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Ballot set for fall
By Brian Baldwin
The Clackamas Print
Oregonians have now locked
down on who will appear on
the November ballot to govern
Oregon for the next four years.
Kitzhaber, former 'governor of
Oregon from 1994-2002, will rep­
resent the Democratic Party, Jerry
Wilson, a long time activist and
founder/CEO of Soloflex, will rep­
resent the Progressive Party and
Chris Dudley, former Trailblazers’
basketball player and business­
man will represent the Republican
Party.
Kitzhaber is the former gover­
nor of Oregon serving two terms
from 1994 to the end of 2002.
State governors are constitution­ appearance is both a curse and a
ally bound to only serve two terms, blessing; he has eight years experi­
or eight years, of a 12 year peri­ ence running the state as gover­
od, so Kitzhaber is able to step nor through good economic times.
back into the political arena for However every act he did that can
Democrats now that current gov­ be used against him will be by
ernor Ted Kulongoski cannot run the Republican Party. For example,
when he left the governorship he
for re-election.
Kitzhaber hopes to reform said that thOe state was ungovern­
the insurance system, improve able,” said Dean Darris, political
the quality and organization of science instructor on campus.
Dudley is a businessman and
healthcare in Oregon, invest in
higher education, and strengthen former NBA basketball player,
our state economy so that, in the playing despite being diagnosed
end, Oregon will have “a strong, with Type I diabetes. He is running
diversified, globally competitive under the platform of “Jobs First”
and recession-resistant economy because “for too long Oregon’s
that generates enough jobs to keep political leaders have made job
Oregon consistently below the creation and economic growth an
national average unemployment after-thought rather than the central
rate,” according to his official plat­ focus of protecting and improving
our quality of life. And without
form.
He hopes that this can be jobs and a growing economy, our
accomplished by acting on imme­ families are worse off and so are
diate opportunities to create jobs, our schools, health care and other
such as expanding the state’s ener­ essential government services,”
gy' efficiency, helping small and according to his website.
medium businesses access venture
He lists his plan fir jobs in
funds and invest in transportation four points: 1) Promote private
and city infrastructure, stating that sector job creation, 2) Control
“the American Association of state spending and reform govern­
State Highway and Transportation ment, 3) Educate for our economic
Officials estimates 35,000jobs are future, and 4) Rebuild public trust
created for every $1 billion spent in government He hopes to impact
all aspects of Oregon by lower­
on transportation projects.”
“Kitzhaber’s reputation and ing taxes and regulations on busi­
DUDLEY
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Co-Editors in Chief:
Political jargon maq
accessible to layme
Social Science
instrutors Chuck
Mitchell and Dean
Darris share their
top 10 political terms
Chuck Mitchell
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KITZHABER
nesses, enacting sustainable timber
harvests to increase the amount
of money going to schools coined
“Timber for Textbooks,” hold fre­
quent town halls across the state
every year to hear what citizens
have to say about his policies, and
“make saving fir a rainy day the
first - not last - priority of the state
budget by setting aside 3 percent of
forecast revenue into a fund only
accessible for schools and essential
programs in times of severe eco­
nomic downturn,” according to his
Four Point Plan.
‘Dudley’s positives: we don’t
know what he stands for. Negatives:
he has no experience. Kitzhaber:
he’s experienced; negatives: we
know what he’s done and can pick
it apart You’ve got two candidates
with equal and opposite strengths
and weaknesses,” said Darris add­
ing “Oregon’s Republican Party is
ceasing to exist at the govemato-
rial level unless they get a more
moderate candidate. So Dudley
has been asked to step in as an
outsider to both politics and the
Republican Party so that moderate
voters, which make up the major­
ity of Oregonians, will think about
voting Republican.”
Jeny Wilson has also decided
to throw his hat into the race for
governor as the frontrunner for the
Progressive Party. On his blog at
www.viva-la-revolucion.oig, he
talks about numerous issues that
he feels are important and weigh­
ing the country down, such as the
approval ratings for the military
compared to the government, and
what it would be like if the military
was the acting governmental body.
He says that if elected he will use
the executive powers given to him
by the Oregon Constitution and
“pardon all Oregonians ever con­
victed of a ‘victimless’ crime,” and
also repeal laws that prohibit the
planting and use of hemp.
Now that these three have been
chosen to be the frontrunners for
theirpolitical parties, they will spend
the next five months campaigning
for your vote in November.
For more information on these
candidates, visit their websites at
www.chrisdudley.com,
www.
viva-la-revolucion.org, and www.
johnkitzhaber.com.
Ad Manager:
Kayla Berge, John Hurlburt Meredith James
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fundamental rights and privileges
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