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About The independent. (Vernonia, Or.) 1986-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 31, 1990)
October 31, 1990, The INDEPENDENT Page 9 Regular maintenance could reduce expenses, says candidate From page 8 com e the gem of the Ne halem He is unmarried VanM eter and his wife have school age children Running for C olum bia County C om m issioner are Dem ocrat Dale Heim ulier. who prevailed over incum bent Sandy Dillard and Re publican Mike W hite who was unopposed in the prima ry election Heimulier, making his third run tor the post, has stressed the county's need for a better program of road maintenance and repair With 39 years at Scappoose Sand & Gravel, H e im ulier says he is w ell versed in road construction He feels road departm ent money can be used more ef ficiently, but he supports the two-cent county vehicle fuel tax because of the need for more funds d e d ica te d to roads Heimulier opposes the 10 cent per ton depletion tee on aggregate White agrees that more money is needed in the road department, but he supports the fee on aggregate and David VanMeter VanMeter has been in Ver noma for six years and is in volved in church and other com m unity a c tiv itie s He says he wants to be involved in making Vernonia a safe, moral environment for peo ple, w ith su cce ssfu l bust nesses He also feels that his e xp e rience in m a in te nance management would be useful to the city RAINBOW VACUUM CLEANERS “Eliminate dust and prevent loss of air flow A Favorite for 51 Years FREE DEMONSTRATION N O O B IIG A IIO N f A C IO R Y R f G IS H R t O W A l t R Sales & Service • 429-9420 Roseanne Green, 62401 Sleepy Lane, Vernonia R ed u ce Your H e a tin g C o s ts other minerals rather than the vehicle fuel tax In itia lly W hite said, he supported the fuel tax, but changed his mind after gas prices climbed steeply and the federal government in creased gas taxes White stresses his practi cal business background as manager and pari owner of a family owned furniture and a p p lia n ce store in Scap poose He contends that running Columbia County is sim ihar to running a bust ness Both candidates feel that state land use regulations in fringe on property owners' nghts White says properly own ers should be able to use their land for purposes de med under present law He feels the county needs to be come more involved in devel oping alternative land use regulations Heimulier said more con trol of land use is needed within the county, rather than a, the state level When properly owners have to go through the county planning com m issio n, the board of co m m issio n e rs, the Land Conservation and Develop ment Com m ission and the Land Use Board of Appeals, it's cumbersome expensive and in need a change He also advocates a close work mg re la tio n s h ip betw een county and city planning Heim ulier has served on the Scappoose School Dis tnct. the Columbia Education Services District the Scap poose Planning Commission and the Columbia County Fair Board He has also been on the Board of Directors of the Port of St Helens for the last seven years White is president of the Scappoose City C lub and currently serves on the Small Cities Tourism Proiect of the Oregon Tourism Alliance White is married and the father of two children Heimulier and his wife have three grown children Three additional county of fices are on the ballot, all of them with the incumbent run ning unopposed Democrat Elizabeth (Betty) Huser. County Clerk, defeated her only opponent in the pri mary election Assessor Tom Lmhares, a Democrat and Sheriff Bruce Oester. in a non partisan posi tion, have had no challengers this year On the state level, veteran State Rep Bruce Hugo (D Scappoose), the incumbent in Dist 1. represents part of Washington County and most of Columbia County, including a small portion of this news paper's circulation area but not Vernonia He had hoped along with many others, that redistricting in 1991 would put W e ll be in Die INDEPENDENT circulation area, Vernonia • Mist • Birkenfeld, Timber • Buxton • Manning • Banks for the next few weeks and can offer with a • New, energy ef ficient oil burner, boiler or furnace, or • By calling our Service D epart ment for C om plete Care and Maintenance of your present oil heating system. • Toll Free: 1-800-438-9656 Special Prices on Blacktop Jobs while we have our equipment in the area. No job too small! PONDEROSA PAVING CO. 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Hugo said, indicate that the county may be more greatly divided Challenging Hugo is Re publican Jim W hitfield, from P ortland, in his first m ajor campaign Huoo opposes ballot Mea sure 5 to limit property taxes, because i, would elim inate program s designed to p ro mote agriculture and timber production, including the tim ber severance tax replacing them with annual prope rty taxes based on the true cash value ot the land Whitfield supports the mea sure be ca u se , he says, it would provide a definite tax amount, which is better for business Both candidates expressed frustration with workers com p e n sa tio n in su ra n ce , but Hugo indicated that poor ad ministration in SAIF and the lack ot anti trust regulations fo r the in su ra n ce in d u stry were the primary problems W hitfield said prem ium s are high beca use w orkers c o m p e n sa tio n is an open ended w e lfa re policy He pra ise d recent changes in SAIF regulations that he said give double compensation to seriously injured workers, a statement that brought boos from the worker oriented audi ence at Candidiites' Night Incumbent State Represen tative tor Dis, 2, Tom Hanlon (D Cannon Beach), decided no, to run tor ro oloction, leav mg the p o sitio n open to a newcomer Mike Maki, a Republican from Seaside, is making his second run tor the sea, and was unopposed in the pnmary e le c tio n His o p p o n e n t, Democrat Jackie Taylor, from Astoria, came ou, on top o, a large slate o, Democrats who vied tor Hanlon's sea, in the primary Taylor and Maki are both small business owners Maki has ow ned an in su ra n ce agency in Seaside since 1961 and Taylor with her husband, ow ns a sm all d ru g sto re in W arrenton They both oppose banning log exports from private land and they both support clear cutting to harvest timber, though Taylor admits she opposed clear cu, ting inside the city limits o, As toria They are no, in agreement on workers compensation in surance, however A Io, more work needs to be done to make the system fair to both em ployers and em ployees, Taylor said and thinks more citizens should be involved in the process Maki says only that litigation is what has in creased costs Asked about Measure 7 on the state ballot (which would require people receiving un employment com pensation, tood stamps or AFDC to work a, 90% of the m inim u m Please see page 20
