10A COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL September 7, 2016
C ANDIDATES
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Boone considers his main
strength to be his ability to put
his own feelings aside and use
logic to weigh competing op-
tions.
“A lot of these issues have no
perfect solution, and that can
be frustrating,” he said. “But I
have to put the frustration aside
and make the best — or perhaps
the ‘least worst’ — decision
possible based on reality as it is,
not as I would like it to be.”
“It’s vitally important that mu-
nicipal government be directed
by rational thinking based on re-
liable data and solid evidence”,
he said. “When emotions run
high, it’s easy to make mistakes
based on our gut feelings and
knee-jerk reactions. And ev-
erybody makes mistakes some-
times. But when government
makes mistakes, citizens suffer.
So it’s a big part of my job to
make sure that we’re making as
few mistakes as possible.”
Boone believes that transpar-
ency is important as well.
“Platitudes and sound bites
are useless. If I’ve cast a vote
on the Council for or against
some agenda item, I owe it to
the citizens to provide an expla-
nation of my reasoning to any-
one who asks, and I’m happy to
do that. I even run a website at
jakeboone.net so that I can try
and better communicate with
the public. That way, they can
put me on the spot where every-
one else can see it, and can de-
cide if what I say comports with
reality as they know it.”
Mike Fleck
Interview response
Fleck serves on one of the
Council’s at-large seats; he is
in his third
term on the
Council and
has served
on the South
Lane
Fire
Board and
City Budget
Committee.
He said the
“big push” of his candidacy is
that he has been the only person
on the City Council to advocate
for lowering the cost of con-
struction permits and the City’s
Systems Development Charg-
es, or SDCs, which are levied
against developers to offset the
added costs their construction
brings to the City.
“I would love to reduce our
SDCs by 10 to 25 percent,”
Fleck said. “I hear from build-
ers how expensive it is to build
here, and I think we should be
cheaper than our neighbors.”
Fleck said he supports a bond
for local street projects so that
the pipes and other infrastructure
under the streets can be fi xed as
the street is being rebuilt.
“We could make real im-
provements to the City’s infra-
structure that way,” he said.
Fleck said that as mayor he
would also push for improve-
ments to the City’s fi ber optics
and wireless systems. He said
he’s excited about the upcoming
election, as it offers “an oppor-
tunity to have a fresh look at the
issues facing Cottage Grove.”
At-large council
candidates
Kenneth Michael
Roberts
Written response
Hello Cottage Grove. I’m
Kenneth Michael Roberts, one of
your City Councilors-At-Large.
I was ap-
pointed
to
that
seat when
Heather
Murphy
stepped
down. As
a
radio
host
on
KNND,
I reported on council meetings
with Cameron Reiten for over
a year and was then given a
seat on the Budget Committee,
which led to my council ap-
pointment. The last fi ve years
since my battle with bladder
cancer have been spent in ser-
vice to my community, includ-
ing Bohemia Mining Days, the
Concerts in the Park, downtown
clean-up and the W.O.E. Fair. I
also sit on the South Lane Tele-
vision board and the Board of
Eugene Area Radio Stations.
I love helping people to build
a better community as past pres-
ident of St. Vincent de Paul. I
made 126 home visits helping
families in need. So please vote
Roberts for City Council. Let’s
fi x our roads and make our in-
frastructure stronger for the gen-
erations to come. Thank you.
Ivan DelSol
Written response
Ivan DelSol has been part
of the revitalization of historic
downtown Cottage Grove for
12 years.
Born
in
Los Ange-
les and a
computer
program-
mer
by
trade, he
fell in love
with Cot-
tage Grove while working with
a computer game company in
Eugene. He’s at home in a small
town, with an ever-growing ap-
preciation for the community,
beauty and authenticity found in
the Grove.
Ivan’s proudest contribution
to downtown is the community
impact of the Lawson Building
at 513 East Main Street. Start-
ing as a restoration volunteer, he
purchased the building in 2006
for a community arts and educa-
tion space. In 2011, he founded
the nonprofi t Opal Center for
Arts & Education to meet that
goal and the need for a cultural
center in downtown Cottage
Grove, promoting community
participation and creativity. He
also helped facilitate the Story-
book Theatre youth theatre pro-
gram, KSOW radio, the All Spe-
cies Parade, the Cottage Grove
Film Festival and countless the-
atre productions and commu-
nity events. Throughout, Ivan
worked with local businesses to
sponsor, support and embrace
these events and to reach as
many Grovers as possible.
Ivan also feels passionate
about fairness and construc-
tive communication in Cottage
Grove city policies. In 2006, he
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