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mm jwiwisy -gmmrmvm- mumimmmt gmmmmm Lr if i. i i Wednesday, November 3, 2004 Statesman Journal 7S SALEM ANNEXATIONS Voters approve all 1 2 proposals to add land to city City Council shifts adding 70.57 acres of land to the development plan. The move nexations by allowing the prop- for residential development. businessman Brent DeHart as city angered proponents of strong erty owners to avoid the devel- Salem voters gave themselves the Ward 7 councilor. The coun- more conservative The election also cemented a land-use planning, opment-plan requirement.

the right to approve all annexa with new members cil appointed DeHart to the seat in May to finish the term of former Councilor Anna Braun. Braun resigned in March to take a state job. They join current councilors Clem, Bruce Rogers, Jim Randall and T.J. Sullivan. conservative shift on the Salem City Council, with pro-business local leaders replacing moderate and liberal councilors.

The successful annexations included the only measure to draw controversy, a proposal involving about 12 acres of land at 1740 Wallace Road NW. City councilors voted in May to place the measure, numbered 24-146, on the ballot without a tions in 2000. Also on Tuesday's ballot, Mayor Janet Taylor and four others won uncontested general-election races for the Salem City Council. Land-use consultant Frank Walker replaces Councilor Kasia Quillinan in Ward 1. Councilors Brad A.

Nanke and Rick Stucky won re-election. Voters also confirmed local Councilor Dan Clem argued that the annexation is in the public interest because the land is a potential access point for a third Salem-area bridge across the Willamette River. But former Mayor Mike Swaim wrote an e-mail urging people to vote against 24-146. Swaim argued that the city council was undermining the public's role in approving an "What we're seeing here, I'm afraid, is an effort by the present Salem City Council majority to return Salem voters back to the days when we knew nothing at all about the various annexation proposals we were being asked to vote upon and subsidize with our municipal taxes," Swaim wrote. All of the land annexed into Salem on Tuesday is scheduled By Dennis Thompson Jr.

Statesman Journal Salem voters provided a clean sweep Tuesday for property owners who wanted to bring their land into the city. Voters approved all 12 annexations on Tuesday's ballot, dmthompsStatesman Journal.com or (503) 399-6719 SALEM LIBRARY DISTRICT Property-tax fee soundly defeated -v 1 By the numbers 123 of 128 precincts: 96 Yes 20,408 No 29,410 41 59 PROPOSED SALEM LIBRARY DISTRICT DIRECTORS 14 8 10 10 9 6 12 7 11 13 Elaine Day Roger Heusser Charles Howard Richard Samuel Hall Marvin Abeene Sheila R. Mcllrath Virginia Green Mariana D. Bornholdt Linda R. Bierly Mary K.

Unruh mi The measure would have added hours, books and programs By Dennis Thompson Jr. Statesman Journal Voters dealt the Salem Library District a decisive blow Tuesday, rejecting the measure by a large margin. The cadre of community volunteers who brought the district proposal to the ballot were devastated when the results were posted online Tuesday evening. "Everyone worked so hard for so long," said Virginia Green, one of the original petitioners for the ballot measure. "It was a community effort.

The numbers just perplex me. It just makes me so sad." Even residents who voted against the district were stunned by the margin by which it was rejected. "Wow. I didn't think it would lose by that much," said Mike Mathisen, a South Salem small businessman. "The city has to get its act together.

This is a good indication that people want them to work on the core services and nothing more." The new district would have been funded through a new permanent property tax of 62 cents per $1,000 assessed value, meaning that the owner of a $150,000 home would pay an additional $93 per year in taxes. No argument against the district appeared in the Marion County voter's pamphlet, which contained 10 arguments in favor of the measure. However, an e-mail campaign opposing the library district ballot measure surfaced during the past few weeks. Thousands were urged to reject the district. Opposition mainly focused on the new property tax.

Salem residents have shot down every money mea- KOBBI R. BLAIR I Statesman Journal Virginia Green (from left), Mary Unruh and Gail Warner hug Tuesday at the Phoenix Inn after hearing that the Salem Library District ballot measure failed. Green and Unruh were running for the library board, and Warner is the current library director. would be another attempt to form a district anytime soon. "We won't try this again," she said.

"This one, so many people worked on it." Green grabbed a lock of her graying hair and added, "Not in my lifetime." City Manager Bob Wells said that the library is facing future cuts that could have been avoided had the district passed. "To be quite honest, all services except police and fire will face cuts over time," Wells said. "If you hold public safety harmless, given the $6 million shortfall the city faces, everything else will have to be cut back." It automatically would have been the state's largest library district. The next-largest, the Deschutes Public Library System, serves 104,900 people with a 55-cent permanent tax rate. University of Oregon student Ty Gonrowski contributed to this story.

Summerville said. "It was clean. It was honest. We told people everything we could and let them make the decision." Campaign volunteers were split Tuesday night on whether there would ever be another attempt to form a library district. Campaign co-chairwoman Mary Unruh thought that people based their votes on-their pocketbooks, not on their opinions of the library itself.

"I don't see it as a mandate against the library," Unruh said. "I see it as people struggling day-to-day to get by. We'll be back." But Green doubted that there ers, "hero medals" and giant Her-shey Kisses to volunteers. When the results were announced people groaned and gasped, then fell into a stunned silence that lasted minutes. "Well, that's it, then," said Claudia Burton, who led the gathering of more than 16,500 signatures to get the measure on the ballot.

Library Director Gail Warner replied, "Yep." As the air came back into the room, people hugged and talked about their months-long effort. "We can all feel proud of the campaign," library spokeswoman Sonja sure that has come their way during the past eight years, rejecting at least nine requested tax increases. Critics also argued that the district amounted to a de-facto tax increase for Salem, because the city would save about $3 million by getting the library off its books. District supporters argued that city residents would get longer hours, more books and materials, a full-time bookmobile and better library programs. The library district campaign gathered at the Phoenix Inn on Commercial Street to watch the results.

They handed out bookmarks, flow dmthompsStatesmanJournal.com or (503) 399-6719 26.5 27.2 16.8 Matt Kennedy Angle Wheatcroft Robert Sigleer (Top two win) Eugene C. Dltter 37.6 Randy Olds 6.6 Joelulay 21.8 Brian Kauffman 13.3 JeffE.Crowther 9.8 WayneA.Stedronsky 10.2 CITY OF TURNER MAYOR CITY OF KEIZER COUNCIL POSITION 1 David McKane 54.0 Hersch Sangster 45.1 CITY OF MILL CITY COUNCIL 52.4 47.1 Jim Thompson Richard M. Bates No 42.7 24-127: Hubbard RFPD 10-year L.O.T. for public safety Yes 58.6 No 41.4 24-128: City of Scotts Mills three-year public safety L.O.T. Yes 42.7 No 57.3 24-129: City of St.

Paul two-year L.O.T.-general operations Yes 42.8 No 57.2 24-130: Sublimity RFPD five-year L.O.T. for public safety Yes 45.6 No 54.4 24-131: North Santiam SD for capital improvement Yes 47.4 No 52.6 24-132: Stayton authorization Yes 61.3 No 38.7 24-133: City of for police facility Yes 54.0 No 46.0 24-134: Gervais school boundary change Yes 52.0 No 48.0 24-135: City of Salem annexation of 16.33 acres Yes 63.1 No 36 24-136: City of Salem annexation of 10.38 acres Yes 64.0 No 36.0 24-137: City of Salem annexation of 1.36 acres Yes 66.2 No 33.8 24-138: City of Salem annexation of 1.41 acres Yes 66.7 No 33.4 24-139: City of Salem annexation of 4.18 acres Yes 64.4 No 35.6 24-140: City of Salem annexation of 11.18 acres Yes 62.5 No 37.5 24-141: City of Salem annexation of 5.08 acres Yes 65.0 No 35.0 24-142: City of Salem annexation of 2.29 acres Yes 62.7 No 37.4 24-143: City of Salem annexation of 0.84 acres Yes 65.1 No 34.9 24-144: City of Salem annexation of 0.34 acres Yes 65.1 No 34.9 24-145: City of Salem annexation of 5.27 acres Yes 61.1 No 38.9 24-146: City of Salem annexation of 11.91 acres Yes 60.4 No 39.6 24-147: Salem public library district formation Yes 41.0 No 59.0 22-47: Lyons-Mehama Water District five-year L.O.T. cap project Yes 54.1 No 45.9 27-74: Polk Co. Fire five-year L.O.T.-Ambulance operations Yes 51.4 Ho 48.6 Al Shannon, 44.7 STATE HOUSE: DISTRICT 23 Paul Delaney, Lib 3.8 Dick Reynolds, 32.3 Brian Boqulst, 63.5 STATE HOUSE: DISTRICT 25 Kim Thatcher, 62.0 Roger Pike, 37.3 MARION COUNTY COMMISSIONER 3 Sam Brentano, 55.4 Anna Braun, 44.2 MARION COUNTY CLERK Victoria Doyle 44.7 Bill Burgess 54.8 MARION COUNTY SOIL WATER -AT LARGE Judy McClaughry 35.8 Diane Galnsforth Svyerson 36.8 Lawrence Pohl 26.3 CITY OF DETROIT COUNCIL (Top five win) Connie M.UMont 15.4 Patrick J. Carty 16.6 SusanJ.Crowder 12.7 James R.McWhlrter 17.4 Lyle J.

Sander 15.1 Margaret Scott 18.4 CITY OF GATES MAYOR Kathy A. Sherman 61.7 Denlse Brown 35.1 CITY OF HUBBARD MAYOR Gary Thompson 18.3 Tom McCain 44.5 ineligible to win CITY OF HUBBARD COUNCIL (Top two win) Chip Enbody 27.2 Marion County The following are unofficial election returns of contested races and measures from the Marion County Elections Division. For the latest updates, check StatesmanJournal.com. Racemeasure percentage U.S. PRESIDENT John F.

Kerry, 45.1 David Cobb, PGN 0.3 Michael Anthony Peroutka, Con. 0.3 Michael Badnarlk, Lib 0.4 George W. Bush, 53.3 STATE SENATE: DISTRICT 9 Roger Beyer, 83.7 Herman Joseph Baurer, Con. 15.0 STATE SENATE: DISTRICT 12 Hank Franzonl, 36.7 Gary George, 63.1 STATE HOUSE: DISTRICT. 17 Jeff Kropf, 82.0 Robert LProck, Con.

17.0 STATE HOUSE: DISTRICT 18 Jim Gilbert, 44.2 W. Martin Soehrman, Lib 1.4 Mac Sumner, 54.2 STATE HOUSE: DISTRICT 19 Dan Doyle, 54.9 Brian 44.9 STATE HOUSE: DISTRICT 20 Jeanne E. Deane, 41.5 Vlckl Berger, 58.2 STATE HOUSE: DISTRICT 21 Billy Dalto, 51.3 Claudia Howells, 48.3 STATE HOUSE: DISTRICT 22 Betty 54.9 (Top two win) Ann Holaday 33.3 Jerry Carr 17.1 Daniel Morris 15.4 Chris Bigness 32.5 CITY OF MOUNT ANGEL COUNCIL (Top three win) Carol Duda 18.0 Joan Cuff 19.0 Snarl Bochsler Riedman 30.0 Bill Schaecher 31.7 CITY OF SILVERTON COUNCIL (Top three win) Sherry Hoefel 14.2 Morris (Morry) Jones 12.8 Bill Cummins 14.0 Lois Rlopelle 11.4 Stu Rasmussen 16.4 Tom Schmldgall 13.0 Kyle B. Palmer 17.4 CITY OF STAYTON COUNCIL (Top three win) Don Koenlg 31.5 Virginia Honeywell 22.6 Steven H. Frank 20.4 Melodee J.

Nolan 24.2 CITY OF SUBLIMITY MAYOR Raymond Heuberger 70.6 CITY OF TURNER COUNCIL (Top three win) Jeff Long 18.4 Steve Uttrell 15.4 Mary Lou Moore 19.1 Maria A. Mitchell 13.4 Robert Peterson 14.6 Amanda Bresee 18.7 24-120: Aurora RFPD five-year L.O.T. for fire district operations Yes 54.9 No 45.1 24-121: City of authorization Yes 57.4 No 42.6 24-122: Turner RFPD 10-year L.O.T. for capital projects Yes 64.3 No 35.7 24-123: City of Aumsville-advisory measure-industrial growth Yes 71.1 No 29.0 24-124: City of Aumsville-advisory measure-commercial growth Yes 74.3 No 25.7 24-125: City of Aumsville-advisory measure-urban-growth boundary Yes 59.1 No 40.9 24-126: City of Aumsville-advisory measure-residential growth Yes 57.3 Bernard (Bemie) Miotke 27.2 CITY OF SUBLIMITY COUNCIL 1.