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Newspaper Page Text2A THE DAILY ASTORIAN • MONDAY, JULY 3, 2017 Lawmakers advance special election to budget committee Republicans object to move gency legislation to the bal- lot. The referral typically gets voted on in the next general election, but the L egislature has the authority to hold spe- cial elections. Democrats fear recent- ly-passed legislation that cre- ates taxes and assessments on health care providers, insurers and coordinated care organiza- tions to pay for Medicaid will get referred, and say that a Jan- uary election date allows legis- lators to reconvene in the Feb- ruary short session to ﬁ nd an alternative for Medicaid fund- ing should the legislation fail at the ballot. By CLAIRE WITHYCOMBE Capital Bureau SALEM — The state House rules committee on Saturday advanced a bill that would cre- ate a January special election if any legislation approved this session gets referred to voters. About one week before the Legislature reaches its dead- line, a battle has developed over the special election pro- posal. The controversy has highlighted uncertainty over how the state plans to fund the Oregon Health Plan, its ver- sion of Medicaid. A January election next year is expected to set the state back about $3 million. The issue likely faces fur- ther debate at its next stop, the Joint Committee on Ways and Means, which hammers out the state’s two-year budget. Oregonians can petition to refer successful, non-emer- Petition coming State Rep. Julie Parrish, R-Tualatin/West Linn, has publicly acknowledged her intentions to ﬁ le a petition to get the so-called provider tax referred to voters. The state is poised to raise more than $600 million in the next two years through the provider tax and draw down nearly $1.9 billion in federal funding to help pay for the Oregon Health Plan . Parrish contends that rescheduling the election less than a month after the Christ- mas holiday circumscribes the public’s ability to weigh in. Oregonians vote by mail, but Parrish argues that sending out voters’ pamphlets during the holiday season, when the mail business is typically busy and results in delays, could disenfranchise overseas and military voters. House Democrats are con- cerned a referral could result in a funding shortfall in Med- icaid, which approximately 1 million Oregonians receive. Once petitioners get enough signatures for a refer- endum, the legislation in ques- tion goes on hold. The provider tax bill includes a tax on insurance premiums, for example, which is poised go into effect in Jan- uary . It wouldn’t take effect if petitioners are successful in getting it on the ballot. If the ballot measure refer- ral vote were held in Novem- ber, even if voters approved FIVE-DAY FORECAST FOR ASTORIA TONIGHT TUESDAY WEDNESDAY 67 51 52 Clouds giving way to some sun Turning cloudy THURSDAY 68 52 FRIDAY 68 53 67 53 Sunshine and patchy clouds Partial sunshine Low clouds followed by sunshine it, implementation would be delayed by 11 months. Personally invested Democrats have also charged that Parrish is per- sonally invested in seeing the provider tax fail at the ballot, an issue that came up Satur- day afternoon at a contentious meeting of the House Com- mittee on Rules, where the amendment to the elections legislation was adopted and advanced. A political action commit- tee has already formed to cam- paign for the referral, accord- ing to s tate Rep. Dan Rayﬁ eld, D-Corvallis. Oregonians Against More Health Care Taxes has received $10,000 in donations from a single donor, according to campaign ﬁ nance records. On Wednesday, Rayﬁ eld charged that a “longtime busi- ness and political partner” of Parrish’s, Lindsey Berschauer. had established the committee. Parrish says that while she and Berschauer are friends and “work together on issues,” ALMANAC Shown is tomorrow's weather. Temperatures are tonight's lows and tomorrow's highs. ASTORIA 52/67 Tillamook 49/68 Salem 52/85 Newport 48/64 Sunset tonight ........................... 9:10 p.m. Sunrise Tuesday .......................... 5:30 a.m. Moonrise today .......................... 4:13 p.m. Moonset today ............................ 2:18 a.m. July 8 New July 16 Coos Bay 53/68 First July 23 Source: Jim Todd, OMSI TOMORROW'S TIDES Astoria / Port Docks Time 5:17 a.m. 4:52 p.m. Low 0.5 ft. 2.4 ft. City Atlanta Boston Chicago Denver Des Moines Detroit El Paso Fairbanks Honolulu Indianapolis Kansas City Las Vegas Los Angeles Memphis Miami Nashville New Orleans New York Oklahoma City Philadelphia St. Louis Salt Lake City San Francisco Seattle Washington, DC Burns 47/95 Klamath Falls 52/90 Associated Press Lakeview 50/90 Ashland 61/94 REGIONAL CITIES City Baker City Bend Brookings Eugene Ilwaco Klamath Falls Medford Newberg Newport North Bend Hi 86 86 67 81 62 91 95 78 63 65 Today Lo 44 51 54 49 53 52 63 51 48 52 W s s s s pc s s s s pc Hi 91 91 63 85 63 90 98 85 64 65 Tues. Lo 50 56 54 53 53 49 64 55 50 54 W s pc pc pc pc s pc s pc pc City Olympia Pendleton Portland Roseburg Salem Seaside Spokane Springfi eld Vancouver Yakima Hi 74 87 78 85 80 63 86 81 76 92 Today Lo 48 54 55 57 52 51 58 50 53 56 W pc s s s s pc s s pc s Hi 81 93 86 90 85 64 89 86 85 94 W t s pc pc t pc pc pc sh pc pc s pc r sh t pc t pc s pc s pc pc s Tues. Hi Lo 89 72 80 63 84 65 92 60 86 69 83 62 104 75 78 57 87 76 88 67 84 67 109 84 82 63 88 75 90 80 81 70 90 75 84 69 90 70 89 69 93 74 102 73 70 57 78 54 92 73 awoke to ﬁ nd messages such as “Go back to California” spray-painted across the front of their house and car. Page told The Oregonian they moved to Portland from Southern California in Febru- ary and most people have been fantastic. He believes the vandalism stemmed from an incident Sat- Tues. Lo 48 61 58 60 57 51 62 55 55 58 W pc pc s pc s pc pc pc s pc Shown are noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day. W t s c pc t s pc c pc t t s pc pc sh t pc s r pc pc s pc pc pc ASTORIA — The Maritime Archaeological Society plans to resume searching for the centu- ries-old Beeswax shipwreck. The Oregonian reported the wreck is named for the lumps of beeswax that have been found scattered along the Ore- gon Coast for the past two cen- turies. It is believed to be from a Spanish ship that wrecked in the late 1600s. A training period will begin in early July. A team of about a dozen people initially will scan the coast between Cape Falcon and Manzanita. Using an Astoria-based ON THE RECORD DUII • At 1:28 a.m. Monday, Tucker John- son, 19, of Astoria, was arrested by the Clatsop County Sheriff’s Ofﬁ ce near 37th Street and Duane Street in Astoria and charged with driving under the inﬂ uence of intoxicants. DEATH Saturday, July 1 WHEATLEY, Roy Terrance, 88, of Warrenton, died in Warrenton. Caldwell’s Luce-Layton Mortuary in Astoria is in charge of the arrangements. PUBLIC MEETINGS Weather (W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain, sf-snow fl urries, sn-snow, i-ice. 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Daytime-Nighttime appliance or DNA dramatically improves your ability to breath Before DNA urday, when he dropped Fara- day off in front of their house. The street outside the home is narrow, and a vehicle com- ing along behind their Prius couldn’t get past. The impatient driver exchanged words with Page. After noticing the out-of-state license plate, he barked at them to go back to California. Search to resume for Beeswax shipwreck along Oregon Coast Ontario 60/100 TOMORROW'S NATIONAL WEATHER NATIONAL CITIES Today Hi Lo 87 72 89 66 80 62 91 59 92 70 83 59 102 74 75 59 86 76 88 68 88 69 107 80 80 61 83 71 91 80 87 71 91 76 89 70 95 71 92 72 94 73 99 71 72 56 73 53 94 75 Baker 44/91 Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2017 UNDER THE SKY High 6.3 ft. 8.3 ft. La Grande 49/92 Roseburg 57/90 Brookings 54/64 July 30 John Day 57/96 Bend 51/91 Medford 63/98 Tonight's Sky: Earth will be at aphelion (1:11 p.m. PDT), its farthest point from the sun; 94,505,901 miles in its annual elliptical orbit. Time 11:26 a.m. 11:03 p.m. Prineville 48/94 Lebanon 50/86 Eugene 49/85 SUN AND MOON Last Pendleton 54/93 The Dalles 57/94 Portland 55/86 Precipitation Sunday ............................................. Trace Month to date ................................... Trace Normal month to date ....................... 0.10" Year to date .................................... 49.57" Normal year to date ........................ 36.01" Full PORTLAND — Orego- nians have spent decades blaming Californians for increased trafﬁ c and other problems. But rarely does the frustra- tion go beyond words. On Sunday, however, Pres- ton Page and Jessica Faraday REGIONAL WEATHER Special interests Parrish shot back that Dem- ocratic members of the com- mittee had received money from unions and special inter- ests with a stake in the pro- vider tax legislation — such as s tate Rep. Rob Nosse, D-Port- land, who works for the Ore- gon Nurses Association, Par- rish said, and has received campaign donations from the association. “Collectively,” Parrish said, addressing the ﬁ ve Dem- ocrats, “You all have taken $1 million.” The amended bill would also create a bipartisan legisla- tive committee to write ballot titles; members of the major- ity party would outnumber the number of members from the minority party, and the pro- vision has been decried by Republicans. But that provision of the bill has drummed up oppo- sition from those outside the GOP as well. Daniel Meek, of the Ore- gon Progressive Party, criti- cized the proposal in written testimony earlier this week. “Having the Legislature itself write the ballot titles and explanatory statements for measures the L egislature itself refers to voters is like putting the fox in charge of the hen house,” Meek wrote. The Capital Bureau is a collaboration between EO Media Group and Pamplin Media Group. New Portland arrivals ﬁ nd ‘Go back to California’ grafﬁ ti Associated Press Astoria through Sunday. Temperatures High/low ....................................... 67°/53° Normal high/low ........................... 66°/52° Record high ............................ 93° in 1906 Record low ............................. 40° in 1949 they do not have a legal busi- ness partnership or other entity together. Parrish has worked on previous politi- cal campaigns, including the 2016 campaign for Secretary of State Dennis Richardson, a Republican. Rayﬁ eld contended during Saturday’s hearing that Par- rish stood to proﬁ t from a bal- lot referral. “When you come here today, the real question I want to ask you is, are you com- ing here as a consultant, or are you here as a legislator, and do you intend to proﬁ t off of this referendum?” Rayﬁ eld asked Parrish . 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