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
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ta ftftKw-tavre
rc o o c ra e As A O > ..
•Ae Eecr *o _ Mayor. ’ bar
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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
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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 Πe 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
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