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T~i B~xt~rro~ / NewsA, t PUBLIG SAFETY Lack of adequate hnding cuts to the core of se ces · ~ G~ e~ent had plen~ ~mone~, It often wasn't ~p~s per resident ~ ~e average of For ~e Re~ter-Guard ~e, but ~e mes~ge ls~ck:, ' ~ee ne~bo~g s~t~. ' ' As a reset, suppo~ for government h~ O~ lo~ law e~orcement co~iW is efore B~ot Meas~e 5 p~sed ~ 1~, eroded to ~e po~t where m~y criti~ pro- ~ eVen wome sha~. ~e ~e County Sher- B Oregon government w~ relativ~y ~a~ ~e held toge~er o~Y by an awkward ~s Office no longer h~' deputies to investi: stable. M~y of us di~'t re~e ir'at patchwork of tempor~ s~te ~d feder~ gate felony pro~ cr~es. ~you live out- the time, but o~ government did a pre~y ~an~ 0~ system ~ ~ ~ble. Evidence of side ci~ l~i~, ~d yo~ house ~ b~gl~- fair job. ~e deterioration is ~ ~o~d us. " iz~, c~g 911 ~ not br~g~police officer ~ess ~e b~-~ St~ ~ yo~ house. We had a sound education system, includ- ' ~e Oregon S~te P0~'.a~en~ is fo~d · ing higher education institutions ~at were to ~m~te ~ o~ chfl~h,~ ~u~9on'for ~e ~'s n~cotics e~or~ment tern ltmtt~ gene~ ~d sup~ s0 i~ s~has h~ ~n d~solv~, jmt ~ ~e governor ~ strong, accessible ~d affordable. O~ law Ch- iden~g me~mphe~e ~ one of~e forcement system, though imperfect, was sol- ~n s~ed. ~ ~e agency's ~nsibffi-. vent ~d by, today's smd~ds, well stuffed, ties have m~p~.~d o~ s~te's ~pffia' . ~test ~eaB to o~ chfl~n ~d co~u- Our social so,ice programs met most of the ~on h~ ~, we shoed e~t s~te ~li~e ni~. needs of our least fo~ate citizens. ~ere s~g ~ ~ ~ost double what it w~ ~ ~e ~e ~ty J~, now more ~ ~ was some w~te, ~d there w~ plenty of y~ ~o. It ~n't. ~e Oregon 8~te Ponce y~ old, n~ to be e~ded by more ~ room for improvement in all ~e~, but o~ 'dop~ent a~Y ~ 30 per~nt fewer ~0 b~ jmt to ~t ~e ~m.n~s gove~ent worked, ~d we had eveU rea- fac~ ~e ja~ ~ so ~ders~ed ~at a nmber son to be optimistic about the ~e. div~ion h~ ~en sl~hed by ~ ~tonish~g Me~ure 5 m~ked the begi~ng of a sus- ~ per~nt. We now ~ve ~ ~rcent fe~er ofy~s ago, a f~er~ ju~e ~te~ened to l~it ~e rimer.of ~ates ~e ja~ co~d . mined a~ack on gove~ent se~ice in Ore- '"' hold-- ~d ~at was bffore ~e sher~ had to gon. A persistent cmp~gn of~si~o~a- A~ ~rd~r ~ the ~ ~un~ d~tr~ tion vilified gove~ent agencies ~d work- Ple~e mm to ~B~lC ~, Page B4 a~or~. ers. Time ~d again, we were told ~at gov-