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T he P o ru ani ) O bserver • J une 9 , 1993
T he R oberts R eport
Living Color Opens in N.E. Portland
Oregon’s State Government 7th
Most Efficient In Nation
BY GOVERNOR BARBARA ROBERTS
Every year, Financial W orld
magazine ranks all 50 states based on
how skillfully and efficiently they use
their tax dollars~how well they run
their state governments to make sure
money isn’t wasted This year, the
magazine reported that Oregon has
the sev cnth most efficient government
in the country !
I’m proud of that ranking, and I
know that our slate employees and
managers have been working hard to
give Oregonians the best services pos
sible for every tax dollar.
We’ve made real improvements
in the last three years In 1990, the
year before I took office, Oregon was
37th in the Financial World rankings
In just three years, we’ve jumped up
3Onotches. Last year, financial World
magazine even gave Oregon a special
award for our outstanding work at
making sure our state programs per
form well and deliver results.
These are some other signs that
our efforts to improve state govern
ment and save taxpayers money are
taking effect and winning attention:
* 1 am cutting the number of state
employees. For the first time in 10
years, the number of stale workers is
going dow n-even as O regon's popu
lation grows I’ve already eliminated
2,670 jobs from state government,
working especially to weed out extra
administration. If the Legislature ap
proves my budgets, we’ll cut 4,000
jobs in all.
♦ I held the line on spending
between legislative sessions. When
the Legislature is out of session, a
legislative committee called the Emer-
gency Board has a fund to use for
needs that come up Between the 1991
and 1993 sessions, 1 w ouldn't let state
agencies ask for money or new posi
tions unless it was really an emer
gency That saved millions
When the Legislature came into
session this January , the Emergency
Board had $60.6 million left unspent,
the Emergency Board’s largest end
ing balance in history. By being tight
with our dollars between legislative
sessions, we are able to use that money
to pay for services in the next two
years
♦ Oregon is a national model for
improving government The National
Gov ernor’s Association chose Oregon
as a model state for developing plans
and measures to make sure we are
getting results for the money we spend
That sounds a bit bureaucratic, but it’s
not.
For example, in our vocational
rehabilitation program, we don’t mea
sure our success on how much time we
spend counseling the disabled work
ers. We look at the results. How long
does it take to find them a job, and
what will their income be? We judge
our schools’ success not by how much
they spend on each student, but on
how high our student's math and read
ing skills arc. It’s results that count in
Oregon.
Oregon is a national leader in
planning for results, through our O r
egon Benchmarks and performance
measurements. T hat’s one reason I
w as asked to serve as vice-chair of the
National Alliance for Redesigning
Government. This national group is
chaired by Red Osborne, who wrote
Clinton Appoints
Sainsbury ASCS Director
After speaking with the Admin
istration today. Rep. Ron Wyden (D-
OR) announced the selection of Jack
Sainsbury to the position of State
Executive Director of the Oregon
State Agricultural Stabilization and
Conservation Service (ASCS).
Sainsbury has served in key po
sitions with the ASCS on the County
and state lev els for several years. He
has acted as District Director for the
Oregon ASCS as the agency repre
sentative between the State ASCS
office and the seven county offices in
the first district for eight years.
Sainsbury has also served as the
County Executive Director for the
Umatilla County and Stevens County
ASCS Offices, as well as Chief Clerk
and Field Supervisor for the Franklin
County ASCS Office.
Sainsbury’s appointment fol
lows a recommendation from Rep.
Ron Wyden supporting his nomina
tion as well as a delegation letter
organized by Rep. Kopetski and
Wyden and sent to the Administra
tion. “Jack's background makes him
uniquely qualified for the position of
ASCS Executive Director As Dis
trict Director for the Oregon ASCS,
Jack has a prov en record of manage
ment skill, a wealth of experience
with farm programs and sensitivity
to the needs of O regon's farmers,”
Wyden said
“I am very pleased that Jack has
been appointed to head up ASCS.
Jack's lifelong commitment to the
agricultural community shows. Farm
ers are comfortable with him and I
have every’ confidence that he will
administer the ASCS programs fairly
for everyone concerned,” Kopetski
said.
The Oregon State ASCS is re
sponsible for dev eloping agricultural
programs to aid the economic and
social conditions of Oregon’s rural
and farming communities In 1991
Sainsbury received a USDA/ASCS
Administrator’s Award for Service
to Agriculture.
Sainsbury’s nomination was also
supported by Governor Roberts and
the Oregon Farm Bureau.
Reinventing Government The alli
ance, formed in march, serves as a
clearing house and resource center for
governments interested in improv ing
the way they do business.
* 1 cut my own governor’s Office
budget 1 cut 16 percent from current
service levels, the second budget in a
row where 1 took significant cuts. In
fact, we cut almost $700,000 from my
office budget alone I eliminated seven
more staff jobs. That means we went
from 44 jobs w hen I took office, down
to 34 in the current budget, and to 27
starting July 1 By working more ef
fectively with fewer staff, we have
been able to streamline the Governor’s
Office, cuttingour costs significantly.
Our work to make sure state gov
ernment delivers services as well as
possible will never end.
The Legislature is now consider
ing dozens of bills 1 proposed that
will streamline government Those
bills help cut thousands o f jobs,
eli minate dozens of out-of-date boards
and commissions, cut entire divisions
o f state governm ent, and make
some program s private agencies,
apart from state government. For ex
ample, one proposal consolidates
two central government agencies,
cuts eight administrative positions and
saves $1 million I am working hard to
make sure the Legislature acts on
these bills.
Oregonians support our schools,
our police, and services to families
and the ncedy-but we must be sure
our tax dollars are well spent. I won’t
stop w orking to improve state govern
ment until Financial World ranks us
best in the nation.
The Guinier
Affair
C o n tin u e d f r o m p a g e A 2
the so-called hate crimes and v iolence
that you can see and take actions
against. It undermines and subverts
the good intentions of decent, caring
and fairw hite folks D on'tlet the Bob
Dole's, the Pat Buchanan’s or, for that
matter, the Bill Clinton’s get away
with this stuff In Oregon and clearly
in Portland that goes for the Cedric
Hayden's, the Chuck Norris's, the
Larry Campbell's and anybody else
who can’t seem to understand the
necessity to change the sy stem to be
inclusiv e and representative of all its
citizens Beware, in many ways the
Lani Guinier affair reflects the atti
tude of the country , including Port
land, towards civil rights. Let’s don’t
fool ourselves.
James Posey isa local, smallbusi-
ness owner with a background in so
cial work and community activism.
On Saturday, June 5, Living Color had its grand opening at 5001 N.E. M artin Luther King Jr., Blvd. at
Alberta. It was a big success People from all over the community came out to see the new line o f electronics,
hair care products, and Dicky Williamson work cloth. Customers were very pleased with the line o f Pagenet
pagers and Walkman radios at very low prices. Owner ana operator Eugene Shin said that he is very happy to
be able to bring such a multi-service store to the N.E. community and offer such quality products at such low prices
Mr. Shin said the reason he's able to do that is because not only is he a retail store but he is also an authorized
distributor and dealer o f Casio Electronics, Pagenet System (Motorola), JV C Electronics, Alpine Care Stereo
and Standard Beauty and Hair Care Products. M r Shin states that buying direct from the manufacturer means
direct savings to his customers. He also notes he will provide employment opportunities fo r the N.E Portland
area as well as donate l% o fh is net profit back into the community in conjunction with the minister ofthe Union
Ave. First Ave. Baptist Church. Mr. Shin says it is very important to put back into the community i f you take out
So stop by Living Color, open seven days a week: Monday through Saturday, 10a.m. to7:30p.m : Sunday, 11:00
a m. to 5:30 p.m.
MIRAND ©FEIMBNäS
New Store in Your neighborhood will have
Grand Opening on June 5th, 1993.
You are cordially invited to join and enjoy our
Grand Opening party on Saturday the 5th, starting
from 11:00AM till 3:00PM. Free hot dogs and soft
drinks are served and no purchase is needed to join
our Grand Opening party. Just come and experi
ence the new line of product, you will have most
exciting choices.
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PO R TLAN D OBSERVER
‘ The Eyes and Ears ol the Community"
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A uthorized Distributor and Dealer o f Casio electronics.
A uthorized Dealer o f PageNet Paging N etw ork o f Oregon
(M ortorola Pager)
A uthorized Dealer of JVC electronics.
A uthorized Dealer of Sherwood electronics.
A uthorized Dealer of Dicky-Williamson W ork Cloth.
A uthorized Dealer o f Lebon Fashion.
A uthorized Dealer of Standard beauty and hair care products.
A uthorized Dealer o f Pyle speakers.
A uthorized dealer o f Hitachi electronics.
A uthorized Dealer of Alpine car stereo.
Buying Direct From Manufacturer, Mean Direct Sav
ings To Our Customer.
LIVING C@L@R
5001 NE Union Ave.
(Comer o f MLK Jr. Blvd. and Alberta)
Phone: 287-8580
AAA Announces Safety Poster Contest Winners
U S WEST. Investing In The Future.
At U S WEST we arc continually investing in new technology to meet the needs
of om customers today, and in the future But some ol our greatest investments
are the ones we re making in people through I S WES1 f oundation education
oranls, U S WEST volunteerism and L S WEST s commitment to diversity We re
AAA recently announced its O r
egon Safety Poster Contest winners
The theme for this year’s contest
was “Bicycle Safety.” Tlie Second
Annual contest generated 4,6J 2 en
tries from around the state. In 1992,
509 posters were submitted to the
contest
Final judging was done from a
distinguished panel representing the
Oregon Department of Transporta
tion Bicycle Programs, Oregon De
partment of Human Resources Child
Injury Prevention and the AAA O r
egon Safety Department
Poster contest winners were se
lected in each of the three categories:
K-2, 3-4. and 5-6 grades First place
finishers will be awarded with moun
tain bikes and helmets: second place
wi nners receive roller blades, helmets,
and pads: and third place winners will
be awarded with bicycle helmets
First place prizes were awarded
to: Elizabeth Nics, second grader from
St A gatha School in P ortland;
Cameroon Davis, fourth grader at
Farm ington View Elementary in
Hil lsboro. and Nick Gillett, fifth grader
at Lyle Elementary in Dallas
Second place finishers included
Shawn McConnell, kindergartner at
Madrona School in Grants Pass: Debra
Bartlett, third ¡trader at Home School
in Oregon City; and Molly Claflin,
fifth grader at Phoenix Elementary in
Phoenix.
Third place finishers are: Dane
Teachman, second grader at Duniway
Elementary in Portland: D anielle
Davies, fourth graderat Yaquina View
Elementary in Newport; and Havilah
Anne DeBell. sixth grader at Corner
Stone School in Roseburg
In addition, all contestants re
ceived specially designed AAA O r
egon water bottles Also, teachers ol
the first place winners will receive gift
certificates to any AAA Oregon Ap
proved Accommodation
investing in tomorrow by improving the quality of lilc heie today
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