Doug Daoust
OCCUPATION: Current Troutdale City Councilor; Budget Coordinator for US Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Region.
OCCUPATIONAL BACKGROUND: 26 years with US Forest Service in Oregon and Washington; Volunteer Fireman; Wildland Firefighter; Warehouseman.
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND: Marshall High School - Portland, OR. Graduated 1970; Mt. Hood Community College - Gresham, OR. 1971; Oregon State University - Corvallis, OR. BS. Degree - 1974; University of Washington - Seattle, WA. 2/3 credits towards Masters Degree
PRIOR GOVERNMENTAL EXPERIENCE: Troutdale City Council last 4 years; Troutdale Planning Commission;
Parks Advisory Committee; Troutdale Budget Committee;
Gresham Tree Preservation Committee; Multnomah County Animal CAC; Mt. Hood Community College Forest Sciences Department Advisory Committee; Troutdale Booster Club Board of Directors; Imagination Station playground Coordinator.
What I've done for Troutdale:
• General coordinator of Imagination Station playground;
• Supported downtown merchants and businesses that increased Troutdale's wealth, both in tax base and livability;
• Met with neighborhood groups to work out their concerns with development issues;
• Supported funding to police, for increased community safety;
• Supported the River Safety Lifeguard program on the Sandy River, and Troutdale Booster Club;
• Fiscally responsible with taxpayers dollars;
• Mediated an emotional forum with Fairview and Troutdale police, school administrators and parents regarding school safety issues;
What I will do:
• Work to officially recognize neighborhood groups, so citizens have a more formal avenue to express ideas to city leaders;
• Continue to be your "common sense councilor";
• Develop a vision for the future for the land vacated by the old sewer treatment plant downtown;
• Support continued business growth that helps our tax base, bringing greater wealth for city police and fire protection, without raising property taxes;
• Listen, and keep your concerns my priority, and do more than what's required of me.
Endorsed by:
Paul Thalhofer, Mayor of Troutdale; Charles Becker, Mayor of Gresham; Roger Vonderharr, Mayor of Fairview; Donald Robertson, Mayor of Wood Village; Bruce Thompson, City councilor; Paul Rabe, City Councilor; Sharon Kelley, Multnomah County Commissioner
(This information furnished by Doug Daoust for City Council Committee)
Steven L. Ellis
OCCUPATION: Hotel General Manager; Lease/Rental Property Owner/ Manager
OCCUPATIONAL BACKGROUND: 13 yrs. Maintenance Management in Mining Industry; 10 yrs. Quality Control Management in Printing Industry
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND: Beaverton High School; Portland Community College & Portland State University
PRIOR GOVERNMENTAL EXPERIENCE: 4 yrs. Troutdale Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors; 2 yrs. Edgefield Station Planning Committee Member
I ask for your vote for the Troutdale City Council because I will always be independent in making decisions, voting what I think the citizens would want for their city. I will not be influenced by outside interests.
I have lived in Troutdale since 1992 and managed a local business. After joining the Chamber of Commerce, I served on its Board of Directors for four years.
As a citizen of Troutdale and a Chamber member, I have followed and experienced our city council at work, both directly and indirectly. The council has made many hard decisions over the years. I have agreed with and some and disagreed with others. For the most part I commend our present council.
What I have disagreed with is the desire of some of our elected officials to raise our taxes and fees without regard to the harm it does to local property owners and taxpayers. And I think some officials want to spend too much on new programs the city can't afford.
Some taxes within our city are already higher than anywhere in the tri-county area.
That is why I think it's time for a change.
Our small community is great right now, so let's just keep it simple and maintain what we have. You and I have to live within our personal budgets, so should Troutdale.
I am a strong supporter of our schools, especially better learning programs for our grade schools and head start programs which promote reading. Reynolds is our school district and we should support it, for the sake of a better Troutdale.
VOTE STEVEN L. ELLIS FOR TROUTDALE CITY COUNCIL.
(This information furnished by Steven L. Ellis)