From the editor: My apologies for the delay. A salad took the role of a Trojan Horse, dispensing nasty Greeks inside the walls of my digestive Troy, thus drastically changing my priorities from Friday through Sunday. It has been vanquished, at last, and allowed me to move to more productive surroundings.

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Past Invitations   •   Past Followups
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Tired of the legislature's abuse of the emergency clause to prevent Oregon voters from reining in their abuse? Click here to sign the petition to stop the abuse of the emergency clause!


Think the death tax harms families in Oregon? Click here to sign the petition to eliminate that dinosaur of wealth-punishing taxes.

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From Ann (503-910-3668) and Le (503-871-1197) Snelling, of Revolutionary Persuasion

Please visit Revolutionary Persuasion for full information about our training.

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From Anne Marie Gurney (503-901-5635), Oregon Coordinator of Freedom Foundation.

Freedom Foundation is hosting a dinner event with keynote speaker, Steve Forbes, and secondary speaker, Rebecca Friedrichs, on June 24th at 6:30 pm in Portland, OR. Click here for tickets and sponsoring opportunities.

Steve Forbes is chairman of Forbes Media and two-time candidate for president.

Rebecca Friedrichs is plaintiff in Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association, the just-decided U.S. Supreme Court case dealing with mandatory union membership for government employees.

Feel free to contact me personally with any questions you may have.

Anne Marie Gurney
Oregon Director | Freedom In Action

AGurney@myfreedomfoundation.com
cell 503-901-5635 l ofc 360.956.3482 | PO Box 552 Olympia, WA 98507
myFreedomFoundation.com

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From Republican Candidate for US Senate Sam Carpenter.

I'm Sam Carpenter.

I've been endorsed by Jason Conger, Monica Wehby, The Oregonian, The Bend Bulletin, The Medford Mail-Tribune, and the Oregon Taxpayers Association.

I create jobs and am a business turnaround specialist. I find what's broken and fix it... now! I also have a small telecommunications firm that employs about 40 people, mostly women, which I've owned for 31 years.

And I'm a political outsider, and that's just what D.C. needs. Career Politicians Must Go

Big government has smothered opportunity for us and for our children. Generational theft is unforgivable.

Our economy is asleep, and the middle class is hurting. Who's to blame?

Career politicians in D.C. who saddle us with taxes and regulations while ignoring the every-day problems Oregonians face. Worse, the elites back east look at us with disdain.

It's time to call out political correctness, and recall common sense, and drain the swamp. Career politicians must go.

Ron Wyden has spent 35 years in Washington worried more about his career than about the Oregonians who put him there.

For example, Wyden claims our forests are diseased and burning because of global climate change.

That's absurd. For over 30 years, our timberlands have been neglected. Drive through a federally managed forest and see the miles of dead and dying trees and the undergrowth thicket: a tinderbox that continues to threaten Oregon's rural families.

We must actively manage our forests. Repairing the damage will stop massive wildfires, create tens of thousands of sustainable jobs, protect wildlife, and revitalize our rural and state economy.

Immigration, national debt, education, and health care?

The fixes are equally obvious -- replace career politicians -- NOW.

It's very simple: If our decision-makers are making bad decisions, let's replace the decision makers.

This goes for Democrats AND Republicans.

Ron Wyden has been in D.C. far too long.

I'm Sam Carpenter. This November is going to be a huge election. We Republicans have a wonderful opportunity in front of us this year.

Next January, Oregon moves ahead to prosperity. The Oregon Turnaround is upon us!

Are you with me? Sign up here to join our movement to return common sense to Oregon and D.C.

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From incumbant candidate for Clackamas County Commission Chair John Ludlow.

What's Metro doing?

As I campaign for re-election, I occasionally hear about how some folks appear to misrepresent the disagreements between Clackamas County and Metro.

My opponents are not helping as they would have voters falsely presume our county commission just can't get along with the regional government.

To give you a clearer picture...

No one at Metro has been or is representing Clackamas County interests -- not with land use, transportation planning or growth management.

The reality is our regional planners and Metro councilors have hurt our county.

On land use, it all comes down to how Metro has purposefully over-restricted the county's buildable land supply for housing, industry and jobs.

Metro's 2002 Urban Growth Boundary expansion in Clackamas County falsely labeled the 10,000 acre Damascus expansion as buildable land. It was not and remains un-buildable today, 14 years later. No development has yet been allowed on that UGB expansion. Should Clackamas County simply accept this for the sake of agreement?

Metro's attempt to label 50 year Urban and Rural reserves promises to be equally harmful to Clackamas County. With apparent, deliberate intentions to constrain common sense growth they have labeled land far out in Boring for future urban development while prohibiting development on land next to I-5 by giving it a 50 year Rural designation.

Guided by a chronic desire to force more infill and higher densities into existing neighborhoods, Metro has botched both the UGB and Reserves processes. To date, the adverse effects have produced the region-wide housing and rent crisis. Going forward, their mismanagement will harm the region even more.

I believe your Clackamas County commission should object and do everything they can to reverse Metro's mismanagement.

On transportation, Metro has been making mistake after mistake in directing and misappropriating vast sums of our gas tax dollars while preparing to advance even more incorrect decisions. Metro shared much of the blame for the $200 million CRC debacle. They are now preparing to push through an anticipated Light Rail expansion in the SW Corridor and a Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) project from Portland to Gresham. The SW Corridor MAX will devour billions, take lanes away from Barbur Blvd. and carve up the communities along the way.

The east side BRT will be a costly way to produce transit that is slower than the current bus service. Worse yet, neither of these projects should be priorities for the region. They are not on the list of the choke points identified in a recent study. I-205 in Clackamas County has been identified as a "high priority" corridor by the Federal Government. Specifically, the section of I-205 including the Abernethy bridge to Stafford (5.9 miles). Our Sunrise Corridor to Hwy 26 is another vital need for our county.

I believe the Board of Clackamas County Commissioners should be aggressive in pursuing Clackamas County's interests. If this means disagreeing with and vigorously objecting to Metro's plans then so be it. Metro is wrong and unrelenting in their insistence that the region accept more density and congestion. As your county Chair, I will continue to work with Metro when possible while always placing Clackamas County's needs and priorities first.

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From Clackamas County Commission candidate Steve Bates.

You are invited to attend:

Fallen Hero Memorial -- Highway Dedication Service
(U.S. Highway 26; Boring, Oregon)
May 27, 2016 •  1:30 pm
Good Shepherd Community Church; 28986 SE Haley Road; Boring, Oregon

To Honor and Remember: The Wright Brothers
Heroes from Boring who perished in the
service of our country in South Vietnam
United States Marine United States Army

Download a printable flyer here

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Steve Bates is running for Clackamas County Commission Position No. 3. He is attempting to unseat the incumbent, Martha Schrader.

If you live in Clackamas County; cast your ballot for Steve Bates!

If you live in Clackamas County or not, you can help with the Get Out The Vote expenses to take Steve to the Winner's Circle.

Go to www.ElectSteveBates.com and contribute!

PLEASE DIRECT INQUIRES TO: STEVE BATES @ 503-663-6271

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From Clarice Moss, of the Mount Hood Republican Women

Read the May 2016 MHRW Newsletter

Next Meeting is Wednesday, May 11th, 2016, 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 presentations by Attorney General Candidate Daniel Crowe and State Senate Candidate Tamie Tlustos-Arnold

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Frank Martin, of the Multnomah County Republicans

Have you heard? We are having another AR-15 gun raffle! Buy your ticket today!

Help support the Multnomah County Republican Party, Defenders of the Second Amendment.

You could win an Anderson Mfg AM-15 Rifle (Anderson's name for the AR-15 Rifle) with a Bushnell 1x28 Red Dot Sight!

Tickets $10 each, or three for $25.

Winner must be 18 years old.

Need not be present to win.

Winner must pass a legal background check; failure to do so will result in us drawing again for a new winner.

Drawing to be held at MCRP Office on June 6, 2016 at 7PM.

For more Information contact Frank Martin by phone at 503-863-7098 or by email to kitanis@comcast.net

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From Republican Candidate for Governor Bob Niemeyer.

An update for the new Constitution of the State of the Oregon is available at bobniemeyer.com. Everybody's inputs are welcome -- good, bad, or ugly.
Many thanks to those who have contributed with your inputs in the Month of April. Keep up the good work.

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From Darrell Gulstrom (503-332-5836)

Article IV, Section 4, begins with: "The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government."

Isn't part of the that Republican Form of Government a procedure for amendment, which includes the right of states to amend the Constitution? Then for states to have governance modelled after the federal Constitution, shouldn't the political subdivisions of states -- counties -- also have that right of amendment to their state's Constitution?

Please read the proposal, here: CONVENTION OF THE COUNTIES.

Please contact me by phone (503-332-5836) or email to ddgulstrom@yahoo.com to comment or assist in promoting this idea.

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From Sharon Nasset, candidate for House District 44

I am running in State House Representative District 44 to unseat Rep Tina Kotek, and I am asking for your help.

If you know anyone in District 44, please ask them to vote for me in Primary and write my name in if it is not on their ballot.

Please contact me if you can:
-- help by walking out fliers,
-- help by spending an afternoon driving walkers around,
-- help by making a donation

We have a real chance of winning by getting out and asking for the vote... turns out that not many people like Rep. Kotek, and many did not know she will not meet with constituents, community leaders, or citizens who have concerns on a range of issues.

Please contact me by email at sharonnasset@aol.com or visit Electnasset.com