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About Sandy post. (Sandy, Oregon) 1938-current | View Entire Issue (July 13, 1978)
Editorial and Opinion Letters to the editor Council focus on parking needed Recent parking problems during Sandy s week-long M ow itain Days demonstrate a pressing ^eec for p.ar.nec p a rtin g faciliDes nere The town samph can't certa in the 75 .••? celebra doc vxstors it ex perienced this year w ith existing parking Both city council and chamber of com merce here have stixbec tbe pa rkin g problems through special com mittees. but have reached no soiunocs Tbe tn .e for roundtable talcs has ended What s needed now is e o r m x u ty leadership m actually sect-ring new parking space — preferably off-street parsing Tbe Lack of parsing affects far more people tnar me downtown merchants, as Sandy's growing Mouatam F e stiva l dramancaLv demonstrates But when p a rtin g snonage darkens as ;»mer»*ise near-perfect festiva, ceiebcanon im m ediate efforts should be ta te r to protect the security of what premise* to become one of me finest arts and crafts f esc vais m the entire Northwest Other considerations for parking are the growing number of local residents who have trouble m ailing a letter or shopping, plus the number of out-of towners in San dy s growing trade area These visitors must be accommodated if Sandy is to become a hub or trade center fo r the area The alternative to city-planned parking of course, would be merchant-planned parking Sew Sandy businessman Gordoc Stone /eads the way w ith the com mendable clearing of land far parking on a one-a ere tract at Meimg and Pioneer streets But few local merchants could m- ckoduaiiv build m eir own lots, and disagreements over the Heritage Square local improvement d istrict suggest that group projects are not easily worked The people af Sandy have identified parking as one m ajor area of concern, here and it s up to ejected a ty officials to wrestle with the parking problem VB Public feedback on budget asked S andy C ity C o u n cil meets M ooday night to put together a new city budge: pri-posai after the firs : budget rejection by »x e rs here in about ?; years Ptit>bc input would be advisable a: mis tim e Tbe city has received as of this w ritin g only 15 responses to 500 hand-dehvered quest, n n a ir ts to explore reasons fo r voter rejection of the recent budget propose and possible m x t f ic at.-ms. The Post encourages residents who so il hold the other KA-pi us budge: questionnaires to complete me survey and bring it to either ary n a „ by Monday afternoon The council faces a m ajor budget hurdle snarting again from peg ooe. and requires this sort of pubhc feedback to accompusfc their ta sk Elected o fficials of course can be only as good as me people they represent They m irro r public views and pnor/ues I Tbe Sawfty t a l e r * frw a a» r u t i n Baxter* «f tarai L r u e r * ‘■» m W k n a ad be *ig»ed b» tbe w rfter. *T s 3 m o e «=ret a » Voier t x n o u t was ig h t h irin g the M ay prim ary because the experts say. m ^re were few dan y. interesting ccntesis That s not likely to happen id Xoweeaber because of me presence of a dozen or so in it ia t iv e measures Most atteotioo obviously w ill be centered oc the pnposal to lim it CregBO s property taxes a l^ x v g b m ju s t what fo rm it w ill appear oc me balk« is at best uncertain But fo r downngh: eneexe it 'll be m fficu i: to beat the death per a ty issue or a measure that would outlaw state funds for aborbocs. Tbe City of Portland, which provides water for most of us. m a y o rd e r a vote on fhuor. datioc — anotner hot one T r ee. too. mere is the proposal oc oer.t-msm netting technicians install false teem a proposal making it easier to form a pub be u tility distnet. etc Tbe voters plainly w ill have a lot i f decisions to make, not just M a-k H a th e kf s future pians or whether B :b Straub should have another term m Salem Safe & sane, sports finds TV home T e le rtsw c xs n x n d ly criL-ctzed — and n g t.u y so — fo r its prect.e o x tow ard sex and nolence Yet TV 5 fa s te s t-g ro w in g segment these days is re la tive ly free fro m e ith e r What segr-.er.t' Sports of course A dvertisers can spend ineir mooey oc sports proeraais w ith ittt.e tear of being cntx'ized by this group or th a t Soon we I see w all- so-wall «ports or. TV The p o p u la n ty of sports program m ing obviousLy nas led to even more sports and n e r. to TV- created sports specials where talented athletes are matched one agamst another m a seres of events Moreover adv ertisiog rates ch a rg e d sponsors o f sports telecasts have zoomed, leadne to ever, more sports spectacles Success breeds success Radio, to a lesser degree has profited from the sports boom although TV *ads the charge Who knows NBA baskettiail probably outianks Sesame Street * here zn P o rtlan d * kxTES ta ftftKw-tavre rc o o c ra e As A O > .. •Ae Eecr *o _ Mayor. ’ bar S?.® r-nert jja ra n e e c -o ar J * e A x», a >ar* I r . ’ Another view It the w eres siace CaLf o ra a . xers passes the •-u-cum ag P r^posiw e 11 p e litx ia a s around the country h ave g iven <xs « c u p sypoersy to Last for years Senators and c o s g re s s m e a m obbed Howard J a n is .•-.'-author of tbe propowtjoe. »h ec he taw ed Was±_agtoe. We ieave * to the a o d pec of Mary McGrory io Jescrhe thesr yost^ag to be per¿¿«graphed with txm Mr Jam s a □e-■ngfacfuL'y crusty aid —— w a « repressed We hope the voters « ce t he esther a k r e they see etedee of ficaus respoositae for the past twx » c a s e s of soanag g o v e rn m e n t s p e a k in g ansvjsc to gee ob his P a n t Taae the e x ar^ a e cf New T a r t State Days after the J a m s propasctjcc. AJhary ahoo: ameadtrneoa io h a u l u ses or m re ner of s a ie esrçioyes Y e t 2 » sta te c-oacstitstioe Aeread) - m i s p rep erp unes for : ç * r a I. eg expeeses to J To d e Editor The Sandy Lucre Club and the Sand) L m u .Auchar) • ’X uc < e to thank ever) mesaher M the cammutntv •h o helped make out 4th of Jut) and Sand) Mour.ta.r. Days a maraag success Because oi this g reat support Sand) L x w can ooce aga;r make a generous d o u atio e to the L jors lx te m a n o w a l and to tbe Orpgoc S <h: and H earng Foundatxst The Portland D ever s E \e O n e receives « simper; far eye care cornea transplants and sight research We are also a resource M help for those in glasses Jarvis f among <VB> Some life or death issues on ballot > /1 5 » u m -J perces: M 2 » fu ib vahaec properp k a kkul Lp ft s a strict fcoBiL loo Same ciues and scshha dïscncts have heec. 27-mg to p#y pens.ac c a rs f r e e u.xe* raisec bey aod 2ia î 2 percer,: lawk, and a a senes oi aecisxcs. 2 » s u ie s iugmes: c o in • -ooidc l k t Phem Tbe res-— : « o ù d h a w beer to u xe K mJhoe i r u .v 3 g >'j2K r-.p away fro E p»o large c;ues and seme s* seboa dkssncis la other words 2 ie ) d face a «- »Mr v e rs x» «f «-ha: 2ie enure state of Cahforasa s no« gc-xng 2 ro u g n So «Wa: happened* Ow June ?. Jarvw day phis one The stale irp s^ an ve passée a bsU th a t w y a te rM a x ly recompiked properry vaùues ta raise me u n hnuis See vice cues « e re a v a o n f an: m a s la x es stayed the same F a s si B w a r d Janis, be • am e< I t s one 2cng ic pus: ihraue * lAxmg b n u t ft w Q be aaKCher more A f b m r 2.CX : renforce i t —W a i S ir e « J or h earin g aid A s p e ria thanks to the fabowmg merchants Lee s Meats. Pacua s Pizza Barn. Safeway s M ain B aker) and Wesaers Farm s M arket TbacJt you a n : Weil done' io aL oi ou: merr.bers W ¿ham Granstram Pre&xxs: Sandv Lucre Club Dolores Gmeczner Preadenc Sand) L xn s .Auxihar) Tetfee Exfctor <TW MWw-mg taxer was T r»-M « '» beard ef •z 1 w ai: lo comment as k hews a&cwt recee: articles ooocemmg T n -M e t W e h a w beer pt^dged that fa re -p a y mg passengers »■ouid r>eet M percent of the 3pera tmg costs Now we are xc:armed iha: t*ss would be reanced to » percent W'ha: s the raascr for itas broker. Severa. bmes it has beer staled b* management tha: meecessary :« m i m e is costing huge star.« of moeey w ia t is tbe reason management does aot stop X » m.poff ’ W'her the present manager •a s fctrec the seiectxr c f r . mrt tee passed :>%er a m ac who »as then hired as a consultant to tbe new manager at a high salary Sow this consultant is a permanent employe, again at a high salary It looks to me as if the present manager was hired as a front man, a public relations expert 1/ you will, and the board had to hire someone to actually run the show. If private enterprise acted in this manner the board would have been replaced and a single competent manager hired If the board had not done this, then the board would h a \e been replaced by the stockholders We. the taxpayers, are the stockholders and we deserve better than this I thmk that the board had better begin to act lik e an e ffic ie n t, businesslike group I believe that Fareiess Square should become a fare-paying square Some charge should be made, a small one-time fare or a weekly or monthly charge perhaps Tn-M et keeps informing us as to the increasing ridership each month Just what is the percentage breakdown as to fare-paying and Fareless Square nders ? Tbe same person could nde the bus countless times in one day without paying a cent in fare, yet be counted as a nder eadi time he boarded T n -M e t is subsidized by both the state ar.d federal governments and both are in dire financial trouble We cannot stand continued d efiat spending so do yo w part by improving the ef- fxnency of T n -M e t J Edgar Moir Rt 1. Box 210 Gresham To the Editor Sandy C m c Services did a sptaxhd jo t of providing re creatx «a l events for the Four 'll «f J w y week. W e owe th re e re p re s e n ta tiv e s of various civic groups a warm vote of thanks There was one note of impropriety m the Friday p ara d e , h o w ev er, which should never have happened I refer to the fact that former s ta te re p re s e n ta tiv e Paul W alden rode in an au to m o b ile am ong other parade entries Signs on the car called for his election and he received the benefit of an in tro d u ctio n by the an nouncer at the loud speaking syxtem The rules for the Sandy Mountain Days Parade went to each parade participant These ru les include the s ta te m e n t: “ L’ke of any p o litic a l sign or other political m aterial or im proper use of the Am encar flag will not be perm ittee " Walden s opponent Rep Wayne Fawtoush would have appreciated the opportunity for name exposure given Walden F o r that matter, candidate* for pobucai office in S andy, in C lackam as County, o r the S tate of Oregon would have Ik e d the special p riv ile g e given Walden Sandy C m c Services is supported m part by pub..< funds from the City of Sandy This fact a another reasoc for regarding the Wilder, p ara d e en try as most inappropriate W Pete Sulzbacr Sandy . Ore To the Editor We would ik e to than* ev ery one who u x k part x the July < parade and also to every ooe watching You are the ones who made the parade the huge success that it was Also, a th ara vou to the M t Hood Madders A very special thank you to Vie P a d r a who was our ewer ready right hand man Lyne Elhs Florence J Scketitz The V S has for a ll intents and purposes w ithdraw n, leasing — really encouraging — the Sonet Union to follow its own strategy of destabilization Tbe results are in Le Figaro. Paris Atlas U orld Press Res iew J Salem Scene Task forces keep solons occupied EM* » a beghJacne re p w i frw a the capka) ewrepked by Jack • f A»««cxMed A t a ef ¿regxüaas su£ b e je w tne stale Leçs-acare tbeet* for s b mnechs every t» * year* a n : a rest bet »e^er hwwrea ¿ . t u »; be ' m r troc: tbe t r x r ft » trae that fa jc w n ^ : x r M state a w x a k e re recur: 1» tbeir f r a c Sa «err i o ; t ie iw z c x pace 2xat .TOO-zxcabere^ y ear* îeam to î^bckex bu: sera: .-ci a a ; reprreesitALire .-.-«rr i-,,* t * » a rt A * exaxçwe a v x ç tbe nrresit s e e r * — the »«arc to Jescnbe the :• ~ Jgfce b» the Leesuot^rr s Jaak ¡ t e r r Tasa Farce x Scsal Btusmew Ktotfy to af conoioentjor. 2 re *. saec’ M »::reuog ■ Crêpas B e j a x by C M a e Thom e F rta M o w a od Rep L atam re t D -M k w re to i l xaeabee taak « K k h d a rt« «red a t e e a -« e r by the ta k am ong state s m em bers of the sm a.. nas.&ess The tasa force mac : xist 5-crz q o e x t io r e u ir a to h » . ie s « 5 bworver ft a a o cwncucted a senes of bear.ngs th ro ag ho st the slate These fa c t-fio d ic g - -e n u e * were emducte c k P a n ia n i E ig e n e Vont 5 « x i h e w p o n L a n k a Ce» The D a . ire P esidieta*. Re±»aoc. ! a tte e r » i2 t » ••act Stab3 r i* r a n u r a » x T ra d e k Ecocterex D e v e .o p Œ e rt lb P o rtlaw d aad f-ore cCber r i e n t r i k its own « Sae*t. Essex: a . . y . t be p o u r kscoweeec test-many from m are tha* » n t n iduaB teoaeC 10 venfy resu. ts af the survey T b e fa c t-f.a d in g heanags m e ta e d « k k tx n a . C M r p la t r t j and problem s boweve» and the task force rorcJaoe: ftg dchberatxiRs by Ksuma aa impressive iss: af 25 recor-. -nendataore Scree are aimed at » - d n ik s a i state agencies same haie tee» delivered to E x e c -t ve Deportment ane others p ro v id e am mazut ice fo r coot iw i 11^ studies by tbe tra d e k e c o o o m .c d e v e lo p m e a t cocam.ree More thac a few w ill h e t: m e le g is la tiv e p ro p o s a l wbeo the fo il L e g s t t ^ r e ¿ «even s again <taiy a half-dnzer topes •e re d iscard ed » i d recommendations and most of those because other lep siative or governmental activities deal with them One of tbe discards however, was part of the panel s original assignment That was to determine a valid definition for small tusmess Because of the many c r ite r ia considered •h e r. constituting precisely what maxes a business small « lArge - coupled with the fact there is no consensus among other sovemments a lre a d y u tiliz in g sm all Uismess definitions — the Task Force simply gave up S ix ty s n percent of bus messes responding to the statewide survey expressed the opanaon a small business * with MO employ es or iess But ever, that figure is contested in view of the fact nearly bp percent of all O eg oo nonfarm businesses etnpioy 49 or fewer workers Ir. all. the Smail Business Task F o rce considered problems ranging from the p r e v io u s ly m e n tio n e d regulations, paperwork and t a x « to consumer protec tion. environmental issues organized labor and land-use planning It is interesting to note the latter subject was considered extensively by the task force and it recommended the Land C o n servatio n 4 Development Commissior. give its goal involving the Economy of the Slate lA 'IX s highest priority Cost of family home and car rising have nearly doubled in the hast it' years as a percentage •'* tanuly budget ig, to 211 t a * * * 1- from 12 percent a dnradr ago And thev are expected to hit *2 prrvenl in He years, the Institute repiorts te ta»«“ of what many P ^ veiv e as s p ir a lig fo»x| c w « * that pvrthxi ,M the creae» fam ily budget has dropped from SS p'rvent in the 19X* to 20 tervent today Mevhcal roats mav have doubled in the post 1« years but their *hare af the fam ily budget has dropped because of the increase m p rivate health m vu ram e coverage M cM in nville N e w s - Register • » SOVFÎFGN BOYD & WOO 5 W « AT"we45"»»~Ci\ A K X ' • -€ r THM or •D j «<a « E*5 hwT-’ s .# t k tu ,v A., iq t |v c o s 'iv v n g> ria couwt a n t c a s ti » ,x m t n in CCX’ i u r r gv n a n x iN im V AN i se rt ai ’
