OCCUPATIONAL BACKGROUND: Pulp and Paper Industry - 41 years. 1954 – 1975 – Papermaker: 1975 – 1994 – General Vice President, Association of Western Pulp and Paper Workers; 1994 – 1995 – Western Research Coordinator , United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners.

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND: High School Graduate – 1953 – Everett, Washington; Chairman – Pacific Northwest Labor College; Advisory Board – Labor Education Research Center, University of Oregon.

PRIOR GOVERNMENTAL EXPERIENCE: Former Public Member – Oregon Bar Association Board of Governors; Former Chairman – North Santiam Transportation and Recreation Committee; 1999 – 2002 - Turner City Council – One term as Council President.

In 1998 Turner voters elected me to their city council. In 2001 the Council selected me to serve as Council President. I’ve entered the mayor’s race owing to what many citizens have expressed to me regarding Turner’s future, and unfortunately, not universally shared by the three candidates.

In the past several years we’ve had differences over such things as how citizens were to pay for the new sewer system, voter approved annexations and urban growth boundary expansion. Now it’s the proposed power plant that has many people concerned.

Both of my opponents, who where members of the Council in 1998, have publicly stated their support for this project while I’m on record opposing it. Turner’s current land use laws will not accommodate siting this industrial complex in several areas and especially in the matter of building and tower heights, adopted by unanimous Council action in 1998. Then there is the critical question dealing with the emissions and how they might adversely impact the air quality Turner citizens currently enjoy. Do we overlook these issues in our zeal to increase our tax base?

I’ve been told that many people want to keep Turner a quiet, bedroom community. I believe this is the majority thinking and in keeping with my 1998 pledge I will continue to support the democratic rights of the people. In my opinion this is the most important obligation for any government, including the Turner City Council.

(This information furnished by Jim Thompson