Oregon

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/43717987

While Democrat leadership is yelling from the rooftops that "fascism is coming!", they are also trying to take away the rights of people, particularly minorities and the poor, from being able to own firearms. Measure 114, which was largely struck down by the courts as unconstitutional, has been re-written as HB 4145 and passed the Oregon state senate. While we have ICE executing citizens in the streets, Oregon dems think this is the time to make gun ownership harder.

Both of Eugene's reps voted to pass this bill: Floyd Prozanski (bill sponsor!) and Lisa Fragala. A signature by Kotek is a given at this point.

Among other things, this bill:

• Doubles the amount of time for state bureaucrats to issue the required permit to lawfully purchase a firearm from 30 days to 60 days. If a date goes poorly and you end up with a stalker, you shouldn't need to wait two whole months to purchase protection. Because you know the cops will never care about enforcing a restraining order, assuming you could even get one in the first place.
• Increases the cost for the permit by more than 130%, from $65 to $150, a clear attempt to make lawful gun ownership unobtainable through financial barriers. Rights, especially self defense, should not be paywalled.
• Carves out on and off duty law enforcement from the permit requirement and magazine capacity limitations, creating different classes of people for lawful firearm ownership. "Rules for thee, not for me"
• Changes the implementation date of the magazine ban and permit requirements.
• Includes a government maintained de facto registry of firearm owners, with their personal data and fingerprints to be shared with the FBI.

It may feel pointless to contact reps but I know that they do actually read (and occasionally, respond!) to these inquiries. Public pressure can be powerful!

E-mails for Prozanski and Fragala: Sen.FloydProzanski@oregonlegislature.gov Rep.LisaFragala@oregonlegislature.gov

Contact Tina Kotek (only person who can stop this bill!): https://www.oregon.gov/gov/Pages/share-your-opinion.aspx

See how your rep voted (go to history -> Feb 25 to see the vote) https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2026R1/Measures/Overview/HB4145

Find your rep: https://www.commoncause.org/find-your-representative/

Background: https://www.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/politics/2026/02/25/controversial-oregon-gun-bill-modifying-measure-114-advances/88827700007/

You can sign the ballot initiative at the linked website: https://www.letuspaddle.com/

A paddleboard shouldn't require a permit.

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/13397075

Reschke is such a huge piece of shit.... oh and he was elected fraudulently in the first place. Doesn't deserve the title of Representative.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/11365407

People are collecting signatures for a ballot initiative that would require all new tolls on state highways to go to a public vote before being implemented. They need 200,000 signatures to get this on the ballot. From there, people can vote as to whether they want this new rule or not. Polls are a regressive tax, like sales tax, that impacts low-income and working class people the most.

General info: https://votebeforetolls.org/ To add your name (requires a printer and mailing a letter) https://votebeforetolls.org/ip4-esheet-packet-2023-08.pdf

"The legislation [introduced by Wyden] targets a practice known as “buy, borrow, die” that billionaires use to avoid paying income taxes: A billionaire buys assets that appreciate in value, borrows against those assets’ increasing and untaxed value, and then passes on the assets to beneficiaries when they die, without paying taxes. Wyden’s legislation would require people with more than $1 billion in assets to pay capital gains taxes on the appreciation of value in these assets—such as real estate, stocks, or collectibles—regardless of whether they are sold."

Been generally happy with this guy, he's got a long and great track record of defending people's right to privacy.

All of this spending is since 2020.

In the last election for Governor, they gave $10,000 to Friends of Tina Kotek but also gave a combined $85,000 to Betsy Johnson (widely acknowledged as a spoiler to help Christine Drazan) and Christine Drazan.

Here's that breakdown:

• Friends of Christine Drazan (R Governor Candidate last election who ran against Tina Kotek) $7,500
• Run Betsy Run $75,000 + $2,500 to another Betsy PAC.

In fact, if you look at any local R race, Tillamook likely donated to them. Their donation list is basically a "who's who" of OR republican candidates. Here's a few more donations:

• Friends of Boomer Wright PAC (OR House of Reps): $2,000
• The Leadership Fund (for supporting R candidates) $27,500
• Evergreen Oregon PAC (for supporting house R candidates) $20,000
• Friends of Suzanne Weber $5,000 (R OR Senate)
• Committee to Elect Daniel Bonham $3,000 (R OR Senate)
• Tim Knopp for State Senate $25,00 (R OR Senate)
• Denyc Boyles $2,500 (R OR Senate)

One of their biggest expenditures was to "Stop the Metro Wage Tax" which they spent over $250,000 on. I don't know enough about the measure's history to say one way or the other where it lands on the political spectrum.

All this is public info you can find on Oregon's ORESTAR system https://secure.sos.state.or.us/orestar/gotoPublicTransactionSearchResults.do?cneSearchButtonName=prev&amp%3BcneSearchContributorTxtSearchType=C&amp%3BcneSearchTranType=C&amp%3BcneSearchTranSubType=CA&amp%3BcneSearchFilerCommitteeTxtSearchType=C&amp%3BcneSearchTranSubTypeName=Cash+Contribution%2CIn-Kind+Contribution&amp%3BcneSearchTranTypeName=Contribution&amp%3BcneSearchTranStartDate=09%2F01%2F2020&amp%3BcneSearchTranEndDate=09%2F15%2F2023&amp%3BcneSearchContributorTxt=Tillamook&amp%3BsrtOrder=asc&amp%3Bby=FILER&amp%3BcneSearchPageIdx=1