Executive Club Meeting!
7:00 pm • Wednesday January 3rd • Airport Shilo Inn
Remember a few months back when Sen. Tim Knopp gave us a
rundown on how deep in the swamp Oregon is with PERS debt?
And when Scott Shepard on how PERS might be fixed,
since the Oregon Supremes have admitted error?
Are you fully convinced that PERS is the 900 pound gorilla
present in every meeting in Salem, reminding everyone he's
there by just breathing down their necks?
Seen that gorilla's fingerprints -- no, finger DENTS --
on every piece of legislation, for example the
health insurance premiums "assessment" passed by the
swamp's precious honey badgers, and referred to the
voters as Measure 101 ("NO!" on January 23rd!)?
So, think that's bad enough to warrant stopping that
beast? How about if it's an 1800 pound gorilla, then?
See, our speaker this month has done some deep diving
into the swamp, and he thinks that gorilla is much,
much bigger than Kate Brown and the rest of the nasty
honey badgers have told us.
Allen Alley
PERS diver
"Oregon PERS: It's the cash flow stupid!"
That's the title of his presentation this Wednesday, the
summation of his experience in business and government,
applied to the massive, hungry zoo animal from Salem.
Allen Alley has been both a successful entrepreneur and
a general partner of one of the premier US venture capital
firms. He is one of the few people who has invested in and
co-founded companies that grew from startups to have public
market capitalizations of more than $1 billion. His expertise
spans software as a service, computer graphics and semiconductors.
Allen is hard to categorize. He is a republican who worked
for a democratic governor. He drives a Smart Car and a Corvette.
He loves cars but also walked 400 miles across Oregon in his
campaign for Governor. He has extensive experience building global
companies and is as comfortable eating tonkatsu in Tokyo, hotpot in
Chengdu, ribs in Cincinnati or Taco Bell in Tualatin.
He manages a very active venture portfolio of technology companies
as well as devoting time to making government more transparent,
efficient and accountable. The foundation of his career is a
Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering from Purdue and design
engineering at Ford and Boeing.
Join us Wednesday night for the details of the mess
the Salem Swampers have made for all of us.
Take notes. There will be a test: 2018 voting.
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Portland Airport Shilo Inn ~~ 11707 Northeast Airport Way
Bring a friend! ~~ $20 select menu option ~~ no host bar
And of course, the cigar room, afterward
Next meeting after this: February 7th
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Timely Information and Events
Cascade is officially endorsing a No vote on Ballot Measure 101 (formerly Referendum 301),
the sales tax on health care, which will be the only measure on the January 23, 2018 statewide ballot.
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