Comments on Micki Varney is a great candidate for the West Salem city council seatTypePad2018-03-02T05:22:28ZBrian Hineshttps://hinessight.blogs.com/salempoliticalsnark/tag:typepad.com,2003:https://hinessight.blogs.com/salempoliticalsnark/2018/03/micki-varney-is-a-great-candidate-for-the-west-salem-city-council-seat/comments/atom.xml/Jim Scheppke commented on 'Micki Varney is a great candidate for the West Salem city council seat'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d83451c0aa69e201b8d2df4746970c2018-03-03T01:14:18Z2018-03-03T03:36:09ZJim ScheppkeThanks Brian! We are so fortunate to have Micki Varney running for the Salem City Council. For all the reasons...<p>Thanks Brian! We are so fortunate to have Micki Varney running for the Salem City Council. For all the reasons you note here, she is just a terrific candidate. The incumbent has held the seat for 3+ years and has accomplished nothing to improve the livability of West Salem. He was an early champion of tolling to build the 3rd Bridge. He's still in bed with the "Build it Now" Salem Bridge Solutions folks so I assume he still thinks tolling all of our bridges (one and new) is a good idea. Micki is not opposed to the 3rd Bridge someday when there is money to pay for it and we don't have to toll ourselves, but she has identified eight things we can do now to begin to relieve peak hour congestion. I hope voters in Ward 8 will support a candidate with the intelligence, energy and determination to make West Salem a better place to live.</p>