Rep.

Kevin Cameron, HD19

Statesman Journal mini-questionnaire for 2012 General Election Thank you for responding to this questionnaire, which is for use by Statesman Journal Editorial Board members in evaluating candidates for potential endorsements in the Nov. 6 General Election. Your answers also will be shared with reporters and may be published in the print Page | 1 newspaper and on StatesmanJournal.com. If you completed our questionnaire for the primary season, youll notice that some requested information is similar. We ask you to provide it again in case any of your previous data or answers have changed. (If you cant find a copy of your previous answers, let us know and well gladly send one.) Please answer each question and return this questionnaire to the Editorial Board via email as an attached Word document. The boards email address: Salemed@StatesmanJournal.com Deadline for submitting your questionnaire: 9 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 12, or earlier.
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Your name: Kevin Cameron Age: 56

(If your age will change before the Nov. 6 election, please indicate your birthday. We want to make sure we use accurate ages in editorials and news coverage. )

Political party (if this is a partisan office): Republican Position you are seeking (name of position, district number): State Representative, House District 19 I plan to attend the editorial board meeting scheduled for: Tuesday, September 18, 2012 @ 11 AM Number of years living in the area you seek to represent: 14 years; 10 years in west Salem Do you affirm that you are a full-time resident of that area? Yes City/town of residence: Salem, Marion County, Oregon Family (name of spouse/partner, number and ages of children if at home, number of grown children): Wife of 30 years: Judy (Wallace) Cameron; 2 adult daughters Education: BS from OSU in marketing Current occupation and employer: Co-Founder/CEO Cafe Today Restaurants; State Representative HD 19

Rep. Kevin Cameron, HD19

Military service: none. Employment history: Some Farm and Agriculture early work history; have held many positions within the hospitality industry starting at 16 years old. Judy and I started Caf Today in 1995.
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Community involvement/volunteer history: Alumni Board Member of Oregon State University Alumni Foundation 2006-2012; Morning Star Community Church, Board Member 1992-2012; Former Chairman of the Board, Oregon Restaurant Association; Coached Little League Softball; Provide leadership and financial support for many community organizations over the years, including Salem Leadership Foundation, Greater Salem Young Life, Salem Area Chamber of Commerce; SEDCOR; Reid Saunders and Salem Riverfest 2007, Corban College, Salem City Club. Marion Polk food share sustainer, SOLV, Salem Keizer Education Foundation Please list all public offices to which youve been elected, and when: State Representative HD 19, appointed Feb 2005, elected in 2006, re-elected in 2008, and 2010. Please list any unsuccessful candidacies for public office, and when: none Other prior political and government experience: 2005: House Committee on General Government; 2005 House Committee on Health and Human Services; 2007 House Ways and Means Public Safety Subcommittee; 2007present House Committee on Business and Labor, Vice chair and House Judiciary Committee; Currently on Attorney Generals Underage Drinking Task Force and the Governors Council on Re-entry. 2011- present House Committee on General Government & Consumer Protection Committee and Legislative Administration Committee How much your general election campaign will cost: We plan on spending about $35,000 from September to November, but that may change based on how the campaign goes. Key endorsements you have received: AG-PAC Create Jobs PAC National Electrical Contractors Association National Federation of Independent Business National Rifle Association Oregon Anti-Crime Alliance Oregon Cattle PAC Oregon Chiefs of Police Association Oregon Farm Bureau Federation Oregon Small Business Association

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Oregon State Building and Construction Trades Council Oregonians for Food and Shelter Oregon Restaurant and Lodging Association Oregon Right to Life Salem Area Chamber of Commerce Sheriffs of Oregon PAC

How the public can reach your campaign (remember that this information may be published): Mail address:

Kevin Cameron for Oregon 4742 Liberty Rd. S., #236 Salem, Oregon 97302

E-mail address: info@kevincameronfororegon.com Web site URL: www.kevincameronfororegon.com Phone: 503.269.0915 Fax: none 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. Minor traffic violations only. 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 consistent record of working effectively with a variety of groups and individuals. My business and volunteer leadership experiences are strong assets. People may not always agree with my decisions, but I am willing and able to listen and take others viewpoints into consideration in coming to common ground to help move good ideas forward. My experience and relationships would be the advantage in helping our state and community. 4. What are the three most important issues you would address if elected? How? (75 words for each
issue)

A. Continue to promote private sector job bills. Last session we had seven bills that would create 50,000 jobs over five years. Provide continued leadership to try and remove obstacles and provide certainty for business growth.

Rep. Kevin Cameron, HD19

B. PERS reform-work to get substantial reform to help keep more dollars in services. From 2009/10 to 2012/13, three years later Salem-Keizer School District cost of PERS has grown from $27,540,421 to $41,956,132 over a $14 million increase. Equivalent to 140 teacher positions @ $100,000 each. Additional education dollars have been redirected to cover expenses not related to classroom productivity and outcomes for our students.
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C. Balance the budget without any new fees and/or taxes. Continue to fund education first so that our schools can make plans further in advance. 5. What do you see as other important issues? Follow-up with education reforms started the last two sessions. Review Criminal Justice Commission reconsolidation. Continue to work on re-entry issues to improve public safety. Monitor the Medical Transformation occurring, and put forth a realistic medical liability reform package. 6. How would you describe your political style or for judicial candidates, your judicial temperament? I am a fiscal conservative, but practical in finding solutions by listening and working with others. I have been placed in positions of leadership by my peers and the feedback I received from many sources helped me perform to move bi-partisan legislation through the process. Oregon achieved a working together result and I was honored to play a role in that process. 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? As I described above, as House Republican Leader we worked with the Governor and others to balance the budget, and move forward some education reforms in a civil manner. I invited the Governor to our caucus to share our ideas and priorities and we treated him and others with civility and respect. There was a willingness to try and find common ground on many issues, although we did not feel that we made the needed progress on the jobs agenda that we put forward. We will work on it again next session. 8. What is the largest budget you have handled, and in what capacity? Besides the state budget, I have had restaurant management multi unit operations with over $15 million a year. As a small business owner, I have had to be accountable for as high as 4 million in budget, making sure all aspects of the business were running smoothly and operating. 9. What is the largest number of employees youve supervised, and in what capacity? In our business we had a peak of over 100 employees. I have always worked with others to delegate and lead. Before I was 30 years old I was responsible for training and development programs for over a 100 restaurants. Most of my adult life has been about helping and supporting others to grow and expand their potential to benefit those around them and themselves.

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10. Who is your role model for this office the person/people you would most like to emulate? Former House Speaker Larry Campbell and my long time mentor and business partner Keith Andler.
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11. Any skeletons in your closet or other potentially embarrassing information that you want to disclose before it comes up in the campaign? Nothing that hasnt been already been exposed. 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 Measure 80, marijuana legalization Yes Yes Yes No

Measure 81, gillnetting ban No* *The governor has directed the implementation of Senator Girods concept legislation and if that it is put into action it would supersede M81. I am supportive of a practical solution. Measure 82, allows private casinos Measure 83, authorizes Wood Village casino Measure 84, eliminates inheritance tax No No Yes

Measure 85 shifts corporate kicker to K-12 schools No** **But I would support the measure if it put it into an education stability fund or general rainy day fund. In the 2007 session I voted to suspend the Corporate Kicker and put it in the rainy day fund.
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.