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2.5-percent tax on corporate
gross sales that exceed $25
million, with some of that
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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
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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
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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
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CRARY
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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-
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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.”
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