Here is the latest television spot for Yes on Measure 104 by the official campaign. The Measure 104 TV ad is very good and shows what is at stake.
This is no joke. For instance, the politicians created HB 2006 in 2017 which rolled back the Home Mortgage Interest Deduction for homeowners by introducing new income limits and tough rules on which homes qualify. The tax was labeled Not-a-Tax (despite raising a $100 million) and was allowed to bypass the Constitution’s 3/5 rule.
The politicians also created HB 2060 in 2017 which voided the Small Business Tax Cut for any businesses that didn’t hire new employees. The tax was deemed Not-a-Tax (despite it raises a ¼ billion) and was allowed to bypass the Constitution’s 3/5 rule.
These are real tax raising tax bills being sold as non-tax budget tweaks. Don’t buy the lie – Vote Yes on Measure 104!
Nearly 75% of the public has not voted. Please get your family, friends, neighbors and co-workers to turn in their ballots and Vote Yes on Measure 104.
We need to honor the will of the voters.
In 1996, Oregon Voters approved a Constitutional amendment requiring all taxes and fees to require a 3/5th majority of votes.
This higher 3/5 vote (60%) threshold in the Constitution has stopped a flood of tax increases from being passed over the past 20 years.
Now, the politicians have found a way around it.
By changing who qualifies for tax credits and deductions, the politicians can raise billions in new taxes without it ever being considered a tax increase.
This is why we need Measure 104!
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House Republican Leader Helfrich Issues Statement on Disruptions in Ballot Returns to County Elections Offices
By Oregon House Republican Leader Office
SALEM, Ore. – House Republican Leader Jeff Helfrich (R-Hood River) released the following statement regarding ballots that are being held by the United States Postal Service (USPS) instead of being returned to county elections offices. The issue has affected numerous counties in Oregon, though, the full extent is still being determined.
The USPS told county elections officials Wednesday that the ballots were being held because the USPS wanted a firm count on how much to bill for each ballot since Oregon Democrats voted to use business mail to pay for returning ballots. Confusion over another Democrat-passed law – one to extend routine ballot acceptance beyond Election Day – is also contributing to the situation, according to internal election sources. As a result, potentially thousands of ballots have been held from election offices. County elections officials are seeking answers, and a call between them and the Secretary of State’s Office has been set for Thursday morning regarding this problem.
“Voters deserve to have the utmost confidence in our elections, yet situations like this show how vulnerable our system is. Disruptions in the chain of custody – especially at this magnitude – are outrageous and unacceptable. This is the direct result of Democrat leaders meddling with election laws and failing to properly oversee ballot returns. Oregonians are entitled to immediate answers from their government about how this could happen and what is being done to protect the integrity of the election,” said Helfrich.
Police video: Car accidents during mob street takeovers
Portland has been suffering from mobs of people overtaking a city street in order to watch vehicles perform dangerous tricks.
Portland Police released a video of real-life accidents occurring at these illegal and dangerous incidences.
🚨 Incident Alert 🚨 On April 14th, a serious injury crash occurred during a street takeover at N. Multnomah St. & N. Williams Ave. involving a black ’90s Ford Mustang.
If you have info, visit https://t.co/2IJUIsufJx[4]. Case #24-91703. #Portland[5]#StreetRacing[6]pic.twitter.com/vZHPT1mRHZ[7]
— Portland Police (@PortlandPolice) May 17, 2024[8]
One recent Portland street takeover was raided by police. 21 cars were towed.
Sometimes these mobs of people at a street takeover go on to do unruly things, like when one Portland street takeover crowd decided to raid a convenience store nearby.
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Why memes? There is only so many breaking news stories of Oregon’s apocalypse we can broadcast on this website before the viewers start descending into chronic depression.
This week’s insult melee at a Congressional hearing was really unhinged and sad.
Political civility is important to me as it was one of the very first articles[18] written on this website nearly 20 years ago. Two things to remember; #1. the three Members of Congress involved will attract a lot of attention, praise and even fundraising from their own supporters every time they act awful like this, which only makes it more likely to happen again. Point #2, is that such antics is a leading pet peeve of Independent voters (who are bigger than both parties) who want more civility from their leaders. Some may be entertained by this, but it is really toxic to voters.
The bad news keep piling up for Oregon Governor Tina Kotek.
• Willamette Week did an analysis[19] of Governor Kotek’s first spouse controversy and found it more troubling that everyone thought. WW reports, ““An exodus from the highest levels within the Oregon governor’s office this early in a first term is historic. And those who left have not yet been replaced.After interviewing more than two dozen Salem insiders, reviewing thousands of documents that Kotek’s office released under Oregon’s public records law, and examining Kotek Wilson’s calendar, an inescapable conclusion emerges: The departure of key staff leads back to one person—the first lady. …This governor has one blind spot,” a longtime associate says. “It’s Aimee”. Read more here[19].
• Governor Tina Kotek pulled back[19] two nominations to the Board of Forestry over backlash.
• The Unemployment Department meltdown continued. Both Senate and House Republicans, having had enough, stepped up in a press announcement to call for immediate fixes[20] and a plan to stop the damage.
• The Oregon Supreme Court unanimously rejected[21] Governor Tina Kotek’s commutation/re-imprisonment case.
• Oregon Governor Tina Kotek’s expiring the fentanyl emergency was widely criticized. A Sunday Oregonian Editorial said[22]“End of 90-day fentanyl crisis reveals a mission left unaccomplished. During Multnomah County’s official 90-day fentanyl emergency, one might have thought that the full force of our state and local government would finally have been brought to bear on the fentanyl crisis devastating our area. One would be wrong. Instead, at their recent press conference, the governor, Multnomah County chair and Portland’s mayor struggled to spin what they did over the past three months into something resembling success.”
That is a lot of mistakes and criticism for one week.
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“Free Crack Pipes” hit on CD#3 candidate Susheela Jayapal
Congressional candidate Susheela Jayapal being tied to her “Free crack pipe” program.
By Taxpayers Association of Oregon OregonWatchdog.com[3]
No less than two different campaign mailings were sent to Congress 3rd district voters explaining that former Multnomah County Commissioner Susheela Jayapal was part of budgeting free crack pipes at taxpayers expense to distribute to drug addicts in Portland.
Speaking of Crack Pipes … the Taxpayers Association of Oregon did this graphic last year of all the things homeless people receive from taxpayers.
We previously reported that Susheela Jayapal had a flood of other negative ads for her problems with Multnomah County:
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The Importance of Who Comes Up With an Idea
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As Republicans get tasked with having Donald Trump as their presidential nominee for a third time, it’s worth remembering one of the better reasons for accepting that predicament in the general election: judicial nominees. In Confirmation Bias[23], the New York Times Chief Washington correspondent Carl Hulse has written a fine book detailing the well-oiled machine that was the appointment of conservative judges during the Trump administration.
This book contains an anecdote about how a political issue gets framed. Who comes up with the idea matters. When Antonin Scalia suddenly died in 2016, no doubt many people in the Republican Party were thinking about the possibility that the Senate might not bring an Obama appointee up for a vote, choosing to delay that appointment for the next president. The Senate Majority leader was thinking about it, but so was Ted Cruz. Hulse writes that McConnell had to get ahead of Cruz to help secure this option.
Another political factor that would propel the decision-making for McConnell and others was at work that night. The remaining six Republican presidential candidates were to meet for a nationally televised primary debate beginning at nine p.m. in Greenville, South Carolina. Scalia’s death and what it meant for the court would certainly be a main topic of discussion.
In a phone conversation with McConnell, Josh Holmes, the senator’s politically astute former chief of staff and top campaign aide, reminded McConnell of the debate. They agreed that if Senator Ted Cruz, the Texas Republican and presidential candidate widely disliked by his fellow senators, were to use the debate to be the first to call for Senate Republicans to block Obama’s nominee, it would be a disaster for McConnell. Republican senators would not want to appear to be doing Cruz’s bidding. “I simply made mention to him that the debate was going to be that evening,” recalled Holmes, now a top Washington strategist as founder of the consulting firm Cavalry. “I was absolutely sure that Cruz was going to take the furthest position, and if that was McConnell’s view, he should get out in front of him. If it was branded as a Ted Cruz idea, he could lose half of his conference.”
McConnell might have preferred to hold off before injecting politics into the moment, but time was of the essence. So within hours of Scalia’s death, the majority leader’s office issued a statement that arrived just after six p.m. in the email in-boxes of busy reporters who were still digesting the news while wondering if it would be bad form to begin raising the obvious political issues surrounding the jurist’s passing.
The majority leader’s statement first praised Scalia as a champion of the Constitution before ending with this startling edict: “The American people should have a voice in the selection of their next Supreme Court Justice. Therefore, this vacancy should not be filled until we have a new President.”
Who announces a policy position matters. The question of whose idea a proposal might originally have been impacts the framing of its reasonableness.
Four local term limit measures are on the ballot (Redmond’s Measure #9-169, 9-170, Wilsonville’s Measure 3-608, 3-609)
By Taxpayers Association of Oregon OregonWatchdog.com[3]
Both good and bad term limit measures are on the May Primary ballot.
In Redmond, there are two measures to create and expand term limits for the city.
Measure #9-169 involves Redmond Mayor Term Limits and Measure #9-170 involves term limits for Redmond City Councilors.
Meanwhile, the City of Wilsonville, is trying to undermine term limits with Measure 3-608 and 3-609. Voters shouldn’t let politicians undo what voters have passed. Wilsonville voters worked hard to pass City Council term limits in 2020. Now, the City Council wants to create two loopholes that undermine our term limits. These would increase service limits from 12 years to 17 years and would bring back an appointment scheme that cuts out voters.
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PSU states that the library riot/takeover may cost[25] over one million dollars. Notice that PSU is not launching civil lawsuits against the rioters to recover the costs (and stop them from causing future damages to Portland) but instead putting taxpayers and insurance companies on the hook (which raises the cost of insurance for PSU and everyone else).
In the beginning of the riot, the rioters demanded that PSU reject Boeing donations[26]. PSU gave into their demands by pledging to pause donations which may freeze a current $150,000+ donation and a traditional $20,000 annual donation. It remains unclear.
Police have been called for several days to stop the riot. On the day of the clearing of the library, Portland police had to effectively call-out the entire force. Based on costs from the 2020 riots it can cost as much as $212,000 a day in additional law enforcement costs to respond to a large riot.
Here is a gallery of the rampant carnage that was done at PSU:
On the parks block adjacent to PSU rioters vandalized a Jewish immigrant donated fountain
PSU rioters also vandalized local businesses.
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If you think Democrats are shy about engaging in election interference, just check out what Wannabe Governor Bob Ferguson did.
The Washington Attorney General vastly overstated an elections law to intimidate two citizens who had the temerity to run against him.
Ferguson held a news conference to threaten the other two Bob Fergusons with prosecution if they didn’t drop out by 5pm.
Now, Washington does have a law, and I’ve read it carefully.
It forbids candidates using a fake name. The other two bobs did not.
It forbids using a name that’s real but not yours. The other two bobs did not.
It forbids using your real name if your intent is to “confuse (voters) by capitalizing on the public reputation of (a) candidate (who has already filed).
That’s the only part of the law that even comes close.
Can you imagine Attorney General Bob taking the other two Fergusons to court and asking a Jury to send them to prison for running under their real names.
And then imagine, AG Bob proving that the other two Bobs intended to get an advantage by claiming a slice of his sleazy reputation?
The Other Two Bobs dropped out so we’ll never know.
But now voters know that Joe Biden and his criminal cronies are not the only ones who see threatening opponents with prison time as the prescription for their own “electoral dysfunction.”
Hood River’s $70M parks spending spree (No on Measure 77, 78)
A call to vote No on Hood River’s Park & Recreation’s Measure 14-77 and 14-78
By Taxpayers Association of Oregon OregonWatchdog.com[3]
Hood River voters should Vote No on Hood River’s very costly, very expensive and wasteful parks & recreation ballot measures 14-77 and 14-78.
Say NO to the $70 million parks/recreation spending spree which spikes property taxes during a housing crisis.
• Oregon is the nation’s 3rd highest (unaffordable) housing cost state in America! Please don’t spike property taxes in a housing crisis and throw more seniors out of their homes with Measure 77 and 78. (SMI Real Estate, 6/12/23)
• Oregon’s had its first population decline in 40 years due to high home prices! Oregon saw more people leaving than arriving because people CANNOT AFFORD to live here due to high housing costs and high property taxes. (The Oregonian 9/14/23)
• Tell the Hood River Parks District to be more modest by voting No on ballot measures 14-77 and 14-78. The Parks’ $70 million spending spree is too much in new property taxes. Parks are not emergency services. It is not worth taxing people out of their homes during a housing crisis.
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Senate, house GOP call for fix to Employment Dept. fiasco
House and Senate Republicans Call for Targeted Plan of Action to Correct Employment Department Delays of Jobless Benefits
By Oregon Senate & House Republican Caucus,
The Oregon Employment Department’s failure to implement Frances Online has meant Oregonians are without critical jobless benefits for weeks and sometimes months. Today, a group of House and Senate Republicans sent a letter to Governor Kotek urging her administration, in coordination with the Oregon Employment Department, to layout a detailed plan of action – beyond the normal increases to staffing – complete with aggressive increases in agency performance targets at set deadlines, as well as how the agency will achieve them.
“Oregonians pay into unemployment. These are their dollars, and it should be unacceptable to us that a state agency would even have a three-week target of delaying those dollars getting into the hands of those who need them, let alone the several months some are forced to wait,” said Representative Jami Cate (R-Lebanon).
“As inflation continues to send prices soaring, struggling families on unemployment have been left in the lurch by their state government. This is unacceptable. The administration must correct these delays immediately so that people dependent on these resources to survive can get them,” said Representative Jeff Helfrich (R-Hood River).
The letter reads as follows:
Dear Governor Kotek,
In the digital age, government agencies have increasingly relied on online platforms to improve the efficient delivery of services to citizens, making the continued challenges of the Oregon Employment Department (OED) to implement Frances Online[28] a source of stark frustration to Oregonians. Frances Online was billed as an opportunity to streamline unemployment claims, enhance user experience, reduce processing times, and minimize errors. The unfortunate reality is that the OED is continuing to fail our citizens when they need these funds the most.
To many of us in the Legislature, it seems as though state agencies continue to grow and multiply. Time and again, agency failures are met with increased budgets and additional FTE. While the expansion of government services can be necessary to meet peoples’ needs in times of crisis, the lack of identifying the catalysts for breakdowns in efficiency and instilling the accountability necessary to get agencies back on track, raises serious doubts about how citizens’ hard-earned dollars are being spent – as is the case with the Employment Department.
Oregonians deserve assurance that their contributions to a state-run program meant to sustain them during a period of job loss will do just that. But today, federal data shows nearly a third of unemployed residents are forced to wait at least three weeks to get their jobless benefits paid[29]. This staggering figure indicates a steep decline in timely payments, which is a troubling downward trend that began a year ago. In extreme cases, our offices have heard from constituents that have waited several months since filing claims to receive payments.
The Oregon Employment Department’s failure to process claims in a timely manner has profound and immediate impacts on the financial hardship of workers across the state as they face economic uncertainty due to periods of job loss. Even the OED’s stated goal of processing claims in three weeks[30]puts citizens at an increased risk of utility shutoffs, food insecurity, and houselessness. With soaring inflation and housing costs, too many Oregonians are forced to live paycheck to paycheck and disrupting that tenuous balance by delaying their benefit claims by even three weeks can be too much for them to bear while supporting their families. We see this in our inboxes from constituents every single day.
These processing failures also extend beyond individual hardships. Public trust in our government institutions is essential for fostering cooperation and civic engagement. The failure to deliver on promises of an efficient service provision erodes this trust, casting doubt on the OED’s competence and accountability. In a time of increasing state agency turmoil, it is critically important that OED, in coordination with the Governor’s office, face these issues head-on—taking fast and effective steps to correct them.
We implore you to prioritize restoring the public’s trust in the OED by publicly releasing a detailed plan of action—beyond the normal increases to staffing—complete with aggressive increases in agency performance targets at set deadlines, as well as how the agency will achieve them. The backlog of cases at the department must be cleared, and a better strategy for communicating with claimants implemented. Oregonians need to see a shift in ethos in our state agencies, with a restoration of putting customer service first from every level of leadership. Citizens need to see true transparency in delivering results of equitable access to unemployment benefits, and an upholding of the OED’s mandate of supporting Oregon’s workforce.
We appreciate your attention to this urgent matter of improving such a vital state agency and look forward to your response.
Eddy Morales, Democratic candidate for Congress in District #3, put out a very poignant campaign mailing piece. Eddy Morales has a powerful personal family story and he lays it out in full in this mailing.
Maybe traditional stuffy politicians could learn from this mailing.
The campaign mailer was effective enough that the candidate decided to put out a second version seen below.
Eddy Morales is running to replace the retiring Congressman Earl Blumenauer from Portland. That Congress 3rd District race is now a national headliner race with three top candidates. A very extreme liberal, former Multnomah Commissioner Susheela Jayapal (who is sister to progressive Washington State U.S. Congresswoman. Pramila Jayapal), has become the voice for anti-Israel causes in this race. The third candidate is Maxine Dexter who is a Democrat State Representative and made news for the fact that a quarter million in campaign dollars have been recently raised for her by a pro-Israel PAC.
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Kotek isn’t cause of the problem, She’s the result of the Problem
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In the May 9, 2024, edition of Oregon Capital Insider, Dick Hughes writes:
“Among the baffling aspects of Gov. Tina Kotek’s tenure is that she ranks among the nation’s least popular governors, despite two successful legislative sessions.
“Oregonians’ low opinion of Kotek, which was borne out in recent Portland polling, likely has little to do with her Office of First Spouse fiasco. Instead, Kotek inherited the societal residue of her fellow progressive Democrat, Gov. Kate Brown.
“’Generally speaking, governors in Oregon haven’t been popular for a long time,’ said John Horvick, senior vice president at DHM Research. ‘There’s no big shifts, I think, in public sentiment around the governor.’”
What? How can that be? Blaming the grossly unpopular former Gov. Kate Brown (D) is convenient but ignores the statistical anomaly and the real problem. So let’s look at it with more than just a summary indictment of Ms. Brown and a similar whitewash of Ms. Kotek.
In 2018 Ms. Brown was elected for the first time but for a second term. Her first term was a result of the resignation of former Gov. John Kitzhaber (D) in disgrace. In that election Ms. Brown won 934,498 votes or 50.1 percent over Kurt Buehler with 814,988 votes or 43.7 percent – the remaining votes were cast for a variety of minor league candidates. Not exactly a show of overwhelming support for Ms. Brown but then Oregonians had a little over three years of her governance – a model that earned her the least liked governor in the United States. By the end of her tenure. Ms. Brown had pretty much sewn up that “honor” on a permanent basis.
In 2022, it was Ms. Kotek’s turn. Ms. Kotek was the five term Democrat Speaker of the House in Oregon and was well known within Salem’s political circles although she more or less disappeared into the woodwork for the general public with the exception of the teachers unions who anointed her in the primary election and funded her in the general election. But this time it was different – it was a three way race and Ms. Kotek’s opponents both had significant government experience. The Republicans nominated Christine Drazan who had previously served as minority leader in the House for two terms. And then there was Sen.. Betsy Johnson – a former Democrat turned independent. Ms Johnson served for sixteen year, first in the House and then in the Senate and was widely regarded as a fiscal expert and a political moderate. Ms. Johnson frequently clashed with the progressive wing of her party which, in large part, convinced her to run against yet another progressive from Portland – Ms. Kotek. In the final tally, Ms. Kotek received 917,074 votes or 47.0 percent, Ms. Drazen received 850,347 votes, or 43.5 percent and Ms. Johnson received only 165,431 votes or 8.6 percent.
But here is the curious thing. In Oregon in November of 2022, Democrats represented approximately 34.0 percent of the registered voters. Republicans represented approximately 24.5 percent and Independents and non-affiliated represented 39.4 percent. In other words, Ms. Kotek and Ms. Drazen out performed their respective registration percentages – Ms. Drazen by a far wider margin than Ms. Kotek – while Ms. Johnson grossly under performed the Independent and non-affiliated percentages.
While the largest bloc of voters in Oregon are Independents and non-affiliates, on both a gross and percentage basis, when given a chance to exercise their power chose instead to put yet another Portland progressive in office. Despite voters demonstrable distaste for Ms. Brown, they chose to install a virtual clone in Ms. Kotek. It’s not that Ms. Johnson lacked the credentials to be governor – hers were vastly superior to either Ms. Kotek or Ms. Drazen. It’s not that Ms. Johnson lacked financial support for her candidacy, she was able to tap some of Oregon’s top political donors – including both Republican and Democrat donors. And it’s not that Ms. Johnson lacked influential endorsement, she received endorsements from well known politicos both Republican and Democrat.
So how do you explain the mismatch between political affiliation and election results? I understand that there is a difference between polling for job performance amongst the general public and for voting preference amongst those registered voters who actually cast a ballot during the 2022 election. About 93.7 percent of eligible voters are registered to vote in Oregon and yet only 82.0 percent of registered votersactually voted. More importantly, only 76.cent of eligible voters actually cast a ballot. Thus one in four eligible adults appear to prefer complaining over actual voting.
The problem is actually the weakness of a democracy. We are not required to vote in an election. When we choose not to participate, we cede the decision to those that do. The fact that those who choose not to participate, does not mean that they cannot complain. And, in Oregon, they have plenty to complain about. High taxes, wasteful spending, inefficient management of programs, unchecked public violence, unrelenting secrecy, favoritism and corruption of high offices. And because we have had one-party rule for over three decades in Oregon, it is easy to understand the frustration. But in the end – by the United States Constitution and the Oregon Constitution, the singular remedy lies in the ballot box – unless there is provable corruption in the voting process.
So, if you seeking a solution, again start with the (wo)man in the mirror. It isn’t Ms. Kotek that is the cause of the problems in Oregon, it is you who enabled her to become the cause of the problems in Oregon.
Back by (not very) popular demand is the prediction contest for Oregon’s May Primary. The Crosstabs podcast[32] has compiled some of the hottest primary election contests[33] around the state. We are sticking with statewide and legislative primary elections this time to make it more accessible.
Your answers will remain secret (in case you work in politics). Your prize is good old fashioned bragging rights. Good luck on the tiebreaker question. Just like your real ballot, voting ends at 8 PM on Tuesday, May 21st. No ranked choice voting allowed.
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Are you tired of the liberal mainstream media telling you Democrats are going to win every election in Oregon? Then you need to listen to the Crosstabs podcast[32] with Bryan Iverson and Reagan Knopp.
We have worked in politics over three decades combined. We know how to win and want to show every Oregon Republican how they can win. Oregon isn’t as blue as everyone thinks.
In the first episode, we introduce listeners to Crosstabs and break down the May primary elections for statewide and federal office.
We hope you enjoy the show!
— Bryan & Reagan
Statewide and Congressional Primaries by Reagan Knopp
OPB reports[37] that the Oregon Justice Department will not be pressing charges on OLCC managers in the expensive whiskey scandal involving OLCC executives allegedly keeping rare shipments to themselves or cherished clients.
The Justice Department felt it could not make a case because all six OLCC managers at the center of the investigation refused to be interviewed. Also a lack of documentation meant that the purchases could not be discovered. Consider this, when a liquor store cannot produce proper documentation they can go out of business — when the OLCC does it you can stay in business.
Tuesday next week, you get to PRETEND to vote for Judges.
The Oregon Constitution GUARANTEES your right to vote in Judges.
But it’s really a complicated conspiracy and I’ll tell you how it works.
Judges make hugely important decisions: Divorces, business disputes, whether you get locked up for life or walk free.
Big stuff.
But democrats decided they can’t leave the choice of Judges to idiot citizens.
So, nearly every Judge quits right in the middle of his or her term. That lets the Governor, democrats for the last 40 years, appoint their replacement.
Then in a couple of years, most run for election for the very first time.
Nearly all the time, no one runs against them. You have to be a lawyer to sit on that bench and if you run against a Judge and lose, which most challengers do, your law career is toast.
As the Daily Dead Fishwrapper points out, 7 of the 12 Multnomah county judges didn’t even bother to put a statement in the voters’ pamphlet.
Why would they?
They’re running unopposed and a dead bang certainty to win.
The quid pro quo for Judges, when they do quit, they quit in the middle of their terms.
That lets the Governor replace them.
Governor’s control the courts and voters get no real choice.
Sounds like a Democrat Party dream to me.
That’s the Rose City Rap. Join me at noon on KXL for 4 hours of Honestly provocative talk. I’m Lars Larson
