Wednesday, October 18, 2006

Willamette Week Endorsement: Mike Caudle for HD 39

Willamette Week released their endorsements in today's issue and had some glowing things to say about Mike in the course of giving him their support:

Incumbent Republican Wayne Scott's been in Salem for only two terms, but he sure knows how the place works. He's the go-to guy for Philip Morris and the beer distributors, and he has been the recipient of more than $50,000 from payday and title lenders in the past two years.

Scott screamed in outrage during a special legislative session this spring that placed new limits on payday lenders, and his most recent contribution reports show him raking in more than $30,000 from the utilities, who are looking to roll back tax reforms.

Voters are lucky in this district that Scott's opponent would be a solid replacement: Caudle, an academic adviser at Clackamas Community College (he also was two-time student body president there before going on to be student body president at Oregon State). A pugnacious former high-school wrestler who coaches the sport at Gladstone High School, the 30-year-old Caudle also has a lengthy record of community volunteerism and has spent much of the past two years exploring the vagaries of the healthcare system with a daughter who was born prematurely.

There's little doubt he's more in touch with the district than Scott, who acts as if he thinks his real constituency is the business lobby.
If you want to add your name to Mike's growing list of endorsements just click here to fill out an easy form. If you're interested in helping out in other ways, please consider making a financial contribution to help Mike make it through the home stretch of the campaign and sign up to volunteer.

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