The Taxpayer Association is trying to protect Don McIntire’s Measure 5 property tax limits from the 2015 Legislature. There are several property tax bills submitted already.

If you would like to be notified of when a Measure 5 killing property tax bill comes up in the Legislature and would like to testify at the hearing, then please email Jason Williams at oregonwatchdog@gmail.com and ask for the TAX ALERT advance sheet. This will explain how they plan to gut Measure 5 and how you can testify at the State Capitol.

Even the Legislature’s own numbers show that without Measure 5 your property taxes would be 40% higher. That’s why they wish to kill it.

For more information contact Jason Williams at 503-603-9009.

Ruth Bendl requests the concerted action of Executive Club members and their friends, to defeat HB2177, the "Motor Voter Bill". All that's left is to contact the Governor's office, and ask her to not sign HB2177. A suggested set of talking points for this bill follows. On the web, visit the Governor Kate Brown's contact page. By phone, call 503-378-4582.

Reasons to vote NO on HB2177:

1. There is no guaranteed solution for the data hacking problem that can be exploited by the nation's adversaries, nor do we know what the preventative costs can amount to.

2. Likewise the rampant Identity theft is a danger both at the domestic level, and for exploitation by the nation's adversaries. The preventative costs for both of the above are already worrisome to election officials.

3. The fact that election computers make the signatures of voters accessible is just another problem that can be exploited by criminals and adversaries alike.

4. The DMV data will not be reliable in terms of confirmation of a person's citizenship until 2017.

5. Electoral policies under Vote By Mail badly need to be improved. For instance there should be an immediate record that a person has submitted a ballot at a drop-site. But there isn't any, even though the technology for recording a bar code when a ballot is inserted at the drop-site, is neither costly nor hard to insert. So for now, it's the word of the voter against that of election officials, whether they've submitted a ballot.

Contact Ruth Bendl with any questions or comments, by email or by phone at 503-919-3886 or 503-901-1926

On Saturday, March 14, the Oregon Liberty Alliance will host a freedom rally celebration featuring Oliver North, Michael Reagan, Carol Tobias and more at the Oregon Convention Center. Please see this flyer for more details.

Please spread the word to your friends and fellow activists. The organizers are hoping for 1000+ in attendance!

SW Corridor GOP Meeting on Wednesday, March 25, 1015 -- 7PM to 9PM -- All are welcome.

King City Civic Association Clubhouse

15245 SW 116th Ave., King City. OR

Featured speaker will be OUR NEW MAN IN SALEM

Representative Greg Barreto (R-58)

Greg and his wife decided to get involved when Measure 66 and 67 passed. He will discuss the trials and tribulations of trying to keep a business going in Oregon and how we all must work together to restore Oregon to it's once proud economic position

The Portland Friends of the NRA cordially invites you to attend our Annual FNRA Banquet

Saturday – April 18, 2015 – 4:00 pm

Double Tree by Hilton - Portland
1000 NE Multnomah, Portland, OR 97232
Live & Silent Auctions – Special Drawings – Door Prizes – Great Food & Friends
Limited Edition Firearms – Custom Knives – NRA Commissioned Art
Special Ladies Merchandise – Amazing Hunting Trips
Plus many other items created especially for this Friends of the NRA event!!!

You'll find the ticket order form here.

Patriot Talkers Toastmaster Club invites you to an Open House with 2 of the most accomplished Toastmasters. Gary Schmidt, who works for Clackamas County in Government Affairs, was the youngest International President of Toastmasters. Randy Harvey lives in Sherwood, with law offices in Eugene and Lake Oswego and travels the world coaching others on speaking after winning the International Toastmaster Championship. Click here to download more information on the event and the speakers.

You're invited every Tuesday at 7 pm to attend Patriot Talkers Toastmasters.

Help Boring get out of Metro! (and thanks for helping!)

House Bill 2640 changes the boundary of Metro and removes Boring from Metro's jurisdiction.

You do not have to be a Boring resident, or even a Metro resident, to participate in this process.

Every Oregonian can participate, and help pass HB2640 into law! So please help, and forward this to your friends, so they can help, too!

HB2640 is assigned to the House Committee On Rural Communities, Land Use and Water.

You'll find useful background and talking points here. Please read them, and consider sending an email to each member of that committee asking them to pass HB2640 to the House Floor for a vote with a "Do Pass" recommendation. Following are the email addresses for the committee members:

Chair Representative Brian Clem Rep.BrianClem@state.or.us 503-986-1421
Vice Chair Representative Ken Helm Rep.KenHelm@state.or.us 503-986-1434
Vice Chair Representative Bill Post Rep.BillPost@state.or.us 503-986-1425
Member Representative Mike McLane Rep.MikeMcLane@state.or.us 503-986-1455
Member Representative Vic Gilliam Rep.VicGilliam@state,or.us 503-986-1418
Member Representative David Gomberg Rep.DavidGomberg@state.or.us 503-986-1410
Representative Brad Witt Rep.BradWitt@state.or.us 503-986-1431

Written comments for the Record can be submitted to the Committee Staff.
Committee Administrator: Ian Davidson ian.davidson@state.or.us 503-986-1733
Committee Assistant: Lindsay Trant lindsay.trant@state.or.us 503-986-1559

Read the March 2015 MHRW Newsletter

Next Meeting is Wednesday, March 11, 2015 at Francis Xavier's Restaurant, 1933 N.E 181st Ave., Portland, Oregon 97230 (503-666-1957)

Business Meeting begins at 11:30am, followed at 12:15pm with a presentation by political consultant and public relations professional Lindsay Berschauer.

Executive Club passes on meeting followup information as a courtesy to our speakers and members. Any member or speaker may submit, by email, a simple update text presentation to be sent to the club mailing list, to give the membership to have more details, or just a recap of your platform presentation. To be considered for publication, please be sure to submit your update within 24 hours of the close of the meeting. Please don't include any pictures in your text, but links to web pages, or links to things stored elsewhere on the web -- .pdf files, Word documents, or even pictures -- are OK now. Formatting and inserted pictures will not be copied, just the text content, so please don't use 4 fonts and 6 colors to convey your thoughts: you will be disappointed. Look at a previous followup email, or the bottom of most of the invitation emails, to see how they are presented. The simpler and cleaner your text, the more likely it will appear exactly the same in the email we send out. Each update must also indicate the author's name and contact information -- either a phone number, email address, or website with contact information. We reserve the right to edit for brevity, or reject, any submission.