EDITOR’S NOTE: Here’s an installment from Tillamook County’s State Representative Cyrus Javadi’s Substack blog, “A Point of Personal Privilege” Oregon legislator and local dentist. Representing District 32, a focus on practical policies…
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NEWS UPDATE FROM STATE REPRESENTATIVE DAVID GOMBERG: The Interim Lifestyle and an ODOT Update
OIOpublisher EDITOR’S NOTE: We’ve been including State Representative Gomberg’s weekly newsletters in the Pioneer since his district used to include a portion of Tillamook County. With re-districting, District 10 no longer includes…
A PERSONAL POINT OF PRIVILEGE: If You Think SNAP and Medicaid are for Freeloaders, You Might Be Talking About Me
EDITOR’S NOTE: Here’s an installment from Tillamook County’s State Representative Cyrus Javadi’s Substack blog, “A Point of Personal Privilege” Oregon legislator and local dentist. Representing District 32, a focus on practical policies…
NEWS UPDATE FROM STATE REPRESENTATIVE DAVID GOMBERG: Celebrating What We Did Get Done and the Fourth Too! 7/7/2025
By Representative David Gomberg, District 10 Last week, I wrote in detail about the abrupt adjournment of the 2025 Legislature. Last-minute procedural maneuvers, structural and systemic errors, and a fundamental lack of…
NEWS UPDATE FROM STATE SENATOR SUZANNE WEBER: OFFICE HOURS IN NORTH PLAINS & SEASIDE
North Plains Office Hours July 28th Now that the legislative session has wrapped up, I’ll be holding office hours across the district to give constituents an easy opportunity to sit down and talk…
A POINT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE: Sine Die—and the World’s Most Awkward Diplomatic Standoff (Only with Paper Towels)
EDITOR’S NOTE: Here’s an installment from Tillamook County’s State Representative Cyrus Javadi’s Substack blog, “A Point of Personal Privilege” Oregon legislator and local dentist. Representing District 32, a focus on practical policies…
NEWS UPDATE FROM STATE REPRESENTATIVE DAVID GOMBERG: It’s a Session Wrap!
6/30/2025 Dear Friends and Neighbors, Late Friday night, the 2025 legislative session adjourned, and legislators limped home. The six-month session was overshadowed by partisan posturing, the uncertainty of policies and funding from…
NEWS UPDATE FROM STATE REPRESENTATIVE DAVID GOMBERG: Adjournment is Around the Corner
By State Representative David Gomberg 6/23/2025 Dear Friends and Neighbors, The 2025 legislative session will conclude by Sunday, June 29. A week later, on July 7th, I’ve invited Attorney General Dan Rayfield…
NEWS UPDATE FROM STATE SENATOR SUZANNE WEBER: FINAL DAYS – Rural Northwest Oregon Updates Volume 59
We are in the final days of Oregon’s 83rd Legislative Session. In these last days of this six month marathon the speed has ramped up to a sprint to the finish…
A PERSONAL POINT OF PRIVILEGE: Battle for Fairness — Sports, Business, and the American Promise
EDITOR’S NOTE: Here’s an installment from Tillamook County’s State Representative Cyrus Javadi’s Substack blog, “A Point of Personal Privilege” Oregon legislator and local dentist. Representing District 32, a focus on practical policies…