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SIX • Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, May 3,2006
pay to maintain the roads Grieb will work
forever, so the excise tax is
on goods and services within for today and the
The Heppner Gazette Times will pnnt all lellers to the Editor with the following
the 35-m ile speedw ay future
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Morrow
County voters to
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Ken G rieb for
venture in the north part of the voters o f the county
cost of $10.
the county. It’s for an excise approve a change. Seven- county commissioner.
I served on the
Speedway tax
tax
that will be applied only and-a-half percent goes for
Brauer adheres
to a 35-square mile area just maintaining the roads within Board of Directors of the
needs cleaned up to the principles
O regon W heat G row ers
west of Boardman. A group th at
area
and
.5
To the Editor:
of men have been working percent comes to the county L eague w hile Ken was
The April 19 article of justice
of
the
for the last five years to get to administer the funds. With P resid e n t
on “Lexington Council hears
approval to build a speedway 80,000 race fans paying 8 organization. Ken is a strong
racew ay p re s e n ta tio n ” To the Editor:
that w ill have NASCAR percent on tickets, T-shirts, leader who will listen. Ken
What do we want in
brought out a couple of
races as well as stock cars. hot dogs and beer, I think will be a sound decision
important issues for Morrow a judge? Above all, we want
In d ie -sty le c ars, m otor- that the .5 p ercen t the maker and will be able to
County. It seems like the fairness. That is not as easy
c ro ss, sp rin t cars, and county gets will be far more stand up for what he feels is
m ayor o f Lexington, Val as it seems. For a judge to
ev en tu a lly
g o -k a rts, than administrative costs will the right decisions for our
Doherty, is one of the few be unw averingly fair, he
motorcycles and even a drag be. With that, I anticipate county. As President of the
people who have read the m ust be courageous. He
strip . They have a four- there w ill ev en tu ally be O W G L , Ken set high
racew ay contract. It also must be able to put aside his
ph ase
plan additional funds that can be expectations of both the staff
appears that the contract personal p reju d ices, be
that will eventually be a 10- used for o th e r county and the board, but he was not
doesn't match the promotion o b liv io u s to p o litical
a micro-manager. I believe
year build out that includes
im p ro v em e n ts— such as
very w ell. The c o u n ty ’s pressure and decide simply
that
Ken will expect the
an
8 0 ,0 0 0 -se at roads outside the raceway
protection on the money upon the rule of law and the
county
government to work
stadium, 15,000-space RV boundaries or payroll for
from the bonds they issue is ev id en ce p resen ted . No
effectively within its means.
park, h o tels, restau ran ts
extra deputies or increases in
a letter of credit from the more, no less. Such traits are
and c o n d o m in iu m s w ith their pay to attract and keep Ken w ill provide sound
developers. I took a letter of not commonplace, but I have
leadership. Leadership that
views of the Columbia River.
o u r law e n fo rcem en t
credit from a fellow one time personally worked with such
looks into the future and
They are planning to have 70
p erso n n el
so
they
back when 1 was a naive a man. He is Christopher
races per year of one type or d o n ’t leave for g reen er does what will be best for the
college student. I carried that Brauer.
a n o th er
startin g
in pastures. The tax affects only county not only today but
As district attorney,
letter of credit around for a
S ep tem b er 2008 and those who actually go to the also 20 or 30 years from
long time. 1 never did see Chris Brauer is confronted
eventually 200 events of races or stay in a hotel/motel/ now.
that guy again, or my $20. with many issues that reveal
I encourage you to
various kinds per year— RV park there or eat in one
S om ething
like
that what kind of judge he will be.
since there are 365 days in of the restaurants that will be vote for K en, he w ill
happened in Morrow County Chris Brauer abhors crime
represent all the citizens of
the year, they w ill be
b u ilt. Any a d d itio n al
a little over 20 years ago, and has even less use for the
sch ed u lin g
so m eth in g businesses that build within Morrow County well.
having to do with some big criminal mindset, yet the
(s) Jerry Rietmann
v irtu a lly
full
tim e the boundaries (and I expect
farm. That was just before I overriding rule for deputies
lone
with breaks only when the there will be dozens of them
in the d istrict a tto rn e y ’s
came here.
weather is bad in the winter. ev en tu ally ) w ill have to
Spicer can
I’ve lived a number office under Chris Brauer Brauer has
They w ill be hiring 750 charge the tax on whatever
was,
and
still
is:
“You
are
not
of places, but I’ve never seen
c o n stru c tio n
w o rk ers they sell, but most people provide full
to
sim ply
get strong
an increase in the tax base here
im m ed iately (if the tax w on’t even be aware of it
service to
that didn't increase the taxes convictions. You are here to commitment and p a sse s)
and
w hen
and since most are used to
for the original residents.
the complex is done, there paying sales taxes in other Umatilla and
variety of
There may be a way to do it, Vote Saxton for
will be 100-200 permanent sta te s, it w o n 't seem
but the increased police and governor
experiences
jobs working there just for unusual. They did a study to Morrow counties
m edical, etc., which the
the speedway alone— this find w here they w ould
To The Editor:
raceway will generate won’t To the Editor:
doesn't
include the jobs that draw the crowds from and in To the Editor:
Please jo in me in
Ron Saxton has a
cut taxes. With my present
As som eone who
will
be
generated by other
voting for Christopher R.
area
600 wants to get the best return
knowledge, I'm not opposed special a b ility to bring B rauer for C ircuit Court businesses that will probably an
miles surrounding their site for his tax dollars, I am
to the raceway itself, but that p ro g ressiv e change to Judge.
be building.
O
regon
w
ithout
partisan
next
to Boardman- there are
secrecy clause in the contract
T hey have $300 26,000,000 people. I had no concerned as to what the
As Umatilla County
divisiveness.
He
affirmed
sure smells like a rat to this
elec te d (and tw ice re ­ million in funding arranged idea. But it takes in Seattle, district attorney [Umatilla
cow boy. If we w ant a this while chairman of the
D istric t
A tto rn ey
an
elected) district attorney, w ith
raceway, let’s clean up the Portland School Board. Tax C h ris B rau er has the irr e v o c a b le ’’in s u ra n c e Tacoma, Olympia and all Christopher Brauer] will be
that area c le a r up to
contract this summer and m oney was co n serv ed
experience and the character policy” that covers the costs Vancouver, B.C., over to able to provide to the Courts
w
ithout
th
reaten
in
g
vote it in next fall.
to represent us well as judge. if these guys flake out or die S p o k an e, WA, C oeur if he is elected judge. My
The second point I education.
understanding is that he
He is strong on He has the civil and criminal or something. It’s a shot in d ’A lene and B oise, ID,
get from the article is that Val
law experience to fairly the arm for this county that M issoula, M T and even would not be able to hear
Doherty read the contract. farm ing, fo restry and
criminal cases in Umatilla
adjudicate the cases heard in will take us from rags to
H er th o ro u g h n ess and habitat, pointing out the vital U m atilla and M orrow riches— the taxes they’ll pay dow n to R eno, NV and County, having hired most of
Redding, CA. The whole
careful consideration of each balance natural resources County Circuit Courts.
on the p ro p erty alone state of Oregon falls in there, the deputy district attorneys
have
on
our
economy.
issue has been a major factor
who would appear before
On a more personal ch an g es from m inim al as well as all the others.
Hydroelectric dams
in the city of Lexington
him. I also believe he has
note, Chris is known for his dollars on pasture/grazing
These guys are even lim ited to n o n -e x isten t
becom ing a sm oothly w o n ’t be breached with co m m itm en t
to
his CRPland to $1.3 million just p aying to len g th en the
as
O re g o n ’s
functioning town. She has all Saxton
for our sch o o ls in this runway at the little airport in fam ily law experience. I
profession,
his
community
the necessary qualifications g o v e rn o r and the rift
county. They’ll break ground Boardman (investors did the w ould hate to th in k we
and his family.
to be a district attorney and between east and west will
Chris Brauer is the this summer if the tax passes same thing 20 years ago in would elect someone who
she has ex p erien c e in be bridged.
would be handling nothing
(s) Ken Turner only can d id ate w ho has and I sure do hope it does. Branson, MO) so charter jets
criminal law from both sides
co u ld
change and corporate jets will be more than post-conviction
Heppner participated in the Umatilla T his
o f the co u rt.
M ore
C ounty
D rug
C ourt everything for everyone in able to land there. This is a relief, small claims and the
importantly, she has good
occasional criminal case in
Committee, and has been an this county.
very, very big deal and I just Morrow County.
sense. I wouldn't expect her
T hese guys have hope and pray that we don't
instrumental part of making
C U S TO M
to ignore a crime or to waste
I th in k th at the
the potential Drug Court a come to speak at Chamber kill
th
is
p
a
rtic
u
la
r
the c o u n ty ’s reso u rces
c
irc
u
it
w ould be b e tte r
BA NN ER S reality for U m atilla and and a num ber o f o th e r golden goose. I’ve heard the
p ro se cu tin g
w ithout
venues and they seem like notion that “this is just a way serv ed by e lec tin g a
Heppner
Morrow counties.
adequate evidence.
Chris Brauer is the real dow n -to -earth , nice to make the entire county candidate [Ann Spicer] who
Gazette-Times
(s) Dick Temple
stuck
on pay for their enterprise.” could provide “full service”
only candidate who has held g u y s— not
676-9228
Lexington
h im se lf to the h ighest themselves, too-good-for- Nobody pays unless they go and not have to recu se
standards of character in his the-natives types. Over and to the races— seems like a himself from a substantial
campaign, offering his own over they’ve said that they really good thing to me and portion of what occurs in
qualifications, philosophy want to use locals as much maybe a way for more of Umatilla County.
(s) LeRoy Meharry, M.D.
p o ssib le
at
the us to keeping living and
and Statement of Judicial as
Umatilla
Values in response to the construction site as well as perhaps even prospering in
negative campaigns of the doing business with local Heppner as well as the rest
b u sin esses
alread y of Morrow County. “If you Burns has
other candidates.
Chris Brauer is the established. These guys are build it, they will come” is a understanding of
only candidate endorsed by paying for the changes and true statement and we are
all the Circuit Court Judges improvements out of their blessed that someone wants county problems
in the Sixth Judicial District. ow n funding for all the to invest in the future right To the Editor:
The Morrow County
Vote Christopher R. surrounding roads (including here in our area. We are
B rauer for C ircuit Court a new off-ramp on 1-84) so doubly blessed if we invest commissioner election is a
there are no federal, state or some of ourselves in that win-win situation for the
Judge on May 16.
e n tire county. Both Mr.
co
u n ty d o lla rs being future too.
(s) Susan McHenry
Hermiston sp en t on th e ir p ro ject.
(s) Nancy Gochnauer Burns and Mr. G rieb are
However, they don't want to
Heppner superbly qualified and both
possess great interest in our
county.
I will vote for Loyal
FIGHT DRUGS. FIGHT CRIME.
B urns b ecau se w hile
w
orking to solve our
START FEELING SAFE AGAIN.
electrical problems, he has
continually given freely of
his time and expertise far
above any expectations. In
discussions of our county’s
problem s, he has show n
unusual
d ep th
of
MORROW COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY
understanding.
Straight talk - New leadership
Please join me and
vote for Loyal Bums.
Paid for by the Committee to Elect John L. Ballard
(s) Joe Miller
"Experience that can work for you!"
for Morrow County District Attorney
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seek justice.” He taught us
about seeking justice. Even
w hen a ju ry retu rn ed a
verdict o f not guilty, he
would remind us that the
system had w orked. He
reassured us that if we had
done our job the best that we
could, then we should be
satisfied with the decision of
guilt or innocence because
that decision is not that of a
district attorney, it is that of
a jury o f the defendant’s
peers. Chris Brauer reveres
the Constitution and adheres
to principles of justice each
day with every case.
Time and again, my
fellow deputies and 1 learned
from Chris Brauer to temper
p ro se c u to ria l zeal w ith
respect for the Constitution.
A ju d g e m ust alw ays
vanguard the rights of the
citizen. Chris Brauer will be
such a judge and I’m not the
only one who thinks so.
Chris Brauer is endorsed by
each o f the four circu it
judges in the sixth judicial
district that serves Umatilla
and Morrow counties. Also,
all three of the candidates for
M orrow C ounty D istrict
A tto rn ey en d o rse and
support him. You should too.
(s) Dean F. Gushwa
Former Deputy District
Attorney for Umatilla
County
Pendleton
Speedway- an
investment into
our future
ELECT
LOYAL
BURNS
MORROW COUNTY
COMMISSIONER
w
ELECT JOHN L.
BALLARD
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