Your name: Age: 61

Fred Frank Girod

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Political party (if this is a partisan office): Republican Position you are seeking (name of position, district number): Oregon State Senate, District 9 I plan to attend the editorial board meeting scheduled for: October 4th Number of years living in the area you seek to represent: I was born and raised here. Do you affirm that you are a full-time resident of that area? Yes City/town of residence: Lyons Family (name of spouse/partner, number and ages of children if at home, number of grown children): Lori Girodspouse

Education: Masters of public Administration Harvard, Doctorate of Dental Medicine OHSU, Oregon State BS Current occupation and employer: Dentist with small private practice; Oregon State Senator Military service: none Employment history: Self-employed dental practice Community involvement/volunteer history: Santiam Hospital Board, Stayton City Council

Please list all public offices to which youve been elected, and when: State Senate 2008, House of Representatives 2006, 1992, Stayton City Council 1990, Santiam Hospital Board 1988. Please list any unsuccessful candidacies for public office, and when: U.S. Congress 1994 Other prior political and government experience: Precinct Person How much your general election campaign will cost: As little as possible Key endorsements you have received: Ag-PAC, Oregon Farm Bureau, NRA, Oregon Anti-Crime Alliance, Oregon Chiefs of Police Association, Sheriffs of Oregon, NFIB, Associated Oregon Loggers, Nursery Association, Northwest Sportsfishing Industry Association and many others. How the public can reach your campaign (remember that this information may be published): Mail address: 101 Fern Ridge Road Stayton, OR 97383 E-mail address: votegirod@aol.com Web site URL: www.fredgirod.com Phone: (503)769-4321 Fax: Please limit your response to each of the following questions to about 75 words but be specific. 1. Have you ever been convicted of a crime, been disciplined by a professional licensing board/organization or had an ethics violation filed against you? If so, please give the details. No 2. Have you ever filed for bankruptcy, been delinquent on your taxes or other major accounts, or been sued personally or professionally? If so, please give the details. No 3. Why should people vote for you? What separates you from your opponent(s)? I have a long record of looking out for rural Oregon and small cities. My opponent and I are political opposites.

4. What are the three most important issues you would address if elected? How? (75 words for each
issue)

A. Jobs: The way we manage our natural resources is the key. As a state we need to be unified in our desire to harvest timber. We have lost over 50,000 jobs alone in the timber industry. Get government of the back of farmers. So goes agriculture, so goes revenue for the state. Take water out of the Columbia during flood to make corn out of sage brush and create around 10,000 new jobs. B. Education: We must prioritize education spending above all else. Duplicate government agencies cant be funded. Review and eliminate all unnecessary mandates. Make TAG students a priority. Create pilot programs to try new techniques such as the Kahn Academy. Let the Superintendent of Schools be elected by the superintendents. Keep the cost of higher education down by supporting the Oregon Opportunity Grant. C. Public Safety: We need to keep bad people in jail and keep us safe. We need to bring down the cost of incarceration to mirror the surrounding states. Reducing the meth epidemic is the key. Increase the number of awareness programs about meth addiction. Before and after photos would be nice. 5. What do you see as other important issues? Fish recovery programs are my special interest. We need a three prong approach. Get gillnets of the main stem of the Columbia. Oil the eggs of cormorants. Tag and harvest problem sea lions. 6. How would you describe your political style or for judicial candidates, your judicial temperament? Relationships are the key in the legislature. I try not to burn bridges, yet represent my philosophy. I am the guy to clean up bills so they read correctly and do what we think they will. 7. If you are an incumbent, what have you achieved during your current term? If you are not an incumbent, how have you prepared yourself for this position? I believe I played a critical role in getting gillnetters off the main stem. I was a voice of opposition to the Governors plan to expand governments role in health care. I helped Aurora and Donald fire districts secure land so they can build a new fire station. This required a statutory fix. My office is also excellent at constituent work. 8. What is the largest budget you have handled, and in what capacity? I sit on Ways and Means so the entire Oregon State budget. 9. What is the largest number of employees youve supervised, and in what capacity? Four as a boss in the private sector.

10. Who is your role model for this office the person/people you would most like to emulate? The ability to communicate and get something done it would have to be Ronald Reagan, the greatest president of the twentieth century. I have a picture in my office of John Wayne, for his tough love. 11. Any skeletons in your closet or other potentially embarrassing information that you want to disclose before it comes up in the campaign? No 12. As a public official, your views on public issues are relevant to voters and potential constituents. Please indicate whether you support or oppose each of these statewide measures on the Nov. 6 ballot. (This question does not apply to judicial candidates.) Measure 77, catastrophic disaster Measure 78, separation of powers Measure 79, real estate transfer taxes ban Measure 80, marijuana legalization Measure 81, gillnetting ban Im a chief sponsor Governor has better fix. My 2012 priority bill with the State of Washington. Measure 82, allows private casinos Measure 83, authorizes Wood Village casino Measure 84, eliminates inheritance tax Measure 85 shifts corporate kicker to K-12 schools Yes Yes Yes No No

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Thank you. Again, please submit your questionnaire as an attached Word document to Salemed@StatesmanJournal.com no later than 9 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2012.