The Right Mary for Yamhill County

I just finished reading my local paper (yes, I sometimes still do that) The Yamhill Valley News-Register.  On the front page is an article by Hannah Hoffman about a criminal probe into the taping of the Chehalem Valley Chamber of Commerce endorsement interviews in Newberg which occurred in April of this year.  In Ms. Hoffman's piece she states that Yamhill County Commissioner Leslie Lewis (the accused) is a "close adviser to Stern's opponent, Mary Starrett."  Sal Peralta, Commissioner Mary Stern's campaign manager, was quoted as saying "Starrett's involvement in something like that wouldn't surprise him, but I'm stunned Lewis would go this far."  It was noted in this same article that Kris Bledsoe "...was taken aback to find Lewis participating in the interviews at all" and "she considered that an obvious conflict of interest."  The article goes on, it is a pretty substantial piece but I wonder why it wasn't mentioned that Sal Peralta is not only Commissioner Stern's campaign manager but that he is also the Secretary of the Independent Party of Oregon or that he himself was given a cease and desist direction from the Oregon Secretary of State Kate Brown.  I also wonder why Mary Stern doesn't want to stand by her voting record.  I could tell by watching the video that she was talking about being "fine" paying more taxes personally and she wasn't as Peralta stated "referring to Oregon taxpayers" and that is the PROBLEM.......she wasn't voting in the best interest of Oregon taxpayers when she voted yes on measures 66 and 67.  This is why I'm voting for Mary Starrett to replace Commissioner Stern, I believe she has Oregonians best interests in mind, she also isn't afraid to stand behind her record.


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