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NW Raw Kelly's Crepes Basil & Berries Tempo Videos Classifieds Jobs Autos Real Estate FEATURED » Obituaries TV Listings Movie Listings Oregon Outdoors Oregon Healthy Living Magazines & Special Sections NEWS NOW 10 things to know for Friday ... Talent to consider taxing recreational, but not medicinal marijuana ... American Auto shop damaged by morning fire ... 10 things to know for Friday ... Talent to consider taxing recreational, but not medicinal marijuana ... American Auto shop damaged by morning fire ... 2014 ELECTION Gold Hill mayor faces challenger; other races have one candidate each By Buffy Pollock for the Mail Tribune MailTribune.com By Buffy Pollock for the Mail Tribune Posted Aug. 28, 2014 @ 7:20 pm By Buffy Pollock for the Mail Tribune Posted Aug. 28, 2014 @ 7:20 pm » Social News GOLD HILL — The city with a history of write-in-only elections will see at least one candidate for every available position on the Nov. 4 ballot. The candidates' applications come on the heels of an unsuccessful recall election last week aimed at unseating four council members who permitted medical marijuana dispensaries downtown. The only challenged race is for mayor, where incumbent Jan Fish faces competition from former mayor Mike Stanley. Stanley, a current budget committee member who has served as mayor, council member and on public works and planning commissions, said he decided to try to get back to City Hall during recent controversies over medical marijuana and the future of the city's infrastructure. A 59-year-old Air Force veteran and a construction inspector for the city of Medford, Stanley voiced concerns that the council violated its own codes by allowing a medical marijuana dispensary, Breeze Botanicals, to be sited near a church and city park space. He said he was concerned about the council's "failure to listen to citizens" and "failure to manage the city," felt a growing distrust between citizens and the council and sensed a lack of effort by the current council to effectively manage city employees. "I'm a big charter guy. In all my years with the city, I figured out you could never go wrong if you just follow the charter. Unless someone's changed it, the city charter says we have a mayor and city council form of government, not a city manager-in-charge form of government," Stanley said. "From what I've seen, it's like the council is working for the city manager right now. Like they just bundled up the entire city into a neat little package and handed it to him." Stanley said he hoped to see the city fund a new water reservoir — a project he said had been in the works for some 20 years — and find proper management for the city's public works facilities, whether by contract or hiring of a new public works director. Incumbent Fish said she hoped to serve another term to provide continuity to the little town during a period of transition. With a host of infrastructure projects on the horizon, Fish, who was elected mayor in 2012 but has served on the council for a decade, agreed with Stanley that the city had more than its share of controversy. Fish said she hoped to encourage mediation for the council and help the town "to become more proactive and less reactive." While Stanley feels strongly that the city's wastewater treatment plant can be refurbished and last another two decades, Fish said she was open to the best solution. "I would just like to provide some continuity for the city and see some of these projects get a little bit farther down the road, like the collection system refit and having more work done on the wastewater treatment plant, whatever we opt to do, which isn't really clear right now," said Fish. "A lot of the time it seems like we put out one fire and another one starts up, but I want to help keep things moving so I figured I've got another two years in me." Fish said turmoil among council members — including a stark division on the issue of marijuana dispensaries inside the city — was "very distracting from the work that needs to be done." "We need to find a way to work together even when we don't agree with each other all the time," she said. "I would say that's something that is or should be within the realm of possibility." Of three council seats up for grabs, councilwomen Donna Silva and Chris Stanley will seek re-election. Councilwoman Lorraine Parks, one of four council members to survive last week's recall attempt, decided not to seek re-election. Budget committee member Karen Baker has applied to fill Parks' position. Buffy Pollock is a freelance writer living in Medford. E-mail her at [email protected]. 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