The time is Now to stop bleeding at Cover Oregon!!

Senate Republican Leader Ted Ferrioli of John Day and two other Republican senators Saturday called on Democrats to join them in holding an immediate special legislative session with the purpose of ending Cover Oregon. "Next year will be too late..." Gov Kitzhaber is on board with ending Cover Oregon, but said the time to deal with it is in regular legislative session next year. Great, in the mean time Oregonians will pay millions to keep this debacle going until next year. media.katu.com/documents/GOP_for_immediate_release...n.pdf
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What a message from the our governor on 9-11. What a disappointment.

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Federal investigators issue subpoena to Cover Oregon, Oregon Health Authority

Oregon has spent $250 million and three years on an ambitious IT project that failed to produce a fully functional exchange. Instead, what was produced was bug-ridden and largely unfinished, documents show. Among other things, the FBI seems to be interested in whether state officials misled their federal counterparts about progress on the exchange in order to get more federal funding. The FBI has asked for all communications between the state and the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services, the so-called "gate reviews," in which federal officials supposedly quizzed state officials about the status of the IT project.
www.oregonlive.com/health/index.ssf/2014/05/fbi_is...-read

12 ballot measures withdrawn Monday, March 3, 2014, according to the secretary of state's website!!

Our Oregon, a liberal group backed primarily by public-employee unions, has agreed to withdraw 10 proposed measures that would increase taxes on corporations and the wealthy. The group had said it would decide later which of the 10 to move forward with. Last month, Kitzhaber also brokered a compromise between hospitals and the union representing their workers. The Service Employees International Union had proposed ballot measures that would have capped pay for hospital executives, required a minimum amount of charity care and required them to publish pricing information online.
www.katu.com/politics/12-Oregon-ballot-measures-dr....html

Here's more on the deal that postponed Oregon becoming a Right to Work state!!

SALEM, Ore. (AP) - Public employee unions and anti-union petitioners agreed Monday to a cease-fire on competing ballot measures, avoiding an expensive and bruising showdown between unions and business interests. The decision is a coup for Gov. John Kitzhaber, who has worked for more than a year to get business and labor interests to move past their acrimonious 2010 fight over two measures that raised taxes on corporations and the wealthy. He hopes to eventually broker a compromise that would have both sides support a wide-ranging tax-reform effort designed to reduce Oregon's heavy reliance on personal income taxes to fund schools and state government, but the ballot measures threatened to poison the waters. Our Oregon, a liberal group backed primarily by public-employee unions, has agreed to withdraw 10 proposed measures that would increase taxes on corporations and the wealthy. The group had said it would decide later which of the 10 to move forward with.
www.oregonlive.com/mapes/index.ssf/2014/03/union_b....html

Gov. Kitzhaber undermining rights of parents!!

Governor Kitzhaber has put himself in charge of Oregon’s Education System and Oregon’s healthcare network: the Oregon Health Authority. As a result of this double take-over, there is a Triple Threat to our children and their families. That threat includes the Network of School Based Health Centers (SBHCs); the grades K-12 Comprehensive Sexuality Education Standards that the Oregon Department of Education (ODE) promotes; and the Annual Adolescent Sexuality Conference in Seaside (ASC). And what makes this Triple Threat even more unreasonable is that the governor is using our money to pay for it!
oregoncatalyst.com/25291-gov-kitzhaber-undermining....html

Kitzhaber Calls For Special Session on The CRC For October 15th! Any Takers?

As if $2 Billion Dollars in new revenue form this last session was not enough. The 2013 special session raised $244 million in proposed new taxes! Gov. John Kitzhaber got his way, and now some big changes could be coming to Oregonians' pocketbooks. Taxpayers currently may claim a $183 exemption credit for themselves and each dependent. Under the proposal, the credit would be eliminated for individuals earning more than $100,000 or couples earning more than $200,000. It's a small change, but eliminating credits for dependents means it would impact large families most, said Rep. Vicki Berger R-Salem. "If we don't do something about it it's just going to increase exponentially," said Sen. Ginny Burdick, D-Portland. "As with any deal, it's a sausage-making process," said Rep. Jules Bailey, D-Portland. Life is Like A Box of Chocolates; You Never Know What You Are Going To Get. Except with a Special Session for The CRC we know exactly what we will get! "A go-it-alone plan isn't in Oregon's best interest." OMG CRC WTF ??
www.oregonlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2013/09/2013...river

The 2013 special session to raise $244 million in proposed new taxes!

If Gov. John Kitzhaber gets his way, some big changes could be coming to Oregonians' pocketbooks. Taxpayers currently may claim a $183 exemption credit for themselves and each dependent. Under the proposal, the credit would be eliminated for individuals earning more than $100,000 or couples earning more than $200,000. It's a small change, but eliminating credits for dependents means it would impact large families most, said Rep. Vicki Berger R-Salem. "If we don't do something about it it's just going to increase exponentially," said Sen. Ginny Burdick, D-Portland. "As with any deal, it's a sausage-making process," said Rep. Jules Bailey, D-Portland. Life is Like A Box of Chocolates; You Never Know What You Are Going To Get.
www.oregonlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2013/09/2013...river

Kitzhaber says a sales tax would be a better way to pay for schools.

What Do You Think? Gov. John Kitzhaber says a sales tax or statewide property tax would be a better way to pay for schools.
"It's a crazy way to fund education, totally," Kitzhaber said about the state's near total reliance on income taxes. "The way to change it is to put something on the ballot that either increases income taxes, or adds either a statewide property tax or a state sales tax."
www.oregonlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2013/07/inco....html