A bill that would destroy forest and wildlife protections has now moved to the U.S. Senate. H.R. 2936, the deceptively named “Resilient Federal Forests Act of 2017,” on Nov. 1 passed the House of Representatives on a vote of 232-188. The measure would expose millions of acres of protected roadless areas to destructive logging and […]
Action: Set up a candidate’s forum for third week of January, tentatively. Work with neighboring Democrats and Indivisible groups as well as the League of Women Voters getting this set up. Work with those groups to get out publicity about it. Sheri will contact the candidates to find out their schedules. Work with Indivisible on […]
Printed in the Courier 11-12-17 Rep. Greg Walden is at it again. First, he complimented President Trump on his financially impotent “step in the right direction” when he declared opioid abuse a “national public health emergency.” It provided only $57,000 of Health and Human Services re-allocated money toward a just-say-no ad campaign. Walden said “more […]
Printed in Courier on 11/8/2017 Don’t believe the hype. The GOP’s proposed “tax reform” is not going to help small business owners like me. I’ve owned and operated a motel in Grants Pass for more than 17 years. It’s a good business, but the Republican plan to cut the tax rate for “pass-through” corporations to […]
Illinois Valley Democrats will be meeting on Saturday November 18 at 10:00AM at the Illinois Valley Coalition. Here is the agenda and minutes from last month.
Printed in Courier on 11/9/2017 I just received an e-mail from Congressman Greg Walden brimming with good news about “tax reform.” Walden explains that, “While reform is never easy, and always subject to partisan hyperbole, we do know two important facts about this draft plan courtesy of the nonpartisan Tax Foundation analysis: (1) Annual, after-tax […]
Please join us at our next Josephine County Democratic Central Committee meeting on Tuesday, November 14. We are going to start the November meeting by breaking up into our committee work groups—Environment, CD-2 election, and Healthcare– to work on the issues that the members of those groups feel are important, set some goals for the […]
Hosted by Jackson County Democratic Party December 9th 10 AM to Noon Medford Education Center, 2495 Pacific Hwy, Medford This meeting is for representatives of any local organizations supporting Measure 101 to meet together. You can make a difference in the campaign to save health coverage for more than 350,000 Oregonians. Yes on 101 is […]
Democratic Party of Oregon in October passed a Resolution in support of Healthcare Protections Bill. That resolution is here. Reading this resolution is very confusing. Here is a summary explanation: The Healthcare Protection Bill (HB 2391) was the bipartisan legislation passed that included assessment of fees on hospitals and insurance for the state to have […]
