Sen. Boquist: Suing Gov’t dysfunction, Big homeless database, more…

By Oregon State Senator Brian Boquist,
Highlights, excerpts from Sen. Boquist newsletter

— Oregon’s garbage government is sued over its shameful efforts to recover hacked or overpaid jobless benefits when Oregonians were suffering due to state-sanctioned unemployment in 2020.

— Could Portland end homelessness with a by-name directory of homeless people? If law enforcement publicly tried to do this, there would be ENORMOUS backlash.

— Gearing up the fear for later: OHA reports more than 44,000 May COVID-19 cases, 52% ‘vaccine breakthroughs.’

— Oregon overdose as high as 700% after Measure 110

— About 55% of Oregon voters said they believe Oregon’s public K-12 education system is “headed in the wrong direction,” while only 16% said they think it’s on the “right track,” according to the poll commissioned by the grassroots group Oregon Moms Union.

— Desperate for attention, groups in Oregon appealed to Biden over concerns of white supremacist threats in the state, asking for a $100 million investment.

— Here we go again! The Ukraine war isn’t pulling at heart strings well enough anymore so The Hill is calling for new American policy on Afghanistan.