Hey, just in case anyone in my extended #Oregon family (hi y'all!) doesn't already know: Republican Jeff Gudman has switched parties and is running in the #DemocraticPrimary as a Democrat this year, after getting iced in the general election (running as the Republican candidate) a few times over the past decade. Don't fall for the lie - please support the actual Democrat running against him for State Treasurer, Elizabeth Steiner. #Portland#JeffGudman#ElizabethSteiner#ORPol
Does it make #BarburBlvd more inviting to bike on, knowing that a pedestrian was killed while walking in this missing bike lane, and they blamed the driver and nothing has changed? "Safety is job one", right after they get five car lanes in. #ODOTGTFOpdx#Vision60or70something#Portland#ORpol
ODOT really hasn't changed, they don't blow up the literal whale anymore, but didn't learn any broader lessons from that episode. #ORpol#transportation#ExplodingWhale
#STARvoting now hiring signature gatherers in #Portland/ #pdx metro area, in coalition with "Get Big Money out of Politics" and the "Oregon People's Rebate" Universal Basic Income initiative. #UBI#BasicIncome#votingReform#CampaignFinance#democracy#ORpol (paid canvassers would carry all 3 petitions.) Learn more about STAR voting at Oregon Chapter Meeting Wed at 6pm online starvoting.org/events
"As currently written, HB 4103:
...would restrict some of the most affordable #eBike styles to [16yo and up]
...[allows localities to] ban the use of certain e-bikes from accessing multi-use paths and trails
...Enforcement based on e-bike class will be highly subjective and confusing for users
...Misses the mark on providing a clear definition... [cargo / 4 wheels, bigger motors]"
GOP bills in the #Oregon Legislature:
SB1536 - impose a 15 week abortion ban.
HB4037 - make gender-affirming care for youth illegal.
HB4054 - allow discrimination against trans athletes.
SB1589 - attack our vote-by-mail system and make it harder for people to vote.
Contact your state representatives and make it clear a majority of Oregonians oppose these bills.
When searching for an informative link on this law, most of the search hits I got were from, to put it mildly, organizations I disagree with. Use the tools you have, because the other side definitely will.
How is #ORpol going to legalize ebikes for kids, before the earth catches fire, while only getting about half of a session into every two years? Do we need to do more of this stuff by ballot initiative?
Now, after scandals involving their use of hotel rooms and out-of-state private facilities, state officials have landed on a new — but still trouble-ridden — approach: They are paying a #religiousnonprofit more than 100 times the amount they pay foster care parents to watch children in unregulated short-term rental homes.
@RollingStone it would be good to look at all the ways the GOP undermines democracy, call it the GOP assault on democracy. In #oregon the gop minority walked out for over 6 weeks effectively killing our short legislative session. Then a voter approved measure that disallows running again because of excessive absenteeism is challenged. I’m sure this is the modus operandi in many states. #orpol#democracy#ohio#reproductiverights#healthcare#abortionrights
exploding whale day needs to be more widely celebrated as a day of ridiculing ODOT. I mean, the highway dept decides to dynamite a dead whale to try to get rid of it and they end up smashing some dude's brand new car but luckily not killing anyone with the hellfire of blubber raining from the sky, you just can't make this stuff up.
"already spent $114M on planning and engineering to get the project to the “30%” level of design, and says it would need an additional $100 to $140M to complete plans and acquire right of way, and a further $1.2 to $1.6B to actually build something."
They've spent 25% of the entire original budget for preliminary design!? The exploding whale shit is a little funny but people are literally getting killed on ODOT's surface streets while they 💸
"workers confirmed the ship will head to Tacoma, Washington where it's expected to load up with military supplies before heading to Israel.
"We're hoping that when it reaches Tacoma, the workers in Tacoma will not load that military cargo, that people of Tacoma will show up to protest this genocide & that workers around the world will continue to stop ships...We are simply trying to call for an immediate cease-fire & stop the aiding of the genocide of my people"
They are specifically calling for an immediate #CeaseFire.
If you are in #CA, #WA or #OR (or really anywhere on the West Coast) would be helpful to call your Representatives & Senators & tell them to call for an immediate Cease Fire (link in next toot), & to back unions, not to crack down on union workers. Also discuss this with any longshore workers you know.
#Portland#transit users: OPAL's Bus Riders Unite! meeting is 6-8pm tonight (3rd Thurs of every month) at The Street Trust, 1259 Lloyd Center #pdx#ORpol#trimet
"The Oregon #MotorVoter (OMV) registration law took effect on January 1, 2016, making #Oregon the first state in the nation to implement automatic #voterRegistration [for drivers]" and then they mail you a ballot, but how do we get non-drivers to vote? #pdxBikes#ORpol
Did you miss my ride about #Portland's five layers of govt and #STARvoting on the hottest Sunday of the summer? Come to the Hottest Sunday of the Fall Govt and Voting ride! #pdxBikes#bikeFun#ORpol#pdx An easy ride along the river and back through inner SE, starting from City Hall at 11:30am.