So, the Bend Bulletin has endorsed Dallas Brown. I can’t understand why. Their position paper lists such drivel as Dallas has “attended countless county meetings” .
According to the Bulletin, Dallas wants to expand the jail, “improve the county’s web site to make it more user friendly” and he is “a walking catalogue of information about county government in general and Deschutes County in particular”. Finally, “If he is still a bit green around the edges, that is hardly a disqualifier. He will serve Deschutes County well.” Will he?
Let’s look at Dallas Brown‘s qualifications to lead Deschutes County as a county commissioner:
- Dallas Brown’s filing of candidacy
- 25 years old
- Never held a real job
- Lives with his parents
- Plugged on Facebook by mom too
- Bachelor of Science degree (political science specialty)
- Has never held an elected position
- Has never led anything
All in all, it looks like he wants to be a career politician. Seriously, this is the guy that is on the democrat path for county commissioner? They must be hard up!
Oh yeah, he’s also endorsed by The Source now. What a joke. William Schmonsees calls this “the opportunity to elect a highly ethical individual whose vision for the future encompasses all of our needs”. It reads like William was getting high when he wrote this.
Let’s compare the challenger, Tony DeBone, who is on the republican ticket:
- Tony DeBone’s filing of candidacy
- Small business owner
- Doesn’t live with his parents
- Active in civics throughout the county
- Bachelor of Science degree (robotics/electronics specialty)
- Endorsed by a current county commissioner, former state senator, and many other prominent community figures
- Has held real jobs since 1989
I’ve known Tony informally for several years. He’s always taken my calls, and helped me out in any way he could. Hell, after looking at his filing for candidacy, I figured out that Tony got a Bachelor of Science from the same university that my dad was a professor at for decades.
Get this, people. Tony has actually paid his own bills! He knows what it’s like to pay taxes, own businesses, he’s worked in the real world! Guess who I would even consider voting for?
I suspect plenty of people will vote for Dallas because he’s on the democrat ticket, or for Tony because he’s on the republican ticket. Sorry, but voting based on party alone is senseless. I guess if you are voting at the last minute, trying to get your ballot in, you would do that for the people you don’t understand. But these guys are easy to understand. Look at who these people really are, and realize they are both attempting to direct our county as part of a 3-person commissioner panel.
All that being said, Deschutes County tends to go republican anyways, so Tony will probably win by default (which is fine by me, even if he wins for the wrong reason).
Dallas confronted Bill Scally recently, because he “wasn’t getting equal airtime” to Tony on KITC FM. Bill has been a certified FM engineer for many years, he’s been in radio since age 12. Dallas threatened to call the FCC. Bill suggested that he could give Dallas the appropriate number at the FCC so that Dallas could plead his case to Art, who Bill has known for decades. Then Bill asked Dallas, “Have I taken any money from you? No. Have I taken any money from Tony? No. It’s called free speech.”
Tony had a morning show on KITC. He stopped after he won the primary, to eliminate any conflict of interest between the station and the election. Dallas, why don’t you show up to the station and participate? I bet Bill would give you your own morning show if you wanted.
Well said and It’s ALL true. Think about it people.
The Bulletin’s endorsement of DB is fascinatingly bizarre. What could have been their thought process to endorse an adolescent with no experience in anything other that attending meetings over an adult who has credentials and real life experiences?
I heard debone’s smear ad on the radio, it was word for word what you had written chris. This a team effort? ;)
I did get an appreciative e-mail form Tony regarding this post. That was my only conversation with him about any of these topics. Everything I wrote here (and to the Bulletin) is completely written by me, entirely with my own words. Most of the facts are derived from the filings of candidacy (which I included), next from the candidates’ own web sites, and finally a few from personal conversations. If Tony’s ads are word for word what I wrote, then I’m flattered he chose to use my representation of the situation. I’ve never heard any of Tony’s ads. Who is playing them?