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The Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon, Thursday March 8, 1979 ELEVEN
Engery head, taxation
major issues facing
Oregon Senate
By State Senator Ken Jernstedt
This legislative session has
been unlike previous ones so
things have been rather quiet
and there has been markedly
less communication from our
constituents, perhaps due to
the fact that the main preoc
cupation so far has been with
the highly technical question
of tax relief, and there have
been no really emotional
issues like those which have
been pot boilers in the
past the death penalty, den-
turism, abortion, gay rights,
etc.
However, last week things
picked up a bit in heat and
tempo.
One issue had to do with the
Senate's refusal, twice, to
confirm Governor Atiyeh's
choice of Dr. Kelly Woods'
appointment as Acting Direct
or . of the Department of
Knorgy. The vote each time
was Ki 14 These votes came
alter hours of healed discus
sion which resulted in the
Environment and Energy Com
mittee approving the appoint
ment 5-3 and sending the
matter to the floor for a
decision.
Dr. Woods has had an
outstanding record in public
service and in administration.
Opposition to his appointment
was primarily based on his
allegedly pro-nuclear stance.
At the forefront of the opposi
tion was the Trojan Decom
missioning Alliance, a group
instrumental in the sitdown
demonstrations at the Trojan
plant, and in opposing nuclear
sitting at Arlington.
The testimony of a member
of the Alliance was interest
ing. She described Dr. Woods
as predjudiced, biased, and
pro-nuclear. When asked if
she would support affirmation
of someone who was pre
judiced, biased and anti
nuclear, her immediate res-
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ponse was "yes.". Apparently
her biases are great, but
anyone else's are not.
The Alliance has now cava
lierly offered to meet with the
Governor to help him select an
appointee. The Governor has
the very interesting option of
keeping Dr. Woods on in the
Acting Director position for as
long as he likes, because while
Senate affirmation of depart
ment heads is now required
through passage last Novem
ber of Ballot Measure 2, the
Governor submitted Dr.
Woods' name as a courtesy to
the Senate, and not because he
was legally obligated to do so.
The other subject which
caused a lot of sparks to fly
concerned tax relief, and the
form it should take. This
brings to mind the old saw that
the only fair tax is the one
which you, not I, pay. We are
now two months into the
session and nothing concrete
has been done about tax relief.
Apparently the original Atiyeh
plan ha's been buried by the
House Revenue Committee,
and a number of other '
proposals have now surfaced
and are known to be waiting in
the wings. Who knows how
long it could take to give all of
them close scrutiny!
In an effort to get things
moving, I joined with five
other Senate Republicans in
proposing that the people take
matters into their own hands
through an initiative petition
to put a modified version of
the Atiyeh tax plan on the
ballot. It has the Governor's
approval and should find favor
with the large majority of
voters who apparently placed
him in office partly because of
his campaign promise to back
a rewrite of Ballot Measure 6.
The proposals have been
filed with the Secretary of
State in preparation for their
circulation. The tax plan
proposed includes a 1.5 per
cent property tax limitation on
owner-occupied homes; a 12
per cent income tax cut; no
more than 5 per cent increase
in assessed values for 3 years,
and no greater increase than
the rate of increase in
personal income in the State
thereafter; tax relief for
renters ; proportionate returns
to tax payers when the general
fund surplus for a biennium
exceeds 2 per cent.
By taking this action, we are
stressing our belief that tax
relief is not a partisan issue
and we're also placing our
faith firmly in the people by
giving them the opportunity to
pass judgment on the most
important question facing
them today.
It will be interesting to see
how this venture fares.
Ullman urges
pressure to
assure more
reforestation
Oregon Congressman Al
Ullman said today that the
timber-producing states must
keep up the pressure to secure
adequate funding for reforest
ation of public lands.
"I am pledged to continue
work to reduce the backlog
regardless of the recent ill
advised and inaccurate re
marks of certain officials in
the Carter Administration,"
Ullman said.
In remarks prepared for the
annual meeting of the Western
Forest Industries Association,
Ullman said, "This effort will
require on-going, organized
hard work, not budgetary
gimmickry."
"We're fortunate in having
Oregon Senator Mark Hatfield
and Congressman Bob Dun
can in key positions on the
Appropriations Committees.
They've already demon
strated their ability to in
crease funding in this vital
area," he said.
"As a result of their work
over the years, the backlog of
unforested lands is substan
tially lower than the 5 million
acres of the 1960's," Ullman
noted.
"With full delegation sup
port, I am optimistic we can
again increase the level of
funding proposed for reforest-;
ation by the Carter Admini
stration," the 2nd District
Oregon Congressman said.
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