Occupation: Statistical Consultant, International Statistical Training and Technical Services

Occupational Background: Statistical consultant supporting agricultural, forestry, and fisheries research; statistics instructor; adjunct and associate professor; Peace Corps Volunteer

Educational Background: Ph.D., Statistics and Genetics Co-major, North Carolina State; B.A., Biology, Portland State; Grant High School, Portland

Prior Governmental Experience: Elected Oregon City Commissioner, representative to Metro, and Library Board member/chair

Community Leadership and Involvement: Oregon City Carnegie Center Reuse Committee, Cleanup Committee, Chamber of Commerce, and Optimist Club; Metro Green Ribbon and Green Spaces Advisory Committees; Member of Clackamas County Historical Society, Oregon Trail Foundation Board, SOLV, Oregon League of Conservation Voters, Audubon Society, 1000 Friends of Oregon

NEELEY'S PRIORITIES:
Top Funding Priorities:

• K-12 and Higher Education; Health Services (including mental health); Children's Services; Public Safety; Environmental Monitoring

Steady and Diverse Economic Growth:

• Attract new and keep existing industries
• Support balance between residential and job growth throughout state
• Improve road and rail distribution system for goods and services

Effective Land Use:

• Legislate to emphasize redevelopment of abandoned or underused industrial lands
• Require creation of permanent boundaries beyond which cities cannot grow
• Require county governments to determine degree to which tax-paying residents of rural areas and incorporated cities (e.g., Oregon City and Canby) subsidize unincorporated urban areas (e.g., Clackamas and Oak Grove); enable counties to require unincorporated urban areas to establish tax base to end subsidies

Create stable funding:

• Assure budgetary accountability
• Establish capped rainy-day fund
• Require new development to pay for impact on public schools

ENDORSING NEELEY: American Federation of Teachers, Oregon; Oregon League of Conservation Voters; Alice Norris, Oregon City Mayor; John F. Williams, Jr., Former Oregon City Mayor; Norm Andreen, Former Co-Chair Beavercreek C.P.O. and Vice Chairman, Metro Committee for Citizen Involvement; Barry Rotrock, Former Superintendent, Oregon City School District, Kurt Schrader, Oregon State Senator, District 20

WEBSITE: www.neeleyforstaterep.com

(This information furnished by Doug Neeley.)