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NORTHWEST East Oregonian Page 2A Wednesday, November 7, 2018 STATE MEASURES Voters protect sanctuary status, nix grocery tax ban 104, Oregonians came together to defend our values from out- side special interests who tried to increase their profits at the expense of Oregon families,” said Our Ore- gon Executive Director Becca Uherbelau in a written statement. “Voters once again made a state- ment for all of Oregon’s leaders to hear: we want strong investments in health care and education.” Proponents of Measure 104 said the measure’s complicated ballot title presented an insur- mountable challenge. “The complicated and confus- ing ballot title was just too much to overcome,” said Shawn Cleave, government affairs director for the Oregon Association of Realtors, in a written statement. “Our coa- lition will continue to fight to pro- tect important deductions like the mortgage interest and property tax deductions that keep homeown- ership affordable for many of our friends and neighbors.” Measure 105 would have over- turned a state law that prohib- its local police from using their resources to apprehend people whose only violation of law is being in the country without legal permission. About 63 percent of voters said no. Supporters of the measure chal- lenged a law that has been in place since 1987. It was designed to pre- vent racial profiling by police. “It reaffirms the feeling that By CLAIRE WITHYCOMBE Capital Bureau SALEM — On election night, Oregonians blocked attempts to overturn the state’s sanctuary sta- tus for undocumented immi- grants and affirmed public funding for reproductive health care — including abortion — holding onto its status as a socially liberal state. In so doing, Oregon voters rejected socially conservative pri- orities by large margins. They also roundly rejected fis- cally conservative measures that attempted to restrict tax increases, opening the door for broader tax reforms in the 2019 legislative session. In early statewide returns, about 58 percent of voters rejected Measure 103, which would have banned taxes on groceries. And about 66 percent of vot- ers counted rejected Measure 104, which would require a three-fifths majority vote in the Legislature on certain tax-related measures. Under that measure, lawmakers — 60 percent in both the House and Senate — would have had to vote “yes” to approve changes to tax credits, exemptions and deduc- tions, or fee increases. The liberal coalition Our Ore- gon claimed that the state in this election defended itself from out- of-state interests. “By rejecting Measures 103 and Staff photo by Phil Wright Protesters line up on Oct. 27 along Highway 395 in Hermiston to oppose Ballot Measure 105, which sought to end Oregon’s sanc- tuary state status. Oregon is a welcoming state,” said Levi Herrera-Lopez, executive director of Mano a Mano, a com- munity organization in Salem that primarily serves Latino families. Herrera-Lopez joined many Mano a Mano staff knocking on doors urging people to vote no on the measure. He said the results validate what they heard from vot- ers on the ground. “Us immigrants, we’re seen as people who can contribute to the community,” he said. “The rhetorical significance of invad- ers doesn’t hold ground here in Oregon.” Forecast for Pendleton Area TODAY THURSDAY The measure prompted a divide within the state’s police commu- nity, with 16 largely rural sher- iffs supporting the measure. Other police officials spoke out against it publicly, including Multnomah County Sheriff Mike Reese and Deschutes County District Attor- ney John Hummel. The measure demonstrated the renewed interest in immigration policy since now-President Don- ald Trump announced his candi- dacy in 2015. Voters also blocked Measure 106, which was mounted by a pro-life group that wanted to ban public funding for most abor- tions. About 64 percent of voters rejected Measure 106. Pro-choice advocates were buoyant about the results. “Together, we made sure that Oregon voters saw Measure 106 for what it was: a backdoor ban on abortion,” said Grayson Dempsey, executive director of NARAL’s Pro-Choice Oregon political action committee. “In Oregon, we trust women to make their own decisions — and a right is not a right if you cannot afford to access it.” Amid a statewide housing crisis, Oregonians also approved a mea- sure that allows local governments to use public bond money for pri- vate housing projects. Nearly 56 percent of voters approved the measure. “Housing is affecting everybody, whether it’s our workers at OHSU who are getting priced out of Port- land or workers in Pendleton who are worried about finding housing,” said Joe Baessler, political direc- tor for Oregon’s American Federa- tion of State, County and Municipal Employees, which represents gov- ernment workers. “It took me by surprise how strongly our members felt about that measure.” The measure requires local vot- ers’ approval of any such bonds, annual audits and public report- ing on how the borrowed funds are spent. UMATILLA COUNCIL FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY Challengers on path to win in Umatilla council last year. She promised if elected that she would vote with the community’s best interests at heart. Umatilla’s mayoral race was too close She also said one of the things that to call when results came in at 8 p.m., but inspired her to run was her new duties at Mary Dedrick had a 22 vote lead over Umatilla School District as the district’s incumbent Daren Dufloth. homeless liaison. She said she wanted to Dufloth was running for re-election encourage the city to do what it could to for the first time since he was decrease homelessness in the community. appointed to the mayor’s seat in Dedrick is a volunteer coordi- March 2017. Dedrick resigned nator at McNary Heights Elemen- from the city council in April tary School and has worked for 2017, but said she decided to run the school district for 38 years. for mayor after she was encour- aged by several community She has served on the city council members. twice before, for a total of about 13 years. Dufloth said he was disap- Another incumbent looked pointed to see the initial results showed him behind, but he felt Dedrick likely to lose his seat on the city council. Umatilla would move forward Mark Keith had 45.7 percent of the vote and continue to do well whether he or Ded- rick were at the helm. The city is already for council position 1, compared with Corinne moving in a forward direction, he said, and Funderburk’s 53.7 percent as of 8 p.m. Keith and his wife Jennifer Armstrong has an excellent staff. “I think the city is in a better place now recently opened a new wellness clinic, Encore Wellness 4 Life, in Umatilla and than when I took over,” he said. Dedrick couldn’t be reached for com- have other locations in the Tri-Cities area. ment Tuesday night, but before election day Keith was appointed to the council in June she said she thought too many people on 2017. Funderburk, a language arts teacher at the city council were more focused on what they personally wanted than what the com- Umatilla High School, said now that her munity as a whole wanted. She said that three sons are teenagers she wants to spend was the main reason she resigned from the more time giving back to the community. By JADE MCDOWELL East Oregonian Partly sunny and cool Plenty of sunshine 50° 30° 51° 26° Times of clouds and sun Mostly sunny Sunshine and patchy clouds PENDLETON TEMPERATURE FORECAST 53° 34° 49° 27° 49° 24° HERMISTON TEMPERATURE FORECAST 55° 27° 53° 23° 54° 33° 53° 27° OREGON FORECAST 51° 26° ALMANAC Shown is today’s weather. Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows. PENDLETON through 3 p.m. yest. HIGH LOW TEMP. Seattle Olympia 53/35 44/26 55/23 Longview Kennewick Walla Walla 51/33 Lewiston 52/34 55/27 Astoria 55/37 Pullman Yakima 53/23 52/31 50/29 Portland Hermiston 55/35 The Dalles 55/27 Salem Corvallis 56/27 Yesterday Normals Records La Grande 45/21 PRECIPITATION John Day Eugene Bend 56/30 46/19 44/23 Ontario 53/26 Caldwell Burns 59° 45° 55° 35° 68° (1934) 10° (2003) 24 hours ending 3 p.m. Month to date Normal month to date Year to date Last year to date Normal year to date Albany 55/30 Trace 0.01" 0.22" 6.46" 7.91" 7.50" WINDS (in mph) 51/25 45/6 0.00" 0.10" 0.24" 8.25" 13.90" 10.23" through 3 p.m. yest. HIGH LOW TEMP. Pendleton 43/19 57/31 24 hours ending 3 p.m. Month to date Normal month to date Year to date Last year to date Normal year to date HERMISTON Enterprise 50/30 56/30 55° 43° 54° 35° 74° (2006) 15° (2003) PRECIPITATION Moses Lake 52/28 Aberdeen 45/24 51/28 Tacoma Yesterday Normals Records Spokane Wenatchee 52/37 Today Boardman Pendleton Medford 56/28 Thu. W 3-6 WNW 4-8 SSW 3-6 WNW 4-8 SUN AND MOON Klamath Falls 51/17 Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2018 Sunrise today Sunset tonight Moonrise today Moonset today New 6:43 a.m. 4:34 p.m. 6:29 a.m. 5:06 p.m. First Full Last NATIONAL EXTREMES HERMISTON COUNCIL Davis beats Gomolski for council seat Yesterday’s National Extremes: (for the 48 contiguous states) High 93° in McAllen, Texas Low 4° in Daniel, Wyo. Nov 7 Nov 15 Nov 22 Nov 29 NATIONAL WEATHER TODAY Shown are noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day. -10s -0s 0s showers t-storms 10s rain 20s flurries 30s snow 40s ice 50s cold front — Founded Oct. 16, 1875 — 211 S.E. Byers Ave., Pendleton 541-276-2211 333 E. Main St., Hermiston 541-567-6211 Office hours: Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Closed major holidays www.eastoregonian.com To subscribe, call 1-800-522-0255 or go online to www.eastoregonian.com and click on ‘Subscribe’ East Oregonian (USPS 164-980) is published daily except Sunday, Monday and postal holidays, by the EO Media Group, 211 S.E. Byers Ave. Pendleton, OR 97801. Periodicals postage paid at Pendleton, OR. Postmaster: send address changes to East Oregonian, 211 S.E. Byers Ave. Pendleton, OR 97801. Copyright © 2018, EO Media Group 60s 70s 80s 90s 100s warm front stationary front By JADE MCDOWELL East Oregonian 110s high low Hermiston city councilor Lori Davis will keep her seat for another four years, beating challenger Mark Gomolski with 57.1 percent of the vote as of 8 p.m. Davis has served on the Hermiston City Council since 2010. She was appointed to fill a vacant seat, and then elected a few months later. A three-way split between Davis, Gomolski and Jackie Lin- ton during the May primaries forced a runoff between Davis Davis and Gomolski. At the time, Gomolski got 36.3 percent of the vote and Davis pulled in 32.6 percent. Davis said she grateful for the commu- nity’s support to win the race. She alluded to a larger movement of women candidates winning positions around the country. “The future is female,” she said. 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When reached about 8:30 p.m., Gomol- ski said there were still more votes to be counted, and while the obvious hope is always to win an election, he hoped no matter what the out- come that he had inspired more people to get involved in their city government. Gomolski also served on the school board for Hermis- ton School District, which holds its meetings the same time as the Hermiston City Council. He said regardless of the outcome of the race, he would continue to encourage the organizations to find a way to meet at different times so that residents could attend both. It would also be benefi- cial for the two governing bodies, he said, as they continue to partner on projects, such as using the aquatic center to host free swimming lessons for students. “If we’re going to be doing partnerships like that, I think we should be attending each other’s meetings,” he said. 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