Executive Club Meeting!
7:00 pm • Wednesday March 7th • Airport Shilo Inn
OK, when is the flu season going to end? Sigh....
Not to mention the Money Badger Salem Feeding Frenzy!
(They really never quit being hungry, you know)
So here we are, heading into another campaign season,
with the country turning more conservative while the
lefties seem to be migrating West.
We can at least take solace in Thatcher's wit:
Sooner or later other peoples' money will be gone.
But it might take a California implosion
to knock some sense into Oregon's leftie voters.
What's in store for Oregon in this coming cycle?
A fall off of the fiscal cliff?
A quiet return to rationality?
Our March speaker has been studying the voters:
Jason Williams
Jason Williams co-founded the Taxpayer Association of Oregon
with Don McIntire in 1999. The Taxpayer Association has been
working for lower taxes, limited government and protecting
liberty by enacting change in the State Legislature, ballot
box, courtroom, media, public opinion and at all levels of
local government influence.
We can all see that America is changing all around us.
Big policy direction shifts, cultural norms upended,
news media caught in lies and struggling for renewed relevancy,
with new hashtag descriptions popping up like prairie dogs.
How do we navigate the new political and cultural undercurrents,
and how do we tap into the changes in thinking that will
certainly affect the way people vote?
That's why Jason is here this Wednesday night.
You should be part of that conversation, so join us!
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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: April 4th
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The Freedom Foundation is a regional think and action tank dedicated to removing government unions influence on the political cycle.
January was a great month for us at the Freedom Foundation, we filed our largest lawsuit in Oregon against SEIU 503 with 14 plaintiffs. The merits of the lawsuit were based on SEIU 503 not recognizing people's rights to opt out and cease paying union dues. Defendants in the lawsuit included the SEIU leaders personally, as well as Gov. Kate Brown for her role in this scheme. Details can be read here.
We also uncovered the numbers behind SEIU 503's books in 2017. Most notably seven of their staff were bringing in over 6-figure salaries, and their highest paid staff member? Their political director Melissa Unger (sister of Our Oregon's Exec. director). More proof that SEIU is in fact more of a political operation than anything else. Last year we also saw $4 million spent directly into politics in Oregon from the union dues they collect. As well as the $7.3 million they send to the national union for their political agenda. When they talk about organizations taking money and spending it outside this State, they should look in the mirror first. Our full report can be read here.
Removing these funds from the political cycle is our only focus at the Freedom Foundation, Oregon cannot seek change with government unions funding "the labor" movement to this extent. 2018 is going to contain huge losses to theses unions in Oregon, and if you think they're not scared read this article outlining our battle and watch out for their skewed cited numbers.
Aaron Withe, Oregon Director of
Freedom Foundation (.com)
awithe@freedomfoundation.com; 503-951-6208; PO Box 18146, Salem, OR 97305
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Read the
March 2018 MHRW Newsletter
Next Meeting is Wednesday, March 14, 2018, at Elmer’s Restaurant
1590 NE Burnside Rd, Gresham, OR 97030 (503-665-5144)
Business Meeting begins at 11:30am, followed at 12:15pm with presentations by Jeff Helfrich (Representative, House District 52), Justin Hwang (Candidate, House District 49), and Carol Pauli (Candidate, Metro Poistion 2).
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