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2A THE DAILY ASTORIAN • TUESDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2018 Brown, Buehler take liberty with the truth in late ad pushes Final days before the election By PARIS ACHEN Capital Bureau The top two candidates for Oregon governor are releasing multiple television and social media ads in the final days of the campaign. Some make mis- leading and sometimes inaccu- rate claims. Gov. Kate Brown, the Democratic incumbent, and state Rep. Knute Buehler, her Republican challenger, are fun- neling millions into advertising in the most expensive gover- nor’s race in state history. “What we are seeing now is the candidates trying to define who their opponent is,” said Jim Moore, director of the Tom McCall Center for Policy Inno- vation at Pacific University. “It is not so much lying, but the context is completely wrong.” Brown, for instance, released an ad that ties Bue- hler to Donald Trump, flash- ing images of the president and U.S. Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh. But last year, Buehler dis- closed in a Facebook post that he didn’t vote for Trump. Instead, he wrote in Ohio Gov. John Kasich for president. Buehler has repeatedly crit- icized Trump’s policies and conduct in other interviews and on social media. He also called on Trump to withdraw Kava- naugh’s nomination as the U.S. Senate confirmation hearing unfolded. “With nothing positive to say about her own record or her vision for Oregon, Kate Brown has completely overplayed her hand with a ridiculous and 100 percent false attack against Knute Buehler compar- ing Knute to Donald Trump,” wrote Jordan Conger, Bue- hler’s campaign policy director, in an email. “There are legiti- mate issues and differences to debate in the race for governor; this is not one of them.” Buehler’s campaign, mean- while, claimed in an ad that revenue from a new payroll tax to fund mass transit services — which Brown supported — forces workers in the rest of the state to pay for Portland service. “Kate Brown has always been a politician who thinks about Portland first and the rest of Oregon last,” Troutdale resi- dent Kelly Fisher says in the ad. “Why else would Brown raise a payroll tax on a working person like me to pay for Portland’s mass transit system?” Christian Gaston, Brown’s campaign spokesman, said the ad on the transit tax is “com- pletely false” and “based on a lie.” “This whole campaign has been a constant barrage of mis- information from Knute Bue- hler and Priority Oregon (polit- ical action committee),” Gaston said. “It has been really diffi- cult to push out fact checks fast enough.” In fact, the taxes paid by employees in densely popu- lated areas, such as Portland, help pay for transit services in sparsely populated areas such as Gilliam and Harney coun- ties, said Karyn Criswell, a state transportation project manager. About 42 jurisdictions around the state get money from the transit tax. Sixteen cover areas with so few work- ers that they get $50,000 a year from the state as a base, Criswell said. Conger said the ad is accu- rate because as a Troutdale res- ident, Kelly’s payroll taxes go toward TriMet, which pro- vides transit services largely to Portland. But TriMet maps show service is also offered to Troutdale. Abortion In ads aired recently, Brown’s campaign stated that Buehler wants to restrict access to abortion. The campaign and some pro-choice advocates have offered as evidence Bue- hler’s vote against the state’s Reproductive Equity Act in 2017. The act, among other things, expanded reproductive health care to undocumented immigrants. Buehler has said repeat- edly he is pro-choice and would make no changes to the state’s abortion laws, which are among the least restrictive in the nation. Education Jonathan House/Pamplin Media Group The campaigns of GOP nominee Rep. Knute Buehler and incumbent Democrat Gov. Kate Brown are releasing mul- tiple TV and social media ads as the gubernatorial cam- paign enters its final days. “Yes, he voted against that act, but does that mean he is not pro-choice? Heck, no,” said Moore, the state politi- cal scientist from Pacific Uni- versity. “He is definitely pro- choice. He just didn’t take this further step. “When you look at any major Republican candidate, he is a wild radical on choice.” Buehler’s campaign also takes issue with an ad by Brown’s campaign that said Buehler voted to “take cover- age away from … hundreds of thousands of Oregonians.” The ad refers to Buehler’s vote against a bill to enact a mix of health care provider taxes to temporarily fund the Oregon Health Plan, the state’s version of Medicaid. The taxes hit hospitals, insurers, the Public Employ- ees Benefits Board and coordi- nated health care organizations, which are regional networks of Oregon Health Plan providers. Buehler did vote against the taxes because he felt they were “unfair and targeted small businesses and school districts while exempting large corpora- tions,” Conger said. He wanted a longer-term solution for funding health care and with other legislators pro- posed legislation to do so. Their ideas never made it to a vote. Gaston defended Brown’s ads as “narrowly on actions Buehler has taken.” “His campaign is about … selling this image of himself as a candidate that is different from what he has done as a leg- islator,” Gaston said. In another ad, Buehler’s campaign said that Brown “cut career-focused education by 43 percent.” The claim refers to vot- er-approved Measure 98 in 2016. The ballot measure ded- icated about $150 million per year toward high school career-technical education and other programs to boost the graduation rate. A year later, Brown pro- posed increasing career-tech- nical education funding by $75 million a year — not the full amount approved by voters. Legislators, including Buehler, ultimately passed a budget that instead allocated $85 million a year for career-technical edu- cation funding. Buehler voted against the state education budget for sev- eral reasons, including that short funding of career educa- tion, his campaign said. “He thought at the time that was the more appropriate time to present that message, and frankly, he wanted to make sure some funding on Mea- sure 98 made it through,” Con- ger said. Conger defended calling the funding for Measure 98 a cut. “Voters recognized this as a priority and made the fund- ing available for it, and even then, she proposed cutting it in half,” Conger said. “If cut- ting voter-approved funding doesn’t amount to a cut, I don’t know what will.” FIVE-DAY FORECAST FOR ASTORIA TONIGHT WEDNESDAY THURSDAY 59 49 46 A shower early; otherwise, mostly cloudy FRIDAY 59 48 Clouds giving way to some sun SATURDAY 61 46 63 48 Mainly cloudy with a passing shower Rain Mostly cloudy Man arrested after allegedly trashing Performing Arts Center By JACK HEFFERNAN The Daily Astorian ALMANAC REGIONAL WEATHER Shown is tomorrow's weather. Temperatures are tonight's lows and tomorrow's highs. ASTORIA 46/59 Astoria through Monday. Temperatures High/low ....................................... 55°/47° Normal high/low ........................... 59°/43° Record high ............................ 79° in 1937 Record low ............................. 34° in 1961 Tillamook 46/59 Salem 44/62 Newport 43/57 Sunset tonight ........................... 6:16 p.m. Sunrise Wednesday .................... 7:45 a.m. Moonrise today .......................... 6:20 p.m. Moonset today ............................ 6:21 a.m. Oct 24 New Oct 31 Coos Bay 47/59 First Nov 7 Source: Jim Todd, OMSI TOMORROW'S TIDES Astoria / Port Docks Time 7:44 a.m. 8:23 p.m. Low 1.0 ft. -0.3 ft. Hi 71 55 52 66 56 54 69 46 88 58 63 80 80 71 85 70 72 62 67 65 63 67 65 58 70 Ontario 41/68 Klamath Falls 31/63 Assault • At 12:57 a.m. Sunday, Brandon John Wing, 33, of Astoria, was arrested by Astoria police on Lief Erikson Drive and 35th Street and charged with driving under the influence of intoxicants. His blood alcohol content was 0.19 percent. Lakeview 27/63 Ashland 43/67 Today Lo 49 43 36 45 33 33 58 39 76 33 37 60 59 46 74 41 67 45 50 45 37 46 51 48 46 REGIONAL CITIES City Baker City Bend Brookings Eugene Ilwaco Klamath Falls Medford Newberg Newport North Bend Hi 72 67 56 62 57 66 68 60 56 57 Today Lo 34 36 48 45 49 31 42 45 43 47 W pc s r pc r s pc pc r r Hi 66 61 58 62 58 63 68 61 57 58 Wed. Lo 31 36 46 40 51 30 40 46 47 48 W pc pc pc c pc pc pc c pc pc City Olympia Pendleton Portland Roseburg Salem Seaside Spokane Springfi eld Vancouver Yakima W c sh s c s pc sh sh s s s s pc pc sh pc r pc pc pc s pc pc c s Hi 72 54 50 64 56 48 70 46 88 53 60 82 82 65 86 64 76 54 61 56 59 68 68 60 57 Wed. Lo 49 38 36 43 40 30 55 29 76 34 43 60 60 49 74 43 70 40 49 38 41 47 52 50 41 Hi 58 66 62 64 61 57 64 61 61 67 Today Lo 40 45 46 46 44 47 42 45 48 35 W c pc pc pc pc r pc pc pc pc Hi 58 63 62 64 62 59 58 63 61 62 Wed. Lo 45 43 48 43 44 51 41 43 47 36 W c pc c c c pc pc c c pc Shown are noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day. W pc pc s pc pc pc pc pc s s pc pc s pc pc s c pc r s s pc pc c s APPLIANCE AND HOME FURNISHINGS 529 SE MARLIN, WARRENTON 503-861-0929 IN YE TSOP C LA NTY C OU Oct. 22, 2018 FERGUSON, Jerry Gene, 79, of Knappa, died at home. Ocean View Funeral & Cre- mation Service of Astoria is in charge of the arrangements. PUBLIC MEETINGS TUESDAY Clatsop County Human Services Advisory Council, 4 to 5:30 p.m., Room 430, 800 Exchange St. Clatsop Care Health District Board, 5 p.m., spe- cial session, Clatsop Care Memory Community, 2219 Dolphin Ave., Warrenton. Astoria Library Board, 5:30 p.m., Astoria Library Flag Room, 450 10th St. Warrenton City Commission, 6 p.m., City Hall, 225 S. Main Ave. Astoria Planning Commission, 6:30 p.m., City Hall, 1095 Duane St. WEDNESDAY Astoria Parks and Recreation Board, 6:45 a.m., City Hall, 1095 Duane St. Clatsop County Board of Commissioners, 6 p.m., Judge Guy Boyington Building, 857 Com- mercial St. Monday’s Mega Millions: 15- 23-53-65-70, Mega Ball: 7 Estimated jackpot: $1.6 billion WASHINGTON Monday’s Daily Game: 7-6-7 Monday’s Hit 5: 01-20-22- 24-33 Estimated jackpot: $120,000 Monday’s Keno: 03-06-09-10- 21-24-25-32-33-36-43-46-47- 55-59-62-66-67-69-78 Monday’s Lotto: 02-14-15- 17-34-46 Estimated jackpot: $4.6 million Monday’s Match 4: 01-08- 20-21 OBITUARY POLICY PACKAGE DEALS Mattresses, Furniture & More! Oct. 23, 2018 JAAGUS, Asta Elisabeth, 96 of Sea- side, died in Seaside. Caldwell’s Luce-Lay- ton Mortuary of Astoria is in charge of the arrangements. OREGON Monday’s Pick 4: 1 p.m.: 1-6-8-1 4 p.m.: 0-3-2-7 7 p.m.: 0-3-3-8 10 p.m.: 4-9-3-7 Monday’s Lucky Lines: 3-5- 10-14-20-23-25-32 Estimated jackpot: $17,000 APPLIANCE 3 A 0 RS DEATHS LOTTERIES Weather (W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain, sf-snow fl urries, sn-snow, i-ice. Over inal mischief, second-degree theft and second-degree crimi- nal trespass. Heiner allegedly did not cooperate with officers, who carried him to the patrol car. Heiner has been arrested in connection with several similar incidents since 2015, including at the Performing Arts Cen- ter. Judges ordered psycholog- ical evaluations in nearly all of those cases. ON THE RECORD Burns 28/64 TOMORROW'S NATIONAL WEATHER NATIONAL CITIES City Atlanta Boston Chicago Denver Des Moines Detroit El Paso Fairbanks Honolulu Indianapolis Kansas City Las Vegas Los Angeles Memphis Miami Nashville New Orleans New York Oklahoma City Philadelphia St. Louis Salt Lake City San Francisco Seattle Washington, DC Baker 34/66 Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2018 Tonight's Sky: Before midnight, Aries, the Ram, is high in the eastern night sky. High 7.8 ft. 8.8 ft. La Grande 40/62 Roseburg 46/64 Brookings 48/58 Nov 15 John Day 42/65 Bend 36/61 Medford 42/68 UNDER THE SKY Time 1:48 a.m. 1:45 p.m. Prineville 35/64 Lebanon 45/62 Eugene 45/62 SUN AND MOON Last Pendleton 45/63 The Dalles 43/63 Portland 46/62 Precipitation Monday ............................................ 0.00" Month to date ................................... 2.93" Normal month to date ....................... 3.68" Year to date .................................... 41.61" Normal year to date ........................ 43.92" Full An Astoria man was arrested after allegedly trash- ing the Clatsop Community College Performing Arts Cen- ter on Saturday. Just before 2 p.m., police were notified that the main door was open and someone might have been inside. Sitting just out- side the door were a fire extin- guisher, garbage can, shelving, papers, an exit sign and a hose. Inside the building, a win- dow appeared to be broken from the inside, walls and pil- lars were damaged in various ways, piano and organ cov- ers were removed and bedding had been set up in the balcony. Police found and arrested Derek Heiner, 36, of Astoria, and charged him with second-de- gree burglary, first-degree crim- HOURS OPEN: MON-FRI 8-6 * SATURDAY * SUNDAY 10-4 We Service What We Sell The Daily Astorian publishes paid obituaries. The obituary can include a small photo and, for veterans, a flag symbol at no charge. The deadline for all obituaries is 10 a.m. the business day prior. Obituaries may be edited for spelling, proper punctuation and style. Death notices and upcoming services will be published at no charge. Notices must be submitted by 9 a.m. the day of publication. 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