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by NW Spotlight
“The Brad Tracker”
Now that he’s announced he’s running for Congress [2] against David Wu, state Bureau of Labor and Industries (BOLI) Commissioner Brad Avakian appears to be shifting into campaign mode [3]. Unfortunately, some of his early self-promotion raises questions about using state government resources to campaign.
In the May 10th BOLI Commissioner’s Message [4] (on the BOLI government web site & also sent out on state email), there is an entire section titled “The Brad Tracker” that lets us know that “in recent weeks Brad has:”
“Attended the NARAL Annual Liberty Dinner”
“Attended the Oregon League of Conservation Voters Annual Celebration”
“Spoken to the Marion County (Democrats) DemoForum”
While those are clearly good activities for a Democratic candidate, they are definitely not activities related to “The Brad’s” state government role as Labor Commissioner.