Who would you most like to have a beer with?

You may have noticed the tent set up in front of the courthouse today. That can only mean one thing. They're asking us, again, to vote for our public leaders today. This time Salem Keizer school district directors. Sorry it's not as exciting as an Obama/McCain matchup and I'm sure most of you are not up on some of the issues. OK, probably none of the issues, I'm not either. So, I'm putting this post together with some useful and useless info to help you decide who to vote for. The first thing you have to figure out is what district do you live in. See the adjacent map. (UPDATE 9:30am) Just called the elections office and discovered it doesn't matter which zone you live, in you can vote for candidates in all of the zones. Just vote on whatever is on your ballot. If you need help call 503-588-5041




In Zone 1 here's your choices.

Gregg Dal Ponte
here's his web page www.dalponte4schoolboard.info
here's his campaign finances
his biggest single cash contribution was from Jeff Zeeb $1000
here's what he looks like, picture taken from his twitter page

Chris Brantley
here's his web page www.chrisbrantleyforschoolboard.org/
here's his campaign finances
his biggest contributor was the Salem Keizer Education Association - Political Action Committee $3000
here's what he looks like, picture taken from his website




In zone 3 here's your choices

Patrick Sieng
here's his web page www.patricksieng.com/
here's his campaign finances
his largest cash contributions are from the OR War Veterans Assn $1000 and the Salem Keizer Education Association - Political Action Committee $1000here's what he looks like from his twitter account picture




Nancy MacMorris-Adix
here's her web page www.nancyforschools.org/
here's her campaign finances
her largest single contributor is from Ellen M Scott $1000
here's what she looks like, photo taken from her web site




In zone 5 there's one candidate on the ballot
Rick Kimball

In zone 7 there's one candidate on the ballot
Ron Jones



Here's a list of places to drop off your ballot

Get your ballot in today.

Good luck to all those running . I'm sure this is a thankless job and requires many hours of dedication to children and our schools. You are appreciated. Now if I can only figure out where I left my ballot.
Polls close at 7p tonight.