Executive Club Reminder!
7:00 pm ⊕ Wednesday February 5th ⊕ Airport Shilo Inn
So this is a test for the cell phone display of these emails.
I loved that Jeep/Groundhog Day ad! Very creative!
May you have 2020 vision, but be
cross-eyed in love!
OK, the Money Badgers are chewing on our wallets in Salem
And you know what happens when they chew through the
money in your back pocket? They keep chewing!
Here's hoping for restraint, 'cause those BITES HURT!
And the poor always get it in the shorts, every time!
So, I like the Electoral College, but a lot of folks don't.
There's always another idea popping up about how to make
things "fair" (as opposed to being "just", I guess!),
switching the tally by one technique or another, relying on
the states to implement the change.
Enter our February speaker, with Equal Voice Voting,
claiming to not disenfranchise any voters (because states
typically allocate "winner take all" allocation of electors),
while "EVV" counts everybody (nobody loses?)
Better, or worse? Egalitarian, or wolves and sheep?
Respect sovereign states in a union, or one body politic?
Jerry Spriggs
Equal Voice Voting
Jerry Spriggs retired from a 30+ year career as a curriculum designer and corporate trainer. His board game design hobby led him to secure an MS education degree with an emphasis in instructional design. Jerry began his career developing training for the Navy, then managed the team developing F-16 pilot training for the Air Force, and oversaw training teams for Hewlett-Packard, working with different types of state agencies. Mr. Spriggs also was an adjunct faculty member for Glendale and Rio Salado Community Colleges, and as an entrepreneur, his business team served companies as diverse as American Express, Honeywell, Motorola, and Freightliner.
After all that training work, Jerry wants to teach the country how to vote better. Hmm. Let's hear his thinking, and weigh the results.
Join us Wednesday night. It'll be 8 rounds, with country vs. city, rich vs. poor, conservative vs. liberal, Texas vs. Maine, California vs. North Dakota. Gloves off, ballots at 20 paces! No chads left hanging!
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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: March 4th
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Timely Information and Events
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Read the
MHRW February 2020 MHRW Update
Next Meeting is Saturday, February 12th, at Elmer's Restaurant
1590 NE Burnside Rd, Gresham, OR 97030 (503-665-5144).
Oregon Federation of Republican Women District II meeting to elect District 2 Director, at 11:00am. Business Meeting begins at 11:30am, followed at 12:15pm with a presentation by Rachel Dawson of Cascade Policy Institute, addressing Wapato Jail repurposing, Measure 11, public safety, and other 2020 topics.
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[Comment on the December presentation]
Cortright is lying. As are some of the road hating fools in this story.
If they wanted the bridge to be used they should have made the bridge free, or the the tolling much lower: affordable for most commuters and commerce.
Contrary to Joe's deceitful $1 toll figure it is $4 when people need the bridge the most: during the routine business and jobs commute.
The 75% increase in use of the adjacent free bridge says it all.
People must get to where they need to get but will not pay $8 per round trip. Mostly because they simply do not have it or cannot take it from other needs.
Evidence? Ohio Bridges Project:
(Click here)
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TAKE THE INITIATIVE!
Drivers on both sides of the Columbia River are frustrated by growing traffic congestion. It's hurting our distribution-based economy, creating unsafe conditions, and increasing air pollution. As the situation gradually became a crisis, the State of Oregon and local jurisdictions invested billions elsewhere.
2 years ago the Legislature responded by passing HB-2017, increasing Vehicle Registration Fees, and raising the gas tax by 10 cents per gallon, exclusively for maintenance. Several large highway projects were funded, but money for widening I-205 and Hwy 217 was eliminated late in the process. Tolling was presented as a possible way to fund those projects.
Instead, the State authorized a study for "Value Pricing", a plan to toll existing freeways in which the millions collected won't be spent on increasing capacity, and the rates will be higher during heavy traffic times. Imagine the cost! Imagine how much traffic would be diverted into our neighborhoods! Fortunately, we have the power of the Initiative process, and are already taking action. IP-10, a state-wide petition, is being circulated to require a public vote before tolling can be imposed.
A second initiative, involving transportation spending, will soon be filed In Clackamas County. The opportunity to make a difference is here. We need energized volunteers and financial support to qualify the Initiatives for the ballot in 2020. Please join our movement to keep driving affordable!
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