Marilyn Smith
Candidate for Albany City Council, Ward 3B
Marilyn Smith
RESIDENCE: Albany.
OCCUPATION: Retired.
OCCUPATIONAL/WORK HISTORY: City of Albany communications officer, 1999-2020. Newspaper reporter — Albany Democrat-Herald 1987-1999; Oregon Statesman/Salem Statesman-Journal, 1980-1987; Lebanon Express, 1975-80.
PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE: Albany City Council, 2021-present; Albany Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Commission, charter member. Outside government, I am a past president of the United Way of Linn County Board of Directors, Mid-Valley Bicycle Club, and Santiam Spokes Bicycle Club.
EDUCATION: University of Oregon, bachelor of science, journalism, 1975; Harrisburg Union High School, 1971 (student body vice president and senior class president).
FAMILY: husband Stanford Smith, married 43 years.
HOBBIES/INTERESTS: Reading; Airstream travel; daily walks with my yellow Lab, May; correspondence with friends across Canada, England, and France; collecting fountain pens.
WHY I"M RUNNING:
Every seat on the Albany City Council will have changed in the last four years with the 2024 election. I ran in 2020 to help ease that change by contributing my institutional knowledge, historical perspective and experience from working in Albany city government. I am seeking re-election to provide that help to two more new councilors. I look forward to completing the waterfront redevelopment project and creating a plan for sustainable funding to start fixing our terrible neighborhood streets.
DONATE:
Marilyn Smith for Albany City Council
P.O. Box 1714
Albany OR 97321
ENDORSEMENTS: Albany Mayor Alex Johnson II; Barbara Thayer, Albany, homeless advocate; Willamette Association of Realtors;
Albany Area Chamber Of Commerce Good Government Council; Linn County Democrats.
CONTACT: [email protected].
OCCUPATION: Retired.
OCCUPATIONAL/WORK HISTORY: City of Albany communications officer, 1999-2020. Newspaper reporter — Albany Democrat-Herald 1987-1999; Oregon Statesman/Salem Statesman-Journal, 1980-1987; Lebanon Express, 1975-80.
PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE: Albany City Council, 2021-present; Albany Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Commission, charter member. Outside government, I am a past president of the United Way of Linn County Board of Directors, Mid-Valley Bicycle Club, and Santiam Spokes Bicycle Club.
EDUCATION: University of Oregon, bachelor of science, journalism, 1975; Harrisburg Union High School, 1971 (student body vice president and senior class president).
FAMILY: husband Stanford Smith, married 43 years.
HOBBIES/INTERESTS: Reading; Airstream travel; daily walks with my yellow Lab, May; correspondence with friends across Canada, England, and France; collecting fountain pens.
WHY I"M RUNNING:
Every seat on the Albany City Council will have changed in the last four years with the 2024 election. I ran in 2020 to help ease that change by contributing my institutional knowledge, historical perspective and experience from working in Albany city government. I am seeking re-election to provide that help to two more new councilors. I look forward to completing the waterfront redevelopment project and creating a plan for sustainable funding to start fixing our terrible neighborhood streets.
DONATE:
Marilyn Smith for Albany City Council
P.O. Box 1714
Albany OR 97321
ENDORSEMENTS: Albany Mayor Alex Johnson II; Barbara Thayer, Albany, homeless advocate; Willamette Association of Realtors;
Albany Area Chamber Of Commerce Good Government Council; Linn County Democrats.
CONTACT: [email protected].