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been counted and updated over the
last week.
K itzhaber, a D em ocrat, was
elected by a plurality, not a majority,
of Oregon's voters. He received 49.31
percent of (he ballots cast state­
wide, while Republican and former
NBA player Chris Dudley took 47.77
percent. In Multnomah County,
however, Kitzhaber dealt a stun­
ning defeat to Dudley, taking 70.61
percent of returns.
The candidates spent a combined
$15 million on the race to replace
Democratic Gov. Ted Kulongoski,
who is leaving office after the two
straight terms allowed by Oregon
term limits/
Kitzhaber, who was buoyed by a
last-minute visit from President
Barack Obama, will face a state bud­
get situation that Kulongoski has
described as headed for a cliff. Or­
egon could see a budget gap of $3
billion in its next two-year budget
cycle, and Republican gains in the
Legislature will take away Demo­
crats' majority in the House.
Locally, Loretta Smith won the
Multnomah County Commissioner
for District No. 2 spot, beating out
Karol Collymore 62.14 percent to
Collymore’s 36.81 percent.
In addition to being a field direc­
tor for Oregon’s U.S. Sen. Ron
Wyden, Smith has served as trea­
surer for the Oregon Assembly for
African American Affairs and the
chair of the Oregon Black Political
Convention.
M u ltn o m ah C o u n ty v o ters
mostly agreed with the Oregon as a
whole for most of the state ballot
issues.
However, State Ballot Measure
No. 73, which requires increased
minimum sentences for certain re­
peated sex crimes, and incarcera­
tion for repeated driving under in­
fluence, passed with 56.84 percent
o f the vote statew ide, despite
Multnomah County’s 53.61 percent
no vote.
For one of the more controversial
votes, Measure 74, which would
have established medical marijuana
supply system and assistance and
research programs while allowing to pass. •
the limited selling of marijuana, was
Both Oregon and Multnomah
defeated statewide, with 55.82 per­ County both against Measure 75,
cent o f O regonians voting no. which would have created a casino
Again, M ultnomah County dis­ at the former dog racing track in
agreed with the state results, with Wood Village, with only 31.82 per­
58.89 percent wanting the measure cent statewide voting yes.
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team running back Josh Neal sup­
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feating the Herm iston Bulldogs, on the D em ocrats turf.
55-6.
The Bulldogs put up a fight
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Leaf Drop Brings Fees
continued
fro m fro n t
information provided by the city
before the leaf removal was to be­
gin.
“I did not even know we had
the option to opt out. I did not see
it m entioned in the brochure that
we received,” she said. “C orre­
spondence with com plete infor­
m ation and alternative options or
opt outs should be sent directly
to the property ow ner well in ad­
vance ... (not) 11 days before the
ev en t.”
Conant said she’s very upset
about the fee, and fears that many
residents and small business ow n­
ers will be negatively affected.
For any small business ow ner
who also lives in the designated
area, the fee can add up quickly,
especially since most areas are
cleaned twice.
There is an opt-out form avail­
able. If you haul your own leaves,
have curbside hauling, contract
som eone else to rem ove them , or
compost them, and can show docu­
m entation, you w ouldn’t have to
pay for the city ’s service. The
City must receive the opt-out ap­
plication within 14 business days
after the custom er receives their
leaf rem oval bill.
Low-incom e residents will au­
tom atically be given a reduced
service rate of $5 per visit, be­
cause the city uses the same b ill­
ing inform ation and system as the
Portland W ater B u reau ’s cu s­
tom er database.
But, at a time just before the
holidays, when sew er and water
hikes have also recently affected
area residents, and O regon’s un­
em ploym ent rate holding steady
at 10.6 percent for the last year,
the fee’s long-term effects are still
to be determ ined.
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