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…
Category: Oregon Legislature
A Look at Legislative Committee Days, Impacts on State Budget from Federal HR-1
OIOpublisher EDITOR’S NOTE: Civic leader, writer, storyteller, rural community leader LaNicia Duke is taking a deep dive into the happenings in Salem. Here she looks the impacts Federal legislation is having on…
A POINT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE: The Musical Chairs of the Housing Market
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: Addressing the ICE Rumors in Our Community
EDITOR’S NOTE: After the weekend of ICE activity in Tillamook and Clatsop Counties – and continued presence in Clatsop County, this news from the central Oregon Coast of possible a possible ICE…
A POINT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE: Same Gallon, Different Price – What Really Drives the Cost of Gas
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: Two Speeches and a Dance Routine
By Representative David Gomberg, House District 10 11/3/25 Dear Friends and Neighbors, Last week, the Oregon Economic Development Association gathered here on the Oregon Coast. I thought I’d share with you the remarks I…
SNAP BY THE NUMBERS: Nearly Half are Kids
EDITOR’S NOTE: In addition to writing longer, indepth Substack posts (A Point of Personal Privilege), Representative Javadi also makes regular social media posts, which he includes in the “notes” on Substack. As…
NEWS UPDATE FROM STATE REPRESENTATIVE DAVID GOMBERG: A Deep Budget Dive
By Representative David Gomberg, House District 10 10/27/2025 Dear Friends and Neighbors, Content Warning: I’m going to talk about our state budget. It is not exciting stuff! But budgeting is a core…
A POINT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE: A Government That Starves Its Own People
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…
A POINT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE: Immigrants Aren’t the Problem. Our Denial Is.
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…