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. , 1. '( --) 4" ` ET , -- IN THE EDITOR'S MAILBAG. / 'amber sales costly decision to include a multiracial category or Responsibility lackin g not will probably be made in the spring of P Y have some free advice for Merrilee 1997. If it's an inclusive decision, people will Who is more at fault? The doctor who Peay (guest column, Aug. 7) and U.S. Forest be able to "declare, respectfully and accu- performs the abortion or the parent (or par - Service spokespeople: Stop using the argu- rately, who they are" (from your editorial) ents) who make the decision? The availabili- ment that forest protesters are costing tax- on all government systems that collect racial ty of a gun or the person who pulls the trig - payers money. The truth is that it is actually and ethnic data. ger? The restaurant that brews hot coffee or timber sales that cost taxpayers truly signifi- I, my family, the AMEA and Honey view the careless consumer who spills it in her cant amounts of money —for road building the inclusion of the multiracial category as a lap? The establishment that serves liquor or and Forest Service employee salaries and progressive step forward. Individuals will the patron who drinks too much of it? The benefits. benefit by not having to fracture their identi- speeding motorist or the officer who's doing JOANNE VINTON ty, and the community can begin to accept his job? The harvester of natural resources Eugene that we are one race, the human race. or the burgeoning number of demanding SARAH ROSS, President consumers? The parents who set the exam - Add multiracial choice Honey Inc. ple or the child who follows it? The prosti- Eugene tute who asks to be paid or the customer The Aug. 11 editorial "Race Labels too who pays? The person who confesses a new narrow" was thoughtful and well 1' sin each week or the religion that condones researched —a landmark piece of journal Police Parts or return it and forgives it? The liar or the believer? ism. I applaud your efforts. I realize you will Who cares anymore? Personal responsi- get the usual flak from extremist perspec- If my memory serves me correctly it was bility has drifted into oblivion like cheap tives. I'm writing to say great job and to about 12 years ago that the neighbors of the gas. inform the public of a couple more points Whiteaker area urged the Eugene City Coun DENNIS E. NEWMAN about organizations advocating for the inclu cil to condemn Whitney Scobert's lands for a public park at Fourth Avenue and Blair Eugene sion of the multiracial category. Boulevard. Scobert wanted to build retire - Locally, Honoring Our New Ethnic Youth ment housing on his land, but no, the implemented a multiracial category on Eu Whiteaker Community Council and half of gene School District forms through the dis- The Register - Guard welcomes letters on the City Council wanted his lands for a park. trict and the Racial Justice /Equity Commit- top of general interest. Our length limit is Then -Mayor Gus Keller broke the tie and tee several years ago. The district still must 2 ' 0 w ords; all letters are subject to conden the land was condemned. Scobert went t ask people filling out the multiracial section the hospital with a heart condition. cation. Writers are limited to one letter per tr ^ hoose one category for federal reporting. Now, all the dire predictions made in calendar month. Because of the volume of Census 2000 Advisory Committee has mail, not all letters can be printed. Letters a,, iointed Ramona Douglas, president of the those clays about locating a park there have must be signed with the writer's full name. come to pass, and the neighbors have An a ddress and daytime telephone number Association of Multiethnic Americans, to the Y P committee. Honey is a founding member of received what they sowed —a public park are needed for verification purposes; this filled with no- accounts and troublemakers. information will not be published or re AMEA, the national federation of local inter- in What goes around comes around. Keep the f P racial groups. Any changes on the 2000 cen- g P leased. sus concerning collection of racial and eth- park open and police it, or give it back to the Mail letters to Mailbag, P.O. Box 10188, nic data will also affect collection of all Scobert family. You cannot have it both Eugene, OR, 97440 -2188 other data. The Eugene School District will ways. ' Fax: 984 -4699 no longer need to require that multiracials THOMAS J. MARTIN America Online: RGLetters select one choice for federal reporting. The L Noti --- Internet: RGLetters@aol.com Dole ignores history in pinnin g • . e plan lection hopes on economic W ASHINGTON — Bob Dole seems caught in a time warp, The trouble for Dole is that his plan to shrink government isn't convinced that he can re- create Ronald Reagan's first presi- credible. "Telling people what you think they want to hear just to dential triumph. But this is not 1980, and Bill Clinton is not win their votes," he writes in his autobiography, "is a very old idea." Jimmy Carter. In 1980, Americans did not vote for Ronald Reagan's And apparently irresistible. Dole promises deep tax cuts and a bal- promised tax cuts so much as they voted anced budget by 2002 without touching Social Security, Medicare or against Carter's double -digit inflation and his defense. handling of the Iranian hostage crisis. People ROBERT His tax cuts are indeed deep. A typical family of four with 'e frightened. SAMUELSON $50,000 of income now pays about $8,366 in federal income and in 1979 and 1980, prices routinely rose 1 payroll taxes. Under Dole's plan, their tax bill would drop $1,738 (21 percent a month. The ABC News election exit :° 3 - - s,4 percent). polls asked voters which "one or two" issues - '- But Dole never identifies the spending cuts needed to finance determined their choice. Inflation led at 38 -- ,. this $548 billion tax reduction over six years and to balance the percent, America's "position in the world" r budget. Once Social Security, Medicare and defense are excluded, followed at 33 percent. Tax cuts lagged at 12 only a third of the budget remains, says Susan Tanaka of the Com- percent. "` , . 9 mittee for a Responsible Federal Budget. Maybe if Dole had refreshed his memory ',f The bulk of Dole's cuts would fall on a spending category known