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Five vie for council
Ryan Brennecke/The Bulletin
Jamie McLeod-Skinner, right, and her wife Cass Mc-
Leod-Skinner pick tomatoes in their garden at their
home in Crooked River Ranch on Oct. 13.
She aims to
be Central
Oregon’s
voice in D.C.
McLeod-Skinner hopes newly drawn
5th District sends her to Congress
BY TIM TRAINOR
Redmond Spokesman
There are no yard signs for Democrats on the
12 mile drive out of Terrebonne to Jamie Mc-
Leod-Skinner’s home.
There isn’t even a sign for the congressional
candidate in front of her own house — a double-
wide set on three acres where McLeod-Skinner
has lived with her wife, Cass McLeod-Skinner
since 2019.
Their home, just outside the boundaries of Or-
egon’s newly drawn 5th Congressional District, is
one of hundreds of hobby ranches that make up
the sprawling Crooked River Ranch development.
The McLeod-Skinner plot has a drip-irrigation
system that runs water through a vegetable gar-
den, chickens that produce more eggs than the
family can eat and an apiary — a project led by
Cass, who is a year away from becoming a mas-
ter beekeeper. There are a few goats and old dogs
running around, too.
McLeod-Skinner had to be convinced about
the goats, but Cass — and eventually the goats
themselves — won her over. They keep the
grounds tidy and seem to keep the chickens safe,
too.
“They earn their keep,” said McLeod-Skinner.
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Editor’s note: All candidates for Redmond
city council were given the same questions at
the same time and asked to keep their answers
to 150 words for each. Their answers are in-
cluded here with minimal editing. The order
was chosen at random.
Kathryn Osborne
Age: 42
Neighborhood of residence: NW Red-
mond
Time in Redmond: 13.75 years
Political experience: Chair (two terms)
Redmond Downtown Urban Renewal Advi-
sory Committee (DURAC), vice-chair, cur-
rent appointed member. Parking sub-com-
mittee chair, housing subcommittee member,
past finance committee.
Work experience: I have served in mar-
keting roles for large corporations and small
local business alike in the housing, manufac-
turing, and photography industries. I cur-
rently provide digital marketing services for
a wildland fire company headquartered in
Redmond.
Education: Master of Business Admin-
istration – Concordia University; Global
business award — Inventory Process Man-
agement Consulting; Bachelor of Science in
Business Administration — Mars Hill Uni-
versity.
Family: Married. Proud mom of two kids
at Tom McCall Elementary, a cute dog, and
a hamster.
Why did you choose to run
for a council seat?
I am passionate and experienced in serving
our community. Serving on a variety of city
committees has given me a unique under-
standing of how our local government works,
our budgets, our successes, and our opportu-
nities. Because of this, I wanted to bring that
knowledge and proven success for Redmond
families and businesses to city council in or-
der to focus on collaborations, partnerships,
and creative solutions to solve the issues fac-
ing Redmond today.
Our local rates of homelessness directly
correlate to housing costs and rental va-
cancy rates. I have, and will, work to bring
creative housing solutions to Redmond. I
will continue promoting Redmond as a busi-
ness friendly city and secure additional liv-
ing-wage jobs. I will encourage the use of
technology for communication, transpar-
ency, and access to data. Through innova-
tive and proactive problem solving, we will
manage growth and solve problems as they
emerge.
What in your background
gives you the skills to succeed
in this position?
Through my roles on the downtown ur-
ban renewal advisory committee, I voted to
support projects including: SCP Hotel, Gen-
eral Duffy’s, and High Desert Music Hall.
Our DURAC parking committee brought
the Centennial parking lot and the Fourth
Street parking lots to the downtown core. As
Kathryn Osborne
Bill Trumble
John Nielsen
Branegan Dixon
Cat Zwicker
chair, DURAC brought workforce housing
to downtown, providing housing relief to the
downtown district.
What is the city of Redmond
doing well and what does it
need to improve?
Despite many unknowns of the current
economic and political climate, Redmond
businesses are thriving. Redmondites are re-
sourceful and resilient. Our city staff worked
hard through the adversity of the pandemic
to secure grants and PPE to keep our busi-
nesses open, and continue our “business
friendly” atmosphere in order to attract addi-
tional business.
Redmond committees, citizens, and staff
continue to create new green spaces around
Redmond. We have many beautiful parks
and fun family activity areas including Hope
Park, the Pump Track, Skate Park, and the
splash pad. I love that organizers bring family
events to Redmond year-round.
Redmond is growing rapidly. We are di-
versifying, and we need to work together
to support local service providers actively
working to keep our neighbors from failing
into homelessness and provide the support
needed for a path out. We must put divisive-
ness aside and allow for infrastructure im-
provements, support creative housing oppor-
tunities, have difficult conversations, learn
from one another, and proactively manage
growth.
How will you measure the
success of the council during
your term?
There are many key performance indica-
tors that are used to measure the “success” of
governing bodies. And although I absolutely
love data, setting and successfully achieving
goals, etc. In this case, I think we need to re-
fer to Stephen Covey’s quote “success moves
at the speed of trust“.
The past few years have made many of us
untrusting of governments, news, etc. But I
believe Redmond has a real chance to do bet-
ter. I believe the success of this council will be
based in transparency, data sharing, truly lis-
tening to the community and to one another.
Bill Trumble
Age: 76
Neighborhood: Southwest Redmond
Time in Redmond: 10 years
Political experience: City water board;
president of Redmond Home Owner’s As-
sociation; president of Grasse River Heritage
Foundation; New Hampshire state conserva-
tion commission member; New Hampshire
state land use board member; co-founder of
Neighbors for Redmond.
Work experience: U.S. Navy nuclear sub-
marine service, small business owner, re-
searcher and professor, university adminis-
trator, conflict resolution facilitator.
Education: B.S. in biochemistry from
Washington State University, Ph.D. in medi-
cal physiology from the University of Texas.
Family: Married 50 years to Mayme Trum-
ble. Son, Jonathan, works at Intel.
Why did you choose to run
for a council seat?
I have a goal or vision to help Redmond
remain the city where we will all still want to
live in 20 years.
What in your background
gives you the skills to succeed
in this position?
I have experience providing service,
both nationally (U.S. Navy) and locally (see
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