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About Eugene weekly. (Eugene, Oregon) 1993-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 18, 2012)
Oregon’s tax system and how to fix it. Second-time Republican challenger Kelly Lovelace aims to improve the district by cutting regulations and lowering taxes. We’re going with Barnhart. State Rep. District 12 John Lively (D) Democratic Rep. Terry Beyer is not seeking re-election and two Springfield men are battling it out in a race that could upset the evenly divided Oregon House. Both Democrat John Lively and Republican Joe Pishioneri are well-known in the community and the race could be close, so remarkably big bucks are flowing in, particularly to Pishioneri from timber, mining and business interests, both locally and nationally. If you like the politics of the Koch Brothers and the Tea Party, Pishioneri is your guy. We prefer the more forward-thinking Lively, and his moderate but progressive values line up more closely with Springfield in this century. Beyer backs Lively. Also, Pishioneri’s campaign was disturbing from the beginning with its deceptive push- polling, and it hasn’t gotten much better. His misguided and negative campaign with its irrelevant and erroneous statements reflects on his judgment and credibility. State Rep. District 13 Nancy Nathanson (D) Democrat Nancy Nathanson is facing perpetual candidate and karaoke regular Mark Callahan in the race for District 13 (that would be Oregon’s District 13, which is most of north and east Eugene, not the one that the rest of Panem thought was destroyed in The Hunger Games). Callahan, a Republican this time around, ran for president earlier this year; he is anti-abortion, anti-plastic bag ban and seems to think saving spotted owls is a scam. Nathanson has scored well on the Oregon League of Conservation Voters’ (OLCV) scorecard (87 percent in 2011, down from her high of 95 percent in 2007) and got the thumbs up from education groups, gay rights groups, transportation and pro-choice groups. We give her a thumbs up, too. State Rep. District 14 Val Hoyle (D) This election has a bunch of no-brainers and in this race Val Holye is the easy pick. The most familiar endorsement Asian Food Market Largest Selection of Asian Groceries Seaweed, rice, noodles, frozen products, deli, snacks, drinks, sauces, spices, produce, housewares, and more. We carry groceries from Holland, India, Pakistan and Polynesia Sushi & Asian deli take-out 29TH AVENUE EUGENEWEEKLY.COM 5 OAK STREET SHOPPING CENTER WILLAMETTE STREET WoodÀ eld Station Sunrise www.sunriseasianfood.com M-Th 9am-7pm•F 9am-8pm•Sa 9am-7pm•Su 10am-6pm 70 W. 29th Ave. Eugene • 541-343-3295 20 October 18, 2012 • eugeneweekly.com on her opponent Dwight Coon’s list is the dude who cheerfully tells us that “Eggs are cheaper in the country and so are cars, trucks, motorhomes and trailers” on local TV commercials. The former Junction City mayor’s endorsements also include pro-pesticide Oregonians for Food and Shelter and Oregon Right to Life. Coon provides a link to the anti-EmX Our Money Our Transit (which he typos as Your Transit). While we still think Hoyle, and fellow Dems Holvey, Nathanson and Barnhart, were wrong to endorse Andy Stahl against Pete Sorenson in the county commissioners’ race earlier this year, we also think that Hoyle’s done good things for Oregon in her time in office, like being ahead of the game on health care reform and being pro-education. And she has a decent rating on environmental issues from the OLCV. Lane County Circuit Court Judge, Pos. 7 Alan Leiman (WRITE-IN) After interviewing all four candidates for this position, we’re impressed at the quality of the contenders and optimistic for the future of this court. We’re again endorsing Alan Leiman (he ran and lost against Debra Vogt in 2006), in part because of his broad socio-political
