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2 — SANDY ( O f* ) POST Thur» April 16. 1987 (S*c. I) 1 The Sandy Post Editorial & Opinion Scott N e w to n , e d ito r K im b e rly N e lso n , a d v e rtis in g re p re s e n ta tiv e Tax proposal is risky business Tri-Met is riding a crest of public support that can largely be laid at the tracks of its successful light rail transit system. But before Tri-Met implements a proposed change in its payroll tax, which provides for 60 percent of its revenue, the transit system should recall the days when the public at- tutudes were not nearly so positive. A change in Tri-Met’s payroll tax - which is a 0.6 percent assessment against payrolls paid by businesses operating within the transit district - has been suggested. The change would reduce the payroll tax to 0.3 percent and establish a 0.3 percent income tax for those residents of the transit district. For one, Tri-Met General Manager James E. Cowen has never been a proponent of payroll taxes — in fact, he has publicly offered outspoken opposition to the tax. But altering Tri-Met’s payroll tax to a mixed payrolLZin- come tax might be likened to attempting to change horses in midstream or, at the very least, trying to ride two horses across the stream when one will do just fine. Why ask for trou ble? Cowen was recently quoted as saying his agency serves a population area with more than 1 million people, and added that he region has 750,000 experts on mass transit. A switch to a small income tax would accentuate the atten tion and potetial criticism those 750,000 experts give Tri-Met. At least for the majority of Portland-area residents, the taxing authority of Tri-Met is a mystery and as a result is not on their list of transit complaints. That taxing anonymity would be removed once the line “Tri-Met Tax" started appearing on in dividual taxpayers’ income tax forms. Of course, the issue is more focused in Sandy. Many people were shocked when former State Senator Steve Starkovich pointed out the high cost of Tri-Met to the community. Bob Kintigh, who currently serves District 14 in the senate, is car rying on the battle. Most people in Sandy would like out of the Tri-Met taxing district completely. Kintigh says that Tri-Met collects $1,800,000 in taxes from the area and provides about $800,000 worth of service. Kintigh believes the service could be provided for much less than $800,000. Regardless of the outcome of Kintigh’s efforts, the income tax should be scrapped. Letters to the editor People do rend Cummins’ letters Family expresses its appreeiaion F o r a long tim e (y e a rs I, I wondered if anyone noticed the low caliber of education that was receiv ed in Welches and the Sandy High School D istrict When my children were involved, the I*TA and meetings were attended by myself and the children's dad I was appalled when my two children kept losing interest in school 1 realize now, years later, that this is going on with many other children in this community also Now, as adults, neither one of my children read any books ever, mostly because they don’t read well 1 have asked both of them to look back on their education and give me some input. They do not have any positive things to say about the schools or teachers that were role models and very instrumental to Un learning process. 1 have read with much interest M r Cummins' articles and in answer to Pamela Y o rk's question, "Does anyone read his letters’ ” the answer is yes. 1 read them and also many other people do w ith much interest 1 adm it it must be rather uncomfortable to local members of the NEA when a small town person is so correct in his statements P S. "U ltra liberal m ilita n t" fits perfect, 1 m ight add. Marie Richfield Rhododendron We would like to express our thanks and appreciation to our many wonderful friends and relatives for all their prayers, moral support and endless hours spent with us at the hospital during Ken's illness Also, thank you for all of th beautiful flowers and cards and for the food and donations that were sent to us at the tim e of his death Just knowing that you cared and shared our feeelings has been a com fo rt to us. The fam ily of Ken Burdick Joyce, Jeffrey, Jamey. Justin Jennifer and K urt Swails Sandy Business owners say thanks We would like to express our ap preciation to all of the wonderful folks who stopped by for our grand opening. Y our enthusiasm and friendliness has greatly encouraged us and we look forward to a long and enjoyable venture in Sandy. Starting a new business is a very exciting, sometimes trying, adven ture, but you have made all the hard work and long hours of preparation worth it Thanks again! Wally and Julie Morriss Gene and Dolly Pratt Sandy Mountair Traders Policy on letters l-etters to the editor should be typed, double-spaced and signed An address and telephone num ber should also be provided, although on ly the name of the letter w rite r and the city or area he is from w ill be published Letter w riters may also wish to in clude a title or office held if it is ap propriate considering the subject m atter of the letter The news deadline of noon Tuesday S ta te R e p r e s e n ta tiv e Rob State Senator Bob Kintigh, D-Dist 14. 38865 E Cedar F lat Road, Spr ingfield, 97478 746-1842 Z M ,-fW Louie the dog may not be that dumb People laugh at my dog. I began to figure out why the other day when 1 heard my pooch scream ing and yelping She was running for dear life across the yard, being chas ed by a bunny rabbit. It was a brown and white bunny about half Ixiuie's size I-ouie is my dog The ra b b it’s name is Freckles. He lives next door. So fa r as I know, he is not a vicious bunny rabbit Now right here, we re going to have to straighten something out There are many of you out there who think that all animals are noble Some are noble, sure. Lassie always was. But I believe animals are just like people — a splendid m ix of the goofy, the pleasant, the bland, the ec centric and the dumb lxiuie falls into the latter category She is a nice dog. but she is a klutz She w ill not, for instance, walk past the dishwasher If I-ouie wants to get to her favorite footstool in the fam ily room, she has no choice but to walk past the appliance. But 1-ouie once heard the dishwasher m ake a strange noise and she is convinced that dishwashers eat dogs for dinner So she w ill only scurry past if she is l* «X i il "A Sharon Nesbtt faced with a greater menace, a human hustling her along shouting encouragement and/or threats If we forget to herd our dog to the fam ily room, she sits on the fa r side of the dishwasher and whines pathetically. I-ouie’s paranoia leads her to believe that waxed floors are hazar dous to canines, so she circum navigates polished linoleum by hopp ing from rug to rug It complicates the furniture arrangement because you can never have your rugs more than a dog hop apart Occasionally she can be coerced to step out onto the shiny surface of the tile floor in pursuit of a peanut. But when she does, she behaves — as my grandmother would say — like a pig on ice. And the other thing 1-ouie does strangely is that she smiles. It's a grin, really. She peels back her lips and gives people this toothy grin, wheezing and snorting and wagging her tail. It causes some people to think she is rabid or at least slightly mad. None of this would m atter so much if Louie didn't look like a dog nerd She is a round, black sausage perch ed on skinny little legs She has a tiny head, the better to contain her tiny brain, and a ridiculous flu ffy ta il that plumes over her back like a messy fountain We had her neutered right away because we knew we didn’t want any more like her To give you some idea, the young man, T erry, who comes to our house w ith No. One Kid and who wants to make a good impression on us, even he laughs at our dog Worse, he is a lawyer, so he impugns and maligns our dog The best we can say in defense of Louie is that she is harmless and ap pears to be devoted to us, sm iling each tim e we return to the house. But it gets tedious beating up bunny rab bits in her behalf We would never m istreat Ix»uie. She gets our broccoli and steak scraps and she is, in fact, too fat. But occasionally Hubby and I pine for a real dog. A dog that barks when strangers come instead of sm iling at them A dog that w ill not shy away from a dandelion puff N aturally, I-ouie is a flop as a watch dog. Fortunately, Hubby is big and and mean and has sharp teeth And he is home most of the time to keep an eye on the house and protect the dog. When you think about it, 1-ouie may not be as dumb as she seems. Do you know any other creature that has managed to convince two perfectly bright human beings to defend it, give it police escorts past a bully of a dishwasher, arrange furniture for its convenience, feed and medicate it and take it to the vet and the dog beauty parlor for no recompense other than an ugly sm ile’ Wedding’s true meaning is cornball In the cop novel “ The Choirboys" th ere's a ch aracte r nicknam ed Whaddayamean Dean. He’s called that mostly because when he drinks alcohol he asks over and over "W h a d d a y a m e a n ’ W haddaya mean’ " I feel the same about weddings. Whenever I attend or participate in a wedding. I wonder what it all means Sure, weddings mean flowers, tux edoes, b rid e s m a id s , c h u rch e s, p re s e n ts , s u its , tie s , n y lo n s , p re a ch e rs, m in is te rs , p ra y e rs , hopes, dreams and good intentions I ’ve wondered for many years, however, what it all means the whole thing, the broad spectrum, the big pietvre, the bottom line In other words, when you get m arried, whad daya mean’ I recently stood up for my little brother, Tom, who decided many months ago that he wanted to m arry his girlfriend, Janet I 'll adm it, my bachelor attitude half-heartedly tried to talk him out of it. But. as I said, it was a half-hearted try ; the boy was serious So 1 gave in to the inevitable W ith pleasure, mind you I doubt Tom could make a better choice than Janet, who's blonde and loves the col or pink. Tom and Janet go together like a matched set of salt and pepper shakers She, the salt shaker, is neat and clean and manages the taste of things; he, the pepper m ill, has a layer of seasoning dust on his top and sports a spicy past So anyway, when Tom asked me to be his best man I thought sure, why not’ I 'll get to wear a pink tuxedo. I've been involved in a couple of weddings. This time I was the groomsman in charge I carried the ring, rode roughshod over three rapscallious ushers and generally made a nuisance of myself I figured I ’d have a good tim e and enjoy myself And so I did But, I wasn t prepared for what I got The wedding started out well The wedding march was smoothly handl ed by all. Father Andy had his microphone warmed and raring to go and so we began “ We do," said the parents of Janet and Tom That was a highlight, the parents hit their cue So far so good Then Father Andy went into his wedding blah, blah, blah about love and honor. Meanwhile, Janet's little tiny ring, stuck on my pinky, was quickly getting soaked with sweat Great, I thought. I'm going to squirt that ring clear back to the holy water bowl when I hand it over i hit upon a plan to place the little devil in the palm of my hand and let Father Andy have the responsibility Father Andy was still talking when one of Janet’s pretty sisters swallow ed the Sahara Desert Cough, cough, cough I thought, why doesn't so meone get the g irl some w ater’ Cough, cough, cough Are weddings so sacred that Cam e has to lose a lung before help arrives? Cough, cough, cough I watched Janet and saw her set her jaw and muscle her way through C a rrie ’s lung rea rran g em en t I decided if she could do it, so could I and my anger faded It was about tim e for the ring trading and I followed my plan and didn't squirt the ring across the altar Still trying to shake off the embar rassment I felt for Carrie, I then witnessed the true meaning of a wed ding As corny as it sounds, and this sounds Grand Canyon corny, Tom and Janet almost brought me to tears during the ring portion of their wed ding Janet looked at Tom and Tom looked at Janet and you couldn't cut that moment with a Mack truck. At last I witnessed what weddings mean. Janet loves Tom and Tom loves Janet Wow Anyway, the wedding ended and we all clapped our hands and they rushed down the aisle to form the receiving line I escorted the lead bridesmaid out and those malcontent ushers followed suit 1 overheard one of the boys say to C arrie: "N ice cough." is also the deadline for letters to the editor Letters should be accurate, free of libelous remarks and in good taste This newspaper attempts to publish all letters it receive it receives from area residents We reserve the right to edit letters to conform to style guidelines or for length Letters should be 300 words long Where to write Shlprack, D-Dist 23. 22610 Forest Park Rd., Beavercreek, Ore , 97004 631-3817. WÊAWR OP HERE", MVU?ONÉy. Sen. M ark Hatfield, R-Oregon, 711 H art Building, Washington. D C ., 20510 202-224-3753 Portland office phone 221-3386. Sen. Bob Parkwood. 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