Commission candidate · City of Oregon City · November 3, 2026
Betty Mumm
Former city commissioner and small-business owner.
Reach the campaign
As published in their City filing.
In their words
Said: As a resident of Oregon City for more than 45 years, I have watched our community grow and change.
Pamphlet p. 39
Candidate statement · November 2026 edition; extracted September 21, 2026
Clackamas County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 39 ↗Skipped the “Committed to Serving the Citizens of Oregon City” heading. Verbatim opening of the candidate's own statement; publication by the county does not verify the claims.
The verbatim opening of their voters’ pamphlet statement, the same rule for every candidate. We chose nothing.
What they say they would do
Our summary of their platform, in our wordsEmphasizes core services, cautious consideration of higher resident costs and business growth.
- Protect public safety, parks, streets and library services.
- Attract another hotel and strengthen the tax base.
- Improve public involvement and regional cooperation.
Our reading
Our interpretation, not their wordsPrudent budgeting and growth carry the plan; no incentive package or service trade-off is specified.
Where they stand
Rent and homes
Not foundNot found in the sources we reviewed. That is a research gap, not a position.
Camps, crime and who responds
Public safety a priority- What
- Said: Would keep public safety a budget priority alongside parks, streets, sewers and the library.
- How
- Not in their sources
- Measured by
- Not in their sources
Your bills and taxes
Careful with new costs- What
- Said: Would review carefully any proposal that raises residents’ costs, protect essential services, and grow the tax base, starting with another hotel.
- How
- Said: Attract another hotel to welcome visitors and support the local economy and tax base.
- Measured by
- Not in their sources
Streets, buses and air
Not foundNot found in the sources we reviewed. That is a research gap, not a position.
The choices this office faces
Every candidate in this race is asked the same 6 questions. Betty Mumm is on record on 2, with 4 still open. A question without an answer is a research gap, not a position.
No answer we could findAdopt a temporary moratorium on data centers while the city rewrites its code?
Nothing on this exact choice in the sources we reviewed.
Keep the urban-renewal district (about $3.2 million a year in tax increment) and try again to loosen the charter’s voter-approval rule, or wind it down?
Nothing on this exact choice in the sources we reviewed.
Give ODOT five more years, to 2031, to stage I-205 bridge work in two riverfront parks, and keep pressing the state to strike tolling from statute?
Nothing on this exact choice in the sources we reviewed.
Ask voters for a parks bond to build a new aquatic center and rebuild the End of the Oregon Trail center?
Nothing on this exact choice in the sources we reviewed.
Close the general fund’s structural gap by raising the property-tax rate or the $6.50-a-month public-safety fee, or by cutting?
Said: Says proposals that increase residents’ financial burden deserve careful review and taxpayer dollars must be spent wisely while protecting essential services; the rate, the fee and any cuts are unsaid.
On the topic; the exact choice is unsaid.
Move the city’s Caring Court into the Caring Place services hub, and keep the downtown civil-exclusion zone?
Said: Asked the commission October 15, 2025 to report the police hours spent on calls at The Father’s Heart so the Caring Place could see how much has been spent; the Caring Court move and the exclusion zone are unsaid.
On the topic; the exact choice is unsaid.
A question the evidence leaves open
Which development incentives would be justified, and what return would the city require?
Sources (1)
- Clackamas County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 39Candidate statement · November 2026 edition; reviewed September 18, 2026Written by the candidate or campaign. Publication by the county does not verify the claims.