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News Blue Mountain Eagle 2.5-percent tax on corporate gross sales that exceed $25 million, with some of that Continued from Page A1 money intended to beneit be forced to by economic public schools. pressure. Ferrioli said there are Part of his frustration better ways to lower truancy wells from the fact decision rates and raise graduation makers on local issues are rates than dumping money sometimes as far away as into the school system. He Washington, D.C. He would pointed to the career and like to see the decision pro- technical education program cess localized. at Baker City High School, “I don’t think the state which provides students could do worse than the feds with college-level courses in land management,” Ferri- that can help them get jobs oli said. and appren- He said as I don’t think the state could do ticeships allowing the certiied nurs- worse than the feds in land ing assistants, state to man- age federal electricians management.” forests would and carpenters be an inter- State Sen. Ted Ferrioli right out of esting experi- high school. ment, where the state would have better options than the He cited the relevancy of have to comply with the Low Carbon Fuel Standard, the program’s courses for same laws as federal agen- which requires ethanol to be the 97-percent attendance cies currently do. He said imported from other states rate and nearly 100-percent with local management, and mixed with Oregonians’ graduation rate. coupled with a more ag- gas resulting in poorer miles Ferrioli described the gressive timber harvest, the per gallon, and he would Democratic-led Legislature health of the forests and the like to see it removed or as a “soliloquy” and wished economy might improve. modiied. Ferrioli advocates they had to deal with the However, he said trying to changes in technology being minority Republican party force the transfer of land used — like converting pub- more. through actions such as oc- lic buses to natural gas in- “I’d love to see a regime cupying the Malheur Na- stead of diesel — to achieve change here,” Ferrioli said. tional Wildlife Refuge was carbon reduction, instead of As the minority party not the best course of action. mandating a change in fuel. leader, he said he was hope- Time and distance fac- He said passing a transpor- ful Republicans would pick tors are familiar foes to tation package is important up two more state Senate those living in Eastern Or- and thinks that gas taxes seats this election. egon, and Ferrioli has an will be key in passing it. If elected, Ferrioli said elegant proposal for con- Another item on his to-do he will work toward wel- quering these factors and at- list is reforming the Public coming the next million Or- tracting new business to ru- Employee Retirement Sys- egonians into the state. ral communities: air travel. tem. He proposed capping “This is an incredible He said the introduc- PERS payments for future place to live,” Ferrioli said. tion of regular commercial employees to alleviate the “This is the end of the Ore- lights would simplify trav- burden. gon Trail. Every dreamer in el and has the potential to The senator is strong- the United States of Ameri- attract industry to the area. ly opposed to Measure ca who can get footloose is “You’ve got a good 97, which would impose a headed west.” FERRIOLI workforce here and low cost energy, and you’ve got a lifestyle that’s in- comparable,” Ferrioli said. “Those are great attributes, and I think they could be attractive, but the time and distance factor has to be conquered.” Ferrioli admitted com- mercial lights would have to be subsidized, until they caught on, but the results could open up new options for rural areas. Ferrioli said Oregonians “ A TTENTION G RANT C OUNTY V ETERANS : Did you know Grant County Veterans Services Officer is available to assist YOU in applying for all VA benefits you may be entitled to? See your Grant County Veteran Services Officer today for more information, located at Grant County Court House. Open: Mon, Wed, & Fri 10 am - 4 pm, by appointment. Call 541-575-1631 Wednesday, October 19, 2016 conservative. He is against Measure 97 and reform of the state’s Public Employees Re- tirement System, stating that the economy is cyclical in na- ture and is currently on the up- swing. He said, with the right Stringer has received some recent bad press after being ar- rested in Nyssa on a warrant for Continued from Page A1 failing to appear in court, ac- was such a great guy, I would cording to the Argus Observer. think that he is what one might Stringer describes the arrest as call a professional politician.” a miscommunication following Stringer as- a violation of The mistakes have been made, a restraining serts Ferrioli has become too com- order stem- and the courts have decided that ming fortable in Sa- from a lem and said it’s we have to fulfill promises (to those divorce case. time for a more Stringer says who have paid into PERS).” dynamic voice he was ar- to be heard. He W. Mark Stringer rested over said the Demo- a miscom- cratic Party almost welcomes investments, PERS can get a munication about completion Ferrioli, and they igure he’s a return on those investments. of community service hours. relatively safe known quantity. “The mistakes have been Stringer claims that he had Stringer describes himself made, and the courts have de- in fact completed them and as a Jeffersonian thinker more cided that we have to fulill shrugged off the incident. than a Hamiltonian and said promises (to those who have “Bad press is better than he is radical but also a iscal paid into PERS),” Stringer said. none at all,” he said. STRINGER “ CRARY Continued from Page A1 only allow U.S. residents liv- ing in a district that is affected by the vote to give money to a campaign. He would also cap the amount any citizen could donate at $2,600 in the prima- ry election and $2,600 in the general election. The second issue Crary wants to address if elected is climate change. Despite working for BP for 25 years, Crary said he is a irm believ- er in switching to renewable energy and electric cars. There is currently a $7,500 federal income tax credit available to the irst 200,000 buyers of electric cars. Crary would like to see the tax credit available for anyone wishing to buy an electric car. He would also want to im- pose a carbon tax on gas and diesel sales and put the mon- WALDEN The most valuable and respected source of local news, advertising and information for our communities. eomediagroup.com Continued from Page A1 he is strongly opposed to a proposed 2.5 million-acre national monument in Mal- heur County and gained House approval to prevent funding for a monument declaration. “The area is already pro- tected by seven layers of government rules and reg- ulations ...” he said. “I’ve also stood up against wil- derness proposals on the Ochocos and at Crater Lake that have faced strong local opposition and would se- verely limit recreational ac- cess and fire management.” Walden said he will con- tinue to work on efforts to better manage public lands. He said the House has ey earned from the tax into renewable energy sources like wind, solar and biomass. Energy created from these sources could then be used to power electric cars, he said. The third issue Crary is concerned with is crumbling infrastructure. “The U.S. used to have in- frastructure that was the envy of the world,” he said. “We don’t have that anymore.” He points to the fact the national gas tax has not been raised since 1993. He says a 20-cent-per-gallon tax in- crease would give the nation enough money to repair its roads and bridges as well as provide high-speed internet to rural areas. He said another way to help pay for the country’s mass of deferred maintenance would be to borrow more money, adding to the nation- al debt. Crary said now is the time to borrow money as in- terest rates are at “historical lows.” He said that updating the nation’s infrastructure would provide a myriad of jobs, kickstarting economies across the nation and putting people to work. Crary said he would also try to change congressional terms and limits, so repre- sentatives would spend less time trying to get re-elected and more time represent- ing the people. He said he wants to extend the cur- rent two year terms and impose a 12-year maxi- mum term limit to prevent what we calls “professional politicians.” Crary said he has no desire to make a career of politics. He said he wants to take ofice, make hard decisions and real change and then return home. “I don’t consider myself a politician,” he said. “I call myself a candidate.” passed bipartisan legislation “to fix broken federal forest policy,” including using wildfire prevention funds to pay for fire suppression, for the fourth year in a row. He said the Senate should pass the plan but pointed to some successes in the area, in- cluding increasing funding firefighting and hazardous fuel reduction. Walden said veterans are a top priority and that he has helped more than 5,000 in the Second Congressio- nal District with issues in- volving benefits. He said senior Veterans Administra- tion officials should be held accountable and veterans should have access to care outside the VA in the com- munities in which they live. He said protecting se- niors and improving health care in rural Oregon is also important. He said he helped prevent a spike in Medicare premiums and cuts to Social Security dis- ability payments. He said drug addiction and mental illness also need attention. Walden said he worked on legislation for a long- term transportation funding plan to improve the safety of roads, highways and bridges. He said he has also fought to improve the safety of rail- roads and rail tank cars and will continue to do so. “I enjoy helping people and working to solve prob- lems in our communities, our state, and our nation,” he said. “I take my job as a representative very seriously, and look forward to earning the trust of the voters once more in November.” OREGON CAPITAL Sissy Dawson INSIDER Agent Dawson Farmers Insurance Agency 342 W Main St. John Day, OR 97845 541-575-3518 sdawson@farmersagent.com OR Producer LIC #17936489 Get the inside scoop on state government and politics! 04626 A12 R ENTERS • M OBILE H OMES • P ETS • R ECREATIONAL V EHICLES We’re investing in Salem coverage when other news organizations are cutting back. 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