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<br />RESOLUTION NUMBER 4655 <br /> <br />A RESOLUTION TO OPPOSE THE NOVEMBER 2000 GENERAL ELECTION <br />BALLOT MEASURES 92 AND 98 BY THE EUGENE CITY COUNCIL. <br /> <br />WHEREAS Ballot Measure 92, which is on the November 7, 2000, general election <br />ballot, would amend the Oregon Constitution to prohibit unions from making payroll deductions <br />without an employee's annual written authorization; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS Ballot Measure 98, which is on the November 7, 2000, general election <br />ballot, would amend the Oregon Constitution to prohibit governments from spending money to <br />aid in the collection of union dues for political purposes; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS Ballot Measures 92 and 98 would single out union members and unfairly and <br />unnecessarily interfere with and restrict their rights of participation and privacy in the political <br />process; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, Ballot Measures 92 and 98 would also interfere with and restrict work place <br />giving programs through payroll deductions. <br /> <br />NOW THEREFORE, <br /> <br />BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EUGENE, A Municipal <br />Corporation of the State of Oregon, that the Council does hereby go on record as opposing Ballot <br />Measures 92 and 98. <br /> <br />The foregoing resolution adopted this 16th day of October, 2000. <br /> <br />~ l z::L/ <br /> <br />Deputy City Recorder <br />