Oregon City, OR: Life-long Clackamas County resident and community activist, Tootie Smith, filed official paperwork today at the County Clerk’s office for Chair of the Clackamas County Commission. Clackamas County Commission inability’s to balance their check book while receiving record revenues,$1.22billion, from taxpayers is just one reason why Smith is running for Chair. Smith also cites the Clackamas County Commissioners…
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Oregon state government has become its own Titanic heavy with taxes, guns and vaxx. Soon to sink under the stupidity of its own ideas. $26 billion PERS retirement debt. Originally started as an incentive to give retirement to people to work in government back when the jobs paid little. Today through shrewd union negotiations for higher and higher wages and…
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To vaxx or not to vaxx. You may have the right not to vaxx, but you do not have the right to infect. The debate exploded when HB 3063 was sent to Oregon Senate after quickly passing in the House of Representative. Thanks to Senator Kim Thatcher who pointed out the absurdity of mandating the Oregon Health Authority to forcibly…
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By Tootie Smith Remembrances continue to pour in on the passing of Sen Jackie Winters and rightfully so. Jackie’s influence was wide and loving with a uniquely bipartisan style while holding true to values that would later be defined as “Oregonian.” She was my political mentor when I first was elected to the Oregon House of Representatives in 2000. Our…
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By Tootie Smith Oregon state government soon to sink under the stupidity of its own ideas. 1. $26 billion PERS retirement debt. Originally started as an incentive to give retirement to people to work in government back when the jobs paid little. Today through shrewd union negotiations for higher and higher wages and willing elected officials who gladly accepted tons…
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By Tootie Smith $2 billion sales tax proposed by the Super Majority of elected democrats on business will raise prices to consumers as it fails to consider profitability and cash flow. Nike founder, Phil Knight, in his book Shoe Dog, tells of a situation in mid-1970’s where he almost went bankrupt even though the company had gross sales of $40…
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By Tootie Smith Oregon Is A National Big Spender of Your Tax Dollars. Oregon ranks as the nation’s fourth-biggest for state government spending, per capita, according to the latest data from the National Association of Budget Offices. Oregon also ranks in the top 10 taxing states in America, per capita. That means 46 other states spend less per person than…
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