No, Deschutes Commissioners Should Not Be Partisan. In Oregon, ¾ of County Boards Aren t.
In recent weeks, a conversation has been renewed about whether the Deschutes County Board of Commissioners races should be partisan In recent weeks, a conversation has been renewed about whether the Deschutes County Board of Commissioners races should be partisan. Deschutes County Commissioner Phil Chang, a Democrat who joined the board in 2021, believes they shouldn t be and we agree with him. Chang s assertion that county commissioners should drop their party affiliation is not without precedent. In Oregon, the majority of counties have non-partisan boards of commissioners. Deschutes County is among only nine of 36 Oregon counties to maintain a partisan board. In a county that is divided fairly evenly among Democrats, Republicans and non-affiliated voters representing roughly one-third of each turning away from the frequent vitriol of party politics is the right thing.
Outgoing secretary of state adds chapters to her public life
Bev Clarno spent years as a legislator, federal appointee and county commissioner.
When Bev Clarno published her memoir four years ago, she figured her public life was long over.
She was one of just two people and the only woman to lead Republicans in both chambers of the Oregon Legislature. She was a presidential appointee to a federal agency and served one year as a Deschutes County commissioner, which allowed her to stay close to home near Redmond.
Entering her 80s, she had had four children, six grandchildren and three great-grandchildren and she intended her memoir, From Pigs to Politics, to tell her story and to inspire them.