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From the Wednesday, August 6th meeting

From Steve Buckstein, of Cascade Policy Institute

Cascade is an opponent of Ballot Measure 86, the Oregon Opportunity Initiative referred to the November ballot by the legislature at the request of State Treasurer Ted Wheeler. Cascade is raising funds now to place an opposition statement in the Voters Pamphlet. You can read why you should vote No here.

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Next week (August 10-16) is the 2nd annual National Employee Freedom Week promoting the Right to Work for everyone without having to pay forced union dues. Visit EmployeeFreedomWeek.com for more information.

Our February 2012 report concluded that, upon enactment of a full Right to Work policy, Oregon would have:

50,000 more people working in five years; 110,000 more working in ten years.
$2.7 billion more in wage and salary income in five years; $7.0 billion more in ten years.
14 percent more taxpaying families per year moving here from non-right-to-work states.
All these economic benefits would occur without spending one dime of taxpayer money.

Last year Cascade ran a poll that found nearly one third of Oregon union households would opt out of paying fair share union dues if they could do so legally. The Oregonian published Steve Buckstein’s op-ed with the results, here.

This year Cascade’s poll asked not just union households, but all adults if they believe that employees should be able to opt out of a union and not pay any dues. What percentage of the 500 respondents do you think answered Yes? The results are embargoed until this Sunday, but if you believe in Employee Choice you’ll be very happy with the results.

The poll results will be released in Steve Buckstein’s Oregonian op-ed that should be published in the paper and online this Sunday on OregonLive. Last year’s op-ed generated over 900 heated online comments. This year, please consider going online and posting comments on Steve’s Oregonian op-ed supporting Employee Choice and countering the forced unionism crowd.

Finally, Cascade Policy Institute has launched a new website promoting Employee Choice at OregonEmployeeChoice.com. It features a short video of former Executive Club speaker Harry Beck telling his story how he fought his union for 22 years before winning the right for all Americans to stop paying the political portion of union dues in the 1988 U.S. Supreme Court case, Beck vs. CWA.

Steve Buckstein
Senior Policy Analyst and founder
Cascade Policy Institute
4850 SW Scholls Ferry Road; Suite 103; Portland, Oregon 97225; (503) 242-0900

From Sharon Nasset, of Third Bridge Now

I am with Economic Transportation Alliance, commonly known as Third Bridge Now. I have been working on transportation and congestion as a citizen since 2000.

Please visit ThirdBridgeNow.Com. See where it would be built, how it would impact Community Livability, and help us build the right bridge to cross the Columbia.

Headquarters: 5003 N. Lombard Street; Portland, OR 97203; (503) 283-9585

From Ruth Bendl

Please call the secretary of state’s office, and speak to your county commissioners and sheriff, asking them to protect ballots at drop sites that may be targeted by Occupiers who plan to disrupt the November election.

1. Ask S.O.S. Kate Brown how she will protect our ballots:
   
   • At ballot drop sites.
   • When they are picked up from the drop sites.
2. Ask County Commissioners to reduce the number of drop sites and have them inside government buildings.
   
   • Ask for sheriff’s deputy to be paid to pick up ballots from drop sites.
   • Ask for drop sites to be accessible on Monday and Tuesday of Election week and be inaccessible during the night.
3. Ask for Election offices to have sheriff protection during the 10 days prior to election day.
4. Prepare legislation for the upcoming 2015 Legislative session specifying the above stipulated requests.

From Mark Callahan, Campaign Manager for CD1 candidate Jason Yates

STAND UP FOR THE CONSTITUTION

Congressional Candidates Providing Comic Relief and Silent Auction

Tuesday, August 12th at 7:30 p.m. at Harvey’s Comedy Club

436 NW 6th Avenue in Portland (map)

Fund Raiser for James Buchal Congressional District 3 and Jason Yates Congressional District 1.

Suggested donation $25, + 2 drink/food item minimum.

From Alta Lynch; 503-369-7635

We need people to march in the Astoria parade with Monica Wehby this Saturday, August 9th.
Please call or email for more information.
See the Astoria Regatta Schedule for the Regatta Grand Land Parade.

FROM Larry Ericksen, candidate for House District 31

I am running against Brad Witt in House District 31.
Please visit Ericksen for Oregon Contact: larry@mossbargerphoto.com or 971-235-9788

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