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: It’s a Session Wrap!
OIOpublisher 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…
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…
NEWS UPDATE FROM STATE REPRESENTATIVE DAVID GOMBERG: Some Non-Legislative Thoughts
By Representative David Gomberg, House District 10 Dear Friends and Neighbors, I thought I’d offer readers a legislative break this week and turn to news I’m seeing outside the Capitol. Earlier this…
NEWS UPDATE FROM STATE SENATOR SUZANNE WEBER: Rural Northwest Oregon Updates Volume 52
Work Session and Public Hearings This week I have a couple more bills inching forward through House Committee On Commerce and Consumer Protection . SB 463A with a work session and SB 1032A with a public hearing….
A POINT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE: The Last Trash Bag – How One Small Law Ditches the Garbage and Restores Dignity
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: A Bundle of Bills Passed
By Representative David Gomberg, House District 10 4/28/2025 Dear Friends and Neighbors, Rhodies and azaleas are blossoming in my home garden at the Coast. Long days in Salem mean I’m missing most of…
NEWS UPDATE FROM STATE REPRESENTATIVE DAVID GOMBERG: Local Effects of Lodging Tax Debate in Salem
By Representative David Gomberg, House District 10 4/21/2025 Last week, I explained that your legislature has reached the halfway point, and that bills not approved in committee by deadlines set in our…