Portland Observer, April 6. 1983 Page 3
METROPOLITAN
Jackson nets 3-year term
Larry Jackson, Jr., 35. was sen­
tenced to up to three years in prison
by Judge Philip J Roth last Tues­
day.
Jackson, an accountant, pleaded
guilty to first degree theft. Jackson
performed tax work for chiroprac­
tor Daniel Beeson and made pay­
ments to the employees' retirement
NAACP joins
7-Up boycott
The Portland Branch o f the N a­
tional Association for the Advance­
ment o f Colored People, at its re­
cent executive board meeting, voted
to support the Black United Front
and the Albina Minesterial Alliance
in their boycott o f the products of
the Portland Bottling Company—7-
Up. R C .. Nehi, A 4 W Root Beer,
Squirt, and Natural Sun Juices.
The Portland Branch N A A C P is
requesting its membership and
friends to support this boycott.
Economics is understood by all
races, colors and creeds. This is the
most expedient way the concern for
the blatant racist employment prac­
tices that have denied blacks em ­
ployment opportunities in the heart
of the black community can be ex­
pressed.
fund. Numerous checks were w rit­
ten to the retirement fund that did
not reach the insurance company.
Although the exact amount miss­
ing during 1981 and 1982 was not
determined, Jackson admitted ow­
ing Beeson more than $60,000.
Jackson had pleaded guilty in civ­
il proceedings brought by Beeson
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Energy issues Fair Share priority
by Catherine Sieyner
Oregon Fair Share held a " Legis­
lator»’ Night,” on Tuesday, March
29th, in S.E. Portland. Although
only two of the six state legislators
invited showed up, they and the
crowd got a spirited earful on the
group’s priority issues.
These included a comprehensive
package of “ Energy Justice Legisla­
tion” and general discussion of the
proposed sales lax, which Fair Share
opposes.
State Senator W alt Brown, (D -
Lake Oswego), and Rep. Rick Bau­
man (D -P o rtla n d ), shared their
views with the audience. Invited leg­
islators who did not attend are:
Reps. Ed Leek, W ally Priestley,
Dick Springer andjben. Rod M on­
roe.
Fair Share member Jeanelle Rus­
sell presented a portion of the ener­
gy legislation priorities for the
group, which include:
•House Bill 2327, a bill sponsored
by Rep. Bauman, which would help
plug loopholes in the Utility Shutoff
Law passed in 1979. HB 2527 would
also lim it deposit amounts, now
sometimes as high as S I40, and ban
shut-off of electricity during winter
months.
Bauman indicated this bill “ could
go either w ay” — be voted up or
down— in this session.
•H B 2802, which would change
the l-person, appointed-by-the-gov-
ernor Public Utility Commissioner,
to an elected 3-person commission,
similar to most other states. Fair
Share has supported this change for
several years in order to make the
P U C more accountable to the
public. Sen. Brown said he has
“ mixed emotions” about HB 2802,
fearing that if it passed, "the utili­
ties would try to gel all three elect­
ed.” Rep. Bauman was of the opin­
ion that “ it isn't going to go any­
where" this session.
Albina Fair Share member Gypsy
Hopkins said she’d rather take the
chance of utilities running PUC can­
didates than have “ no vote at all,
like it is now.”
•Senate Bill 239, requiring that
electric co-ops operate under the
Public Meeting Law. (F a ir Share
members in Salem forced their co­
op to hold open meetings after being
barred from past meetings where
hot topics such as WPPSS were dis­
cussed.) SB 239 passed the Senate
Energy Com m ittee unanimously
and now sits in the House. Rep.
Bauman said it is “ sure to pass.”
•Senate Joint M em orial 4 deals
with the WPPSS situation, calling for
a Congressional investigation of the
“ scandal,” as Fair Share puts it.
Members of the group in Springfield
were involved in (he successful rate­
payers suit last year which ques­
tioned whether local public utilities
that invested in the WPPSS nuclear
plants must pay the huge bill of
mothballing them. Since SJM 4 is
only a recommendation, " I guess it
would go," Bauman said.
•SB 515 would address the so-
called "7 Percent Solution,” where­
by PUC John Lobdell receives a rate
hike request from a utility for, say,
15 percent. Lobdell bypasses the
public hearing process and opts for
an “ interim rate increase” of 7 per­
cent. Fair Share claims this denies
public participation and scrutiny of
rate requests, and that utilities really
only want the 7 percent increase
anyway. The legislators expressed
uncertainty about SB 515*s fate.
•SB 586 would extend the invert­
ed lifeline rate structure to natural
gas and public electric utilities.
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you use, the more you pay. Fair
Share believes energy conservation
should be rewarded. I t ’» a " re a l
close call” on SB 586, said Bauman.
The remainder o f the meeting
consisted of discussion on the sales
tax. Fair Share member Ed Benedict
presented the issue, saying the group
is “ opposed to a sales tax as well as
to referral” of one.
" H o w many times do we let the
people vote on this?” he asked.
" W h y should we have to drum up
the money to have an election on
this and to combat business adver­
tising?"
Both Sen. Brown and Rep Ban-
man said the votes are there to refer
a sales tax to the voters. There are
“ only about 10 Senators not willing
to r e fe r," Brown said, including
himself in that group.
Bauman was less decisive on the
referral issue, indicating he might
vote to refer if other legislation pro­
viding social service budgeting was
in turn supported by those pushing
for referral. He said he does not be­
lieve Oregon voters, who have re­
jected a sales tax six times in the
past, will accept one now.
“ I have no doubt, regardless o f
the campaign, that the people will
vote it d o w n ,” he said. But. he
added, " I am in the column that
says when push comes to shove,
there may be a moment when it is
necessary to refer it .”
Sen. Brown is less sanguine on re­
ferral. " A million-and-a-half will be
spent to support it ,” he predicted.
" Y o u might think people know
enough lo vote it down. Well, they
voted for Nixon and Reagan, too.”
Fair Share plans to participate in
a Stop The Sales Tax rally at noon,
Friday. A p ril 15, in front o f the
Capitol Building in Salem.
Drug council
needs volunteers
Eleven student musicians from
three Portland high schools w ill
compete A pril 30 in the state solo
contest co-sponsored by the Oregon
Music Educators Assn, and Oregon
School Activities Assn.
Seven instrumental students from
Jefferson High and two each from
Wilson and G rant highs won (he
right to compete at the state level
during Feb. 26 district competition
with 450 students from public and
private schools in the city of Port­
land.
Representing Jefferson are Erika
Wong (flute), Ronnie Tolbert (bass
clarinet), Richard Ellis (alto saxo­
phone). Hurtis Hadley (tenor saxo­
phone), Carl Gibson (trumpet), Liz
March (trom bone) and Robert
Lockard (tuba).
Representing Wilson are John
Jenness (rudim enatl snare drum )
and Fred Morganstern (m allets,
tym paniand multiple percussion).
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