By CRAIG MURPHY Of the Keizertimes The end result was the same. But plenty else happened at the Jan. 3 Volunteers Coordinating Committee meeting. Jacob Martin was nominated by the seven-person VCC board to take one of two open spots on the Keizer Parks and Recreation Advisory Board. A few minutes later, outgoing Keizer City [...]

By CRAIG MURPHY Of the Keizertimes Last week, Rick Hammerquist was bitter about a denial at the hands of the Volunteer Coordinating Committee members. For the second time, Hammerquist made his case to be appointed to the Keizer Parks and Recreation Advisory Board last Thursday. For the second time, Hammerquist was denied by the VCC [...]

  By CRAIG MURPHY Of the Keizertimes It was out with the old, in with the new at Monday’s Keizer City Council meeting. Most of the old, anyway. Three councilors formally stepped down Monday, while three new councilors took the oath to begin their four-year terms. Mayor Lore Christopher also took the oath to begin [...]

By CRAIG MURPHY Of the Keizertimes Would you like increased setbacks in your life? Normally the answer would probably be no. Members of the Keizer City Council, however, approved increased setbacks. At a meeting last month, councilors approved by a 7-0 vote changes to the Keizer Development Code revising the ordinance for setbacks or vision [...]

By CRAIG MURPHY Of the Keizertimes David McKane didn’t intend to be a Keizer City Councilor. He didn’t originally plan to run for mayor, either. But he did both things, successfully running for council Position 1 in 2004 and unsuccessfully for mayor against incumbent Lore Christopher this year. “When I started in 2004, I was [...]

By CRAIG MURPHY Of the Keizertimes Attempts are being made to rectify a controversy over a Keizer committee. A Keizer Volunteer Coordinating Committee (VCC) meeting will be held at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 3 at Keizer Civic Center. In particular, the committee is meeting to consider applications for two positions on the Parks Advisory Board. [...]

By CRAIG MURPHY Of the Keizertimes Going over the items on the agenda didn’t take too long at Monday’s Keizer City Council meeting. The public comment portion at the start, however, was a different story. Six citizens spoke about the process of a Volunteer Coordinating Committee (VCC) meeting from Dec. 13, with most questioning how [...]

By CRAIG MURPHY Of the Keizertimes After being re-elected as Keizer’s mayor last month, Lore Christopher immediately announced she wanted to start a task force to look at issues that had been brought up during the campaign. In particular, she indicated the group would look into ideas brought up by opponent David McKane. Christopher confirmed [...]

By CRAIG MURPHY Of the Keizertimes Mark Caillier knows the effort it takes to truly be a Keizer City Councilor. He also knows he’s no longer willing to put forth that effort. That’s why Caillier didn’t run for re-election this year to the Position 3 seat, a seat he’s held the past four years. This [...]

By CRAIG MURPHY Of the Keizertimes Lore Christopher swept each precinct on her way to winning her re-election bid for Keizer mayor against challenger David McKane, according to data released last week by the Marion County Elections Department. Christopher garnered a total of 7,686 votes compared to 5,856 for McKane, currently a Keizer City Councilor. [...]