Grants Pass: we have an elected council again!

The votes came in last night and my hat is off to everyone who ran, everyone who helped in the campaigns, and especially to everyone who won. Congratulations, my best wishes to all of you.

The people of Grants Pass wanted a new city council. They have one. And the new members are all civic-minded, informed, [...]

Grants Pass City Council Forum at Rogue Community College

Tonight was what may be that hurrah of the Grants Pass City Council election campaign. I think I speak for every one of the candidates in thanking the students of RCC for putting on this event (and serving the great sandwiches afterward). We need youth that votes and is engaged in it’s government.

And what can [...]

City Council Candidates forget Chamber

I won’t mention the person’s name, but I was at a social event last week and one person there mentioned how sad it was that on the televised Grants Pass City Council candidate forums that not one candidate mentioned the Grants Pass Chamber of Commerce when asked what could be done to grow and support [...]

Grants Pass City Council election discussion

Thanks to I Love Grants Pass Web site, here is a link to a great discussion. Way to go, Jack Greenburg!
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Grants Pass City Council makes some good decisioin

At the last Grants Pass City Council meeting some very good decisions were made– and it was a record short meeting!

But seriously, the Grants Pass City Council was right to vote yes to require the city budget to keep a 30 percent reserve rather than spending the entire budget down at the end of the [...]

Grants Pass needs more primary care

Hats off to Dr. Heather Kahn and Karen Hoskins, PA, for setting up a new primary care practice, Rogue Medicine. As reported in the Grants Pass Daily Courier on February 24, this new service is desperately needed. “We live in an under-served community where many practices are closed to new patients,” said Hoskins.

And she is [...]

Grants Pass City Council Video Voters Guide

A Grants Pass City Council video voters guide was recently made by Margaret Goodwin for Americans for Prosperity, an independent group of conservative Americans in Grants Pass. Thanks guys!

Here is a link to my video (and everyone’s):

Grant Walker City Council Campaign Video

If you would like to know more about AFP, try this link: http://www.fightbackoregon.com/
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Grants Pass City Council Endorsements

As reported in the Grants Pass Daily Courier, some groups in town have endorsed certain candidates. The Courier also stated in an editorial that the endorsements smack of “bloc” thinking, and could lead to the same problems we had with the last City Council. In other words, vote your own way and don’t let some [...]

Grants Pass council voters guide on TV-10

Here is the link to the TV-10 story on the voters’ guide: VOTERS GUIDE.

Grants Pass City Council needs to think about Health Care

In a recent article about urgent care clinics in the Grants Pass Daily Courier, Dr. Lyle Jackson is quoted. The paper states, “Both Grants Pass Clinic’s urgent care and Valley Immediate Care have something in common, Jackson notes: ‘They’re “a reflection that we don’t have enough doctors in this community. There is an overall doctor [...]