By Taxpayers Association of Oregon OregonWatchdog.com The Oregon State Forester, Cal Mukumoto, has announced his resignation. This follows a December Special Session bailout of the agency, two top officers with workplace violations, and this week’s news of a business meeting at a luxury resort — $8,000+ to host five people.   Here are Kotek’s other […]

By Guest Submission Meme, The fire-fighter planes do not have to be the symbol of California, if the liberals were to just let their state be run like a normal fire-prevention state.      

The Ninth Circuit has reinstated Oregon’s ban on surreptitious public recordings. This reverses the Court’s 2023 panel decision I had previously written about. In Project Veritas v. Michael Schmidt, the famous undercover group proactively sued Multnomah County and the State of Oregon over the law. Up to this point, the litigation hinged on standing. Now […]

HOUSE REPUBLICAN LEADER STATEMENT ON STATE FORESTER RESIGNATION By House Republican Leader Christine Drazan SALEM, Ore. – Today, House Republican Leader Christine Drazan (R-Canby) released the following statement, following State Forester Calvin Mukumoto’s resignation: “Given the needs of the Department of Forestry, I fully support State Forester Calvin Mukumoto’s decision to resign. Oregon needs a […]

By Taxpayers Association of Oregon OregonWatchdog.com Oregon independent journalist and homeless advocate reports on how homeless will set fire to other homeless tents as part of revenge and ongoing disputes.   Nearly half of all fire calls in Portland are related to the homeless. A homeless person’s tent, exploding, throwing us back a few feet. This […]

Would Jimmy Carter Certify an Oregon Election? by Rick Campbell Oregon writer   After reading the obituaries and tributes to the late Jimmy Carter, 39th president of the United States, I began to notice a curious omission about his achievements in his later life. There was considerable discussion about his humanitarian work with Habit for […]