Mayor Ivancie proposes Rocky Butte tax
M ayor Frank Ivancie is serious in
his efforts to keep Rocky Butte ja il
open after November 1983.
Jim Kufncr, Ivancie'* administra
tive assistant, said."W e now believe
that we have the power o f the people
to bring out a tax bill in M ay or A u
gust for the continuing operation of
R o cky B u tte j a i l , w hich w o u ld
house 230 first-lim e prisoner* until
1987.”
Ivancie, who reportedly w ant* to
be the M a y o r o f Portland who has
the so lu tio n to fig h tin g crim e,
states, " W e have become the city
with the nation's fastest rising crime
rate.
"Everyone in our criminal justice
system ha* concurred on that point
and called repeatedly fo r the most
im p o rta n t rem edy fo r th a t crisis:
more jail space,” Ivancie said.
Kufner said, "W h e n the M u lin o -
mah County taxpayers voted in the
last election on state-wide regional
jails , 33 percent who voted were in
favor. Even though the ballot lost,
we believe our strength is still out
there.”
The Oregon State Transportation
Comm ission, which borrowed nine
million dollar* from the federal gov
ernment to purchase the land Rocky
Butte sits in, along with $32 m illion
to build M u ltnom ah C o u nty a new
justice center, had told the federal
government that the dem olition o f
the old ja il would begin in N ovem
b er, 1983. A n y o p e ra tio n o f
Rocky Butte past that date could re
q u ire the taxpayers to repay th at
amount to the federal government.
Ivan cie believes the people w ill
pay to have part o f Rocky Butte re
modeled while the remainder would
be vacated and condemned.
Rep. Jane Cease, C h a irm a n o f
House Transportation C om m ittee,
disagrees. " W e are not in the busi
ness o f operating ja ils ," she said.
" W e want Rocky Butte closed and
I'v e introduced H B 2743 which w ill
make Ivancie'* plan impossible."
F o r years M u ltn o m a h C o u n ty
grand ju rie s have fo un d Rocky
Butte unsafe and u nsan itary. T h e
Steve Kessler escape p lan proved
tms to be true when the mass escape.
in which one correction* officer w u
shot, succeeded.
H ow ever. Ivancie believe* M u lt
nomah C ounty citizen* w ill support
an increase in their taxes to rent the
ja il for a period o f time.
Iv a n c ie '* " w a r on c r im e " mes
sage has brought about a great deal
o f controversy.
"T h e re is no doubt that we need
m ore ja il space in M u ltn o m a h
C o u n ty ,” said Portland C ity C om
missioner M argaret Strachan. "B u t
Rocky Butte is not the answer. We
need a different location."
C o u n ty C o m m is sio n e r O la d y *
M c C o y , w ho h a* proposed a new
ja il site, is gaining su p po rt. " T h e
Edgefield M an o r would be the per
fect answer and would cost the tax
payer* less m o n ey." Commissioner
M cCoy said. " I am a strong believer
that m ental health care can play a
m ajor role in straightening out the
life of a first offender who has com
mitted a misdemeanor." A combin
ation mental health and correction*
plan has not been tried in M u ltn o
mah County.
In the m e a n tim e , Iv a n c ie con
tinue* to push his plan and only time
will tell what the voter* w ill accept.
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