Deborah Jackson, Bremerton mayoral write-in candidate, is currently wanted for second-degree forgery in Oklahoma, according to Scott Roland, assistant district attorney of Oklahoma County and the Oklahoma State Courts Network Web site.

In a phone interview Oct. 5, Jackson said she wanted to schedule a press conference to address the public and allow them to ask questions regarding the information in the article.

“I do need to address what you put in the paper,” she said. “I want to address … you and the public, and let them ask me questions about that. And I think that’s fair.”

Jackson declined to comment over the phone, instead saying she would prefer to wait to do so in public, probably Oct. 7 at 1 p.m.

“I’m not a runner or a hider,” she said. “I just put it out there.”

A counselor for the nonprofit Surviving Change, Jackson has a current and outstanding warrant for her arrest, stemming from a 2004 charge.

“Because it is not a violent crime and she did not get away with any money, we did not send the case to NCIC (National Crime Information Center),” Roland said. “That’s not to say we won’t, but in cases like this we generally don’t. If she comes to Oklahoma, she will be arrested in lieu of a $2,000 bond.”

Jackson was convicted in January 2004 for the criminal misdemeanor charge of assault and battery.

In addition to the outstanding warrant, Jackson has outstanding issues with the Bremerton School District, according to Patty Glaser, BSD spokesman. Jackson is not allowed to work on school district property without prior consent from the district, Glaser said.

Jackson, who announced her intent to run as a write-in candidate Sept. 25, lists herself as a registered counselor on her Surviving Change Web site, but a credential search on Washington’s Department of Health Web site shows her registration to be expired as of Oct. 17, 2008.