European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 5, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 20 a the stars and stripes i election �?T92 thursday novembers 1002term limits get voter approval in 14 contests by Julia Rubin the associated press measures to impose term limits on members of Congress swept to Victory tuesday in All 14 states where the Issue was on the ballot. Riding a wave of anti incumbent sentiment term limits won resoundingly in Florida California Ohio Arizona Arkansas Nebraska Michi fan Missouri Montana Oregon North Dakota Outh Dakota and Wyoming. Hie term limit managed a close Victory in Washington. Approval was running from 52 percent in Washington to 77 percent in Wyoming. Quot they Are tired of their politicians taking add and them being the pawns said John Jazwa treasurer limits which got the Issue on Ohio a ballot. Washington state voters rejected a similar measure a year ago in part because it was retroactive and would have forced Washington a powerful democratic rep. Thomas s. Foley speaker of the House from office. This years measure docs not count time already served in Congress. All 14 states but California and North Dakota also slapped limits on the tenure of state lawmakers and in some cases other elected officials. California already has restrictions on state legislators terms. The Issue was not on the ballot in North Dakota. Term limits were the single biggest Issue on state ballots in a Given year since the Advent of the citizen initiative at the turn of the Century. Then As now the  was to clean up politics. The congressional term limits Are set to go into effect around the year 2000. All would restrict . Senators to 12 years. House members would be held to six to 12 years depending on the state. None would be retroactive. Missouri a congressional term limits would go into effect Only when 24 other states enact limits. Ohio voters limited the tenure of elected state officials from lieutenant governor to state auditor. Rhode Island voters by a 59 percent majority lengthened the term for governor and other elected state officials from two years to four but limited the number of terms to two. Anti Gay rights proposals meet with mixed results by Nancy shuns a special correspondent a measure on the Oregon ballot that would have denounced homosexuality As Quot abnormal and perverse went Down in defeat after a Campaign marked by vandalism insults and threats. But a Colorado proposal to ban the state and local governments from enacting Gay rights legislation prevailed 55 percent to 45 percent. The measure rescinds such Protection already on the books in Denver Aspen and Boulder. Among the measure s opponents was gov. Roy Romer who said Quot it is not you who Are Gay and lesbian who have lost the fight. It is All of  however the Colorado measure does not prevent private companies from adopting policies that prohibit discrimination against Gays Only state and local municipalities. Colorado Springs car dealer will Perkins Leader of a group called Colorado for family values maintained that it was fairness not hatred prompting the measure. Quot we Felt All along in the polling we had done that people did no to have hatred or bad feelings toward the homosexual Community. But we found people saying they have equal rights a and should have a but not something special Perkins explained. In Tampa fla., residents repealed a City ordinance protecting homosexuals from discrimination. The vote there was 58 percent to 42 percent. Oregon advocates for Gay rights who engineered the defeat of measure 9 immediately set about trying to repair damage caused by the divisive proposal which would have been the most far reaching anti Gay initiative in the nation. But even As they called for Healing the measures author vowed to Quot get them next  Oregon citizens Alliance founder Lon Mabon refused to concede As his gathering broke up shortly before 1 . On wednesday. Quot we literally had everybody against us a Mabon said. Quot there Are a lot of people who Are surprised that we were this close. That a because we Are right on this Issue. If we fall a vote or two Short we will be Back even More committed and will get them next  advocates for Gay rights also won a Victory in Portland Maine where 57 percent voted to retain an ordinance barring discrimination against homosexuals in housing jobs credit and Public accommodations. Quot i think that we be taken a historic step for this City a said Peter of Donnell the City councilor who introduced the Gay rights ordinance. The Oregon proposal rejected by 55 percent of Vot California rejects suicide Aid Arizona votes for King Holiday by Julia Rubin the associated press californians Defeated a bid to allow doctor assisted suicide and also turned Down an Effort to make employers pay for Basic health care Arizona created a Holiday to Honor the Rev. Martin Luther King or. A the last state to do so. A proposal to make California the first state to allow the terminally ill to kill themselves with a doctors help fell Short after Strong opposition from medical professionals and Many churches. It trailed 54 percent to 46 percent. An attempt by California gov. Pete Wilson to Cut welfare benefits 25 percent and give himself sweeping authority Over spending was also rejected. Opponents worried that the terminally ill would be pressured to give up their lives to avoid being a Burden on loved ones. They also said the measure lacked safeguards to keep people from choosing death based on a mistaken diagnosis or depression. A they painted the physician As a fool or a killer and said therefore you better be afraid a said John Nicholl a Leader of the propositions backers. Californians also rejected by More than a 21 margin the health care measure backed by the California medical association. Some said the measure did no to go far enough in providing Universal health care and Cost controls. Others said it would drive businesses out of the state. An Arizona proposal to ban most abortions also failed. It trailed 2-to-l. And Maryland voters barred the state from interfering with the right to abortion. A King Holiday was approved 3-to-2 in Arizona. Iowa voters rejected an equal rights amendment to the state Constitution. Among other ballot measures a death penalty District of Columbia voters refused to adopt the death penalty. New Jersey endorsed it for crimes resulting in unintended death. And Arizona changed its method of execution from the Gas chamber to injection. A gambling Nebraska approved a lottery the . Virgin islands said Quot not to Casino gambling in a non binding referendum and Missouri endorsed River boat gambling. In mostly mormon Utah a measure to allow Racetrack betting lost. Idaho refused to legalize Casino gambling. South Dakota voters kept their 3-year-Ola video lottery turning Back a repeal Effort. A education Colorado rejected a proposal to provide state vouchers and permit wide school Choice. Illinois rejected a proposal to make education a Basic tight and increase state funding for it. A taxes South Dakota voters refused to enact an income and corporate tax. Idaho rejected a Cap on property taxes while Florida passed one. A environment mandatory recyclable packaging was rejected in Massachusetts along with an excise tax on hazardous materials. Ohio rejected a proposal to require warning labels on hundreds of toxic substances. South Dakota voters vetoed plans for a Landfill that was to accept out of state garbage. T cigarette tax Massachusetts voters raised the cigarette tax 25 cents to 51 cents a pack a the highest in the nation. Ers would have barred the state from using Money or property to Quot promote encourage or facilitate homosexuality paedophilia sadism or  Public schools would have had to teach that those practices were Quot abnormal wrong unnatural and  tension ran High on both sides with opponents and backers alike reporting break ins vandalism and insults during the Campaign. On oct. 4, More than 10,000 people demonstrated against the measure in Portland in one of the biggest political rallies in the state s history. Police had stepped up patrols tuesday but no violence occurred. Quot we must now Foster a mood of Healing and a spirit of reconciliation a said Ellen Lowe associate director of the ecumenical ministries of Oregon which opposed measure 9. Dave Frohnmayer Dean of the University of Oregon a. Had Dona that a Tola Dkl Nohavi hatred or bad a alga toward the homosexual Community. But a found people saying they have equal rights a and should have a but not something special will Perkins Leader of Colorado for family values Law school and a former state attorney general said oregonians were tired of hatred and divisiveness fostered by the Bill a sponsors. Quot these zealots and the leaders of them in particular have worn out their Welcome Here a Frohnmayer said. A a they re  because it was so broadly worded there was considerable argument Over what precisely measure 9 would have meant. Opponents warned that it could have Cost Gay teachers their jobs that homosexual groups could Nave been barred from holding meetings in state buildings and that members of the Oregon. Citizens Alliance could have removed books about homosexuality from libraries. Beyond the specifics Lay a More general fear that measure 9 would have fostered a climate of bigotry in one of the nations most progressive states. Neighbourly polling  lint at la the general election at Ger a to a a a a. Teus on to Ervinjr. Polite a we h a polling place when red trietly left precinct no. Jj8 without one