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Predictions in 2008 for Clatsop County

• There will be some major flooding during the first part of the year that will rival 1996.

• The local housing market will weaken, but will be much stronger than the rest of the nation.

• No Condos over the water will be built due to weak demand.

• Building will continue around Astoria, but will slow inside the city limits.

• Bradwood will be totally approved and will start construction in late 2008.

• Oregon LNG will continue to battle, but achieve very little success.

• Mark Kujala will be elected Mayor of Warrenton in January and keep his seat on the Commission in November by a landslide.

• Terry Ferguson will either step down or lose in November.

• Frank Orrell will win a nail-bitter.

• Pete Roscoe will keep his seat on the Astoria City Council.

• Russ Warr will lose a close one.

• The slide above Bond Street will start up again.

• The City of Astoria will install a water turbine in late 2008 and will cost twice as much as estimated so it can be installed quickly before the rainy season.

• The Astoria/Warrenton Gas tax will bring in 2/3 of what was estimated.

• Vince Williams and a Anti-LNG/Pro Josh Marquis person will run against Patricia Roberts…with Vince coming in 3rd in May and Patricia barely beating the Anti-LNG/Pro Marquis person in November.

• Sam Patrick will not run again and a Anti-LNG/Pro Marquis person will run against Cary Johnson and Cary will win with 52% of the vote in May.

• A recall will be tried against Richard Lee and will fail 55-45%.

• The D.A. will have his 2 Staff Positions cut…along with 4 positions in other Depts. And the County will invoke a pay freeze for every employee to make up for a $1,000,000+ in declining Timber and other revenues.

• Astoria will lose in the finals in the 4A Baseball Playoffs.

• The Trailblazers will get the 7th Playoff spot in the West and Greg Oden will be cleared to play the first Playoff game.

• 50% more locals will be reading the local websites by the end of 2008.

• The Daily Astorian will raise its Newspaper rates and lower it’s web-subscription rates to try to get more readers online and lower overhead.

• All local elected officials will unite to demand a by-pass….and will continue to be ignored by ODOT.

If you have other predictions…put them in the comments….

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