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Town Where You Live
Hermiston
Your Experience/Qualifications
11+ yrs as Mayor, 8 yrs on Hermiston School Board, 25+ yrs small business owner, Current President of League of Oregon Cities, 28 yr Rotarian, Past chamber of commerce board member, past HSD Sports Boosters President, Past volunteer youth coach for 20 yrs
County
Umatilla
Term
2025
Term Expires
2028
1) Cost of living is too high, housing is too expensive and groceries are unaffordable. We need to reduce costs to our seniors and families, so we don't have more people living on our streets. We need to look at our energy policies and the impacts it has on electricity and fuel costs. Those 2 drive inflation.
2) Government spending and taxation are out of control. We shouldn't try to be everything to everybody. We need more personal accountability for our personal choices and the government shouldn't be there to facilitate destructive behavior.
I will go to Salem to hold our State Depts accountable for the tax dollars we are sending them. We shouldn't continue to grow government and we shouldn't be trying to spend your kicker.
I've worked hard as the Mayor of the largest city in Eastern Oregon to make sure we had safe reliable drinking water. We've made significant investments in infrastructure to protect our most valuable resource. As your Senator, I would try to bring all parties together to discuss solutions around a 70+yr problem. I believe todays farmers are some of the best stewards of our lands and water systems. I believe todays industries are trying to live up to corporate accountability. Where nefarious actions exist we need to hold them accountable. Bottom line, everyone deserves to have safe drinking water. I would work with those communities to find long term solutions.
I believe everyone should have an equal opportunity to succeed. Where barriers exist, we need to break those down. I would promote upward mobility through improved school systems. I would support more scholarship, grants and forgivable loans for college attainment. I would support expanding opportunities through apprenticeships. As someone, who was raised by a single mom that worked 2 jobs to keep food on the table, I understood at a young age how important hard work and educational attainment were to my future success. That's why I started working at 12yo and put myself through HS, undergrad and graduate school. I believe we live in the greatest nation on earth and opportunity exists for those that want to work for it.
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Contact Phone
5038606033
Campaign Phone (public)
541-263-0426
Town Where You Live
Enterprise
Your Experience/Qualifications
Wallowa County Commissioner, Immediate Past President Oregon Cattlemen's Association, President Oregon Cattlemen's Association, rancher, ranch owner
County
Wallowa
Term
Two years
Term Expires
2027
My top priority is addressing the fiscal impacts and hardships on agricultural/natural resource communities and producers. I will introduce legislation to exempt the CAT taxes placed in/on our agriculture industry. The ag industry has the lowest profit margins with the most transactions before our products hit the end-user. CAT taxes add a NEW cost every step of the way. The CAT tax hurts our industry, the families, lives, and local economies that depend on ag for their financial stability, and impacts Oregon’s ability to remain one of the top producers in the country. Second, we must direct more money to rural counties for transportation infrastructure improvements for roads, construction and safety, highway patrol funding, and more.We nee
We need to modernize the archaic policies preventing water conservation. Water rights come with expiration dates or possible revocation of water allotments if water-use is down over a five-year period. Rather than incentivizing Oregonians to preserve and use less water, we’re essentially punishing them. We must protect our groundwater sources, like in-stream water, fisheries, farmland, from contamination. From a legislative standpoint, we need to fund a drought package that provides backup in an emergency, but also, that would modernize some of our water systems in Oregon. I would also pursue legislation to expand waste-water disposal sites and regulations towards the beneficial use on range and farmland.
Generally speaking, the state government should be the last resort for solutions. The legislature does, however, play a role in setting the climate in which Oregonians can live, work, and raise their families. We need better paying jobs, which means a more welcoming tax and business climate for new and current industry, and more incentives for our businesses to want to employ more and grow. The state plays a critical role in addressing inequalities in housing affordability and homelessness, which we know significantly impact unserved communities. Oregon and state agencies need to upgrade the constantly-broken agency technology systems for departments like unemployment, veterans benefits, food stamps, DMV, and others.
