OCCUPATIONAL BACKGROUND: Automotive manager; small business owner; livestock brokerage

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND: Elmira High School, Elmira, Oregon; Lane Community College

PRIOR GOVERNMENTAL EXPERIENCE: Salem City Council, Ward 8, 1995-Present; Chair, Salem Charter Revision Committee, 1996; Chair, Salem Budget Committee

Community Service: West Salem Neighborhood Association; Salem Rotary; West Salem Business Association; Salem City Club; West Salem Little League

Family: Married to Margaret for 27 years, one daughter

COMPARISON ON KEY ISSUES WHEELER SWAIM

-Opposes Higher Taxes and Fees YES NO

-24-year resident of Salem YES NO

-Trial Lawyer NO YES

-Voted To Raise Cost of Natural Gas/Electric NO YES

-Voted To Look at Taxing Movie Tickets NO YES

-Voted to Look at Taxing Meals at Restaurants NO YES

GLENN WHEELER: A MAYOR SALEM CAN BE PROUD OF

• Glenn Wheeler wants solutions to our traffic problems.

• Glenn wants more creative partnerships with city, county and state on improving our schools.

• Glenn will focus on neighborhood safety, especially juvenile crime.

• Glenn will use his strong sense of family to find new solutions to helping local people in need.

“Glenn understands the needs of our community and has always been a big supporter. I know he will make an excellent Mayor.”

Vera Moehring, Polk County Meals on Wheels

“Glenn’s commitment to his position and to the community is first and foremost in his actions.”

Cheryl Bower, Assistant Principal, North Salem High School

“Glenn Wheeler is an honorable man that will make our citizens proud as Mayor. I have worked with him and appreciate his dedication and commitment to our city.”

Senator Gene Derfler (R-Salem), Senate Majority Leader