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— Eugene Week
breaks as head of the Lane Metro
Partnership, gave $250 to Meisner.
Tom Slocum, Ward 1, reported $7,000 in
contributions, $5,400 of which came from
developer interests. An association of com-
mercial investment real estate agents (CID)
gave $700. The Homebuilders, Chambers,
contractor Fred Wittkop and Cascade Title
gave $500 each. Real Estate brokers Ward
Beck and J.B. Buller gave $250 each and 14
other real estate brokers gave $100 each to
Slocum, a registered Republican.
Re-Elect
BONNY
BETTMAN
THE ONLY CANDIDATE IN THE WARD 1 RACE ENDORSED BY:
Eugene Register Guard • Eugene Weekly
Democratic Party of Lane County
Sierra Club
State Senator Floyd Prozanski
Oregon League of Conservation Voters
State Rep. Phil Barnhart
AFSCME • Eugene Firefighters
State Rep. Paul Holvey
County Commissioner Bill Dwyer
For a complete list
County Commissioner Peter Sorenson
check Bonny’s website:
Former County Commissioner Tom Lininger
www.efn.org/~bonny
PAID FOR BY ELECT BONNY BETTMAN
Battle of the Bucks
ELECT
Andrea Ortiz
Eugene City Council Ward 7
Connected
to the Community
A Strong Leader for Ward 7
Andrea is committed to:
Organizational Endorsements:
• Environmental Protection
• Diversity in Government
• Living Wage Jobs
and a Strong Economy
• Excellent Schools for All
• Strong Neighborhoods
• Increased Citizen Involvement
• Eugene Weekly
• AFSCME Local 1724
• Oregon League of Conservation Voters
• Democratic Party of Lane County
• ONRC Action PAC
• Educación y Justicia Para La Raza
• Oregon Bus Project–Lane
“I have worked with Andrea Ortiz on the Eugene Police
Commission for three years. She is smart, fair, and hard
working. She will be an excellent addition to the city council.”
Bonny Bettman, Eugene City Councilor, Ward 1
voteandrea.com
Paid for by Andrea Ortiz for City Council
Every Vote Counts! • Ballots Due May 18, 8:00 pm
Visit us online:
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To counter the big developer bucks going
into local elections, environmental and pro-
gressive candidates have raised similarly
large amounts of money. Most of the dona-
tions have come from numerous small con-
tributions from local environmentalists, pro-
gressives and labor unions.
Mayoral candidate Kitty Piercy reported
$94,000 in contributions. That’s more than
Nathanson’s total of $62,000. But with the
Chamber backing Nathanson and conserva-
tive council candidates with a $38,000 war
chest for this election, they are about even.
Piercy’s large contributors include a
$15,000 loan from Piercy’s husband, $6,200
worth of in-kind work by the Oregon League
of Conservation Voters (OLCV) and $4,000
from the Eugene firefighters union.
Piercy also reported $1,000 donations
from teacher Steve Adey, organic food pro-
ducer Mel Bankoff, local property manager
and environmentalist Tom Bowerman,
James Gang Publishing, investor William
Gilbert, Eugene Weekly part-owner Anita
Johnson, brokerage business owner Deborah
Noble, retiree Cary Thompson and LCC fac-
ulty member Mark Williams. The AFSCME
city employee and the local Building Trade
Council unions also gave $1,000 each.
The vast majority of Piercy’s contribu-
tions were small, reflecting a broad base of
support. Piercy reported 553 donations of
$50 or less accounting for a total of $22,000
in total contributions. Nathanson reported a
total of only $1,400 in such small contribu-
tions and didn’t say how many she received.
Reported contributions to Nathanson aver-
aged $343.
Progressive council candidates Bonny
Bettman, Betty Taylor and Andrea Ortiz
reported smaller donations from many of the
same sources as Piercy. Bettman and Taylor
reported raising a total of about $11,000 each
for their campaigns. Ortiz reported $9,000.
Some union members could conceivably
benefit directly from electing a friendly
mayor and council, but most of the other
donors contributing to progressive candi-
dates appear to have little to gain other than
good government, healthy environment and
livable quality of life.
The same can’t be said for the develop-
ment interests backing Nathanson, Denner,
Slocum and Meisner. A city council vote can
lead to tens of millions of dollars in freeway
construction money to local contractors and
A new road,
rezoning, or
growth
boundary
extension can
dramatically
increase the
value of land,
giving a huge
windfall to
speculators.
sand and gravel companies. A new road,
rezoning, or growth boundary extension can
dramatically increase the value of land, giv-
ing a huge windfall to speculators. Taxes can
be lowered for businesses or millions of dol-
lars of tax breaks and other subsidies given.
A small group of pro-sprawl and devel-
oper interests is behind most of the cash fuel-
ing Nathanson, Denner, Meisner and
Slocum’s campaigns. Of the $135,000 com-
bined total raised by the Chamber and indi-
vidual conservative campaigns, $6 out of
every $10 came from the 30 large companies
and wealthy individuals who gave the most
money. Those 30 special interests represent
only 7 percent of the donors, but each gave
more than $1,000.
Just 13 large donors (the top 3 percent)
contributing more than $3,000 each account
for almost half of the money raised for con-
servative candidates (see table). If cash does
indirectly buy votes, these are the people
who run Eugene.
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