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New Prices Effective May 1,2010 Martin Cleaning Service Carpet & Upholstery Cleaning Residential & Commercial Services Minimum Service CHG $45.00 A sm all distance/travel charge m ay be applied CARPET CLEANING 2 Cleaning Areas or more $30.00 Each Area Pre-Spray Traffic Areas (Includes: 1 sm all H allw ay) 1 Cleaning Area (only) $40.00 Includes Pre-Spray Traffic Area (Hallway Extra) Stairs (12-16 stairs - With O ther Services)-. $25.00 Area/Oriental Rugs. $25.00 Minimum Area/Oriental Rugs (Wool): $40.00Minimum Heavily Soiled Area: Additional $10.00 each area (Requiring Extensive Pre-Spraying) UPHOLSTERY CLEANING Sofa: $69.00 Loveseat: $49.00 Sectional: $ 109 - $ 139 Chair or Recliner $25 - $49 Throw Pillows (With Other Services): $5.00 % ADDITIONAL SERVICES • Area & Oriental Rug Cleaning • Auto/Boat/RV Cleaning • Deodorizing & Pet Odor Treatment • Spot & Stain Removal Service • Scotchguard Protection • Minor Water Damage Services SEE CURRENT FLYER FOR ADDITIONAL PRICES & SERVICES Call for Appointment (503) 281-3949 • * • * 4 • No Winning Combination for Latinos Like Romney, Ryan is wrong on immigration w ould have severe consequences fo r L atinos — the nation's largest and fastest-grow ing m inority group. Like R om ney, R yan is an im m i gration hardliner. H e opposes the D R E A M A ct, a m easure that helps by R aul A . R eyes young people brought here w ith Paul R yan, M itt out docum ents as children earn R om ney's running citizenship. In 2005, R yan sup m ate, re c e iv e d a p o r te d a b ill th a t w o u ld 'v e rapturous w elcom e crim in alized all u n d o cu m en ted at the R epublican im m igrants. H e once said that "an N ational C o n v en ch o r babies co st m oney," using tion in T am pa. The an offensive term for children bom a u d ien c e c h ee re d in the U nited States to parents as he assailed P resid en t B arack w ithout papers. Instead o f being O bam a's record. R yan seem ed bois- inclusive, R yan reinforces the Re- terous and full o f energy. H e could p u b lican P arty 's n eg ativ e im age alm ost pass for one o f R om ney's am ong H ispanics as hostile to im m i- s o n s. g ran ts. A s a L atino voter, I w as sur- R yan is best know n fo r his pro- prised that R om ney ch o se R yan as posals to slash go v ern m en t spend- his V eep, w hen he has struggled to ing. H is budget w ould turn M edi- co n n ect w ith H ispanics. U ntil re- care into a v o u ch er system , drasti- cently, I knew little about this G en- cally cu t social services, and give eration X law m aker from Janesville, tax breaks to the w e alth y — all w ith- W isc. out actually reducing the deficit. So, w ho is Paul R yan? D em o- R yan is going to have a hard tim e crats say he's the b o g ey m an w ho selling H ispanics on this. A ccord- w ants to end M edicare. R epubli- ing to the polling com p an y L atino cans say he's the new face o f the D ecisions, 73 p ercent o f H ispanics G O P. U nfo rtu n ately , they're both oppose cutting M edicare to bal- right. R yan has radical view s about ance the budget, w hile 83 percent o u r co u n try 's future, and his ideas favor raising taxes on the w ealthy to • r • • • • ♦ • MHM do so. R yan's plan w ould disproportion ately im pact the m ost vulnerable A m ericans. H e w ants to repeal the A ffordable C are A ct. H e w ants to cu t funding fo r Pell G rants and food stam ps, and turn M edicaid over to the states. A gain, these are ideas opposed by H ispanics. A n A pril poll by the Pew C en ter found that 75 percent o f L atinos, in these hard econom ic tim es, favor a b ig g er gov ern m en t w ith m ore services, not a sm aller gov ern m en t offering less. M illions o f L atino fam ilies and seniors, in fact, d epend on the safety net that R yan w ants to slash. T he N ational C ouncil o f L a R aza, the A m erican A ssociation o f R etired Persons, and the N ational A sso cia tion for the H ispanic Elderly all agree that the R yan budget w ould be harm ful to L atinos. It's iro n ic th a t R y an c o n sid e rs "b ig g o v e rn m e n t" to be a p ro b le m b e c a u s e h e h as sp en t ju s t a b o u t h is e n tire a d u lt life in th e p u b lic se c to r. H e 's a s e v e n -te rm c o n g re ssm a n w h o h a s b e en in W a sh in g to n sin c e c o lle g e , a sid e fro m a sh o rt stin t w ith h is fa m ily 's b u s i n e ss. H e c ritic iz e s th e d e fic it th at h e h e lp e d c re a te by v o tin g fo r the w a r in Ira q , th e b a n k b a ilo u t, and I <• .- •» « ' » • • th e B u sh tax c u ts. T ru e, R y an is a fre sh face w ith a frie n d ly p e rso n a . B u t lo o k s can b e d e c e iv in g . R y an is a d e v o u t C a th o lic , y e t h is b u d g e t h as b een d e n o u n c e d by th e U .S . C o u n c il o f C a th o lic B ish o p s as " u n ju stifie d and w rong." H is fa m ily ’s c o n stru c tio n b u s in e s s w as b u ilt u p o n p u b lic w o rk s p ro je c ts su ch as h ig h w a y s, a irp o rts , an d d e fe n se c o n tra c ts — th e ty p e o f g o v e rn m e n t s p e n d in g th at R y an n o w o p p o se s. R y an ’s budget itse lf is a rehash o f failed R eagan-era policies. R onald R eagan's fo rm er b udget guru D avid S tockm an recently called the R yan b u d g et "phony" and "dev o id o f c r e d ib le m a th o r h a rd p o lic y ch o ices." T hough R om ney has lately tried to distance h im se lf from R yan's budget, he has not put forth one o f his ow n. F o r all purposes, R yan's plan is R o m n ey ’s plan, one w ith d eep ly n eg ativ e im plications for H ispanics, the m iddle class, seniors, and the poor. A nd the m ore w e know about R yan, the m ore o b v i ous it becom es that he and R om ney aren't a w inning com b ination for America. Raul A. Reyes is an attorney and columnist in New York City. • « « • • « a» «■» «
