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THE CHARBONNEAU VILLAGER 7
May 2020
Civic Affairs
By WAYNE RICHARDS
What is your opinion on
term limits in Wilsonville?
I’m so proud of being a part of a
community that cares about each
other and are willing to go out of
their way to protect each other dur-
ing this virus crisis. Thank you all.
It wouldn’t be a civic affairs column if
I didn’t mention two things. We have a
choice May 19 regarding whether term
limits are a good idea or not for Wilson-
Charbonneau
Tennis Club
By STEVE HALL
Charbonneau/Wilsonville
Tennis Tournament set for
June is canceled
ville. It is, of course,
your choice. I just
ask myself why.
We have term lim-
its called elections
now and it just
seems that term
RICHARDS limits:
Q Reduce your
election choice be-
cause existing councilors and the May-
or can’t run if they have served their
time limit.
Q Reduce experience in managing a
city as complex as Wilsonville.
Q Ends long-term relationships with
other regional leaders. Even if you consider just these three
things, it is why — in a statistically valid,
non-biased survey — the National Re-
search Center’s National Citizens Survey
gave Wilsonville one of its highest rat-
ings. Every time. For the last 12 years,
Wilsonville is rated one of the Top 10 cit-
ies out of 500 surveyed in America for cit-
izen satisfaction. You can read these re-
ports for yourself at www.ci.wilsonville.
or.us/CommunitySurvey. For many of us,
that’s leadership in action. I’ve thought
about it myself and wonder why we
would want to arbitrarily change leader-
ship if not for some specific agenda? You
might look at www.protectwilsonville.
org for more information about all of this. Speaking of specific agendas, we still
have an issue. The COVID-19 pandemic
got me thinking about lung health and
health in general. I, for one, have usu-
ally taken my health for granted. I
looked up benzo(a)pyrene (one of 11
toxic jet exhaust elements), lead from
Avgas, and carbon monoxide from the
airplanes, and from our already over-
crowded surface roads.
I was just wondering why we were
even thinking about expansion of a
business that is linked to a leading
cause of air pollution in America with-
out a detailed Environmental Impact
Statement. We breathe this air.
Thank you all.
In order to pro-
tect our club mem-
bers from the nov-
el coronovirus, the
indoor tennis facili-
ty was closed Fri-
day, March 20.
HALL Then several days
later, when the Or-
egon governor
specified stricter social distancing rules, the outdoor facility was also closed.
In addition, the annual Charbonneau/
Wilsonville Tennis Tournament, which
was scheduled for June 25, was canceled.
When things settle down we may decide
to run a smaller club tournament.
We will continue to be aware of the
advice we receive from health officials
and Charbonneau Country Club man-
agement, and will reopen the club
when we believe it is safe to do so. Our janitorial staff is continuing to
work to keep the tennis facility clean so it
will be easy to reopen once it is decided to
do so. Coach Bruce Reed has informed us
that he has some ideas concerning both
tennis and pickleball to get everyone in-
volved once again when appropriate.
Coach Bruce will post a YouTube
tennis video every Wednesday in May.
Look for “Coach Bruce Tennis Tips
2020.”
WHY TERM LIMITS?
Ask Yourself
WHO GAINS? WHO LOSES?
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Those who gain would be those who
favor pavement over farmland and
green spaces, those who want a
larger airport, and land speculators.
Those who lose would be all
Wilsonville citizens because we
would lose leadership, valuable
experience, knowledge, and very
important relationships built over time.
It should be a “no brainer.”
VOTE NO ON TERMS LIMITS!
PAID FOR BY PROTECT WILSONVILLE ELECTIONS
ProtectWilsonville.org