In addition, the Northwest Power Planning Council is now warning that there is a one in four chance of a regional power shortfall by 2003, with accompanying brown outs or black outs for our region. This was a function announced in The Sun and to which the public was invited. I have declared for the nonpartisan race for freeholder from the First Commissioner District. Candidates for nonpartisan positions are welcome at Republican public events. There is a time to leave partisanship behind.
Charter government is such an issue.
In a county where most precincts had more voters casting unaffiliated ballots in the recent presidential primary than either Republican or Democratic, partisans on all sides should come together in the center that we may create good government under a charter of our choosing that will serve us well through the rest of this new century. They suggest the move is unpatriotic or anti-military. Actually, the main problem is access. Military security requires that names of participants be approved in advance. Foreign nationals have difficulty attending.