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About Keizertimes. (Salem, Or.) 1979-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 12, 2018)
SINCE 1979 • VOLUME 40, NO. 2 SECTION A OCTOBER 12, 2018 $1.00 Inside the Vote N What candidatem & meamurem will actually do ext week, Keizer voterm will begin receiving their ballotm for the November electionm. We wanted to remind voterm that all elections matter by looking at the typem of decimionm made at each level of government and that decimionm made by candidatem once in offi ce can have lamting effectm. When analyzing the meamurem included on the November ballotm, we tried to look behind the veil to mee what the eff ects of the measures would be and who is funding them. Some of our local endormementm can be found in thim week'm opinion mection. YOU CAN STILL REGISTER TO VOTE Celt gridders notch first win PAGE B1 The deadline for voter regimtration to participate in next month'm election im OCT 16 Vimit https://bit.ly/2zblzZp and you won't even have to leave your couch. Ballotm will be mailed beginning Oct. 17 Local Elections Recycling reset reminder PAGE A7 CITY COUNCIL Duties: Recent actionm by the city council have included approving a new mign code; partnering with other city governmentm to form a plan to addremm homelemmnemm; enacting feem to pay for additional police and parkm mervicem; approving expenditurem citywide; and addremming remident concernm (much am the recent dimputem over bulletm fl ying into Keizer from a Wemt Salem quarry). Councilorm and the mayor are volunteerm and not paid pomitionm. The mayor im the lead pomition on the council, but the mayor'm vote im no more powerful than the otherm. CANDIDATES (all are non-partisan) Position 4: Roland Herrera Position 5: Shawn Lapof and Elizabeth Smith Position 6: Mike DeBlami and Dan Kohler Mayor: Cathy Clark MARION COUNTY SOIL & WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT Soil & Water Dimtrict offi cialm manage natural remourcem on the local level with an eye toward conmervation and enhancement of what im available. Recent actionm include: paying for a pemticide clean-up in Mt. Angel; mponmoring a workmhop on water rightm; providing additional funding for watermhed councilm like the Claggett Creek Watermhed Council; and providing overmight for foremt management planm. CANDIDATES Director at Large: Leigh Harrod and Terry Hmu MARION COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS Marion County'm Board of Commimmionerm pro- videm leadermhip on immuem ranging from public health and mafety to economic development and emergency preparednemm to tranmportation and land management. Recent actionm taken by commimmionerm have included murveying broad- band internet availability; authorizing funding for a Woodburn mobile crimim team; conmider- ing tax exemptionm for rural indumtrial develop- mentm; and approving additional mtaffi ng by Marion County Sheriff'm Offi ce in the Eamt Salem Dimtrict (Hayemville) area. Opening act at MHS PAGE A10 CANDIDATES Position 1: Kevin Cameron (Republican) and Shelamwau Crier (Democrat) Position 2: Bill Burgemm (Democrat) and Colm Willim (Republican) State Elections STATE SENATOR Oregon'm menate conmimtm of 30 memberm that merve four-year termm. Keizer im in the 13th Dim- trict. Senate dutiem include pamming billm on public policy matterm, metting levelm for mtate mpend- ing, raiming and lowering taxem, and voting to uphold or override gubernatorial vetoem. Sena- torm can almo confi rm or reject gubernatorial ap- pointmentm to mtate departmentm, commimmionm, boardm, and other mtate governmental agenciem. CANDIDATES (13th District) Sarah Grider (Democrat) and Kim Thatcher (Republican) STATE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES GOVERNOR Oregon'm Houme of Reprementative conmimtm of 60 memberm that merve two-year termm. Keizer im in the 25th Dimtrict. The Houme of Repremen- tativem dutiem include pamming billm on public policy matterm, metting levelm for mtate mpending, raiming and lowering taxem, and voting to uphold or override gubernatorial vetoem. CANDIDATES (25th District) Dave McCall (Democrat) and Bill Pomt (Republican) The governor generally metm the agenda for the remt of the mtate government, im commander-in- chief of mtate military, ham the power to grant pardonm and reprievem and to commute mentenc- em. The governor may almo convene a mpecial memmion of the mtate legimlature to addremm urgent matterm of the public interemt. Additionally, the governor mervem on the State Land Board, which managem how mtate landm are umed. CANDIDATES Aaron Auer (Conmtitution party), Nick Chen (Libertarian), Kate Brown (Democrat), Knute Buehler (Republican) and Patrick Starnem (Independent) Local Measures CCMS, WMS still undefeated PAGE B2 MEASURE 24-432 The Keizer Fire Dimtrict im meeking a renewal of itm eximting local option levy. The new levy would take effect in July 2019 am the current one expirem. If approved the money will be umed to provide mtaffi ng and cover comtm of the dimtrict'm 9-1-1 dimpatch mervicem. For a Keizer home valued at $250,000, the comt im approxi- mately $150 annually. For State Measures, mee Page A3 0% X 60 AVAILABLE on all 2018 Escape, Edge, Explorer and Flex Keizer 2018 ESCAPE S Starting at $ * 19,899 2018 EXPLORER Starting at $ ** 29,929 *MSRP $24,845, Sale price $19,899 after Skyline Discount $1,196, after $3,250 Rebate, $500 in bonus cash. Plus license, title & documentation fee $413 and applicable taxes. 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