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District needs new blood

On Sept. 22, I attended the House District 14 debate between Democrat Chris Edwards and Republican State Rep. Debi Farr. Farr seemed awfully snarky in some of her remarks. I'm not sure why she felt she needed to belittle her opponent just because she's older than he is and has decades of volunteer experience in the com- munity.

Farr made some wisecrack about not waking up yesterday and deciding to run for the state Legislature. What kind of message does that send to younger people about getting involved in public service? She made it sound like a person isn't qualified to run for public office unless they're old enough to have kids in college. Chris Edwards is a young father and local businessman who deserves our vote as much as any entrenched politician in Salem.

Farr also made a condescending observation about new residents in the district. Like Chris Edwards, I am a fifth-generation Oregonian who also grew up in Eugene and attended middle school and high school here. We both graduated from Oregon universities. My wife and I are new residents in District 14. We moved to our new home in the Bethel area last summer. Apparently, that's not sufficient to engender common courtesy from Farr.

There's absolutely nothing wrong with having new blood in the community. And there is definitely an advantage to putting new blood into the state Legislature. Now more than ever, we need a Democratic majority to put Oregon (and the nation!) back...

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