The point is not to win every argument. The point is to understand each other well enough to live together. EDITOR’S NOTE: Here’s an installment from Tillamook County’s State Representative Cyrus Javadi’s…
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NEWS UPDATE FROM STATE REPRESENTATIVE DAVID GOMBERG: An Unusually Long Read About Three Important Subjects
By Representative David Gomberg, House District 10 7/6/2026 Dear Friends and Neighbors, The Governor’s “Prosperity Council” has presented their report. The 15-member group of business, governmental and labor representatives last Thursday released…
NEWS UPDATE FROM STATE REPRESENTATIVE DAVID GOMBERG: Navigating Summer Traffic and Construction Smarter and Safer
By Representative David Gomberg, House District 10 6/29/26 Dear Friends and Neighbors, Our summer highways are full. People are in a hurry, construction backs up the traffic, and turning left can…
A POINT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE: “I pay for insurance. Why isn’t this covered?”
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: Serious News from the Capitol Last Week
By Representative David Gomberg, House District 10 6/22/26 Dear Friends and Neighbors, The Trump administration is backing off from its plans to remove a decade-old ocean monitoring system Oregonians rely on for fishing,…
Oregon Legislative Coastal Caucus Calls on National Science Foundation to Halt Removal of Critical Ocean Monitoring Buoys
EDITOR’S NOTE: Today, June 18th, the Trump administration backed off plans to cancel a $368 million ocean monitoring system that helps scientists study climate change. The reversal followed bipartisan pressure from senators,…
NEWS UPDATE FROM STATE REPRESENTATIVE DAVID GOMBERG: Some Surprising Developments and Free Fishing—for Science
By Representative David Gomberg, House District 10 6/8/2026 Dear Friends and Neighbors, A surprising development on Oregon’s political horizon is the success with which organizers have collected signatures to qualify IP 28…
A POINT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE: For the Love of God, Leave Oregon’s Farmers Alone
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: News You Can Use
By Representative David Gomberg, House District 10 6/1/2026 Dear Friends and Neighbors, Friday afternoon I was in Newport to help cut the ribbon on the Thompson’s Sanitary Service Recycling Depot. Recycling is…
NEWS UPDATE FROM STATE REPRESENTATIVE DAVID GOMBERG: A Collection of Important News Following Memorial Day Weekend
By Representative David Gomberg, House District 10 5/26/26 Dear Friends and Neighbors, I trust everyone had a safe and enjoyable holiday weekend and a reflective Memorial Day. I spent a wet Monday…
