El Caudillo is the least popular governor in all 50 states.
Oregon was the only state forbidding fans from attending basketball games, until a local NBA star tweeted a complaint. than, a miracle, it was suddenly ok. Same thing with football. She was caught in a crowded Washington D.C. fund raiser, mask less.
Rep Earl Blumenauer, democrat, lawyer, proposed a S.P.A.C.E. tax to tax those that might want to travel to space.
Senator Ginny Burdick wanted a 50 million dollar tax on small business only...
House Speaker Tina Kotek offered a bribe to any republican that help expedite her bills through the legislature. After the bills passed, she reigned on her offer.
Oregon Court Rules Governor Unlawfully Used Clemency to Release Convicted Felons
A judge has ordered a pause on early releases of prisoners who committed crimes as juveniles, granting in part the relief sought in a lawsuit filed against Oregon Gov. Kate Brown, a Democrat, by two district attorneys and four family members of homicide victims.
Brown has granted early release to nearly 1,200 convicted felons, including 10 convicted murderers, since March 1, 2020.
Marion County Circuit Court Judge David Leith ruled on March 1 that the governor had unlawfully conferred her clemency powers to the Oregon Parole Board.
“The board lacked delegated authority to hear the parole cases of the offenders at issue,” Leith wrote in his ruling. “It was only the [Governor’s] clemency order that purported to provide that authority.”
According to Linn County District Attorney Doug Marteeny, a petitioner in the suit, that transfer of authority shielded Brown from accountability for commuting the sentences of inmates convicted of violent crimes.
“What the governor attempted to do was commute [sentences] without having the label that she was the one who released them,” said Marteeny in a public written statement.
Portland man arrested for sexual assaulting child released from jail same day
Brown’s Hospital PR Stunt, Abuse of Emergency Power
— Interestingly, Gov. Brown pulled all National Guard out of the hospitals because the PR stunt the state needed to pretend it was doing something is over. Instead, Brown would rather portray hospitals as poorly staffed with no extra help (from the Guard who was getting paid by FEMA money) overrun with unvaccinated people. It’s all about how it LOOKS to keep people afraid. She has all the scapegoat she needs to extend her emergency powers until June 2022. Get ready for permanent masks!
DOJ’s Two-Tiered Justice System at Work: Violent Trans Antifa Activist Has Federal Charges Dropped for Assaulting Portland Police and Trying to Blind Them
Male to female trans #Antifa rioter Joshua "Eva" Warner, who was federally charged over assaulting officers in August 2020, had her case dismissed after completing just 30 hours of community service. Warner was arrested & quickly released at multiple Portland antifa riots.
Kate Brown pardons criminals
Franco would have been so proud
Stupid ass governor Brown releases a 53 felony criminal only for him to strike again!
Melvin Tilman has been convicted of 53 different felonies, mostly robberies. Brown commuted his sentence!!!
11-08-21 Was that a 'vote for me and I'll set you free' type of deal? Are crimes OK as long as they promote socialism and attack conservatives?
Gov. Kate Brown has been having secret zoom meetings with 11 incarcerated people over the past 2 months, her staff confirmed. Brown plans to review more than 200 juvenile prison cases for commutation, in some cases making longtime prisoners immediately eligible to pursue parole.
In September 2020, a man was arrested for trying to set a major bush fire in Portland with a Moltov cocktail. He was arrested, released and hours later arrested Again for trying o light six more fires. Six more fires!
A Portland man entered a woman's home, confronted her, and refused to leave. He appears so dangerous that police officers had to call for back-up to arrest him. Because of bureaucratic restrictions, officers were forced to quickly let him go with only a citation. Mere hours later, the same man stood in the middle of a highway blocking traffic and swinging a weapon. Upon fleeing from police, he was hit and killed by a light-rail train.
Darby M Howard was arrested twice in one day for rioting. He was first arrested at 3 P.M. for sabotaging a building lobby. He was released but arrested again hours later for trying to break into the federal courthouse during another riot. Howard lived in Oregon just two weeks before he started rioting here.
Arson is almost legal
Here are four Northwest stories where criminals received no prison time for arson.
An 18 year old, Rollin Tristan Fodor, pleaded guilty to setting fire to both a Portland Police building and a small business. He was given only community service, which sent the message that police property is expendable.
A 25 year old was charged with arson, criminal mischief, rioting, and setting fire to a Chase Bank in Portland. The man boasted about his arson, his Molotov cocktail, and the need to do it all over again, saying he was on another "mission" to "set another fire." His charges were dropped. during the fire, the riot crowd could be heard cheering which demonstrates that this is not just an ordinary fire but rather a criminal act that inspired more rioting and more arson that night.
Five teens in Battle Ground, Washington, admitted to setting fire to a man's home. In additionto leveling his home, th fire destroyed his vehicle, his collectibles and a lifetime of his professional photography work. Three of the teens involved were allowed to go free while the remaining two were required to do simple community service.
Liberals block release of Mugshots
Newly passed House Bill 3273 limits police officers' ability to publish mug shots. yet mug shots help the public identify when a serial raspiest, thief, or Vandals has struck others and helps bolster the cases. A Lane County WEB site that shows mugshots say 90% of mugshot suspects are are repeat offenders.
These meetings have already resulted in Brown offering early release for criminals. Yet, Brown did not involve or solicit input from local District Attorneys who are familiar with the criminals’ cases both the one’s being commuted by the Governor and the related ones surrounded the criminals past history. Union County District Attorney Kelsie McDaniel told the Oregonian “I have never been interviewed about a commutation but only learned later…”
Not only did Governor Brown block local District Attorneys, which is standard in traditional early releases, but Governor Brown went out of her way to block victims family from knowing what she was doing. Many of the crime victims families only learned about their early release through leaked media reports. Not being alerted becomes a grave safety issue as victims need time to protect themselves and adjust to their rapists or attempted murdered being released. 11-08-21 https://oregoncatalyst.com/56030-gov-brown-welcoming-criminals-society-11-calls.html
Oregon governor signs bill suspending math, reading proficiency requirements for HS graduates
8-10-21
Gov. Kate Brown, the Oregon Democrat, signed a bill last month (July 2020) with little fanfare that drops the requirement that high school students prove proficiency in reading, writing or math before graduation, a report said.
The Oregonian reported that the governor has seemed to avoid discussing Senate Bill 744. Her move to sign the bill was "not public until recently, because her office did not hold a signing ceremony or issue press release." The paper also pointed out that the bill was first signed on July 14 but not added into the state’s database until July 29 due to a glitch in the system.
Gray Leaf (Roseburg) and Greg Smith (House District 57) are the only republicans to vote for the bill. Governor signs bill saying You don't ever have to go to class to get a high school diploma
So, you don't have to go to school now, might as well get your diploma by mail, get your drivers license by mail, get your citizenship by mail, get your welfare by mail, vote by mail. Hell, as long as you vote democrat almost anything goes.
Governor Brown dishes out billions of Covid bucks to her pals
Oregon has been reated the nations worst hospitals capacity per capita. Brown passed a huge hospital tax in 2019 and Oregon unions passed anti-competition laws preventing new hospitals from being built and blocking out-of-state nurses from being hired even during a catastrophe or pandemic.
so where did the money go?
Oregon received over $5 billion in federal Covid funds. Instead of spending the covid funds on increasing hospital staff, brown found ways to reward her friends:
$200 million in Salary bonuses for state workers. This does not include the $2500.00 that went to selected employees.
Brown approved 1/4 billion in discretionary spending that lawmakers can distribute.
one lawmaker allocated 1.1 million to her former employer which is a political lobbying organization.
brown awarded $100,000 to a political consultant in a no-bid contract to boost her image.
Brown awarded lawyers by eliminating limits on how much the trial lawyers can sue for non-economic damages for their clients (SB 193) (making lawyers possible overnight millionaires.
rewarded unions with mandated over payments which will add 10's of millions to projects.
raised small business tax by 17%
lucrative tax breaks worth 50 million dollars.
Paying people not to work. 25 states pulled out of the federal governments $1200-a-month unemployment bonus program that ended up paying for people to stay home resulting in 50,000 job vacancies in Oregon because people make as much sitting at home but of course, Brown elected to stay with the program.
This article and 199 more @ Oregon Watchdog.
Governor Brown's Oregon
Portland
Wheeler defunded police by $15 million and cut 100 positions, which resulted in 2021 breaking all-time homicide record, half were minorities. In the name of racisism Wheeler ordered the police to stop enforcing minor traffic violations. this resulted in strange displays of traffic lawlessness like gangs shutting down an entire interstate freeway at night to do drag racing. During the summer, Wheeler announced that police would not intervene when anarchists rioters confronted counter-protesters. dueling sides battled it out on our public streets with bear mace, smoke bombs and public beatings while others shot explosives near gasoline stations. He also launched the ridiculous "Choose Love" campaign making Portland a laughing stock.
Wheeler made national news for his refusal to let Portland police protect Federal ICE immigration officers from violent protesters outside their office. Wheeler again made the news when he allowed far left Antifa protesters to block traffic and harass motorists. He threatened to deny a public meeting of pro-Trump supporters. Wheeler tried to hid public union records from the Oregon Freedom Foundation.
Firefighters in Portland To Add Bulletproof Vests as Violent Crime Surges
Portland launches "Choose Love" campaign against rioters,
More attacks against on journalists, courthouses, churches.
Portland spent $100,000 of taxpayer funds for three full-page advertisements (NY Times, LA times, Seattle Times) encouraging people to travel to Portland. the ad has the audacity to say, "We have some of the Loudest voices on the West Coast... we wouldn't have it any other way" and "this is the kind of place where new ideas are welcome."
Portland mayor Ted Wheeler launched a "Choose Love" campaign. As a way to appease rioters and promote racial progress, Wheeler also announced that police would stop citing for minor traffic offenses (Would that be like blocking traffic?) and pledged to not remove many graffiti murals.
A traveling pastor gathered at Portland's waterfront park for a worship event. anarchists, angry at the pastor's criticisms of official government covid policies, sabotaged the event by macing the participants, throwing firecrackers injuring women and children and tearing their sound equipment.
After demanding no pictures be taken of the riot, anarchists maced journalist Maraline Staab in the face, destroyed her camera and phone. Andy Ngo begged hotel staff to call the police and the ambulance after he was beaten bloody on the street by anarhists. Outside, anarchists pounded on the locked hotel doors, yelling "We're coming after you!" and "Nazi" and soon afterwood "Kill Andy Ngo" was graffitied around Portland.
Nearly a third of Oregans favor abolishing police departments. Portland underfunded the police by 12 million and cut 100 staff, crime in the city has skyrocketed 60%
DOJ’s Two-Tiered Justice System at Work: Violent Trans Antifa Activist Has Federal Charges Dropped for Assaulting Portland Police and Trying to Blind Them
There are currently 40 men and a woman locked up indefinitely for actions they took on Jan. 6 at the nation’s Capitol. Several of these men did not assault a single person let alone a police officer. They have no idea when their court case will be heard in front of a biased judge. They families are bankrupt and they have been physically and mentally abused for months inside the DC Gulag.
Male to female trans #Antifa rioter Joshua "Eva" Warner, who was federally charged over assaulting officers in August 2020, had her case dismissed after completing just 30 hours of community service. Warner was arrested & quickly released at multiple Portland antifa riots.
Governor Update 04-21-21
1/4 billion dollar Homeowner tax, marriage penalty.
Revoking covid tax relief
Carbon Tax, could double or triple your home electric bill
New income tax increase
Kicker income tax refund reduction
3000% alcohol tax increase
Three timber taxes, will increase current taxes by 8%
Mattress tax.
Governor subverts public process with last-minute Executive Order
Wednesday October 28, 2020
By Oregon Farm Bureau
Oregon Farm Bureau is dismayed by the Governor’s decision to release a last-minute Executive Order extending the rules for employer-provided agricultural housing and shocked that the Governor would add criminal penalties to the enforcement of these rules.
Adoption of the original temporary COVID-19 rules for agriculture allowed no meaningful public input and resulted from an activist petition, not from any public health or scientific experts. Using an Executive Order to extend these rules subverts the public process yet again.
There has not been an identified “outbreak” of COVID-19 in agricultural housing since the beginning of the pandemic, even before the temporary rules were adopted. OR-OSHA’s data shows that of the 11,617 complaints made to the agency, and subsequent violations found, agriculture represents only 33. Almost all of these cases were minor, such as not having enough posters displayed. The Oregon Health Authority has made it clear that social gatherings off-site are the major driver of continued spread of COVID-19, not on-farm employment and housing.
Oregon Governor Issues Statewide ‘Stay At Home’ Executive Order
03–23–20
Days after saying she wouldn’t order Oregonians largely to remain at home to slow the spread of the coronavirus, Gov. Kate Brown did just that Monday.
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Kate Brown (born June 21, 1960, Torrejón de Ardoz, Community of Madrid, guessing by her actions, her hero was Franco. ) She took over id term from disgraced democrat governor Ted Kitzhaber.
Did you know? During World War II, Spanish leader Franco wrote a semi-autobiographical novel called “Raza,” which was later turned into a film. Using the pseudonym Jaime de Andrade, Franco portrayed a family that strongly resembled his own, including a hero who valiantly fought against bloodthirsty Republicans.
El Caudillo, Kate Brown
Franco of Spain
Franco of Spain took over the country in a bloody revolution with the help of NAZI GERMANY. Hitler "der Fuehrer", Benito Mussolini "Duce", and Franco of Spain wanted to be called "El Caudillo".
cau·dil·lo (kô–dēl′yō, –dē′yō, kou–) n. pl. cau·dil·los 1. A leader or chief, especially a military dictator. 2. A political boss; an overlord.
Kate Brown, governor of Oregon, is from Spain near Madrid. Probably why she is more sympathetic to illegals than citizens. I think she longs for her mentor Franco and wants to be a dictator just like him.
Mayor Wheeler gave into demands of rioters 10 times.
Defund Police.. Portland cut 12 million out of the police budget cutting 100 positions.
Put 62 million in the Cares Act to help blacks only.
Within 4 weeks of the first protest the legislature passed 6 new police reform bills.
The national guard was initially used but were pulled when rioters objected.
Rioters complained about there being federal police protecting the Federal Court House, so they were replaced with State Police.
Governor brown said she would address shorter sentences next legislature at the rioters request.
Rioters complained about the use of tear gas was so its use will be restricted and a milder version will be used.
The rioters complained the police were too aggressive with rioters so police were told to back off to the point streets were taken over and buildings and cars were vandalized and burned.
Multnomah District Attorney Mike Schmidt simply dropped 400 of the charges against rioters.
and how was this leniency paid back?
They set fire to an apartment building with people inside.
They vandalized Ted Wheeler's condo building, looted nearby business and terrorized apartment residents with obscenity chants and explosives.
They tried to block the police station door while at the same time lighting it on fire.
They intentionally rammed a police car with 2 officers inside.
In a crowd, protesters robbed a person and than beat unconscious the man who tried to help.
A few protesters hunted down and murdered a trump supporter in the middle of the street. When news broke out about the homicide, the nearby crowd cheered the man's death as "taking out the trash."
On the 100th protest day they threw Molotov cocktail fire–bombs at police.
Earlier this year, the Oregon Forestry Department made headlines for being underfunded by $136 million dollars.
While the forestry Department was underfunded, Brown and the liberals still had enough money to hand–out:
$200 million to state employees 15% pay raises.
$28 million hand–outs to Hollywood film companies.
$30 million to public art projects.
$60/80 million in tax benefits to build a luxury hotel next to the convention center that only lasted 1 year and had to be sold at a great loss to a hotel chain.
$500 gift cards to the homeless (wanted to institute sales tax to pay for it)
This year they wanted to give a $750 gift card (monthly)to the homeless again paying for it with a tax.
Paid out $100,000 in no bid consultant fees.
$1.3 million for marijuana shops, economic improvement.
$3 million in wasted COvid gift cards.
Oregon literally pays people "Not to Work" 25 states pulled out of this federal boondoggle but not Kate Brown's Oregon.
Forestry Department underfunded 136 million (2019) just prior to historic wildfires.
Brown and the liberals approved $3.1 billion in new higher taxes in 2019, but still left the forestry department underfunded.
There are five basic, time–tested, scientific consensus based, active forest management tools that keep forest healthy and prevent hazardous fuel build–up in our forests that cause catastrophic wildfires. These are:(1) logging (2) thinning (3) controlled–perscribed fires (4) removing brush and vegetation and (5) maintaining forest roads. All five are actively blocked by environmentalists and/or have been caught up in the US Federal Service bureaucracy for decades.
We can't harvest older trees because too many environmentalists treat all trees as virtually untouchable and disregard the fact that younger trees absorb carbon faster than older trees.
Thinning forests in Eastern–Oregon is made more difficult with a Clinton–era rule banning cutting trees of the (completely arbitrary) size of 21–inch diameters despite the fact that many larger trees are more fire pron and sometimes need to be cut to save surrounding forests they are in.
We can't do control burns because it creates smoke which generates public complaint which now looks absurd in the light of the smoke we have now (since Oregon hit the world's worst air quality during this season).
When it come s to clearing underbrush/vegetation we find that environmentalist obstruct, litigate and flood our land management agencies with objections and 'paperwork protests' sometimes 500–pages long. The bureaucracy requires each complaint, no matter how frivolous, to be researched and responded to, which delays forest projects for years. In 2017, the Oregon Pickett Hog timber sale was overwhelmed with nearly 30 paperwork protests complaint which delayed the project for years.
When it comes to roads every year close to 1,000–2,000 miles of forest roads are decommissioned nationally. Removing forest roads make it harder for firefighters to reach fires.
Info from Taxpayers Association of Oregon & Taxpayer Foundation who can always use your support.
6–23–2020
Governor Kate Brown today issued Executive Order 20–12, directing everyone in Oregon to stay at home to the maximum extent possible and adding to the list of businesses that will be temporarily closed to stem the spread of COVID–19 in Oregon. Panic that this is going to go on forever when news is reporting things are already getting back to normal where the virus started.
From 20–12: On March 8, 2020, I (Brown) declared an emergency under ORS 401.165 et seq. due to the public health threat posed by the novel infectious coronavirus (COVID–19).
Lincoln County, Oregon, Exempts Non–White People From Mask Order
full article Heavy News From the county itself: "People of color who have heightened concerns about racial profiling and harassment due to wearing face coverings in public."
Oregon county's (Lincoln County) coronavirus mask order exempts 'people of color' who have 'heightened concerns about racial profiling'
Frank Miles | Fox News 06–23–20
Amid “heightened concerns about racial profiling and harassment,” a county in Oregon is allowing its residents of color to be in public without coronavirus face coverings, according to reports.
Health officials in Lincoln County announced people of color are exempt from the new rule instituted last week.
“No person shall intimidate or harass people who do not comply,” health officials said.
Oregon Governor Kate Brown Bypassed the Legislature and Signed an Executive Order to Reduce Greenhouse Gas
03–11–20
Libs pissed off if they can't get their way.. [ link missing aweber dot com] full article. After Oregon’s state legislature was unable to pass a cap-and-trade bill, Governor Kate Brown enacted an executive order to cut the state’s greenhouse gas emissions to 80% below 1990 levels by 2050. Brown doesn’t have the legal authority to implement a cap-and-trade system with an executive order, but she vowed to make sure that Oregon state agencies will prioritize cutting emissions.
Oregon Politics
12–12–19
Oregon Democratic Genius
1.4 million paid out for sexual harassment.
161 million to move 860 people daily and increase congestion.
12 million paid out by disgraced previous governor for failing fraudulent business.
School had to pay a $25000.00 fine for unlawfully expelling a student with a trump shirt on.
State first housed foster children in local hotels and when there was an outcry about they moved them into former prison..
State mandate to eliminate parking spaces.
A bill introduced to ban fishing contests.
There is now a $500 fine for offering a straw, plastic fork or a ketchup packet to a customer.
Governor Kate Brown corruption queen, public records advocate resigned after the governor tried to censor, intimidate, and presser to work against transparency legislation..
2.6 billion in new state taxes.
Countries most expensive carbon tax proposed.After Brown's $600 million Carbon Tax was defeated by a Republican Senate walkout, she issued this revenge quote to a reporter and threatened to veto spending projects in those lawmakers' districts.
Taxpayer Association of Oregon, Tigrad, OR 97281
Oregon Gov Kate Brown Funneled $10 Million to Planned Parenthood After It Lined Her Pockets
Micaiah Bilger Nov 14, 2018 | 7:45PM Salem, OR
In a scheme described as “legalized money–laundering,” the abortion giant Planned Parenthood has both given and received money from Oregon Gov. Kate Brown.
Brown, who was re–elected on Nov. 6, has a 100–percent pro–abortion record. In 2017, she signed a bill expanding taxpayer–funded abortions to illegal immigrants and government employees in Oregon, already one of the most pro–abortion states in America.
Now, her campaign donations from Planned Parenthood and other groups are being questioned. Damning article no longer available - - www dot lifenews dot com/2018/11/14/oregon-gov-kate-brown-funneled-10-million-to-planned-parenthood-after-it-lined-her-pockets
corrupt
https://oregonwatchdog.com/
Oregon Governor Caught In Another Scandal, Public Records Advocate Resigns Amid Cover Up
09–10–19
(Gateway Pundit) – Oregon governor Kate Brown is caught up in yet another scandal, as the state’s public records advocate, Ginger McCall, has resigned, citing “abuse of authority” and is accusing Brown of coercing her into covering up public records.
More alarming, Governor Brown’s attorney who pressured McCall was just appointed to a judge seat on the state’s court of appeals.
Here is the key section of that letter, which WW obtained under a public records request:
I do not think that the staff of the Governor’s Office and I can reconcile our visions regarding the role of the Public Records Advocate. When I accepted this job, it was with the understanding that the Office of the Public Records Advocate was to operate with a high degree of independence and had a mandate to serve the public interest. That is an understanding that I believe the public, the Legislature, and the Public Records Advisory Council share.
Meetings with the Governor’s General Counsel and staff have made it clear, however, that the Governor’s staff do not share that view. I have received meaningful pressure from the Governor’s General Counsel to represent the Governor’s Office’s interests on the Public Records Advisory Council, even when those interests conflict with the will of the Council and the mandate of the Office of the Public Records Advocate. I have not only been pressured in this direction but I have been told that I should represent these interests while not telling anyone that I am doing so. I believe these actions constituted an abuse of authority on the part of the General Counsel, and are counter to the transparency and accountability mission that I was hired to advance.
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corrupt
Spring 2019
PERS Tax on your home $1300.00
The $25 billion unfunded liability represents about 4 percent of the total real market value of property in the state. The current unfunded liability amounts to an average of $1300 a year in higher taxes for Oregon households. Oregon has recently raised billions in taxes, which is proof that the PERS crisis is hitting people where they live.
Democrats Carbon Tax Bill will cost Jobs.
Brown received $2.6 million in donations from companies she awarded $4.4 billion in state contracts.
15¢ tax on gasoline
40% Property tax increase on homeowners. Removing measure 5 property tax cap will increase our property taxes 40%.
oregonwatchdog.com full article
Worst governor award:
Passed a 10¢⁄gallon gas tax increase, new car tax, income tax payroll charge, 330 million health care tax and 1.3 Billion tax on Oregon small business. Attempted to hide her tax plans and the state education score card until after November elections. https://oregoncatalyst.com/43733-gov-browns-7-deadly-tax-sins-invade-capitol.html
Oregon Gov Kate Brown Funneled $10 Million to Planned Parenthood After It Lined Her Pockets
Micaiah Bilger Nov 14, 2018
In a scheme described as “legalized money-laundering,” the abortion giant Planned Parenthood has both given and received money from Oregon Gov. Kate Brown.
Brown, who was re-elected on Nov. 6, has a 100-percent pro-abortion record. In 2017, she signed a bill expanding taxpayer-funded abortions to illegal immigrants and government employees in Oregon, already one of the most pro-abortion states in America.
Now, her campaign donations from Planned Parenthood and other groups are being questioned.
Weekly Blizt reports more than 550 state vendors who receive tax dollars from the government donated to Brown’s re-election campaign.
“Right now, in Oregon, a large pot of taxpayer money is recycled from state vendors and contractors back into campaign coffers. The system functions as a legalized money-laundering scheme. At arm’s length, all of the transactions are legal – but are they ethical or serving the public’s interest?” Adam Andrzejewski wrote for Forbes.
In a scheme described as“legalized money-laundering,” the abortion giant 'Planned Parenthood' has both given and received money from Oregon Gov. Kate Brown."
01–10–19
Audit Reveals Alarming Problems at Portland Public Schools
Portland Public Schools (PPS) has an unacceptably high achievement gap of 53% between white and African–American students. This gap is far worse than the state average. There are also troubling gaps in student achievement for students who are Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander, Hispanic/Latino, or economically disadvantaged.
My team’s recent audit of PPS revealed a system that is grossly undeserving low–income students and students of color. This is not acceptable in Portland, or anywhere. Every Oregonian should be alarmed and angered by these findings. Our kids deserve better.
High Funding But Low Results
Despite higher funding and lower poverty rates than most peer districts, management challenges at PPS and an inconsistent focus on performance are hurting students and teachers. Achievement gaps can mean that underserved students are years behind their peers in learning.
PPS has more funding per student than all Oregon peer districts, with $2,000+ per student more than each of the next 11 largest districts. PPS also has more funding than many national peer districts, along with equal or lower poverty rates than most state and national peer districts.
PPS is doing better than the state average at helping wealthy and middle–class white students succeed, as well as students with disabilities. However, low–income students and students of color are significantly worse off.
Results of an audit by Secretary of State Dennis Richardson. Baby’s death at Oregon day care kept quiet by state during heated governor’s race – oregonlive.com
Baby's death kept quite by stateafor governors
Oregon Press Blast Dem Gov Kate Brown For Lack Of Transparency
March 15, 2017
Failed Democrat Governor Kate Brown’s false promises on transparency are earning her well-deserved criticism from the Oregon press corps. Days after The Oregonian reported that Brown attempted to carve out another public records exemption to add to the hundreds already in place in Oregon, major publications across the state have ripped Brown for failing to keep her promises on accountability.
November 21, 2018
Liberal Oregon State Loses Track of More than 1000 Convicted Sexual Predators
Another day, another scandal in Oregon. This time, it’s the Oregon State Police and Oregon Department Of Justice who are taking heat for losing track of over 1000 convicted rapists and child molesters. The reason? A loophole in state laws mean that only a small percentage of the sex abusers are required to be listed as registered sex offenders.
And now the state police are trying to cover it all up and blame the legislature. full article Liberal Oregon State Loses Track of More than 1000 Convicted Sexual Predators
The Oregonian noted that Brown’s actions prevented the public from attaining information they should be allowed to find easily:
For all her talk of transparency, here’s Brown endorsing the idea that you have no right to know when your vet screws up.
Not only should that list be public, it should be part of an online searchable database. In Washington State you can easily look up your vet’s license and whether they’ve had any “enforcement action.”
A Bend Bulletin editorial ripped Brown’s failure to keep her promises on accountability issues she has spoken out on:
“…apparently what persuaded Brown not to add to the ever–growing list of Oregon governmental records that are hidden from the public had nothing to do with sunshine. Rather, it had quite a bit to do with the fact that The Oregonian newspaper was working on an article about the bill.
Tons more, liberals must go to night school to be such screw–up's. I don't like quoting politicians or political parties but neither Brown or the Democrats are going to post their screw–up's and corruption.
12–17–17
New meaning to the Lunacy of Liberalism
or what happens when a moron is put in a place of even some power over other people.
Governor Kate Brown Saves the ocean from drying up
I don't have a date on this but early on KB administration had the watering of the greenery alongside the freeways turned off in order to conserve water, thus saving the Pacific Ocean from going dry apparently. <sic>
Oregon Dem Gov Kate Brown’s Two Weeks of Terrible Headlines
November 13, 2017
With her mishandling of Oregon’s pension crisis and a growing Medicaid scandal that she’s refusing to independently investigate, embattled Democrat Governor Kate Brown is facing a torrent of bad press. Here are just some of the stories dominating the headlines.
Medicaid Scandal:
The Oregonian: Kate Brown “has failed at basic responsible management. She kept quiet about the misspending, going public only as The Oregonian/OregonLive was preparing a story exposing the overpayments… the governor’s not interested in an independent investigation.”
The Register–Guard: “It has been a week since Rep. Knute Buehler called on Gov. Kate Brown to launch an independent investigation of $74 million in Medicaid overpayments to Oregon’s 16 coordinated care organizations. Brown should embrace the idea, as should the Legislature’s leaders.”
The Bend Bulletin: “…the governor owes Oregonians a clear picture of what’s going on at the OHA and what she’s doing to fix an agency that has suffered a series of embarrassing leadership failures dating back at least to the Cover Oregon fiasco. Brown has been in office for nearly three years now, so she owns the problems.”
Albany Democrat–Herald: “Taxpayers need real answers in Medicaid mess”
The Daily Astorian: “Bad news keeps rolling out from the Oregon Health Authority. But instead of taking responsibility, Gov. Kate Brown not only ducked it but also tried to spin it as positive news.”
Pension Crisis:
The Bend Bulletin:“Gov. Kate Brown and the Democrats that control state government dwell in their own escapist fantasy about PERS. Brown recently thanked a committee she created to look for PERS solutions for leaving ‘no idea unexamined and no rock unturned.’ That, too, was more spin than substance.”
Albany Democrat–Herald: “…it was not encouraging to see what areas Brown told her task force not to consider. For starters, Brown told the group not to consider any changes to pension benefits.”
Executive Order Overreach:
The Bend Bulletin: “Kate Brown is governor. She is not queen. She doesn’t faithfully discharge the duties of governor when she dictates important policy changes for the state and ignores the Legislature.”
Kate Brown’s Attention Deficit Disorder
Cascade Policy Institute November 8, 2017
The most serious problem facing Oregon right now is the exploding costs of the Public Employee Retirement System (PERS). The PERS crisis is so severe that the Oregon Legislature should make it the only issue addressed in the February 2018 legislative session.
But Governor Brown isn’t interested in reducing the PERS liability. That would take too much work and might offend her public employee union campaign contributors. So instead she has signed two Executive Orders purporting to address “climate change,” ahead of her jaunt to Bonn, Germany next week to attend a United Nations conference on global warming.
Address the longstanding mismanagement of federal lands in Oregon was evidently overlooked.
Admit that walking away from the 221 million cash offer from a private consortium to buy the money–losing Elliott State Forest was a mistake & calling a special meeting of the land board to reverse the May decision, was out of the question. 11–8–17–Kate_Brown’s_Attention_Deficit_Disorder
She deems the housing problem a top priority yet the State of Oregon required 2 years to get permits to build a 2–300 unit low cost housing area. If it is going to take the state this long, this much trouble, think how difficult it is for a private company. This is socialism, this is bureaucracy, but she doesn't think, she is working on more regulation.
TriMet giddy about new taxes giving them more money than they can spend except the “union” requires all mechanics to go through a two year apprenticeship program regardless of their training and there will not be enough mechanics to do the work.
Per pupil spending in Portland public schools for this year 16–17 is budgeted @ $13,986 per pupil. Oregon qualitative education model (QEM) suggests adequate per–pupil funding should be $12,993. That is 8% above the QEM gold standard. But Kate has time (and money) to go to Bonn, Germany for a conference on climate change (at tax payer expense).
the Oregon Health Authority now admits the state approved Medicade payments for “dead people”.
Lets not forget we spent 300 million for a health insurance WEB site that never happened. So if you were governor and paid a friend a friend 300 million to help keep you in office, how would you hide it? 100 million here and a 100 million there, after a while it adds up.
You would think this would be a priority but instead KB goes to Bonn, Germany on the Oregon taxpayer nickel to a conference on “global warming” like there is really something she knows or could do about it. Paid vacation anyone?
Oregon’s high school graduation rates were an embarrassingly low 75% in 2015–16. Sadly, Oregon is almost 10% below the national average and has ranked among the worst five states for five years in a row. This is unacceptable. We are failing our children and grandchildren.
Secretary.Richardson@public.govdelivery.com
Don’t Allow the Skimming of Medicaid Funds for Unions
Cascade Policy Institute December 11, 2017
By Aaron Withe and Steve Buckstein
Each year, hundreds of millions of dollars are skimmed off the top of Medicaid payments intended for some of society’s most vulnerable citizens and used for purposes never envisioned by the program’s supporters. Most of us can agree this is wrong.
After all, the whole point of Medicaid is to help low–income individuals—particularly the elderly and disabled—whose lives, dignity and comfort all benefit from the program.
Unfortunately, many politicians don’t see it this way. Oregon is one of nine states that allow labor unions to get a slice of the Medicaid pie by skimming union dues from the Medicaid paychecks of home–based caregivers.
How to makes a tyrant; give a ‘small, inept’ person power over others. gb
These can be found on–line but I couldn't “copy” them..
17–21 Says she is going to follow the “Pairs Agreement” despite the fact the the biggest part of the agreement was for the US was to PAY other countries to cut green–house gas emissions.
17–20 Says, she is going to save the world from green–house gas by increasing the efficiency of all state buildings in Oregon. Not only is this going to cost Oregonians 100's of millions of dollar but the net effect will be ZERO!
17–19 Says we should put out the Eagle Creek Fire. I, for one, am really glad she thought we should put out effort to put out this fire
17–18 Chetco fire. Does anyone else see the narcissism in this, how ludicrous. We should mobilize efforts to put out a really bad fire? Really?
17–17 Mill Creek fire, again, Really?
17–16 Flounce Fire. ditto
Read them all, the 17's and the 16's, Kate Brown's and maybe her criminal predecessor. See what a person does when they see themselves as a god.
9/19/2018 The Redacted Transparency Promise of Oregon Governor Kate Brown
May 17, 2018, 11:51am
Adam Andrzejewski Contributor
The Redacted Transparency Promise of Oregon Governor Kate Brown
At first, we questioned why Oregon Governor Kate Brown spent taxpayer money on pricey yoga classes, brewery trips, movie tickets, hundreds of expensive car washes, a Canadian kayak trip, and expenses on her luxurious vacation to Palm Springs, California... But then it got worse.
During her first two terms, our audit revealed Governor Kate Brown redacted nearly 4,000 items from her official state calender. The governor redacted calender entries on nine out of every ten days since taking office. In addition to these transparency issues, we found potential violations of Oregon state law regarding Brown's credit card spending.
The governor is flouting Oregon open records laws
The governor is flouting Oregon open records laws and blurring the line between the taxpayer–funded agency resources and her campaign activities. Furthermore, Brown used public funds for private purposes — during her time as secretary of state and as governor.
Oregon taxpayers should demand answers!
Our previous oversight of Governor Brown exposed troubling patterns. For example, last year, our auditors found the governor solicited $518,203 in campaign donations from hundreds of state vendors. Those state vendors reaped millions of dollars in state contracts.
Earlier this year, we found Brown's office designated 52 employees as lobbyists, but disclosed zero dollars in lobbying expenditures on the official Oregon Ethics Commission website — during a 21–month period. Our oversight forced Brown to amend her filings, disclosing $165,489 in payments to her lobbyists.
Now we've discovered systemic redactions from Brown's calendar. Through Brown's first 1,156 days as governor (February 2015 through April 2018), 994 days on her official calendar included redacted information. There are up to 14 line–item redactions per day.
For the entire file click here.The redacted transparency promise of El Caudillo (Kate Brown).
Secretary Richardson’s audit of the Prescription Drug Monitoring Program (PDMP) is eye–opening, but indicative of the way many of our state programs are haphazardly run. As a doctor, I understand how this crisis is fueling domestic violence, homelessness, child abuse, and crime.
In past legislative sessions Senator Steiner Hayward and I worked to improve the PDMP. In 2019, I will hold state lawmakers and Governor Brown accountable to address this crisis head on, taking the audit recommendations and making the program more robust.
Most of us know someone who is touched by addiction or has lost someone to substance abuse. Oregonians can’t wait for the Legislature to act... we need reforms and solutions now.
You can read the (knutebuehler dot com WEB site missing)entire audit here or Willamette Week.
Secretary of State’s audit function:
We disclosed how Oregon’s foster care system was failing our children.
We exposed Portland Public School’s inequitable 53% achievement gap between white and African–American students.
We revealed that Oregon could close its current $623 million state budget gap through increased efficiency and without raising new taxes.
We discovered approximately $106.2 million in questionable spending during our 2017–18 audits of state agencies and between $400 million and $1.6 billion in additional questionable spending during our 2018–19 audits.
Kate Brown and the liberals pushing environmental concerns e.g. Wind Power. Interesting to note that wind power doesn't work when it is really hot or really cold or in high winds. Wind power advocates saying they generate power 70% of the time are cherry picking the facts.
Kate Brown and the liberals are trying the obama doctrine of health care for all and single payer (the state) despite their inability to even build a health care WEB site let alone run a complex health care program.
Kate Brown and the liberal legislature are also trying to pay for sanitary products for all school age children as well as a blanket each and two meals a day.
Kate Brown and the liberals are also believe people on welfare cannot afford stamps for mail–in ballots and propose to pay for postage for mail–in ballots. I wonder if this includes international postage like the ones sent from Mexico, Honduras, Guatemala, San Salvador?
They (the liberals) are also consumed with global warming despite the fact that emissions in the state have dropped 64% while at the same time up by the same amount in China since the Kyoto protocols. Making the state contribution to the global problem about .0001% yet the liberal mantra, “never let a crisis go unused!”
Tenants In Subsidized Housing Complex Stand To Lose Their Gardens
Sep 3, 2015
After a summer of record heat and ongoing drought, water conservation is a big concern. Now, tenants of a low–income rental apartment complex in Talent say a management plan to reduce water consumption is going too far by removing lawns, shrubs – and their personal gardens. JPR’s Liam Moriarty checked it out.
When I went to Patio Village, I found a leafy complex of one–story apartments clustered amid trees, grass and flowers right in downtown Talent. Many residents have planted small gardens outside their doors or along their walls, some of them just a few square feet in size.
Dale Herring is a disabled former construction worker who’s lived at Patio Village for about eight years. The Atlanta native can’t get around very well anymore, and he’s created a pleasant little spot off his patio with blueberry bushes and flowers enclosed by a small fence for his tiny dog.
Fu***ng brilliant solutions from our El Caudillo marxist governor to SAVE WATER for Criss sake!!!
There are currently 40 men and a woman locked up indefinitely for actions they took on Jan. 6 at the nation’s Capitol. Several of these men did not assault a single person let alone a police officer. They have no idea when their court case will be heard in front of a biased judge. They families are bankrupt and they have been physically and mentally abused for months inside the DC Gulag.
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Passed a 10¢⁄gallon gas tax increase, new car tax, income tax payroll charge, 330 million health care tax and 1.3 Billion tax on Oregon small business. Attempted to hide her tax plans and the state education score card until after November elections. https://oregoncatalyst.com/43733-gov-browns-7-deadly-tax-sins-invade-capitol.html
