Commissioner candidates winnowed to whopping 17.Byline: Randi Bjornstad The Register-Guard They whittled a little Wednesday, but at the end of the exercise, Lane County commissioners still had 17 people on their list of potential replacements for Tom Lininger, who leaves the board next month. Under a selection strategy designed by Chairman Peter Sorenson, each commissioner chose one candidate from a list of 22 applicants. They repeated the process several times until none of the commissioners wanted to add any more names to the list. Originally, 23 people applied for the post, but one didn't live within the East Lane District, which Lininger represents. The former federal prosecutor announced even before taking office in January that he would leave the board in August to take a faculty position at the University of Oregon The University of Oregon is a public university located in Eugene, Oregon. The university was founded in 1876, graduating its first class two years later. The University of Oregon is one of 60 members of the Association of American Universities. Law School. Next Tuesday, each candidate who survived the cut will make a 10-minute, uninterrupted presentation to the commissioners that includes personal qualifications and an analysis of the issues facing the county. The group includes three local mayors - from Coburg, Cottage Grove Cottage Grove, village (1990 pop. 22,935), Washington co., SE Minn., near the St. Croix River; inc. 1965. There is farming (cattle, sheep, corn, and soybeans) and manufacturing (chemicals and machinery). and Oakridge - a fact that didn't impress Commissioner Bill Dwyer. "I didn't 'vote' for anyone who's already in office" or has served in an elective elective non-urgent; at an elected time, e.g. of surgery. elective adjective Referring to that which is planned or undertaken by choice and without urgency, as in elective surgery, see there noun Graduate education noun position before, Dwyer said. "I chose no mayors, no council members - no politicians." Commissioner Bobby Green came back with a quick jab. "I was thinking about going so far as saying no former state legislators - we already have an abundance of those," Green said, referring to Dwyer's and Sorenson's longtime long·time adj. Having existed or persisted for a long time: a longtime friend; a longtime resident of Detroit. longtime Adjective service in the Legislature before they ran for county office. "But I decided to move away from that." After the commissioners hear from the candidates next week, they will decide whether to invite a smaller group back for a more in-depth interview, Sorenson said. Whoever wins appointment will serve through 2004. The position will appear on the ballot the same year, and the winner of that contest will serve the remainder of Lininger's term through 2006. The 17 candidates: Kathy Keable of Blue River; Michael Dean of Coburg; Cottage Grove residents Donald Nordin, Joachim Schulz, Faye Stewart II, Cindy Weeldreyer and Gary Williams For the wrestler with the same name, see . Gary B. Williams (born March 4, 1945 in Collingswood, New Jersey, United States) is the current head coach of the University of Maryland's Men's basketball team. ; Martha Roberts of Creswell; Gordon Howard of Dexter; Cedric Hayden of Fall Creek Fall Creek is the name of several places in the United States:
adj. Of good lineage or stock. Adj. 1. wellborn - of good or upper-class lineage; "a rich and wellborn husband" upper-class - occupying the highest socioeconomic position in a society of Lorane; Donald Hampton of Oakridge; Scott Bell Scott Bell was a politician in Ontario, Canada. He served as leader of the Libertarian Party of Ontario in the 1980s, and was the party's leader during the 1985 provincial election. , Al King and Ralph Wheeler of the Springfield area; and James Thrailkill of Vida. WHAT'S NEXT Lane County commissioners will hear 10-minute presentations from 17 applicants for the position created by the resignation of East Lane Commissioner Tom Lininger. When: 9 a.m. Tuesday Where: Commissioners' Conference Room, Public Service Building, 125 E. Eighth Ave., Eugene Information: 682-4203 |
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