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Experience and
professionalism
make Brauer
best choice
To the Editor:
Please jo in me in
voting for Christopher R.
B rauer fo r c irc u it co u rt
judge.
As Umatilla County
elected district attorney since
1995, Chris Brauer has the
experience and the character
to represent us well as our
new circuit court judge. He
has the civil and criminal law
experience to fairly judge the
cases heard in Umatilla and
M orrow C ounty C irc u it
Courts and the initiative to
improve our court system in
a cooperative manner.
On a personal note,
C hris is know n fo r his
co m m itm en t
to
his
profession, his community
and his fam ily. He has
devoted his professional life
to the law. We participate in
the sam e serv ice club
together and w hether it’s
picking up litter along the
ro ad s,
serv in g
for
scholarship fundraisers, or
offering leadership on the
board of directors, Chris is
dedicated to his community.
As one o f m any
examples of his dedication to
public service w ithin his
profession, Chris Brauer is
the only candidate who has
participated in the Umatilla
C ounty
D rug
C ourt
C om m ittee. He has been
instrumental in making the
drug co u rt a re a lity for
U m atilla and M orrow
counties. Drug court has
been successful in many
other communities and is a
major step in dealing with
the
m eth am p h etam in e
epidemic in our area. Chris
B ra u e r’s
c re d e n tia ls,
experience, professionalism
and accomplishments make
him, by far, the best choice
for circuit court judge.
Chris Brauer is the
only candidate endorsed by
all the circuit court judges in
the sixth judicial district.
W ho b etter to know the
qualifications for a judge
than the judges themselves?
Vote B rau er for
circuit court judge on Nov.
7.
(s) Susan McHenry
Hermiston
Senior judge
endorses Brauer
To the Editor:
It is my privilege to
ask you to vote for Chris
Brauer for circuit judge.
Local lawyers voiced their
preference for circuit judge
through the judicial bar poll.
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Chris Brauer won this poll
in both the prim ary and
general elections.
Even though there
were three candidates on the
ballot during the primary
election, 48 percent of the
voters chose Chris Brauer.
C hris B rauer is
endorsed by all the circuit
ju d g e s in U m atilla and
M orrow counties and by
H ardy M yers, O regon
Attorney General.
C hris B rau er has
been district attorney for
Umatilla County since 1995
and past president of the
Oregon District Attorneys
Association. He has been on
the Umatilla Jail Advisory
Board since 1985 both as a
d e fe n d er and later as a
prosecutor and on the State
Prison Advisory Committee
at EOCI.
Mr.
B ra u e r’s
background is that o f an
a tto rn ey
em p h asizin g
criminal law for 25 years as
both a p ro secu to r and a
defender with experience as
a partner in a law firm and
as a sole practitioner in civil
practice.
I anticipate with this
information you will vote for
C hris B rauer for C ircuit
Judge, Position 5.
(s) Richard J. Courson
Senior Judge
Pendleton
Brauer will
prosecute fish
and wildlife
offenders
To the Editor:
The c itiz e n s o f
U m atilla and M orrow
counties will be well served
by Chris Brauer as circuit
judge. He has served with
great d istin c tio n as our
district attorney in Umatilla
County for over 10 years.
I was proud to be
part o f the g rass roots
movement to remove Judge
Rudy Murgo from the bench.
One of his leading faults, in
my view, was being soft on
violations of fish and wildlife
game laws. Enforcement of
fish and game laws in our
courtrooms have been poor
for years.
Chris Brauer is an
avid outdoorsman and has a
very high respect for our fish
and wildlife resources, which
belong to us, the citizens of
Oregon. I’m certain he will
take a dim view of these as
well as all other criminals.
C h ris is a hard
working public servant with
unquestioned integrity. Join
me in electing him circuit
ju d g e for U m atilla and
Morrow counties.
(s) John R. Groupe, DVM
Pendleton
You
have
the
o p p o rtu n ity to m ake a
choice in this election about
one of the individuals that
will be sitting in the judicial
position in your jurisdiction.
Chris B rauer is the clear
choice in my mind.
Yes, 1 have been a
prosecutor for 19 years and
m any w ould say I lean
towards rights for victims,
punishment for wrongdoers
and ju stice for all. Chris
a ctu a lly
has b ro ad er
experience than I. He has
been a c iv il (d iv o rc e /
contract) attorney, defense
a tto rn ey and lastly the
elected U m atilla C ounty
district attorney. He is smart,
fair, supports victims rights
and is deeply concerned that
ju s tic e is served for all
citizens. He has held all the
o ffic e r p o sitio n s in the
Oregon District Attorney’s
A sso c ia tio n
in clu d in g
president. He has been and
is a re sid en t o f E astern
Oregon for decades and truly
loves the co u n try and
people. He has ridden in the
Round-Up parade year after
year.
I have worked with
both candidates, know both
can d id ates and feel that
C hris B rauer is the best,
m ost e x p erien ced , m ost
stable and most qualified.
(s) Thomas W. Cutsforth
1/3 o w n er o f C u tsfo rth
Farm, Lexington
Vice Chairman of Morrow-
Wheeler Behavioral Health
Fossil
Brauer will bring
very best to the
bench
To the Editor:
As a form al legal
secretary in one of Portland’s
largest law firms, 1 learned
the difference between good
and excellent judges.
From many years of
acquaintance w ith C hris
B rauer, I see all o f the
qualities in Mr. Brauer that I
observed in the best of the
judges in Multnomah and
Clackamas counties.
Your vote for Chris
Brauer will bring the very
best to the bench in Umatilla
and Morrow counties.
Let us all vote for
C hris B rauer for C ircuit
Judge, position 5.
(s) Coralee J. Courson
Pendleton
Brauer meets
important circuit
court judge
qualifications
To the Editor:
As a former longtime
resid en t o f Pendleton, I
know well of the important
q u alificatio n s for circuit
judge. I grew up in a home
with my father serving on the
bench.
Chris Brauer meets
these qualifications with his
comprehensive knowledge
of all phases of the law in
which he has directed his
professional life for more
Brauer is most
than two decades.
C h ris B rauer is
stable and
endorsed by all of the circuit
qualified
ju d g e s o f U m atilla and
Morrow counties.
candidate
I urge you to vote for
To the Editor:
D ear friends, fam ily and C hris B rauer for c irc u it
c itiz e n s o f M orrow and judge, position 5.
(s) Julie Courson
Umatilla counties.
Tigard
Morrow County
School Board
opposes Ballot
Measures 41 & 48
To the Editor:
On, Monday, Oct. 9,
the Morrow County School
Board of Directors approved
resolutions opposing Ballot
M easures 41 and 48. The
board took actio n after
review ing data from the
state’s non-partisan financial
impact committee compiled
by the Oregon School Board
Association. The following
are concerns discussed by
the board:
Ballot Measure 41
What
is
it?
Substitutes Oregon personal
income tax deduction equal
to federal exemption for the
existing state credit.
School
B oard
Concerns: It is estimated that
this measure would reduce
state tax collections by 6
percent. Individuals’ state
tax “ k ic k e r” w ould be
reduced in the 2005- 2007
biennium. The state’s general
fund w ould lose $800
million, school funding $370
million in the 2007-2009
biennium (assuming school
funding formula remained
the same.) Morrow County
School district’s anticipated
loss of revenue would be
$ 1,575,289 for the biennium
or approximately $800,000
per year. This would equate
to a loss of approximately 15
of M CSD ’s 157 teaching
positions.
Ballot Measure 48
What is it? Amends
state constitution to limit
state spending to a formula
derived from population and
inflation gains per biennium.
School
B oard
Concerns: It is estimated that
this measure would reduce
c o lle c tio n s to the state
general fund by $2 billion
and the state school fund by
$860 million in the 2007-
2009 biennium. The courts
would need to determine if
the effects of the passage of
this m easure would take
a ffe ct in the cu rre n t
biennium. If so, the loss to
MCSD this school year is
estimated to be $1,932,870,
the approximate cost of 35
teaching positions. The loss
of revenue to the Morrow
C ounty School D istric t
would continue at nearly $2
million per year for both
y ears o f the 20 0 7 -2 0 0 9
biennium. This represents a
loss o f 10 percent of the
school d is tric t’s general
fund.
Combined Impact
of Measures 41 and 48 on
Morrow County Schools:
If measures 41 and 48 both
pass,
the
estim ate d
combined effect would result
in the loss of $7,373,898 to
the Morrow County School
District over the next three
y ears. T his sum in our
current budget equates to
nearly a third o f M CSD
teaching positions. Or put in
another way, the closure of
two of the district’s eight
buildings would not fill the
budget gap.
S u b m itted by
Board
Member William J. Kuhn
A p proved by
Board
Members
Craig Miles, Pat McNamee,
N ancy Vander Does and
Barney Lindsay