Paul Hanneman

Abstract/Description: Interview with Paul Hanneman. Oregon State Representative, 1965-1990. Rep. Paul Hanneman (interviewed October 16, 2015) served in the Oregon House of Representatives for 25 years, from 1965 to 1990. A dory fisherman, boat builder, and businessman from Tillamook County, Paul represented Tillamook, Yamhill, Washington, Polk, and Lincoln counties in the Legislature. The recording captures Paul's recollections about important environmental legislation in which he played a major role, including the Beach Bill (1967), the Bottle Bill (1971), and the Salmon-Trout Enhancement Act (1981). The Bottle Bill, which Paul wrote, created the first legislated beverage-container deposit system in the country. It was enacted as a way to encourage people not to litter, and it was tremendously successful. Before the bill passed, there was "junk all over everywhere," Paul explains in the recording. "Constituents and other people were pleading for a beverage container law and deposit." Toward the end of the video, Paul encourages viewers to get involved. "There's any number of things you can do to help in the community--and you don't have to give money. There's just so much room to work through your school or your church or your civic organization....There's a place you can go to make a change."
Subject(s): n-us-or
Hanneman, Paul -- Interviews
Oregon -- Officials and employees -- Interviews
Oregon -- Politics and government
Date Issued: 20152015