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Election: Mayor is unopposed
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WHAT DO YOU BELIEVE IS
THE BEST OPTION FOR COV-
ERING THE REVENUE SHORT-
FALL AT THE DALLAS AQUAT-
IC CENTER? The Dallas City
Council has had one workshop
from the staff regarding its his-
tory and will be having a sec-
ond workshop to evaluate rev-
enue and expense opportuni-
ties to assist with the shortfall at
the Aquatic Center. The Aquatic
Center is a critical part of this
community and I believe this is
a problem we must solve.
ANYTHING ELSE YOU WISH
TO NOTE ABOUT THE POSI-
TION YOU ARE SEEKING? My
demonstrated track record of
leadership on the city council
and on various boards and
committees make me a unique-
ly qualified candidate for this
position. My passion for the
success of this community
drives me to seek another term.
—
NAME: Ken Woods Jr.
AGE: 67.
CURRENT EMPLOYMENT:
Craven-Woods Insurance (36
years).
EDUCATION: Dallas High
School; attended Southern Ore-
gon University.
PREVIOUS GOVERNMENT
EXPERIENCE: Dallas City Coun-
cil, 1983 to present (president
2001-2009); Dallas Budget Com-
mittee, 1983 to present; Dallas
Park Board, 1995-2002 (chair-
man 1997 to 2002); Mid-
Willamette Valley Regional
Strategy Board, 1996 to 1999;
Mid-Willamette Valley Area
Commission on Transportation,
1997 to present (chairman 2008
to present); League of Oregon
Cities Transportation Commit-
tee, 1999 to present (vice chair-
man 2007 to present); CIS Board
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HOW LONG HAVE YOU
RESIDED IN THE AREA YOU
REPRESENT? 66 years.
WHY ARE YOU RUNNING
FOR OFFICE? There are several
projects I would like to see com-
pleted, such as securing owner-
ship of the property surround-
ing the watershed; finding a
funding source to repair our
streets; constructing a senior
center; economic development
— more light industry and
more retail creating jobs; com-
pletion of the Rickreall Creek
Trail System.
WHAT IS THE BIGGEST SIN-
GLE ISSUE FACING THE CITY
OF DALLAS? HOW WOULD
YOU ADDRESS IT IF ELECTED?
Find a stable funding source (or
sources) to maintain current
levels of service.
WHAT DO YOU BELIEVE IS
THE BEST OPTION FOR COV-
ERING THE REVENUE SHORT-
FALL AT THE DALLAS
AQUATIC CENTER? In 1998,
the citizens of Dallas over-
whelmingly told the city to
build the Aquatic Center and
at the same time overwhelm-
ingly told the city to fund it
out of the city’s general fund
and not an operating levy.
Typically, aquatic centers do
not generate enough revenue
to break even. This is one of
the many things that cities
fund for the betterment of its
citizens. Going back to the old
outdoor city pool, it was subsi-
dized at 60 percent. Today,
the aquatic center is currently
subsidized at only 44 percent.
Parks, aquatic center, police,
fire, and ambulance are all
subsidized.
ANYTHING ELSE YOU WISH
TO NOTE ABOUT THE POSI-
TION YOU ARE SEEKING? I’ve
enjoyed being on the city coun-
cil and hope to continue to
make Dallas a better place to
live, work and raise a family.
Awards: Dallas Chamber of
Commerce, Dallas First Citizen,
1995 and First Family Award,
2009; Mid-Willamette Valley
Council of Governments, Re-
gional Leadership Award,
1999 and Gwen VanDenBosch
Regional Leadership Award,
2015.
—
Dallas Mayor
NAME: Brian Dalton.
AGE: 68.
CURRENT EMPLOYMENT
(FOR HOW LONG): President,
Dalton Land and Cattle Co.,
eight years.
EDUCATION
Dallas High School, Diploma,
1966; Colgate University, Hamil-
ton, NY, Bachelor of Arts in Eng-
lish, 1970; University of South-
ern California, Los Angeles, CA,
Masters in Public Administra-
tion specializing in City Man-
agement, 1972; US Army Com-
mand and General Staff Col-
lege, Leavenworth, Kan, Resi-
dent Graduate, 1985.
PREVIOUS GOVERNMENT
SERVICE: Mayor, city of Dallas,
January 2011 to present; Board
Member, Oregon Mayors Asso-
ciation, 2015 to present; Presi-
dent, Dallas City Council, city of
Dallas, January 2009 to Decem-
ber 2010;
Dallas City
Council, city
of Dallas,
January
2001 to De-
c e m b e r
2009; Eco-
nomic De-
velopment
Dalton
Commission,
city of Dallas, 2001 to present;
Dallas Urban Renewal District
Advisory Committee, 2007 to
present; United States Regular
Army, Medical Service Corps,
1972 to 1993 (retired as a Lt.
Col.).
CAMPAIGN PHONE NUM-
BER: 503-480-4908
HOW LONG HAVE YOU
RESIDED IN THE AREA YOU
WILL REPRESENT: 15 years in
Dallas. Lived in the Dallas area
my whole life except for college
and U.S. Army service.
WHY ARE YOU RUNNING
FOR OFFICE? Dallas is a great
city, making the mayor’s job not
only (non-monetarily) reward-
ing but fun. Clearly, there are
many challenges ahead of us in
a difficult world. I believe I have
the background experience,
and judgment to tackle these
challenges with wisdom, ener-
gy and, importantly, good
humor.
WHAT IS THE BIGGEST SIN-
GLE ISSUE FACING THE CITY
OF DALLAS? HOW WOULD
YOU ADDRESS IT IF ELECTED:
Our core challenge is to main-
tain trust in local government in
a highly politicized environ-
ment that has grown cynical
and suspicious of leadership at
all levels. The city of Dallas pro-
vides exceptional utilities and
services for very modest dollars
that are highly responsive to
our community’s needs.
Trust in government is well-
earned here in Dallas by day-to-
day personalized interactions
delivering these high quality
services with no letdown. I work
hard every day to keep these
bonds tight and foster a friend-
ly, helpful community atmos-
phere, which thankfully, comes
naturally to our citizens and city
staff alike.
WHAT DO YOU BELIEVE IS
THE BEST OPTION FOR COV-
ERING THE REVENUE SHORT-
FALL AT THE DALLAS AQUAT-
IC CENTER? The reality of mu-
nicipal pools is that they are not
self-funding. Ours is no excep-
tion. We have taken many steps
since its opening to reduce the
overhead to include several
money-saving energy efficiency
projects (solar power, energy
saving pumps, etc.), refinancing
the bond at a lower rate, in-
creased admission fees, garner-
ing a great many more mem-
bers and increasing visitations –
now 122,000 visits per year. I
recently voted in favor of an ex-
tensive study by our council to
explore ways to further reduce
our funding shortfall. I look for-
ward to the findings and imple-
menting the creative actions
that follow.
ANYTHING ELSE YOU WISH
TO NOTE ABOUT THE POSI-
TION YOU ARE SEEKING
Dallas is wonderful commu-
nity and being its mayor is an
honor and a pleasure. Our city is
safe, clean, beautiful, with great
schools, parks, shops and recre-
ation facilities. It is the kind of
place where many, if not most,
Americans would love to grow
up and, later, settle in this com-
fortable setting to raise their
children. We’ll all work hard to
keep it just this way. And
please vote.
Forum addresses Measure 97 issues
By Emily Mentzer
The Itemizer-Observer
RAIN
Woods Jr.
of Trustees,
2006 to
present
(chairman
2010 to
2011).
C A M -
P A I G N
P H O N E
NUMBER:
503-623-
MONMOUTH — The
problem: funding Oregon’s
early education, K-12, health
care and senior services.
The answer?
That seems to be a bit
more complex. To help in-
crease education and dis-
cussion on the issue, the
Monmouth-Independence
Chamber of Commerce held
a forum about Measure 97,
the proposed corporate
sales tax on the November
ballot.
The measure would in-
crease the corporate mini-
mum tax for corporations
with at least $25 million in
Oregon sales, according to
the explanatory statement
LUCKIAMUTE
DOMESTIC WATER
COOPERATIVE
BOARD MEETING
from the Oregon Secretary
of State’s office.
“It imposes a minimum
tax of $30,001 plus 2.5 per-
cent of amount of sales
above $25 million,” the
statement says.
Additionally, “benefit
companies,” as defined by
Oregon law, would be ex-
empt.
Representatives from
both sides of the issue pre-
sented information and an-
swered questions from the
22 people in the audience.
Otto Schell, from Oregon
PTA, said Measure 97 will
change existing tax code, re-
vising the c-corporations
doing more than $25 million
in sales in Oregon. The
measure would bring an es-
timated $6 billion, which
would pay for schools,
health care and senior serv-
ices, he said.
“I started advocating for
our kids when my son was
in kindergarten,” Schell said.
“We got less and less for
schools. More and more
schools were suffering. You
can’t expect the parents to
be funding the core func-
tions of government.”
Alison Hart, from the
State Chamber of Com-
merce, said she couldn’t
agree more that Oregon
schools have a lot of issues.
“I don’t agree that Meas-
ure 97 is the way to (fix) that
because of the deeper rami-
fications to the state of Ore-
gon,” she said. “It’s on sales
rather than profits, and
t h a t’s p r o b l e m a t i c . …
Through the supply chain,
the consumer will end up
paying a higher price.”
Schell said in the 25 years
since the passage of Meas-
ure 5, which redefined how
schools were funded, Ore-
gon schools are regularly “a
laughing stock.”
Hart argued that the Ore-
gon legislature needs to find
a better way to improve the
tax system rather than a
“flawed tax measure.”
For more information
about the campaigns:
voteyeson97.org;
defeat97.com; www.ore-
gonlegislature.gov, search
Measure 97.
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Friday - Saturday • Sept. 30 - October 1
SNOWDEN (Digital) (R)
(1:40) 6:45
(4:35)
9:30
BLAIR WITCH (Digital) (R)
SULLY (Digital) (PG13)
(12:25 2:50 5:10) 7:25 9:45
MAGNIFICENT SEVEN (Digital) (PG13)
(12:45 3:45) 6:45 9:35
DEEPWATER HORIZON (Digital) (PG13) (12:00 2:20 4:40) 7:10 9:30
MISS PEREGRINE’S HOME FOR
PECULIAR CHILDREN (Digital) (PG13)
(1:10 4:00) 6:50 9:35
MASTERMINDS (Digital) (PG13)
(12:30 2:45 5:00) 7:20 9:25
(12:05 2:15)
PETE’S DRAGON (Digital) (PG)
SUICIDE SQUAD (Digital) (PG13)
(4:30) 7:15 9:45
(12:20 2:35 4:50) 7:05 9:10
STORKS (Digital) (PG)
Sunday October 2
SNOWDEN (Digital) (R)
(1:40) 6:45
(4:35)
BLAIR WITCH (Digital) (R)
SULLY (Digital) (PG13)
(12:25 2:50 5:10) 7:25
(12:45 3:45) 6:45
MAGNIFICENT SEVEN (Digital) (PG13)
DEEPWATER HORIZON (Digital) (PG13) (12:00 2:20 4:40) 7:10
MISS PEREGRINE’S HOME FOR
PECULIAR CHILDREN (Digital) (PG13)
(1:10 4:00) 6:50
(12:30 2:45 5:00) 7:20
MASTERMINDS (Digital) (PG13)
(12:05 2:15)
PETE’S DRAGON (Digital) (PG)
SUICIDE SQUAD (Digital) (PG13)
(4:30) 7:15
(12:20 2:35 4:50) 7:05
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SNOWDEN (Digital) (R)
6:45
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(2:50 5:10) 7:25
SULLY (Digital) (PG13)
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(3:45) 6:45
(2:20 4:40) 7:10
DEEPWATER HORIZON (Digital) (PG13)
MISS PEREGRINE’S HOME FOR
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PECULIAR CHILDREN (Digital) (PG13)
MASTERMINDS (Digital) (PG13)
(2:45 5:00) 7:20
(2:15)
PETE’S DRAGON (Digital) (PG)
(4:30) 7:15
SUICIDE SQUAD (Digital) (PG13)
STORKS (Digital) (PG)
(2:35 4:50) 7:05