petitions will be distributed
in the near future, according
to McIntosh
McIntosh said he had no
intention of running for the
commissioner s post, or any
other position, prior to about
March of this year
He
stated that after all of the
candidates for the position
had filed for the May
p rim aries
he “ became
convinced that some of the
real issues most important to
the citizens of the county
would not be addressed
during the campaign ”
He said he believes his
entrance into the race will
assure voters that "con
fiscatory property taxes,
land use planning and zoning
and rule by non-elect com
missioners , w ill
be
thoroughly analyzed and
debated '
McIntosh and his wife,
Dotta Jean have four
children He graduated from
Oregon Technical Institute
as an engineering land
survey or in 954 In 1967 he
became a professional land
surveyor
He has owned
Pacific Sun **ys for 12 years
and served as mayor of West
Linn from 1970 to 1974 He
also has sen ed as chaorman
of the South Fork water
board
editorial attempts to refute
the claims made by some
that a new Metropolitan
Service District would add
another layer of government
by stating “ but that's not
true” —a surprisingly naivu*
conclusion. Practically all
voters can count!
Commenting on the co6t of
the proposal the Oregonian
noted, “ E xisting revenue
sources of MSD and CRAG
would be continued” as
would be the levies of other
organized districts that
might be incorporated by the
regional government
CRAG would be allowed to
continue
its
present
assessment
on
local
governments of 48 cents per
capita per year, raised to a
new limit of 51 cents and to
be eliminated by June 30,
1981. The new regional
government would also be
authorized to propose an
income tax of up to 1 percent
to pay for “ regional ser
vices.”
But perhaps the most
surprising thing about the
expected support by the
Oregonian of Measure No. 6
as a “ better coordinated,
elected government” was the
statement that “ it represents
much hard work by the 65-
member Tri-County Local
Government
Com mittee”
Right there one is forced to
ask, loud and clear, “ and just
who does the 65 member Tri-
County Local Government
Committee represent?”
Good Reader, ask yourself
that question, and if you
don't know the answer, ask
the Oregonian Don’t just buy
a pig in a poke—especially
one on which all of the choice
cuts have been sold or
promised
Refunds due Oct.
Oregonians who filed 1977
Homeowner and Renter
Property Tax Refund claims
are reminded that refund
checks will be mailed in
October.
In past years, property tax
refunds were combined with
income tax refunds and
mailed in one check. The 1977
O re g o n
L e g is la tu r e
separated the property tax
relief and the income tax
programs. Now. income tax
refunds are mailed within a
few weeks after taxpayers
file their returns Property
tax refunds will be sent by
separate check in October,
shortly
before
1978-79
property taxes are due.
To begin the new schedule
for property tax refunds, the
legislature provided money
for a second refund check
last year Anyone who filed a
1976 H A R R P claim and
received a refund early in
1977 automatically got a
second refund of the same
amount in October of 1977.
The refund could be used by
homeowners to help pay
due in November.
Funds for the property tax
relief program come from
the state general fund, wttrft
is composed primarily of
income tax revenue. Last
year over one-half million
O r e g o n ia n s
r e c e iv e d
homeowner
or
renter
property
tax
refunds
to talling m ore than $75
m illio n .
E lig ib ility
requirements were changed
this year and the revenue
departm ent expects even
more taxpayers to qualify for
the program
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