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About Portland observer. (Portland, Or.) 1970-current | View Entire Issue (March 25, 1971)
PORTLAND/OBSERVER Thursday M a r. 2 5 , 1971 A CLASSIED AD IN THE OBSERVER BRINGS RESULTS ART’S NITE êt . TAVERN Kinsey hot line 7<.. f ■ i 1 .# /• *111X 111 M EET ME AT 3626 P h f o ne E U N IO N AVC A rt P o , tts PROP 284 9 9 8 4 The p la c e w h e re y o u r d o lla r buys \ m o re . H a p p y H o u r 6 — 8 p .m . d a ily . D o n ’t D o d g e the D r a ft , D rin k it. A n d cash in on the chip S. T H E F R I E N D L Y T P W F M A 6 R epresentative Lloyd C . Kinsey v isits the P ortland public school He wants to know the young and old alike. 'S KINSEY REPORTS by Represen tative Lloyd C. Kinsey - M ult nomah County Much history was made this week when the Senate, on a 25-3 count, passed out House B ills 1631 and 2115, which are the b ills changing the basic school form ula and the appropriation of $24.9 m illio n to retain the present level of state support at 22%. What made this so note worthy was that it was the fir s t tim e in many decades that the m atter of distribution and ap propriation relating to basic school support have been settled before the session was half over and this w ill, of course, le of tremendous assistance to local school d is tric ts in assessing their needs in their upcoming budget elections. Another fir s t is that the state moneys w ill be going ’ ’ where the students a re ", and notdis- tributed on some unrealistic eq ualization b a s is that was contrived 30 o r more years ago, at a tim e when school financing was entirely different. Both b ills have now gone to the Governor’ s desk, and he has in dicated that he w ill sign them. I understand from those who have been on the Capitol scene fo r a long time that this p a iticu - la r Legislature is more sensi tive to the problems of our State. And is responding to these pro blems in a meaningful way, as is evidenced by the speedy passage of the extended unemployment compensation benefits, the study of the Welfare situation, and the speed with which these school b ills werepassed. The House Revenue Com m ittee this week tabled HB 1109 by one vote (7-6), which was apparently a reflection of the tremendous public reaction to taxing the property of churches, lodges, hospital and charitable organizations. The word is out here that the measure may be resurrected again, but oil the basis of separating the various properties. The most educated guess at the moment is that churches may be eliminated from any proposed taxation which of course would leave lod ges hospital, and charities to bear a share of the property taxes. A precedent setting peice of legislation, and one which was passed out of the House w i t h sprprlslng ease, was the no fault divorce law, which was approved on Wednesday with a strong religious background was of the opinion that the child ren of divorced couples (who al ways seem to bear the brunt of the deprivation of mo.iey and fam ily life ) need more protec tion tlian they are getting under present divorce laws. This b ill elim inates the need for false or trumped up charges in order to establish the guilt of one or the other of the patners as grounds in our present divorce system, which has created messy court proceedings and a great ileal of unnecessary acrimony on each side. It was argued that this b ill provides a le tte r climate fo r these children— and also per h i lace here r ie n d s eet g a in Bee K ay Fishing Rod Robert McKinney 83 years old says this is a great country.He is proud of Black progress thru the years but thinks things should be better. haps for the possibility of a fut ure reconciliation of tie parents by a reduction in the bitterness of the divorce proceedings. Ib is 1 believe, was the reason that the legislation passed so easily in tie House. Another extremely im portant piece of legislation. Senate B ill 48 which pertains to the welfare of children, was endorsed by the House Republicans this week. The measure, of which 1 am a co-sponsor, is designed to The Oregon Environmental eliminate the current problem Council reports that Senate B ill areas in Oregon’ s adoption pro cedure, and is in response to a (SB) 4, which would give citizens! groups and individual citizens situation which developed when standing in court to sue polluters the Oregon Supreme Court ruled that a mother has the right to has apparently died in the Senate revoke her consent to the adop Judiciary Committee, chaired by tion of a child placed by her in a Anthony Y tu rri. private child-care agency. The Several members of the House have written a House version of b ill would cut of the natural the Citizens Standing BUI. It mother’ s right to revoke her consent after the child has been is House B ill (HB) 1753, spcsor- ed by Rep. Nancy Fadeley. placed by an agency in an adop If passed, HB 1753 would grant tive home, and would be retroa- citizens the rig h t to seek re lie f tive to a l l surrenders and from alleged polluters of the a ir waivers executed p rio r to the ef and water through court action. fective date of the act. It is de Presently, no one can file for a signed, in other words, to e- limlnate the possibility of an declaratory judgment or an in adopted child being removed junction suit against an alleged from t h e home of ist adoptive polluter unless that p la in tiff can parents once consent has been show ’ ’ direct harm ” from the pollution. This excludes from given, and passage seems assur ed when it readies the House. the court those citizens who are concerned about the general wel During this coming w e e k House committees are scheduled fare and safety of the environ to hear testimony on some 175 ment. The big is in the House En House b ills . It becomes lite ra lly unpossible to summarize the ac vironmental A ffa irs Committee tion taken on all the various which is chaired by Irv in Mann. p i e c e s of legislation before Other members of the comminee them, but 1 have tried to high are Keith Skelton, W illia m Gwinn are Keith Skelton, WUliam light some that I think might be Gwinn, Hugh M cG ilvra, Rod of particular interest to you. 1 McKenzie, Allen Pynn, Less am told that constituent m ail is AuCoin, running heavier than ever before and I’ m all for this. Legislator constituent contact is very im portant, and I hope you w ill w rite , call or v is it me on any i s s u e in which you have an interest. BY M ary Ann Buchanan Keep it manufacturer and repair. 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