Letter: Vote Claire Hall for county commissioner

I am pleased to write this letter of recommendation about our outstanding county commissioner, Claire Hall.

When I first returned to Lincoln County, I was very interested in working on housing issues, and everyone I talked to said, "Talk to Commissioner Hall." I found Claire easy to talk to and extremely knowledgeable about this number one issue in our community.

Her years of experience, knowledge and relationships with key players in Salem, and involvement with us “regular” folks here makes her my first choice for the job. In addition, I know Claire really does care about all of us. She cares about whether we have enough to eat, she cares about whether we have a decent place to live, she cares about our civil rights and how we're treated, she cares that we have safe and well-paying jobs and she cares that we know she's working very hard on our behalf to have a good quality of life.

It's not easy for a new person to gain the experience and knowledge that Claire has gained as a commissioner, and it's easy for a candidate to make lots of promises. But not until a person is actually in the job will they find out what they can and can't do. So don't be fooled by pretty pie-in-the-sky solutions by folks who have not been in the job.

For all of these reasons, I'm voting for Claire, and I hope you will too. She's clearly the most qualified. Claire cares!

Franki Trujillo Dalbey

Newport