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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2017
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Clatsop County is discussing whether to revive voters’
pamphlets in odd-year elections.
Pamphlets: ‘All
elections should be
considered equal’
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years,” Commissioner Sarah
Nebeker said at a Board of
Commissioners meeting last
week. “I’d like us to explore
that.”
Nebeker was reacting
to statements from several
residents who support the
pamphlets.
“One of the best ways
to decrease voter turnout is
to not inform your elector-
ate,” said Tiffany Mitchell,
an Astoria resident who rep-
resented Indivisible North
Coast Oregon. “All elec-
tions should be considered
equal.”
Andy Davis, a data ana-
lyst with Greater Oregon
Behavioral Health Inc.,
was a candidate for an
Astoria School Board seat
in the May special district
election. While Davis, who
lost the election to incum-
bent Jeanette Sampson,
was campaigning door to
door, he frequently encoun-
tered voters who would
inquire about separate
races on the ballot. He spe-
cifi cally recalled voters ask-
ing about candidates in the
contentious Port of Astoria
Commission races, which
received extensive media
coverage.
“Frankly, the Port can-
didates got as much cov-
erage as they could
have expected … which
left very little room for can-
didates for other offi ces
like school boards,” Davis
said.
Also on the May ballot
was a $1.96 million bond
measure that would have
partially funded a Life Flight
Network expansion and
improvements to the Asto-
ria Regional Airport. The
measure failed by 146 votes
in an election that drew just
35 percent voter turnout.
Jim Knight, the executive
director of the Port of Asto-
ria, pointed to a lack of vot-
ers’ pamphlets as one of
the reasons for the bond’s
defeat.
Krevanko moved to Clat-
sop County after spending
25 years with the Washing-
ton County Elections Divi-
sion. She spent nearly nine
of those years as an elec-
tions supervisor. In her
experience, many voters
— unaware of the fees and
paperwork required for a
candidate to be included in
a pamphlet — often contact
the county to complain their
favorite candidate was not
described .
“I felt like it almost
caused more confusion,”
Krevanko said.
“I contemplated retiring,
because I’m about 53 now,”
Jaime said.
After talking with his wres-
tlers, Jaime reached out to the
Astoria Armory, a nonprofi t
community center that hosts
all manner of low-cost, fam-
ily friendly entertainment,
from Friday skate nights, roller
derby and donkey basketball to
free holiday meals and pictures
with Santa Claus. The venue’s
signature draw, the Shang-
haied Roller Dolls roller derby
team, recently disbanded.
The Armory was immedi-
ately receptive to hosting Jai-
me’s wrestling show, he said.
The cavernous gym at the
Armory is exponentially larger
than the single-story event
center, leaving Jaime to fi gure
out a seating arrangement that
doesn’t make the venue seem
too empty. Wrestling nights
usually draw around 75 attend-
ees a month, including 50 to
60 diehard fans for whom
he keeps a monthly storyline
going, Jaime said.
“We really gear our shows
toward kids,” he said. “There’s
no bad language. There’s
no blood, unless there’s an
accident.”
Jaime plans on retiring
from the ring in the coming
years, but said he’ll keep on as
an owner, promoter and possi-
bly a commissioner character.
He also hopes to bring some of
his KISS, Poison and ZZ Top
tribute bands to the Armory.
Nearing purchase
The Friends of the Astoria
Armory, the nonprofi t that runs
the community center, has been
trying to close on a $500,000
loan with lender Craft3 to pur-
chase and improve the venue.
But the building has faced
numerous cleanups from his-
torical issues, from asbestos
and lead contamination from
a fi ring range in the basement
to underground oil tanks. In
Photos by Joshua Bessex/The Daily Astorian
The gym floor of the Astoria Armory, which used to host the matches of the Shanghaied
Roller Dolls, will soon be home to Pacific Northwest Professional Wrestling.
April, high winds blew off por-
tions of the roof, exposing the
gym fl oor to rain.
Mike Davies, president of
the nonprofi t, said the lead con-
tamination has been cleaned
up, and a new roof installed.
The nonprofi t hopes to be in
possession of the Armory by
the end of the year.
Carl Seip, a spokesman for
Craft3, said the lender hopes to
fi nish its due diligence soon.
The nonprofi t could then get a
loan to purchase the building.
“This has been a lengthy
process, as it usually is when
dealing with volunteer non-
profi t boards, and certainly in
situations with structures that
are historic and suffer from
deferred maintenance,” he
said.
Roger Jaime, who runs Pacific Northwest Professional
Wrestling and performs under the persona C.C. Poison, is
bringing his high-flying act to the Astoria Armory.
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