get the job done
There are a number of candidates running for governor, but Ted Kulongoski is the most qualified for the job. He is endorsed by many of the leading Democrats across the state, and has a common-sense plan for Oregon’s recovery.
Kulongoski can get the job done in Salem. He has served the state well as a legislator, attorney general and an Oregon Supreme Court justice. In addition, he has been endorsed by Oregon’s past three governors.
Former Governor Neil Goldschmidt says, “Ted can persuade people to work together when nobody else thinks it can be done.” Kulongoski has the character attributes necessary to succeed as governor. He is willing to work with the legislature in order to avoid political gridlock and make sure that substantive work is getting done for the people of Oregon.
A wide variety of groups and newspapers have endorsed Kulongoski, including the Sierra Club, Oregon AFL-CIO, The Oregonian, The Salem Statesman-Journal and many others.
Kulongoski is the only candidate who has the common sense to get things done, and do them right. He has an extensive plan to cut down government bureaucracy in the area of education, to make sure more money is given to classrooms and teachers. This plan alone is estimated to generate an additional $80 million for school funding.
Kulongoski is willing to find a long-term solution to solve Oregon’s budget problems. He is by far the most qualified candidate for the job. I encourage you to vote for Ted Kulongoski.
Eric Bailey
junior
planning, public policy
and management
Maybe you vote as often as you do your laundry – not as often as you should. Today’s college students hold within their grasp a phenomenal power – the power to vote.
As a student, I know too many other students who choose to forgo empowerment by not voting. Many college students are neglecting to participate in our democracy. A washing machine without quarters will not work, just as a democracy without voters will not work. Voting is the greatest form of interest articulation, one which is very easy and affordable for all college students.
Voting is an investment in the future of not only our schools, but our community, state and nation as well. The 2002 Oregon Primaries will come to a fast close on Tuesday, and you will have missed out on the opportunity of affecting Oregon’s future political makeup.
Until college students put forth the effort to show their concern for decisions that could have tremendous effects on higher education and their quality of life, elected officials will continue to feel little obligation to listen to college students on other important issues. Today is laundry day – it is time to vote!
Mena Ravassipour
freshman
pre-business
Does the mascot resolution really help American Indians? One view claims that passing the resolution will help show courtesy toward American Indians. The other view claims that not passing the resolution will help honor American Indians (“Point/Counterpoint,” ODE, May 8). Both views of helping American Indians amount to nothing more than false charity.
False charity is an attempt to help without truly changing the unjust social order that perpetuates helplessness. In this case, students have attempted to help American Indians by supporting or not supporting the mascot resolution.
The end result is that these same students who claim to help American Indians instead maintain helplessness, because the passing or not passing of the mascot resolution does nothing to change death, despair and poverty in American Indian communities.
False charity means doing nothing substantive, which is the foundation of the mascot resolution. Courtesy will not help American Indians pay for college; honor will not improve the substandard living conditions of American Indian reservations. Both proponents of helping American Indians do nothing to end the unjust social order that oppress American Indians.
Let us stop pretending that supporting or not supporting the mascot resolution will help American Indians. Enough with the false charity.
Javier Ayala
Eugene
