Dear Senators Wyden and Merkley, Recent articles in the Wall Street Journal and other news outlets reveal that Senator Lyndsey Graham is personally assisting in putting together a team of lawyers to…
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Merkley Legislation to Renew Democracy, Take Big Money Out of Politics Will Be First Bill for New Majority; Merkley, Schumer, Klobuchar Announce that For the People Act will be S.1
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley, incoming Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), and incoming Chair of the Senate Rules Committee Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) announced that the Senate Democratic majority’s…
OP/ED: Through our grief, a new ray of hope
By Fred Bassett, Chair, Tillamook County Democrats This is Tuesday, January 19, 2021 – a day that was set aside nationally between Martin Luther King, Jr. Day and Inauguration Day as a…
OP/ED: January 6, 2021 – It is With Great Sorrow…
By Fred Bassett, Chair, Tillamook County Democrats It is with great sorrow, immense concern and no small amount of fear and confusion that I watch the situation unfold in our national capitol….
County Rankings, Proposed Budgets, Money for Small Business & Thoughts from a Former Governor
By Representative David Gomberg, House District 10 Hello Friends, Early this week we remembered Pearl Harbor. It was a day that changed America. Over 2,400 soldiers and sailors lost their lives. Every…
MooVoter – Tillamook County Election Update: There’s a New Sheriff in Town
By MooVoter The Tillamook County Clerk’s office posted the final results of the 2020 election on November 18, 2020. The numbers have been forwarded to the Oregon Secretary of State and the…
Representative-elect Suzanne Weber responds to Governor Brown’s “Freeze” Order
(Press Release From Rep.-elect Suzanne Weber) In a press conference on Friday, Governor Kate Brown ordered a statewide “freeze,”(see link below) to combat a recent surge in COVID-19 cases across Oregon. Restrictions…
Easy, Empty, Embattled: Election Results for Tillamook County Municipal Races
From MooVoter – For the Tillamook County Pioneer If there is one thing that most of us can agree on, it is that people are paying attention to what is happening in…
On Behalf of Tillamook County Democrats: Call to State Reps to Show Up for All in Community
We want to thank Debbie Booth-Schmidt and Melissa Cribbins for running for state legislature representing Tillamook County. They provided important perspectives on issues like workers rights, education, conservation, healthcare and COVID recovery…
One American’s journey through the presidential election (courtesy of It’s A Wonderful Life) …
(EDITOR’S NOTE: Thank you so much Donald Roddy for sharing this very accurate commentary on the National election. As we’ve all “re-lived” Election day after day, to finally have a President-elect, Joe…