Got this response when I emailed her about it. I have not been a fan of all of her votes, but I appreciate this one. Most of OR’s reps voted for this bill https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/202486...
The legislature has no business reversing a citizen ballot initiative. The entire point of ballot initiatives is to enable citizens to go over the heads of the legislature, it is a check on their power. We are very fortunate in Oregon to have that right, many states do not. But that check on their power is useless if they can...
Are you tired of voting for the “lesser of two evils”? Wish you had a say in who you got to vote for? Well you can, if you vote in the primaries! If you want to vote in the primaries for a party, you must select that party on your voter registration. You can update your voter registration online....
I would vote FOR 110 again in a heartbeat. Prohibition doesn’t work, is a waste of taxpayer money, and churns people through the criminal justice system. It should be no business of the government what you put into your body in your own private residence. If you are breaking the law because of your drug use, then they should enforce those laws which they currently don’t for various reasons.
The whole point of ballot initiatives is to go over the head of the state legislature. It is a check on their power and the two party system. They have no right to reverse a ballot initiative. If they think public opinion has changed, they can send it back to the ballot. Any oregon dem who votes to repeal 110 is losing my vote in the primary.
My take on this: She has no right to. That was a ballot measure, not a law passed by the Oregon legislature. If they want it repealed, send it back to ballot. Ballot measures are a check and balance on the power of the legislature, they are worthless if the legislature can just reverse them. Suggesting they have the power to do...
Ballot measures are laws themselves that voters can pass without needing the approval of the legislature, that’s the entire point. They can also be “straw polls” to give guidance to the legislature, but most are made to create or amend a specific law or provision of the constitution, as M110 did.
Is it just me or the borderline fascist anti-homeless rhetoric just simply out of control? Not only do you have entire topics with hundreds of posts advocating for forced institutionalization, calls for vigilante violence, and downright genocidal discussions daily – the mods seem completely absent at all from these topics....
OR reps vote for and against bill to withhold funds from unis if they allow "anti-semitic" speech on campus. Bill faced bipartisan criticism as a restriction on free speech
Bill name: Antisemitic Awareness Act...
Val Hoyle votes against bill which would withhold funds from colleges if they allow "anti-semitic" speech on campus. Democrats and Republicans alike have criticized the bill for being over-broad and s
Bill name: Antisemitic Awareness Act...
Thank you Rep Hoyle (D-OR) for voting against the TikTok Ban
Got this response when I emailed her about it. I have not been a fan of all of her votes, but I appreciate this one. Most of OR’s reps voted for this bill https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/202486...
🇺🇲 Primary elections are coming up soon, you need to be registered by May 1 🇺🇲
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/14261766...
Eugene taking an L (lemmy.world)
Pretty please 🥺🥺🥺 they have an extra one (lemmy.world)
OR's Right To Repair Bill Passes House & Senate, sponsored by Eugene's reps!
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/12797292...
Gonna think about this now every time I tell an officer they can't search my car (lemmy.world)
Rep. Paul Holvey to retire after 20 years representing Eugene area in Oregon legislature (www.registerguard.com)
Which OR House of Reps Voted to Reverse M110 (HB4002)
From here, the bill will go to the senate where it is expected to pass....
Rep Paul Holvey (Eugene's rep in OR house legislature) just voted to reverse M110
The legislature has no business reversing a citizen ballot initiative. The entire point of ballot initiatives is to enable citizens to go over the heads of the legislature, it is a check on their power. We are very fortunate in Oregon to have that right, many states do not. But that check on their power is useless if they can...
People: "The concession stand at Crater Lake is sub-par and isn't representing Oregon well". Ron Wyden: "Unacceptable" (lemmy.world)
Context: …senate.gov/…/wyden-demands-federal-review-of-cra…...
Primary elections are coming up soon, you need to be registered by May 1
Are you tired of voting for the “lesser of two evils”? Wish you had a say in who you got to vote for? Well you can, if you vote in the primaries! If you want to vote in the primaries for a party, you must select that party on your voter registration. You can update your voter registration online....
Oregon Democrats agree to stronger criminal penalties for drug possession (www.opb.org)
🎂 Elk Horn brewery is finally going out of business (sorta) 🎂 (www.loopnet.com)
Looks like the guy who runs it no longer wants to. Probably because it’s massively profitable and they have a great brand reputation right 🤣🤣🤣
Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek indicates she would sign a bill recriminalizing drug possession (www.opb.org)
My take on this: She has no right to. That was a ballot measure, not a law passed by the Oregon legislature. If they want it repealed, send it back to ballot. Ballot measures are a check and balance on the power of the legislature, they are worthless if the legislature can just reverse them. Suggesting they have the power to do...
New ballot initiative to require a public vote before any new tolls are added
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/11365407...
Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art Survey (docs.google.com)
from eugene reddit:...
What the fuck is going on with the Eugene sub
Is it just me or the borderline fascist anti-homeless rhetoric just simply out of control? Not only do you have entire topics with hundreds of posts advocating for forced institutionalization, calls for vigilante violence, and downright genocidal discussions daily – the mods seem completely absent at all from these topics....
Eugene/Springfield Crime
Numbers are derived from calls published on the EPD and SPD dispatch logs....