Hey Folks,
Here is the auditor's response to Fred Kirby on the Oregon's Counties: 2012 Financial Condition Review Report. 
Rob T......

SOS OR Counties 2012 Financial Condidtion Review 2012-17

Mr. Kirby,

Thank you for your recent inquiry regarding the Oregon's Counties: 2012 Financial Condition Review report. The statement you have made inquiries about is a summary of information provided by the Board Chairman, Mr. Fred Messerle. The following  excerpt was taken from the response, provided Mr. Messerle, to our draft report
and provides more context.

"So faced with the inability to raise local revenues until we have a better economy and the continuing decline in resources available from the state and federal level we can do the following: 


1.            Become as efficient as possible, but cost savings will not be enough to balance our budget

2.            As any entity facing insolvency, we will need to liquidate assets to pay our expenses.

First would be the drawdown of cash and liquid reserves

Second would be liquidation of the forest stumpage inventory

Third would be the sale of county owned real estate including forestland, parks, buildings, etc.

Fourth would be the return of all required responsibilities to the State of Oregon."

Thank you again for your inquiry.

Alan  
*******
Alan J. Bell 
  Principal Auditor
(503) 986-2187

Fax: (503) 378-6767

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plans underway to dismantle county government‏
http://mgx.com/blogs/2012/11/13/messerle-suggests-liquidating-county-forest/ 

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Hey Folks,

Here are a few more stories on the PERS program.  It has been recommended to love the sinner, and hate the sin.  Well, I do not begrudge anyone who is on PERS, they have every right to be part of the system.  It is the System that is the problem and that is where my complaints start.  Rob T...... 

Oregon PERS reform: When even solutions are problems - time for the democrats to step up and do their job

PERS: Money match pension formula benefited retirees,


PERS:must pass legal and political hurdles - and a $16 billion unfunded liability.


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Rob, here's an interesting story about Washington State farmers blocking drones and Agenda 21
in their county. It might be helpful in fighting the Bandon Marsh situation.

Tom

http://www.examiner.com/article/wa-farmers-block-federal-drones-and-agenda-21


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Ron Paul's Farewell Address to the Congress
 http://weeklysedition.wordpress.com/2012/11/17/252/
 
I don't think that there's any of the Establishment's sacred cows that Dr. Paul didn't skewer and make into hamburger patties.

Good for him!

Finding Our Way Out

I Spy can now be heard on two different stations at different times! We're proud
and excited to be joining the line up on KAJO in Grants Pass, Oregon.

 Listen on Saturday: 11:00 to noon (Pacific time) on KYKN (1430-AM) or, if you’re outside of the Salem, OR, listening area, go to www.kykn.com and hit the "listen live"  button.
 
Or on Sunday, 7:00  –  8:00 p.m. (Pacific time) tune to KAJO (1270-AM) or if you’re outside of the Grants Pass, OR, listening area, go to www.kajo.com and hit the listen live button at the top of the page.  
 
Our Guest: Constitutional Scholar, Utah Rep. Ken Ivory and President of American Lands Council

This week: In Greek mythology the legendary architect, Daedalus, built the labyrinth, an incredibly complex maze of twisting passageways to house the Minotaur—a horrible monster that was half-man, half bull.  The Greek Hero, Theseus, decided he would kill the Minotaur and put an end to human sacrifices. Except even if he did find and kill the Minotaur, he knew the Labyrinth was so complex he would be lost forever. But the King’s daughter had fallen in love with Theseus and gave him a spool of thread that he unraveled as he went, so he could find his way back.

 After  this election, conservatives may feel like we’re lost in our own labyrinth. Here  in Oregon, we lost ground by losing our tie in the house and every statewide  office. It feels hopeless.

 But  like Theseus, we have a string to follow, and it reaches all the way back to  1787. It’s our Constitution.  This week on the I Spy Radio Show, we talk with  Representative Ken Ivory of Utah, a constitutional scholar and states right  advocate. And, unlike Daedalus, the architects of our Constitution  gave us a way out. We still have real power and it's up to us to use it--if we  know how. 

Join us tomorrow for the I Spy Radio Show, from 11:00 to noon., or 7:00 to 8:00 p.m. Pacific Coast Time and get a little more intelligence on big government.

 Have you heard our very popular “I Spy Minute,” aired weekdays at 10:00 a.m. during KYKN’s peak listenership? We’re looking for personal and corporate sponsorships to help keep these educational
and informative minutes on the air. Are you a business owner (or know one) that would like “prime real estate” to
advertise? We have two :30 ad spots following the I Spy Minute available, but you need to contact [email protected] or [email protected] to take advantage of these. 
  
Saturday’s, 11:00 a.m.  to noon, (Pacific time).  Listen live on KYKN(1430-AM), or, if you’re outside of
the Salem listening area, just go to www.kykn.com and hit the listen live  button. 

Or Sunday’s,  7:00 –  8:00  p.m. (Pacific time). Listen live on KAJO (1270-AM) or, if you’re outside of the
Grants Pass, OR listening area, go to  www.kajo.com and hit the listen live  button at the top of the page.

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www.ispyradio.com and download it from our “past shows” page.

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From the City of Coos Bay-----Opportunities…  
There are a number of opportunities for those wishing to serve our community.
The City of Coos Bay is seeking volunteers to fill positions on the Budget Committee, Building & Fire Code Board of Appeals, Coos Bay/North Bend Water Board, Design Review Committee, Parks Commission, and Tree Board. Applications are available from the City Manager’s Office at City Hall, by calling 541-269-8912, or on the City’s website at www.coosbay.org  Applications will be accepted in the City Mangers Office through 5:00 p.m. November 30, 2012. Applicants will be contacted to schedule interviews with the City Council. 

Main still up by 12 votes‏
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Hey Folks,

This is part of the socialist's plan to regionalize the state, so more authority is centralized in Salem and Portland.  We must fight regionalization of local government and we have to reconize the non-governmental groups involved with this agenda.   Rob T.  

County regional planning gets green light
http://www.mailtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20121116/NEWS/211160328
By Damian Mann
Mail Tribune
AHerculean effort to chart the growth of local cities for the next 50 years finally has paid off for Jackson County.

 The Land Conservation and Development Commission on Thursday approved the Regional Problem Solving plan, giving Jackson County the distinction of being the only county in the state to survive a sometimes withering process.

County regional planning gets green light

Rogue Valley Council of Governments 

1000 Friends of Oregon 

Hey Folks,
The Gun Owners of America is a no compromise group when it comes to the rights of the Individual to own Guns. Well, Sen. Wyden is in cahoots with anti-gun Senator Jon Tester and they are trying to fool the American public with the Sportsman Act of 2012 or SB3525.

These Senator’s are trying to convince sportsman that this bill will grant them more access to public lands.  However, the Bill increases the ability of the government to acquire more land from the private market.  They are exploiting the members of the NRA and other hunting groups, who may not know any better.  Please, if you see this bill being promoted by anyone, let them know the real agenda in this legislation.

 Read this huge monstrosity of a bill:

http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/BILLS-112s3525pcs/pdf/BILLS-112s3525pcs.pdf

 Government Track: SB3525

Rob Taylor
[email protected]   

http://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/112-2012/s201?utm_campaign=govtrack_email_update&utm_source=govtrack/email_update&utm_medium=email

Gun Owners of America
Senate to vote on the Federal Land Seizure Act on Thursday
Click here to contact your Senators


 Senator Jon Tester (D-MT) -- who is “F”rated by Gun Owners of America -- is pushing a “hunting” bill that authorizes the Obama administration almost unlimited power to seize private lands for“environmental” purposes.
 
Anti-gun Majority Leader Harry Reid has scheduled Tester’s bill for a vote, and it will probably take place on Thursday.  
  
ACTION:  It is imperative that gun owners contact their Senators and ask them to OPPOSE S. 3525.  Click here to tell them that the modest conservation gains allowed in the bill are totally offset by giving unelected
bureaucrats the authority to steal land from hunters and private property owners.
 
BACKGROUND  
(1) When the “wetlands” provisions of the Clean Water Act were originally enacted, no one could have foreseen that a landowner would go to prison for applying clean dirt to a junkyard adjacent to a sewer, which was determined to be “wetlands.”  But environmentalists have been brilliant in taking seemingly innocuous programs and massively expanding them through fraudulent interpretations or tiny loopholes.
  
(2) S. 3525 has “sweeteners.” It allows archery bows to be transported through national parks under very limited
circumstances, although Obama could do this by administrative fiat.  It also allows, but does not mandate, Pittman-Robertson funds to be used for target ranges. But none of these small discretionary provisions offset the potential damage this does to the rights of individual landowners.
 
(3) THE ISSUE OF LOST OPPORTUNITY:  If this is the Democrats’ sop to gun owners, it may make it a lot more difficult to secure national concealed carry reciprocity or to stop anti-gun measures and treaties.
THE CENTRAL PROBLEM WITH S. 3525 The central problem with the bill is that it allows seizure of private lands for “aquatic habitats” [Sections 201(8) and 204 (d) (2)]. The definition of this term is limitless and includes seizure of lands  in order to “protec[t] the quality and quantity of water sources” and to “serv[e] as a buffer protecting the aquatic environment.” [Section 201 

(2)] Thus, a factory that “pollutes” can be seized to protect an “aquatic habitat.” The only real limit on seizure in
Section 204 is the requirement that the government manage the seized property “in accordance with the purposes of this subtitle.” WHO ARE THE DECISION MAKERS? The National Fish Habitat Board consists of
27 members. The initial members (Obama appointees) select the remaining members.  Thus while the “commercial fishing industry” supposedly has a representative,  you can bet that that fisherman is an Obama-supporter and will support his agenda.
 
The board then enters into “partnerships”  with, inter alia, outside groups. And you can bet that every liberal
environmental organization in the country will now be feeding at this pig sty.  The outside groups recommend fish habitat programs and plans for seizing private lands.
 
Bottom line:  This will give immense powers to unelected bureaucrats -- a clear violation of the Separation of Powers which our Founders implemented as a way of protecting our rights.
 
WHAT ABOUT SECTION 211 (e) (2)?
 
This supposedly requires the consent of landowners prior to having their lands seized. But, note the sneaky loophole: Section 211 (e) (2) applies only to property that is being seized with federal funds and, under Section 204 (e), half the funds need to come from non-federal sources.
 
So while this section is put forward as a “protection,” it actually doesn’t provide total immunity because the government can take a land owner’s property using non-federal funds -- and there is no protection in the bill against that.


Click here to contact your Senators

Google: Government surveillance requests are way up — and the US is the leader

Source: Slate "Every six months Google publishes transparency reports to disclose how many
requests it has received from government agencies to hand over user data or take down content. Today’s figures reveal Google received 20,938 inquiries from government entities around the world for user data in the first half of this year -- a 55 percent increase in requests received during the same period in 2010. The United States by far made the most requests for user data, submitting more than one-third of the 20,938 received." (11/14/12)

http://tinyurl.com/c9rq5wu

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A message from our friends at CG912:

CG912 Project members and friends,

Will the Petraeus Sex scandal divert attention away from what happened at Benghazi, there needs to be resolve for the families of the slain.
 
There will be a Conservative Call To Action: Saturday November 17th At NOON
This is a non political peaceful protest of Media for not reporting and to get honest reporting!
 
The Old Federal Building, 7th and Pearl Downtown Eugene Nov 17th at NOON
   This is the third protest, in the Eugene area.  The Register Guard rally was interviewed by KEZI Nov 3rd
http://www.kezi.com/benghazi-protesters-hit-register-guard/
KMTR Newsource 16 Nov 10th. We were not interviewed. Will have a video out shortly.
  
On September 11, 2012,  The 11th anniversary of 911.
The Ambassador to Benghazi, Libya was murdered with three others NEEDLESSLY, as the Administration and the State Department clearly denied requests for security and protection for our Consulate.
WHY?
  
A security team was relieved one month prior, even after they requested an extension as the situation was deteriorating with ten Al Qaeda training camps in the area. WHY?
  
When the alert of an attack in progress was sent out, personnel a mile away in the annex, were told to stand down three times and no military help was sent to rescue our Ambassador. WHY?
  
There are statements released before the attack it was peaceful and there was no protest . The Administration watched the attack on a live feed from a drone. The attack was blamed on a you tube video about Mohamed, which provoked a protest at the Consulate. This claim was made for 14 days and included a report to the UN.
WHY?

The Administration would not comment.  WHY?
  
The mainstream Media failed to report on Benghazi, even when there were cables and emails that confirmed the Administration was lying.  WHY?
 
Could this have changed the outcome of the election.. we will never know as the media failed to report. WHY!
  
There needs to be resolve to the families and the American people.
   
There is an outrage across the nation that is building as more are becoming aware of the atrocity in Benghazi.
   
There will be other protests across the nation, please visit and like Conservative Call to Action on FaceBook
https://www.facebook.com/ConservativeCallToAction?ref=ts&fref=ts
 
For Patriots that live outside of the Eugene/Springfield area, watch for new locations, or grab a few friends, visit a media outlet or a visible site. Saturday Nov 17  at NOON. If anyone decides to hold an event let us know so it can be advertised. 
May God bless this Nation and that resolve will be granted to the families of the slain in Benghazi.

Here are some storys: Did Petraeus mistress reveal secret CIA prison?   Hmmmmmmmmm...
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Breakfast Meeting Announcement
 Bay Area Chamber of Commerce 
 
Natural Resources Committee & Douglas Timber Operators

Please join us for our November Breakfast Meeting 

featuring our guest speaker:
Mike Gray, ODFW 


Program: Winter Lake/Eel Lake Project Update


RED LION HOTEL, COOS BAY


Friday, November 16, 2012 7:00 a.m.


No - host breakfast
  This meeting qualifies for:
Society of American Foresters CFE Credits
 Associated Oregon Loggers OPL Credits


 NOTE:  If you plan to attend, please help us guarantee adequate food and seating by calling the Bay Area Chamber Office at 541/266-0868.

 Please RSVP to assure a place is set for you at the table.

Audrey Barnes
 Executive Assistant

 Douglas Timber Operators
 3000 Stewart Parkway, Suite 208
 Roseburg, OR 97471
Phone:541-672-0757
Cell:541-430-7037 
Fax:541-672-3833

 A smile is a powerful weapon; you can even break ice with it. -Author Unknown

Hey Folks,

I'm not going to sign this petition, but I thought some of you might want to make your point and blow off some steam.  Below is the link to sign the petition to leave the Union.  The Civil War was not very civil and I'm not going to let a bunch of granola eating, grass grazing, big government socialist kick me out of my country.  All this means folks is that we have to fight smarter, we have to be better.  Defeat is not an option.   Rob T.....

From Tressa:
Heads up,
This is about a petition to Allow Oregon to Vote on and leave the Union peacefully and remain an ally to the Nation.  There are 20 other states also doing this petition.
https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/allow-oregon-vote-and-leave-union-peacefully-and-remain-ally-nation/X3kWX8kF.
 
Tressa

Hey Folks,

It is time to create Galt's Gulch.  If not on this world then another..........Rob T.

New planet discovered in habitable zone

(Reuters) - An Anglo-German team of astronomers has discovered a new planet  orbiting a nearby sun at just the right distance for an Earth-like climate that  could support life.

 The team actually found three new planets orbiting the star 44 light years  away, but only one of them is in the so-called Goldilocks Zone, the band around  a sun where temperatures are neither too hot nor too cold for liquid water to exist.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/11/08/us-space-planet-discovery-idUSBRE8A700B20121108

ODFW holds public meetings on proposed Eel Lake/Coquille Valley land exchange 

 
November 1, 2012
ROSEBURG, Ore. – The public is invited to attend one of two meetings in Coos County to  learn more about the Eel Lake/Coquille Valley land trade. Meetings are scheduled for 6pm – 8pm in Lakeside on Nov. 8 and Coquille on Nov. 13.
 
The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife will present information, answer  questions and take comments. The Lakeside meeting will be held at Osprey Point RV and Resort, 1050 North Lake Road. The Coquille meeting will be at the Coquille High School’s library, 499 W. Central Ave., Coquille. 

ODFW and Bandon Biota, LLC have agreed to exchange 607 acres of property the agency owns at Eel Lake for approximately  510 acres of wetlands in the Coquille Valley. Agreements are in place to protect the Eel Lake watershed and the city of Lakeside’s water supply. ODFW will work to restore wetlands in the Winter
Lake and Beaver Slough areas to improve habitat for native fish and wildlife.  
 
 
Contact: 
Larry Cooper  (541) 440-3353
  Stuart Love (541) 888-5515

Oregon Firearms Federation
PO Box 556
Canby, OR 97013
 Voice: (503) 263-5830
 http://www.oregonfirearms.org
OFF ALERT 10.17.12
 DOJ PROPOSED RULE ON CHL PRIVACY DRAFTED

YOUR INPUT WELCOMED.

You can see the entire proposed rule along with minutes of the meeting DOJ had to discuss the rule plus info on how and where you can comment on it at either of the following links:

http://oregonfirearms.org/alertspage/2012%20alerts/10.17.12%20alert.html
 
http://tinyurl.com/ca63yj2

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Barton admits Fred is lacking in leadership‏

http://mgx.com/blogs/2012/10/20/walrus-admits-messerle-is-incompetent/

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Hey Folks,

Josephine County Oregon had a really close nail-biter of a race in their County Commissioner race Position 3 between Walker and Just.  Below is a really good article that sums up the problem in our county and the rest of the country.  Rob T. 
Here are the results with a letter sent out just before the election. 
County Commissioner, Position 3
          Vote For  1
           Cherryl Walker.  .  .  .  .  .  .  .     16,967   49.87%
           Bob  Just.  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .   .  .    16,876   49.61%
            WRITE-IN.  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .       177      .52%
                    Total .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .       34,020              
Over Votes .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .    17
Under Votes .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .      6,053

Bandon Marsh Expansion remains in planning document  
By Mary Schamehorn
 Herald Editor

 What appeared at first to be good news for opponents of the Bandon Marsh expansion quickly changed to bad news.

 On Sept. 18, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service released draft Comprehensive Conservation Plans (CCP) and Environmental. Assessments  (EA) for Bandon Marsh, Nestucca Bay and Siletz Bay National Wildlife Refuges.

The plans describe a vision for the three Refuges and present goals, objectives and strategies for management over the next 15 years.

The CCP had no mention of expansion of the Bandon Marsh, which led opponents to believe that the Service had dropped their expansion plans.

But that didn't happen.

 In early November 2011, the public was invited to participate in the planning process. Preliminary alternatives detailing how the refuge would be managed during the next 15 years were developed as part of the Refuge's CCP process.

And when the CCP was released last week, there was no mention of expansion of the Bandon Marsh.

What actually happened, according to information on the Service website, is that in early February, the USFWS made the decision to separate the CCP for Bandon Marsh from the boundary expansion study.

 "This schedule change allows the CCP to continue on pace and meet the Congressionally mandated due date while allowing more time for thorough analysis and study of the Land Protection Planning (LPP) range of alternatives."

Nothing has changed

On the website, it was learned that the study area that has generated so much controversy in Coos County, particularly in communities that border the Coquille River, has not changed.

The LPP study area continues to be approximately 4,500 acres.

However, priority habitats are limited to about 2,180 acres of bottomlands and adjacent forested habitats within the lower Coquille estuary below river mile 10.4, which is a mile or so below Riverton, according to information on the USFWS website.

Bandon Marsh National Wildlife Refuge, established in 1983, conserves 889 acres of land in fee title ownership within an approved refuge boundary of 1,000 acres.

Spoke with official

The Herald contacted the Portland office of USFWS and spoke to Ben Harrison, Deputy Regional Chief of the planning branch of the National Wildlife Refuge System.

He said the expansion issue is "kind of in limbo until the CCP is completed. But nothing has changed.

 "No work has been done on the land protection plan because we are attempting to complete the CCP at this point," Harrison said.

 "No lands outside of the 4,500-acre study area are being considered for inclusion within the proposed expanded boundary. "The USFWS is gathering information on potential economic and ecological impacts to be evaluated in the LPP. The results of this analysis will be made public," said information put out by USFWS

The website points out that "landowners in the study area in the LPP retain all private property rights, and will not be subject to additional regulations or any searches for threatened or endangered species." That is during the study period.

 A November vote

 Former resident Jill Halliburton of Coquille, who is a leading opponent of the marsh expansion, reminded people that the issue will be on the November ballot as an advisory vote.

 "The outcome will send an important message from our local population," she said.

"The plan has the potential to remove valuable Coquille Valley farmland from our economic base and turn it into marshland.

 "I am unable to comprehend how this project will do more than very short term contribution to the economy, in spite of economic guesses by the folks who want to make it sound good.

 "I also don't see it stopping at the lower Coquille Valley. This is a cancer that will only grow larger and, like a cancer, answer to no one," Halliburton said.

Willing sellers

USFWS continues to point out that their "long-standing policy is to only acquire land from willing sellers. Eminent domain (condemnation) is very rarely used by the USFWS, and we would need a compelling reason, such as a request from the landowner to clear title, to use it to purchase land for the refuge," said a spokesman.

"If the LPP is approved and the Refuge boundary is expanded, landowners within the boundary wishing to sell their lands to the USFWS may do so at a price based upon appraisal if funding is available. Landowners within an approved refuge boundary are under no obligation to sell their lands to the USFWS," according to  information on their website.

It is clear that the USFWS plans to go ahead with their original proposal to study the expansion of the Bandon Marsh well beyond its current boundaries.

 The draft CCP/EAs are available for review through Oct. 22. Copies of the plan are available in the references section of the public libraries in Bandon, Coquille, Newport, Lincoln City, Pacific City and Tillamook.

The full document may be accessed online at www.fws.gov/oregoncoast.

 Comments and questions can be mailed, faxed, or e-mailed by Oct. 22 and should be addressed to Roy Lowe, Project Leader, Oregon Coast National Wildlife Refuge Complex, 2127 SE Marine Science Drive, Newport, OR 97365; fax number (541-867-4551, or email to [email protected]. For more information, people can call the refuge's office at 541-867-4550.

 "The planning process is a way for the Service and the public to evaluate management goals and objectives that will ensure the best approach to wildlife, plant and  habitat conservation, while providing opportunities for the public to safely enjoy fish and wildlife-oriented recreation on national wildlife refuges," said Lowe.

 The National Wildlife Refuge System has grown to more than 96 million acres, 548 refuges and 37 wetland management districts nationwide.

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From: John Kuzmanich
Dear Oregon Tea Party Patriots,   

We got the wind knocked out of us yesterday. We're tired and frustrated and many want to give up. I get it. I really do. This is our "Valley Forge" moment, and we have a decision to make.

Do we throw in the towel and surrender, telling our children and grandchildren that ours was the generation that allowed their liberties to be stolen without a fight? Or do we pick ourselves up and show these Marxists what we're made of?

As Thomas Paine wrote, "These are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot
will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands by it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman. Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered; yet we have this consolation with us, that the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph." 

If we give up, our children and grandchildren will suffer under the tyranny of the USSA. I can't allow that to happen while there is still breath in my body to fight it.

America was founded at a great cost of blood, sweat, and tears. It must be defended the same way, from all
enemies, foreign AND domestic. Freedom is not free. We understand that now more than ever.

So take a few days to mourn and rest, but remember that day always follows night. Our finest hour is yet to come. We have not yet begun to fight.

Who's with me?
"I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by
reflection. 'Tis the business of little minds to shrink, but he whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves his conduct, will pursue his principles unto death." ~ Thomas Paine

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Conservative Candidates Needed For Local Office!

Let's not forget, the next election isn't 4 years away... or 2 years away... it's SIX MONTHS away. The local officials we elect next May (school boards, community college boards, fire boards, etc) will be our last line of defense against the leftists who are now in total control at the higher levels. And it's a perfect time for us to get good people in while the other side is complacent.

In every past off-cycle election, we have left positions all over the state uncontested - let's change
that! Send any good potential candidates you know to RescueOregon.com for help getting started.

It's All Happening On The Oregon Tea Party Facebook Page 

The Oregon Tea Party Facebook Page is swiftly becoming one of the most active pages in Oregon, where people go to find the news that the mainstream media won't report, as well as helpful resources and a place to organize and discuss the issues that confront our nation and state with other liberty lovers.   If you haven't already, go to the page,  click "like," "share" with your friends and get the word out. 

Support the fight for liberty in Oregon!
 
 Thank you for your continued support.
 
With Liberty for All,
 John Kuzmanich
Chairman
Oregon Tea Party PAC 
www.OregonTeaParty.org
[email protected]

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