KOIN TV 6 recently did a follow up on the Adolescent Sexuality Conference promoted and paid for by the Oregon Department of Education. Talking points at the conference include using "pony play" pornography and methamphamines.
Additionally, as a KOIN TV reporter discovered, getting an official statement regarding the conference from Deputy Superintendent of Public Instruction, Rob Saxton, requires running shoes and the ability to run stairs.
Such waste might be good to think about as the legislature asks for more money to fund "education".
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- Feb 17, 2015
Governor Kitzhaber wants you to drive less, and he knows that the best way to discourage driving is to make it more expensive.
The simplest way to do this would be to raise the state gas tax, which is currently 30 cents per gallon. However, this would require approval by three-fifths of the state legislative assembly, rather than the simple majority necessary for non-tax measures. There might not be enough votes for a tax increase.
The other problem is that the Oregon Constitution directs all gas tax revenues to be used only for road maintenance and improvement. Since improving roads would actually benefit motorists and potentially encourage more driving, this would undercut the Governor’s objective.
Instead, he is backing a legislative proposal known as the “low-carbon fuel standard,” designed to reduce the carbon dioxide emissions from motor vehicles. Because this will be a very expensive requirement for gasoline refiners, it would cause the price of gasoline to rise by at least 19 cents per gallon, and possibly much more.
As a non-tax measure, this bill only needs a majority of votes in the legislature, and there will be no actual revenues created that might benefit motorists. They will simply pay more, and get nothing in return.
In the world of Oregon environmental policy, this is called a clever strategy. For motorists, it’s a scam. Legislators who go along with it should be ashamed of themselves.
John A. Charles, Jr. is President and CEO at Cascade Policy Institute, Oregon’s free market public policy research organization.
- Feb 16, 2015
The Statesman Journal showed its true colors in a recent article accusing Republicans of capitalizing on Governor Kitzhaber’s downfall by putting doubt about the intentions of SB 324-carbon fuel emissions hidden tax being peddled by the Democrat majority in the disguise of the Low Carbon Fuel Standard. It seems like the reporter is simply regurgitating legislative Democrats talking points, while ignoring the elephant in the room; the FBI and Oregon DOJ investigations into corruption based on Cylvia Hayes ties to the Low Carbon Fuel Standard.
The Statesman Journal claims “The bill does not contain any taxes or government fees” something the flyer never says, while ignoring our claim that these are “hidden taxes”. Additionally, the piece goes on to make extraordinary claims that “Hayes' direct ties to the bill also appear exaggerated.” Really? Tell that to the FBI, US DOJ and the Oregon DOJ which have subpoenaed an extraordinary amount of information from the Governor, Cylvia Hayes, 15 state employees and 11 state agencies.
Many news sources are connecting the dots between San Francisco gazillionaire, Tom Steyer, and Cylvia Hayes. Readers can click here, here, or here to realize the obvious. Tom Steyer has been 100% clear in his intentions for west coast policy—he wants low carbon fuel standards for the sake of taxing. It is an undisputed ninteen cent a gallon gas tax. The ties between Cylvia Hayes, John Kitzhaber and Tom Steyer are a matter of fact, not exaggerated or foggy.
A few details the reporter might want to solidify before reporting is her apparent confusion regarding Capitol Watch PAC with Oregon Capitol Watch Foundation. A simple search of the difference between a PAC and a foundation would show they are two separate entities and funded differently. Oregon Capitol Watch awaits a retraction.
The Statesman Journal, ever the defender of all things leftist, continues to embarrass itself again by simply parroting what the Democrats are saying to deflect attention away from the very obvious connections between their support for the Low Carbon Fuel Standard and a corrupt governor and his girlfriend.
