Executive Club Meeting
7:00 pm • Wednesday May 6th • Airport Shilo Inn
Some folks think we won't pack the Shilo Inn for this critical mid-session
meeting unless we use pictures of scantily-clad females to get your attention.
Say it ain't so!
Because this meeting is about liberal Democrats taking aim, YET AGAIN,
at Oregon citizens' right to keep and bear arms.
Some things just can't be ignored, you know?
Like keeping your mouth closed when looking up at a flock of sea gulls.
Like watching the liberal train wreck of a session in Salem this year.
And some things just have to be done, tired or not.
Like FIGHTING BACK against the lunacy of firearm restrictions
aimed at the law-abiding citizens of Oregon.
"...the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed."
How is it that liberal Democrats just can't grasp such a simple declaration?
Let's ask our speaker, Kevin Starrett:
Kevin is the founder and director of the Oregon Firearms Federation,
a no compromise gun rights organization founded in 1998
after he watched the institutional gun lobby give away the store for years.
Before starting OFF, Kevin had previously defended firearms rights as a
representative of Gun Owners of America, first in New York,
and later in the Western states after he moved to Oregon.
OFF has a political action committee and a sister organization,
the Oregon Firearms Educational Foundation, a 501 c3 charitable organization
which has provided free firearms training for victims of domestic violence
and successfully sued the Oregon University System, forcing them
to drop their administrative rule banning firearms on campus property.
OFF has blocked virtually all anti-gun legislation since the 1999 session.
Of course, 2015 does not look quite so good....
"...the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed."
Is it that liberal Democrats see those words as a mere speed bump
on the way to making sure only the lawless have guns?
Those gun-fearing, irrational, uncaring liberals will tell you
they just want things safe, but here's the reality:
they won't stop until only dead people can own firearms.
Huh? What?
See, the heartbeat causes tremors in aiming, so gun safety
requires that only people without a heartbeat may use a gun.
Oh.
They will claim that's just a rational safety restriction,
not a complete gutting of the 2nd Amendment.
Fight back! Join us Wednesday night.
Come hear Kevin Starrett describe the GOOD ways to fight this,
the BAD things they're trying to do,
and the UGLY battles underway in Salem.
It'll make your eyes twitch.
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Submitting Followup Information
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Timely Information and Events
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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.
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Details of all Cascade events and publications are available at
http://cascadepolicy.org/ and you can sign up for Cascade's free weekly Courier email list
here.
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I'm Kay Bridges, and I'm running for Multnomah Education Service District, Position 7, Zone 3, representing SE and SW Portland, from Washington County line east to 82nd Ave, and South to Clackamas County line (
map).
Please see my
Voter's Pamphlet statement.
I need your support. Please visit
KAY L. BRIDGES FOR MESD, POS. 7, ZONE 3 on Facebook for pictures of
Multnomah Education Service District ( MESD ) facilities and information about the District, including those facilities they contract with that are in Albany, Yamhill County and on the Coast. Please give the Facebook page a LIKE and invite your friends to do the same. They may not live in Zone 3 but they may know someone who does.
THANK YOU.
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Ladies and Gentlemen,
We were under the impression that HB2640 had died in the House Committee on Rural Communities,
Land Use and Water.
However, today we received word from Representative Bill Kennemer's office that we have a Hearing!
The Boring Bill will be Heard on Thursday, May 7th at 1:00 PM by the House Committee on Rural Communities, Land Use and Water.
Please consider coming to Salem and testifying on behalf of the people of Boring.
Please let us know if you will be there. We need as many testimonies as possible!
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.
Please also emphasize items 10, 11 and 12.
Following is contact information 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
If you cannot make it and testify in person, please send your written testimony to the Committee Administrator:
Committee Administrator: Ian Davidson
ian.davidson@state.or.us 503-986-1733
Committee Assistant: Lindsay Trant
lindsay.trant@state.or.us 503-986-1559
Do you have questions? Contact Steve Bates by
eMail or phone 503-663-6271.
Communicate if you intend to be at the hearing and if you will testify!
Thanks for your help!
Steve Bates
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The
campaign to rein in Metro is underway. The challenges to ballot title language will be heard soon in the Oregon Supreme Court. Stay tuned.
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3 years ago the debt was about $14 trillion dollars. It's grown dramatically since then. Obama's State of the Union speech had little to do with the state of the Union, or his pathetic legacy on the economy.
This is a priceless 2 minute video worth watching, regardless of your political affiliation.
DEBT LIMIT - A GUIDE TO AMERICAN FEDERAL DEBT MADE EASY
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Cliff Thomason of Grants Pass is chief petitioner for a statewide measure titled the "Lottery Local Control Act".
From the site
LotteryLocalControl:
The Oregon Lottery Local Control Act will send 50% of the Oregon Lottery net proceeds back to the counties from which they were generated. Counties can use the revenue to help fund: public education, economic development, providing for public safety, restoring native fish and wildlife, or protecting parks and beaches. Every Oregon county will benefit from more local control.
2016 Oregon Lottery Local Control Act is well underway with statewide signature gathering. Anyone wanting to help gather signatures or donate to the effort, please contact Cliff Thomason by email to
clifft9@msn.com or visit
LotteryLocalControl.Com.
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Oregon Citizens Lobby is looking for patriots to analyze bills according to our five values of fiscal responsibility, local control, free markets, limited government, and personal choice/responsibility. We also need volunteers to staff the war room lobbying politicians, attending hearings, giving public testimony, writing letters to the editor, and on the twitter brigade, tweeting and retweeting. Go to
OregonCitizensLobby.org to sign up.
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Mossberg 500 Shotgun Raffle
May 1 • 7pm • MCRP headquarters
Raffle tickets are available for a Mossberg 500 to benefit the Multnomah County Republican Party. This 12ga, 6-shell capacity pump action shotgun includes two stocks: pistol grip and standard stock. Tickets are only $5 each or 5 tickets for $20. Maximum number of tickets will be 600. Ticket buyers must be 18 years of age and able to pass a background check a dealer. Ticket holders need not be present to win. The drawing will be May 1st at 7pm at the MCRP headquarters.
While the liberals are marching and tearing apart the city to celebrate May Day, the Republicans will be raffling a shotgun!
Contact the MCRP office at 503-956-0919, or email to
info@multnomahgop.org, for tickets.
