Fleenor wants constituents to decide…
He says he hasn’t made up his mind, but it appears West Lane Commissioner Bill Fleenor is considering a run for reelection. If he does decide to seek another four years it will be on his terms.
215 – “Obviously I don’t want to run a race that I’m going to lose just right out because I don’t have sufficient public support.”
Because he wants to focus on his work as a Lane County Commissioner, Fleenor says he won’t have a lot of time to devote to campaigning.
216 – “I need a head count. Show me the money. But more importantly show me the votes. Is there enough people out there, is there sufficient people out there to lift me back up.”
Another deterrent is the expense. Ten years ago it was expected a county commission race would cost about $30-thousand. Three years ago Fleenor and his incumbent opponent, Anna Morrison, spent a combined quarter of a million dollars. Then last year, when Rob Handy ousted incumbent Bobby Greene in the North Eugene District the total tab came to more than $600-thousand.
217 – “A grass roots effort, to me, will provide me with the independence and the ability to represent the citizens of Lane County in a much better way than if I have to go out and essentially sell my soul.”
Fleenor says he doesn’t want to be a slave to fund-raising… and potential donors… He’ll leave it up to constituents to decide whether or not he runs. There are already two candidates in the mix. Jay Bozievich and Anselmo Villanueva. The filing deadline is still a long way off… March 9th of next year.
A judge has been asked to release the City of North Bend from its obligation to provide sewer, fire and police services to the Mill Casino. Attorneys for the city filed a motion in a Coos County Courtroom this week that also included a demand for $141-thousand in past due payments owed by the Coquille Indian Tribe. Tribal attorneys responded by seeking to move the case to a federal court. The tribes have been seeking to renegotiate the contract for public services and say they have set aside the past-due quarterly payments until they can have them lowered.
Debates on a variety of issues ranging from a teacher’s right to wear religious clothing in the classroom to the reduction of the probationary period for young drivers from six to three months were conducted at a Student Congress held at South Albany High School Tuesday afternoon. The Siuslaw Forensics team, supervised by Lance Haberly was led by returning lettermen Wyatt Alletson, Tyler Garcia and Omar Alaniz. Haberly says the squad is back in action today at the South Coast Invitational at Marshfield High School.
The doors open at five… and the first band starts playing at six… this year’s opening act for the Chowder Blues and Brews will be a homecoming.
218 – “We’re loving to be back, we missed being here last year, they tried to change things up a little bit and, we’d been there previously nine years.”
The Kush Band will make their tenth appearance at Florence’s Fall Festival and Marc Barnum says their strength comes from closeness.
219 – “We’ve been playing together for about 25 years and with various different lineups.”
The core group… Barnum, Frank “Harpo” Welles and Sunny Sundstrom have been together the entire time. But it’s not only their closeness, but that of the entire group that’s been a hallmark of their music.
220 – “We’re a very close group of guys. We’re all… you know we’re very good friends first and we have a ball supporting each other and you know, we can, we’re almost reading each others minds we’ve played so much together and we have a really good time.”
The Kush Band will be followed tonight by Locust Street Tax. Two more local bands will play Saturday, First Class and Paradigm; followed by the David Samuel Project, the Sassparilla Jug Band and the closing act… the Ty Curtis Band.
TAKING A LOOK INTO COAST RADIO SPORTS:
Prep Football:
Viking running back Sonny Tupua carried the ball 27 times for 120 yards and three touchdowns last night as the Siuslaw Vikings downed the South Umpqua Lancers 27-13 in both teams’ Far West League openers last night. John Johnson was five-for-eight passing for 48 yards and one touchdown. In other Far West League Action, Sutherlin picked up their first win of the season, 35 – 14 over Brookings-Harbor. The two top ranked teams in the league, North Bend and Douglas, meet tonight in Winston.
In the Sunset League, the Glide Wildcats came out on top against the Reedsport Braves, 26 – 12. Mapleton fell to Lowell, 66 – 20 in a Mountain West League matchup.
On the Schedule…
Viking Cross Country is on the course tomorrow in Philomath for the Paul Marriman Invitational. In the Pac-Ten… Oregon is in the Rose Bowl tomorrow against UCLA for a 12:30 kickoff. Airtime on KCST is at 11:30. Oregon State will host Stanford on KCFM with a four o’clock kickoff… three o’clock airtime.
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