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   Our ballots will soon be arriving in the mail and within three weeks the election will be decided. Personally, it cannot come soon e...

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   My opponent, Doug Robertson, is both our County Commissioner and current President of the Association of O&C Counties (AOCC). He and ...

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   Vision and Economic Development; that is the aspect of my campaign which differs from my opponent. With the election only a few weeks awa...

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Economic Tiger Team Working Draft Proposal This is a revised and updated proposal of an article that I wrote last year entitled, “Economic Tige...

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   Would you consider joining me in supporting the UCC bond levy appearing on your May election ballot, and should you find the bond levy a ...

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As of this moment it appears that Douglas County may be receiving around $14.5 million this next fiscal year from Timber Safety Net payments. The bill...

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   This Saturday when I attend the Myrtle Creek - Tri City Area Chamber of Commerce “The Roaring 20’s” Citizens of the Yea...

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You have read my newsletters, perhaps you’ve shaken my hand and talked politics with me, or possibly at me, but likely you have not heard me spe...

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Of recent, I have had the opportunity to participate in and observe the justice system at work. I have found that experience unacceptable, in that the...

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One of the great lessons in life that I learned as a young man going through a separation between me and my wife is that life really is a roller coast...

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Path Forward Am I a unifier or divider? I think that people would prefer their elected representatives to be unifiers, and bring diverse groups of pe...

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I’m going to take this opportunity to pass along some of my activities over the last month or so because even though it’s important to dem...

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One aspect of life that never fails to surprise me is the dissimilarity in opinions between one person and another, and how it is that we still manage...

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Whatever It Takes It’s been a month since I last released my newsletter and in that time I’ve had an opportunity to put in place some imp...

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Ever since contemplating a run for County Commissioner I’ve been giving a lot of thought toward the long term future of Douglas County, which in...

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In anticipation of publishing my Vision Statement for Douglas County, I present the criteria by which it was developed. Next week I’ll present m...

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I attend a lot of meetings, perhaps you do to. Whether these meetings are Lions Club meetings, Church Services, Friends Of The Pool meetings, Tri City...

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As you read this article ponder this: Why is it that the elder statesman of our county, the longest serving county commissioner in the state, is spend...

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The pledge drive for the Community Service Project: “Rally For Hope” is now underway. You can download canvassing petitions for both the G...

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The formative years of my life began in the U.S. Navy Submarine Service when as a very young man I stepped aboard the USS Norfolk, and started my adul...

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Economic Tiger Team Task Force A tiger team is a group of specialists temporarily brought together and tasked with completing a specific mission. The...

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Emergency Forest Harvesting Plan Over one-half of the land in Douglas County is owned by the Federal Government and produces little in the way of inc...

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Calamity and Consequence The Douglas County Library system is in danger of closing. It stands to reason that the Environmentalist and their apologist...

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The Problem Douglas County has a chronic and near catastrophic unemployment problem. The latest unemployment figures for Douglas County stand at 12.8...

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Yesterday I released an open letter to local community leaders laying out my plans to resolve our long standing economic crisis. So far the plan has b...

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I've travelled around much of our country, and some parts of the worlds, and I can say without any hesitation that our county, Douglas County, is ...

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* Father

* Citizen

* Republican

* Conservative

* Pro Life

* Douglas County Veterans Advisory Committee Member

* Immediate Past President Tri City Lions Club

* Previous Treasurer of the Douglas County Republican Central Committee

* Secretary of the Tri City Voluntary Fire Department

* Previous Secretary of the Friends Of the Pool Myrtle Creek Task Force

* Board Member Tri City Citizens Alliance

* Board Member Tri City Water and Sanitary Authority

* Small Business Owner