Ballots mail October 14 · Election Day November 3
Ballots mail October 14 · Election Day November 3
ELECT ROB IMHOFF COMMISSIONER, Position 5
“I’m not running to represent a party. I’m running to represent a county. Land use, public safety, behavioral health — none of that gets easier when we turn it into a partisan fight. The more we can keep partisan politics out of it, the more we actually get done.”
– Rob Imhoff
ELECT ROB IMHOFF COMMISSIONER, Position 5
“I’m not running to represent a party. I’m running to represent a county. Land use, public safety, behavioral health — none of that gets easier when we turn it into a partisan fight. The more we can keep partisan politics out of it, the more we actually get done.”
– Rob Imhoff
I’ve spent over twenty years in the trades in Central Oregon. I know exactly why a house here takes too long and costs too much, because I’ve stood in the permit line myself.
I’ll cut the delays the county controls, get land ready for building, and stop treating every application like a problem to be managed. My opponent wants to convene more partners to study our housing crisis. I’ve been framing the answer to it for two decades.
“We don’t fix a housing shortage from a conference room. We fix it by letting people build.”
Nobody in Deschutes County thinks what we’re doing now is working. The disagreement isn’t about the goal — it’s about whether anyone will actually deliver it.
I’ll fund what measurably moves people off the street and into treatment and housing, enforce our camping rules consistently instead of selectively, and put every dollar against a result we can check. Compassion that never produces an outcome isn’t compassion. It’s just expensive.
“I’ll be judged on whether the camps are gone and people got help. Not on how many task forces I sat on.”
The Deschutes County Stabilization Center is facing a $3.5 million shortfall, and every month we spend arguing about it, the fallback is a jail cell or an emergency room. Both are worse care at higher cost.
I’ll stabilize the center’s funding, tie it to measurable outcomes, and expand crisis response so a deputy isn’t the first and only option at 2 a.m.
“A county that can’t answer a mental health crisis at 2 a.m. isn’t a county that’s working. This isn’t a left or right issue — it’s a basic services issue.”
Every summer we find out how prepared we were. I’d rather know in April.
I’ll push year-round fuels reduction on county land, defensible-space help for rural property owners who can’t do it alone, evacuation routes that work for Sisters, Sunriver, La Pine and Terrebonne, and a county that backs our fire professionals with equipment before the smoke, not sympathy after.
“Wildfire preparedness is a spring budget decision. By August it’s just damage control.”
Salem and Washington don’t know what Terrebonne needs. They don’t know Sisters, or Alfalfa, or Bend’s east side. I do, because I live here and I’ve worked in all of it.
Water is the constraint on everything we want to do in this county. I’ll defend our irrigators and our aquifer, work with agriculture instead of around it, and make sure decisions about Deschutes County land get made in Deschutes County.
“I’m not interested in fighting the state for sport. I’m interested in winning the fights that actually decide whether people here can farm, build and stay.”
– Rob Imhoff
I’m a lifelong Oregonian who loves everything about our Deschutes County. From helping build homes to raising a family here with my wonderful wife Laurie, this place is where my heart is. We’ve got three kids and three grandkids growing up with the beauty and values of Central Oregon at their core.
For over two decades, I’ve built more than homes; I’ve built relationships. As a business owner, sub-contractor, and coach, I’ve learned the value of teamwork, listening, and bringing people together. I believe that’s how we achieve the best for our community.
Now, I’m ready to take that dedication to the next level as your County Commissioner. I believe in us and what we can achieve together.
I’m ready to roll up my sleeves and get to work. But more importantly, I’m ready to listen and collaborate. Let’s make Deschutes County even more of a place we’re proud to call home.
In May, this was a four-way race. Now it’s two people and one question: who do you actually want making these calls for the next two years? I’m not asking you to agree with me about national politics. I’m asking whether you want a builder or a candidate on the county commission.
I’m all in. Are you with me?
– Rob
P.S. Would you volunteer to help us win?
I’m a lifelong Oregonian who loves everything about our Deschutes County. From helping build homes to raising a family here with my wonderful wife Laurie, this place is where my heart is. We’ve got three kids and three grandkids growing up with the beauty and values of Central Oregon at their core.
For over two decades, I’ve built more than homes; I’ve built relationships. As a business owner, sub-contractor, and coach, I’ve learned the value of teamwork, listening, and bringing people together. I believe that’s how we achieve the best for our community.
Now, I’m ready to take that dedication to the next level as your County Commissioner. I believe in us and what we can achieve together.
I’m ready to roll up my sleeves and get to work. But more importantly, I’m ready to listen and collaborate. Let’s make Deschutes County even more of a place we’re proud to call home.
In May, this was a four-way race. Now it’s two people and one question: who do you actually want making these calls for the next two years? I’m not asking you to agree with me about national politics. I’m asking whether you want a builder or a candidate on the county commission.
I’m all in. Are you with me?
– Rob
P.S. P.S. Would you volunteer to help us win?
– Justin Perkey, Deschutes County
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