JANUARY 14, 2022, KEIZERTIMES, PAGE A3
State Sen. Kim Thatcher announces run for District 11
BY JOEY CAPPELLETTI
Of the Keizertimes
Keizer’s Republican state Sen. Kim
Thatcher announced Monday, Jan. 9 that
she will running for election in the newly
drawn District 11.
“The last few years have shed light
on the true consequences of run-away
government overreach. Problems facing
Oregon families continue to get worse,
while Portland politicians continue to
push their radical agenda,” Thatcher said
in a statement. “Salem needs balance,
I look forward to bringing my message
to my current constituents and my new
neighbors in the Woodburn and Salem
area.”
Thatcher has served as the senator for
District 13 since 2015 and was a state rep-
resentative for 10 years before that. She
also ran for secretary of state in 2020, los-
ing to Shemia Fagan.
As a result of redistricting earlier this
year, Keizer, where Thatcher lives, was
moved from Senate District 13 to District
11. The newly drawn District 11 includes
the I-5 corridor from Keizer to Woodburn
as well as part of Salem.
Thatcher’s press release said that she
planned on introducing legislation in
the upcoming session that would require
school districts to post education plans
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and curriculum on a publicly available
website.
“This legislation is about putting par-
ents in the driver seat of their children’s
education and making local government
more transparent and accountable to
them. Parents deserve to know what is
going on in their children’s classrooms,”
Thatcher said.
Thatcher has been a strong opponent
of vaccine mandates, and in June of last
year, she introduced a bill that would
have prohibited public and private enti-
ties from denying services based on
COVID-19 vaccination status.
In September of 2021, Thatcher joined
138 other Republican state legislators
from multiple states in signing a let-
ter that called for a 50-state audit of the
2020 election. In an interview with the
Keizertimes, Thatcher said that if "every
fraudulent claim" from the 2020 election
were investigated, "Americans would not
have a reason to doubt who is sitting in
the Oval Offi ce.”
Oregon Senate President Peter
Courtney, the state’s longest-serving
lawmaker, has been the state senator
for District 11 since 2003. Courtney
announced in a text message to col-
leagues last week that he would be
retiring.
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State Sen. Kim Thatcher at the Keizer at the KeizerFEST Parade in 2019.
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A D M I N I S T R A T I O N
PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT: Enchanted
Oaks land acquisition to protect fi sh
and wildlife in western Oregon
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The Bonneville Power Administration is working with the
Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde to acquire a 467-acre
property located about fi ve miles south of Salem in Marion
County, Oregon. When the purchase is complete, the CTGR
would own and manage the property for conservation purposes,
and the United States government, through BPA, would hold
a conservation easement to ensure permanent protection of the
habitat on the property.
BPA would fund the acquisition of this property to satisfy
some of BPA’s commitments made in the 2010 “Willamette River
Basin Memorandum of Agreement Regarding Wildlife Habitat
Protection and Enhancement between the State of Oregon and the
Bonneville Power Administration.”
Information describing BPA’s environmental review
requirements under the National Environmental Policy Act is
available at www.bpa.gov/efw/Analysis/CategoricalExclusions/
Pages/2021.aspx. A map and fact sheet mailed to local area
landowners will be available at www.bpa.gov/efw/FishWildlife/
Land/Pages/Land-Acquisition-Announcements.aspx, BPA’s Land
Acquisition Announcements page, once the transaction closes.
For more information, call BPA project manager Tori Bohlen at
503-230-3506, or email vlbohlen@bpa.gov. You can also call the
BPA Communications department toll-free at 800-622-4519; please
refer to the Enchanted Oaks land acquisition.