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The Sandy Post
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New zoning might
benefit downtown
The Sandy City Council should approve an ordinance that
would amend the Sandy Municipal Code to allow some in
dustrial uses in downtown Sandy.
Scott N e w to n , e d ito r
K a rin d a H e d lu n d , a d v e rtis in g re p re s e n ta tiv e
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The ordinance is the culmination of about two years of
brainstorming by the City Council and city staff. Its intent is to
allow quiet, clean and non-polluting businesses to locate in va
cant buildings downtown.
Supporters say the measure would increase the number of
people who work - and thus shop and spend money - in San
dy’s core area.
The ordinance allows for the assembly or manufacture of
merchandise or food products. It also would allow develop
ment, research and testing laboratories and offices.
One portion of the ordinance, however, should be changed.
The ordinance, in its present form, would allow warehousing
and storage facilities in the downtown area.
While mini-storage facilities are popular and revenue-
producing, they are not needed downtown. They are primarily
a combination of driveways, warehouse-type buildings anil
chain-link fence. They would not employ many people and
would not be of any benefit to merchants downtown.
Eliminating storage facilities from the ordinance also would
address the concern raised by businessman Dale Nicholls at
the recent public hearing on the issue. He was concerned that
downtown Sandy could be turned into a warehousing district,
he envisioned increased truck traffic in the core area.
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But the ordinance’s first two provisions, which allow light
manufacturing and offices for research or other purposes,
might just help provide jobs.
In addition, there is a safety valve built into the measure.
Any non-commercial uses downtown would have to be appi ov-
ed by the Planning Commission and the City Council.
It would be up to the people on those boards to find out if a
business would be compatible with other businesses in the
area.
Downtown Sandy is never going to revert to the ideal
downtown some of us would like. The modern world is depen
dent on the automobile, and Sandy is divided by a major east-
west highway.
But this measure may help boost the size of the work force
downtown, and that would be good for the community.
Oregon business
elimate improves
employers and low benefits for the in
jured worker.
Second, for the firs t tim e in recent
history, Oregon reduced personal
and corporate income tax rates
Some 647,(MX) Oregonians w ill pay
less personal income taxes Cor
porate taxes, now in the mid-range
among states, w ill drop to the lower
third
by GOV. N E II, GOLDSCHMIDT
Special 1« The Post
Much has been said over the last
decade about the need to improve
Oregon's business clim ate Rightly
or wrongly, this state has acquired a
reputation for being unresponsive to
the needs of business.
One measurement of a state's
business climate is the cost of doing
business For many years, Oregon's
costs have been co m p arative ly
higher than the national average in
several important areas
That is one reason so many ( iregon
businesses closed down or moved out
of state in the earlier part of this
decade, when Oregon had the fourth
highest bankruptcy rate in the coun
try
The 1987 leg isla tu re took concrete
steps to cut the cost of doing business
in Oregon, and showed a real w ill
ingness to reform laws that hinder
business development
These changes could make the d if
ference in the survival of one of
Oregon's most im portant economic
assets
an existing business
F irst, the Legislature reformed the
workers' compensation system to
reverse the trend of high rates for the
Third, a single agency w ill now
regulate insurance and financial in
stitutions and w ill report directly to
me This w ill help lower the cost of
doing business and provide tough in
surance regulation
Fourth, Oregon's corporate code
was revised anil sim plified to make it
easier for businesses to incorporate.
This legislation demonstrates that
state government w ill listen to the
problems of business and respond
with answers that work
These actions, combined with our
quality of life, natural attractions
and the productivity of Oregonians,
are a m ajor boost to the state’
business image
There is s till much to be done, but
we are headed in the right direction
Our resources are better focused,
and the state's a bility to help rebuild
Oregon’s economy has been unprov
ed
Nutrition a matter of cook’s definition
Hubs and I had a discussion about
nutrition the other day He lost
Starch was the subject of the con
versation and it cropped up because I
took pity on him and decided to cook
him a dinner
Meals and menu planning at our
house work this way Whoever is
home that day
Hubs or me
does
the cooking.
“ On the days she works, I cook din
n er," Hubby explained to somebody
the other day And on the days she
doesn't work, she goes out for
dinner."
Occasionally I foul up and go out to
dinner on his night to cook. Nothing
brightens Hubby's day more than
getting a night off in the kitchen Of
course he s till has to cook dinner for
himself, but that is a simple matter
He fixes steak and cantaloupe
“ Steak is my protein and can
taloupe is my vegetable, " he says
smugly, pointing out that he took a
course in nutrition in college and I
didn't
But back to the starch On the night
l promised to cook dinner I had fried
Sharon Nesbrt
chicken and potato salad
Why can't we have g ra v y ’’ ” came
the plaintive cry Hubs loves fried
chicken gravy.
I carefully explained to him that it
was summer and in summer we have
potato salad with our chicken, and
potato salad is a starch and if we
were to have potatoes and gravy as
well that would be two starches
three a c tu a lly ; gravy is no slouch in
the starch department) and three
starches are too many for people
whose buttons pop off w ith startling
regularity.
He digested a ll that for a few
moments and said, “ Who made those
rules anyway’’
“ If I were running things," he m ut
tered, "w e could have two starches if
we wanted to ."
Things have really gone to pot, in
more ways than one, since our
children left the house and we don't
have to set a good example anymore
When the kids were young and im
pressionable, we ate from all the
basic food groups I fretted if there
were two yellow foods on the plate.
We d utifu lly ate brussels sprouts,
spinach and squash The only tim e
we strayed from the stric t path of
good nutrition was when we ate out
and gorget! on french fries and ham
burgers
The theory was that if we taught
our children good habits they would
ca rry them down the same dietary
path to adulthood That worked
reasonably well with No. 1 Kid. But
what No. 2 Kid learned from a ll our
effort was that he preferred a cuisine
of french fries anil hamburgers.
Once he left the shelter of our roof,
his lips never touched vegetables
again, with the occasional exception
of a leaf or two of iceberg lettuce
We had led him to believe that he
would grow big and ta ll on a diet of
leafy, green vegetables. After he left
our house and took up a steady diet of
fast food, he grew about a foot A
mother's mind plays funny tricks To
this day, every tim e I see him I ’m
surprised he is so tall
No. 2 Kid is too nice a person to ac
cuse us of trying to stun4 his growth
with brussels sprouts, but we know
he believes it.
We've pretty much shucked all the
dietary rules in our house except
one: lie or she who cooks makes the
rules.
That's why we didn't have gravy
w ith the potato salad the last tim e I
cooked And Hubs knows it.
It took the starch right out of him
Vetoes good news, bad news package
by JACK ZIM MERM AN
Associated Oregon Industries
About three weeks after each
re g u la r session of the Oregon
leg isla tu re , a bit of good news-bad
news emanates from the State
Capitol in Salem
The event stems from one of those
constitutional checks and balances in
government and invovles guber
natorial vetoes of certain measures
enacted by the legislature
And it often occurs at that par
ticu la r tune because the Governor
has 20 days, excluding Sundays, after
each sesson in which to sign bills or
they become law w ith o u t his
signature
Of course vetoes can be overrid
den. But only by a tw o-third votes in
both House and Senate Bills are
seldom vetoed d u rin g sessions,
thereby tem porarily precluding an
override. Tem porarily, because con
sideration of vetoes is always the
firs t order of substantive business
whenever the Assembly reconvenes
in special session or meets again for
the next regular session
Gov Neil Goldschmidt issued his
firs t version of the gixwl news-bad
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news package last week In the pro
cess he nixed 15 of he more than 1 ,(MM)
measures enacted by the 64th
Assembly earlie r this year
Vetoes are referred to as having
good and bad potential because they
nearly always involve controversial
subjects and vetoes generally please
those who oppose the measure and
displease those who sought its
passage.
In itia l
r e a c tio n
to
G ov.
Goldschmidt's 15 vetos appeared to
be one of surprise, considering the
perception that he had worked in ex
c e p tio n a l h a rm o n y w ith th is
Assembly On the other hand, his
veto messages explained his action in
detail and for the most part were
aimed at substantiating efforts to
protect voters' rights and m aintain
distinct separation of powers among
branches of government
In several instances the Governor
actually favored the main thrust f
several of the vetoed bills but killed
them because of flaws that he and his
staff figured were more damaging
than the good parts.
In other instances he indicated he
would work to obtain s im ila r or the
same re s u lts a d m in is tr a tiv e ly
without strict statutory provisions
Yet another reason he gave for
several vetoes was the perception the
proposals would create unnecessary
and
e x c e s s iv e ly
e x p e n s iv e
bureaucracy.
No one is offering odds on whether
any of Goldschmidt's vetoes w ill be
overridden when the Assembly next
gathers in Salem But it's interesting
to note that the 64th Assembly did
override four Atiyeh vetoes during
this year's session
While 15 m ight appear to be a large
number of vetoes, readers only have
to recall that two years ago then-Gov.
Vic Atiyeh interdicted 32 measures
and excised portions of three more
F o llo w in g
th e
le n g th y
and
calamitous 1983 session he killed 40
and utilized line-item power on yet
another.
It's interesting also to observe that
Goldschmidt did not utilize line-item
or partial veto power, and that
restraint may have been prompted
by the fact the courts are s till ponder
ing a final decision on a partial veto
levied by Atiyeh in 1983
Altogether, Atiyeh -
only the
fourth Governor to serve through
fo u r b ie n n ia l sessions of the
leg isla tu re — exercised his veto
power 112 tim es That puts him se
cond on the a ll-tim e veto list, exceed
ed only by Gov Oswald West, who
axed 72 in 1911 and another 41 in 1913
for a total of 113 in only two sessions
More modern comparisons reveal
that fo rm e r Gov. Bob S traub's
highest number of vetoes was 20 in
1977 The late Tom McCall vetoed a
high of 16 in 1973 and form er Gov
M ark Hatfield vetoed '23 in 1963
The constitutional provision for
such action empowers Governors
“ . . to veto single items in ap
propriation bills, and any provision
in new bills declaring an emergency,
without thereby affecting any other
provision of such a b ill."
Atiyeh construed the language to
perm it excising a portion of any bill
w ith the e m e rg e n c y c la u s e ,
le g is la tiv e counsel opined instead
that it meant veto of the emergency
clause only A lawsuit followed and
the Court of Appeals last spring sided
with le g isla tive counsel The issue is
now before the Supreme Court
by Aduni Knift
The Sandy Post
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