The Sdintiy Post
Editorial & Opinion
Von Broschier Publisher
Coroline Duff. Office Manager
SANDY. OREGON
Oan Dillon. Editor
Scott Newton. News Editor
THURSDAY. OCTOBER 28 1982
County treaurer race no laugher
One county race that should
receive more serious attention is
that of R epub lican John
Vanderberg for Clackamas Coun
ty Treasurer
The physician raises doubts
about county government integri
ty and offers to clean house
through the treasurer’s office as a
service for only a dollar salary.
He wonders why the county tet
ters constantly on the brink of go
ing broke, while commissioners
reward themselves by voting
themselves highest pay of any
county administrators in the
state.
The questions beg for answers,
and crusader Vanderberg should
be given a chance to do some digg
ing-even if it means a sort of
“Hoover Commission" to look
under rugs.
Folks out this end of sprawling,
poor Clackamas County seldom
see their commissioners except
when some land is up for grabs.
But being disenfranchindise by
poor representation is only part of
the rub here The county’s poor
road system, money wasted on sil
ly things like weight-loss pro
grams for county fat cats and un
willingness to pursue lost O&C
timber money rub many rank-
and-file citizens here wrong, too.
General reaction in status-quo
circles has been to write off
Vanderberg as some sort of
clown Well, we agree the time for
clow ning
should
end
in
Clackamas County, and recom
mend a dirt-digger in Vanderberg
toward that end. (VB)
McFarland better representative
Another race that begs local
support is that of Boring
Democrat Ruth McFarland to
retire Reagan robot Denny Smith.
Like the masked Lone Ranger,
Rep. Smith has been seldom seen
around these parts, since winning
a seat in Washington two years
ago. Close study of his disgraceful
voting record shows why.
Smith has voted blindly with the
president on just about every
military measure to come down
the pike—including nerve gas.
Social services seem to be what
he’d sacrifice first to afford
military muscle.
Of particular disgust to Orego
nians must be his vote to allow ex
ploration for gas and oil in
wilderness areas.
State Rep. McFarland offers a
better representative view of
O regonian v a lu e s —n u clea r
freeze, military down-scaling,
social services for the aged, jobs,
trade and education.
Maybe because the Mount Hood
College teacher is more mature
with more total years in politics,
she presents a more rounded pic
ture of Oregonian needs and con
cerns
Dr. McFarland is filled with
concern and desire to represent
the people of this district with
close personal contact
Therefore, we view her election
and the corresponding defeat of
Smith as the most clear-cut choice
local voters will be able to make
Nov. 2. (VB)
Pihl, Starkovich best state picks
Races for new Sandy-Hoodland
state house and senate seats pit
political novices that differ in
philosophy more than track
records.
We favor young Republican
Mark Pihl of Canby for his in
telligent discussion of diverse
questions over Beavercreek
Democrat Bob Shiprack
Pihl seems to have a more open
mind on sales tax and industrial
diversification, while showing
dogged support for schools above
other cuts government may have
to face.
Shiprack may have lost touch
with some local voters already
with his boast he’s campaignd in
virtually every corner of the
district, except Mt. Hood which he
said had too few voters.
Another narrow edge should be
given to D em ocrat S tev e
Starkovich of Canby for state
senator over newsman Joe Davis
of Silverton
Starkovich simply shows a
wider interest in state issues than
Davis, whom we see as a knee
jerk reactionary mad over taxes
and government mishandling
Also, Starkovich has more actual
political experience of pertinent
value, although admittedly party
politics and not elective office
(VB)
Harlan would serve all county Ixist
For county commissioner we
favor attorney Dale Harlan
(D-Milwaukie) over I>ake Oswego
councilor Bev Henderson
Harlan simply has been more
visable in the Sandy area, and
therefore seems more involved
with east Clackamas County con
cems. This sort of closeness is
something the area has not
received from its commissioners
Harlan is a tireless worker and
knowledgeable in county govern
ment proceedings, having prac
ticed law here 24 years.
We see Harlan as a cut-above as
a commissioner who will repre
sent all of the county Hence we
urge his election. (VB)
Vote ‘No’ on 1, 2 but ‘Yes’ on 4, 5
While ballot Measure 3 to limit
property tax and Measure 6 to
abolish LCDC seem to get all the
attention, other voter questions
Nov 2 are important to consider
Ballot Measure 1 would give
almoat free reign to taxation It
asks, "Shall a taxing district'a
constitutional tax base increase
when new property construction
causes district's true cash value
to increase?** While Measure 3 to
lim it taxes is drastic, this
measure is no answer, either We
urge a No vote on Measure I for
open-checkbook governm ent
spending
Another 'No' vote is urged on
Measure 2 to lengthen the gover
nor’s time for post session veto or
approval of bills
While the m easure sound* good
in extending time to collect
referendum signatures it allows
the legislature to Kt on bills until
after the period for collecting
signatures to over
turn them Hence, it hurts the peo
pie’s referendum alternative in
Oregon
Measure 4 to allow self service
at the gas pump, however, makes
sense dollars and cents in sav
ings to the public Anyone who's
seen self-service stations across
the bridge in Washington knows
they'll save a few cents a gallon at
budget stations with a smart vote
for Measure 4.
Ballot Measure 5 whereby “The
people of Oregon urge mutual
freeze on nuclear weapons
development'' draws an easy vote
of support Anyone who doesn't
want to direct the president and
congress to negotiate with the
Soviets for mutual halt in testing,
production and deployment of all
nuclear weapons doesnt value
life much Maybe we all can agree
to stand up for something as basic
as life over the unrestrained
buildup of mega bombs for
destruction Nov 2. <VB>
Letters to the editor:
Sandy woman slams Voters Pamphlet
LCDC costly
with our conscience Pro
stam p in g a ttitu d e
His
ponents of both appeal to
record for his constituency
Oct 22. 1982, I filed a
that old Adam in us of
is deplorable As of this
complaint with the Oregon
greed We are led to believe
August unemployment in
secretary of state and at
that passage of Measure 3
Hood River County exceed
torney general concerning
will cut our taxes and allow
ed 16 4 percent
the w ording on B allo t
us a free ride or sort of
About the only signifi
M easurer and the estimate
re d u c e d f a r e on th e
cant bill he has sponsored
of financial effect, as it ap
cooperative enterprises i^e
was one to increase his
pears in the Voters P am
are engaged in to provide
length of term in o''ice
phlet
education, water, sewers,
This,
from Denny ¿..iiith,
The wording and figures
police and fire protection
who has the highest annual
given are incomplete and
and government
income of any member of
give the impression the
Doing away with land
O
regon's Congressional
budget of LC D C is much
planning except at the local
delegation!
smaller th a n it is and that
level also appeals to our
Only a suggestion: Send
the hill w ill cost taxpayers
chance to make a buck
R
u
th
M c F a r la n d
to
money, rather than save
Selling out to a developer
Washington so that a ll—not
money This is false The
and influencing decisions
just the moneyed few —w ill
wording says we w ill save
about where the sewers,
be served
$800.000, with the abolish
waterhnes and streets w ill
Karl Kment
ment of LCDC. but fails to
run and annexations be
Hood River
mention this is all that re
made have prospects of
mains of the $8.855.295
making some people wads
budget for the 1982 83 bien
of money It is relatively
nium
To anyone wondering
easy for local government
This money was approv
whether to vote for or
to he swayed by a very few
ed through SB 5540 and
aginst self-service in gas
well known individuals
does not include some other
stations. 1 recommend that
A prime exam ple of this
a p p ro p ria tio n s through
if possible you go to a state
is the fact Highway 26 runs
other bills passed, so the
that has self-service This
through the heart of Sandy
amount of LCDC's money
is what you w ill find:
business d is tr ic t
Just
spent may be even greater
The price of gas in the
three or lour persons hav
The increased cost to the
self-service station is not
ing a profit in the decision
taxpayer for the 1983 85
less than in Oregon In
were able to convince the
biennium as stated also is
many instances it is more
city
council
to
reject
the
misleading LCDC has. in
You will not receive any
recom m endation of the
fact, requested in formal
service, no attendant w ill
state
highway
department
w ritten form to the gover
greet you He or she w ill re
to have the highway pass
nor's budget department a
main in the building while
around Sandy to the south
request for more than $8
you fill your own tank, and
We
are
now
stuck
with
an
million This request is for
then you w ill go the
ever-in creasing flow of
$3.880.715
L C D C Ad
building to pay your bill
trucks and ears and with
m in is t r a t io n ), $804.040
In thia state competition
the
hazards,
noise
and
air
(L U B A A d m in is tra tio n )
in the industry has now got
p o llu tio n th e y b rin g
and $3.886.732 (for grants
ten to the point where we
Drivers of those cars and
from the General Fund)
even occasionally get our
trucks
are
stuck
with
three
One argument against a
windshield washed and the
stop signs and dangers of
'Yes vote on this measure
oil checked
accidents
at
intersections
is that LCDC is almost done
Self-service is a step in
Both Measures 3 and 6
with its jot> and from now
the wrong direction It w ill
are broad-axe slashes ap
on the cost w ill tie less This
get you the cu sto m e r
proaches to the pain of pay
is untrue as they are in
nothing except the smell of
ing
our
share
of
civilization
fact asking for larg er
gas on your hands
coats and coats of a viable
amounts of money for
I f the o il companies
future
1983 85 and (hey are con
manage to pass this self
Voting
for
Measure
3
is
sidering enforcement laws
s e rv ic e b ill w ith one
saying to people we have
that will coat the taxpayer
o perato r stations, th eir
elected
to
operate
our
many thousands if not
monopoly w ill elim inate
schools,
fire
and
police
millions of dollars, taking
competition Then watch
d e p a rtm e n ts , c ity and
more rights away from the
the prices go up
county governments, and
property owner
Walter Kandel
libraries: “ We want you to
We have many laws, and
Portland
do a good job for us, but we
g o v e rn m e n t seem s to
are
not
going
to
give
you
delight in passing taws in
the means to do it "
the name of protecting the
We support Thomas A
In voting for Measure 6 to
c o n s u m e r fro m b eing
Milne for Clackamas Coun
kick
our
land
planning
ex
mislead or cheated in the
ty Surveyor and want you
cept at the local level, we
pocket book Yet here is an
to know why
are
doing
something
about
exam ple of w here the
Tom is trustworthy and
as
bright
as
expecting
a
cituen taxpayer, who is a
truly dedicated to his pro
first-class highway to be
consumer of government
fession He has a real con
built acrooa our state by
services is being mislead
cern for preservation of
having
each
local
com
on what it has coat and
munity decide the route, la n d m o n u m e n ts a n d
what it w ill coat in the
width, type of pavement re c o rd s in C la c k a m a s
future
and quality of construction County
I believe the intent of the
He has the necessary,
for each local portion
law was to inform the
skills and experience to
W
Pete
Sulzbach
public of a measure's coat
m aintain our land boun
Sandy
and savings in tax dollars,
daries
to they can vole with full
Because of his high level
knowledge
of expertise. Ms
Vole Yes on Measure 8
and
You folks ui the new Con
to stop this waste in lax
Tom is the
gressional
District
No.
$
dollars
for the job
Ginny Brewster have a unique opportunity
■d Ruth Curwick
Sandy You can bring Denny Smith
City
home and replace him with
someone more in turn with
reality
Smith has hurt his oM
Violation of
Baliol Measures 3 and 6 D istric t 2 by his t t l l
O M 487 118 M certainly tat-
are causing tough debates serving Reagan rubber
forgivable. and I'm sure
Nix self-service
Milne favored
Dump Smith
Nix 3, 6
Stop burner
Oregonians for Clean A ir is
sorry for the inconvenience
their “ Stop the Garbage
Burner" signs have caused
Clackamas County and city
o ffic ia ls of G lad sto n e,
Oregon City and West Linn
It is possible that people
all over the county are
mistaking these signs for
“ STOP” signs, however. I
doubt it This is another
pro-burner attempt to con
fuse the real issues with
trivia.
The signs “ Vote Yes,
Stop the Garbage Burner,'*
although w ell-distributed
(at least before the infrac
tion), could never have
been as effective as the re
cent publicizing of the so-
called sign ordinance non-
compliance by both local
and regional news media
T h e r e fo r e , those p ro -
burner advocates must be
congratulated for inducing
such widespread publicity
and a tte n tio n fo r our
cause
Stop the Burner
Thank you. and for a bet
ter quality of life for a ll..
“ Vote Yes, Stop the G a r
bage Burner
M ike McCullough
Oregon City
Jones backed
The accusations made
ag ain st yo u r re p o rte r,
Michael Jones, by Carl A
Bright, were crude, to say
the least
As to the sewage spill
that occurred some months
ago at Rippling River. I
believe it was investigated
by the county and that DEQ
threatened to fine Rippling
River
American Guaranty may
be, as M r Bright says,
"the largest employer on
the M ountain” and the
largest contributor to pro
perty taxes *' As a single
contributor, yet! But col
lectively we individual pro
perty owners have Rippl
ing River backed off the
map Thanks to Rippling
R iv e r and o th e r such
developments that have
brought “progress" to the
mountain, our tax base has
been raised every year
Our property taxes have
gone up and up Thanks a
bundle'
Anybody m ay call the
Oregon Real Estate D ivi
sion or Better Business
Buresu to find out the
“tru th ” about M r Bright's
real estate promotions
Why don't you?
II yo u r e d ito r
I re c a ll
taking a stand in
for Jones Is there
no support for him now"* I
seem to remember The
Oregonian having publish
ed the same news about
both M r. Bright and Rippl
ing River Why doesn't M r
Bright carp at The Orego
nian?
I, for one, am not weary
of the expertise of Michael
P Jones
Bessie Parker
Brightwood
Kids okay
I usually don't w rite let
ters. but I felt that the peo
ple of Sandy should hear
about some great kids We
all hear about the drugs,
the
booze
an d
our
teenagers, but never if they
do something good I feel
we all usually lump them
into one group—bad
The freshman float this
year was built at our house
At first when our daughter
asked, we said “ Are you
kidding—no way—all those
kids!" But she said, give us
a chance, please So we
gave in. The freshmen that
came to work on the float
were all great kids, well-
mannered and were always
on their best behavior,
believe it or not When the
parents picked them up at
night, I told them how nice
and well-mannered their
kids were, and they said,
my kids'*
When the big night before
came, the freshman float
was attacked (a tradition, I
w as to ld )
by u p p e r
c la s s m e n , but m o s tly
juniors The w ar started at
about 8 45 and ended at
about
9 :4 5 -1 0
The
results—“a d raw ." At the
start, my husband stopped
it. and set down rules Only
2: No breakage and no
fights Everyone abided by
these rules, not just a few
T h e re w e re o nly 14
freshmen defending their
float, but about 50 or more
juniors and upperclassmen
attacking. It was the big
geat egg and water balloon i
fight I had ever seen
When all was over, not •
one thing was broken or j
damaged
Sandy still has a great
bunch of kids, and they all
should be told that They
respect other people's pro
perty even during the heat
of battle To all the kk b
that were here we say.
"Thanks for being a great
bunch of kids "
M r and Mrs Ken Burlee
Jr
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