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Play Episode Listen Later Dec 8, 2022 17:40

Although the “red wave” was a wash this November, the GOP did gain seats in the state Legislature. Democrats still hold majorities in both chambers but they no longer have the supermajorities they need to pass tax bills without some Republican support. Senate minority leader Tim Knopp (R-Bend) joins us to talk about Republican legislative priorities and how he's planning to approach the next session.

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Oregon Republicans celebrate wins, focus on future

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 21, 2022 18:43

The so-called "red wave" did not materialize in the 2022 election. Nonetheless, the GOP made some significant gains nationally and in the Northwest. Republicans will have control of the U.S. House, and in Oregon, they broke the Democratic supermajority in the state house chamber. And Oregon was one of the few blue states in the country where Republicans gained legislative seats.Republican Lori Chavez-DeRemer took the 5th Congressional District. The seat was held by the moderate seven-term Democrat Kurt Schrader, but he lost to the more progressive Jamie McLeod-Skinner in the May primary.We talk about these wins and the future of the Oregon Republican party with political strategists Reagan Knopp and Julie Parrish.

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Oregon Republicans — Can they Win Despite Election Theft?

I Spy Radio Show

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 12, 2022 48:00

Show Summary: Investigations in other states continue to expose rampant cheating in our elections, Oregon Republicans face an uphill battle in a state known for cheating. We talk with a candidate the Leftist media wants to destroy and an investigator about what's being exposed. And what on Earth is going on with the Oregon Republican … Read More Read More The post Oregon Republicans — Can they Win Despite Election Theft? appeared first on The I Spy Radio Show.

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Navigating the Move Ahead Washington Transportation Package with Ryan Packer

Hacks & Wonks

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 8, 2022 37:38

On this midweek show, Ryan Packer, senior reporter at The Urbanist, stops by to cover the ins and outs of the $16 billion Move Ahead Washington transportation package currently moving through the State Legislature. Ryan and Crystal talk about revenue for the transportation budget, including interstate drama over a proposed fuel export tax. They then jump into details of what the package funds over the next 16 years in terms of public transit, pedestrian safety, free transit for youth, and highway expansion. As always, a full text transcript of the show is available below and at officialhacksandwonks.com. Find the host, Crystal on Twitter at @finchfrii, and find Ryan at @typewriteralley Resources “Democrats Unveil Transformative ‘Move Ahead Washington' Transportation Package” by Ryan Packer from The Urbanist: https://www.theurbanist.org/2022/02/09/democrats-unveil-transformative-move-ahead-washington-transportation-package/ “Proposed tax on WA fuel exports scorned by neighboring states” by David Kroman from The Seattle Times: https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/transportation/proposed-tax-on-wa-fuel-exports-scorned-by-neighboring-states/ “Top House democrat proposes removing fuel export tax from transportation package” by KING5 Staff from KING5: https://www.king5.com/article/news/politics/state-politics/fuel-export-tax-washington-house-jake-fey/281-592bd977-3174-428d-8b67-d2626de361d8 “Washington House jettisons exported fuel tax proposal that angered neighboring states” by Tom Banse from Northwest News Network: https://www.opb.org/article/2022/03/02/washington-state-house-exported-fuel-tax-proposal-neighboring-states/ Interstate Bridge Replacement Program: https://www.interstatebridge.org/ Transcript [00:00:00] Crystal Fincher: Welcome to Hacks & Wonks. I'm Crystal Fincher, and I'm a political consultant and your host. On this show, we talk with policy wonks and political hacks to gather insight into local politics and policy in Washington State through the lens of those doing the work with behind-the-scenes perspectives on what's happening, why it's happening, and what you can do about it. Full transcripts and resources referenced in the show are always available at officialhacksandwonks.com and in our episode notes. Today, I'd like to welcome Ryan Packer to the program, who's a senior reporter at The Urbanist focused on transportation through the lens of safety and climate. Their work also appears in Seattle Bike Blog and Bike Portland. And so, we're going to be talking about the transportation package today. There's a lot in it, and we all need to get around at some point or another, and whether we're in cars and mad about traffic, or how inconvenient it may be sometimes to get from Point A to Point B, or we're riding the bus or the train or walking or biking or in a wheelchair or using an assisted device; the design of our transportation system, from our sidewalks to our roads, to bike facilities, impact how we all get around and the quality of our communities and how our communities look. So, we definitely are excited to have this conversation today. I just want to go over, before we get to this conversation, what is in this package, and we'll be talking about it in more detail. So, the transportation package that is currently being worked on and finalized is the Move Ahead Washington transportation package. It's a $16 billion proposal funding a suite of transportation projects intended to be completed over the next 16 years through 2038. It significantly increases the amount of state funding allocated toward transit, walking, and biking investments. It funds fare-free transit for people under 18 years old, invests a $150 million in advancing high speed rail investments, and active transportation investments total nearly $1.3 billion - and active transportation being walking or rolling. There's $146 million in grants for cities to remake existing streets to create space for people to walk and roll via the Complete Streets investments - that's if we're talking about things like Aurora Avenue or in the Kent Valley, connectivity for bikes and walking throughout the corridors - things like that are what those are funding. $50 million would go to Connecting Communities grants, those right there. Highway expansion projects received $4 billion, the largest expenditure being a $1 billion allocation to the Interstate Bridge Replacement project, which will expand I-5 and replace an aging bridge, but also expand it along a five-mile stretch on either side of the Oregon and Washington border. Transit investments include $30 million for three Community Transit Swift line expansions: the Silver Line, Gold Line, and an extension of the existing Green Line. $8 million for the King County Metro RapidRide I Line project, specifically for the segment in Auburn. $7 million for upgrades to King County Metro's RapidRide H Line project in Burien along Ambaum Boulevard, and $5 million for electrification at King County Metro's South Base. Ferries receive $1.5 billion, that's sorely needed. Highway maintenance and preservation receives $3 billion, and fish barrier removal gets a $2.4 billion allocation. That's a lot. We'll be talking about the details, but just wanted to tee that up to let you know what's in this package, and now we'll proceed with Ryan. Welcome. [00:04:03] Ryan Packer: So great to be here. [00:04:05] Crystal Fincher: If people are trying to inform themselves about transportation in the State of Washington, it is hard to do that without reading your work. You have some of the most comprehensive reporting and coverage in the state - consistently following meetings, whether it's Sound Transit, things happening in the legislature, locally. I have certainly been informed by your coverage for quite some time. It's an essential read, encourage everyone to make sure they're on it. What was your path to covering transportation? [00:04:38] Ryan Packer: Well, I think ultimately it was trying to get around Seattle and realizing the barriers that are invisible and very visible when you're trying to do that. It was the path of starting with, why is a bike lane design like this? Why can't our streets look differently? And that just took me on a path to going down the rabbit hole as I usually - it took me down a path of going down the rabbit hole of figuring out all of the aspects of the transportation ecosystem in Washington, the commissions and boards, and all the levels of government that play a small part in how everyone gets around every single day. [00:05:26] Crystal Fincher: It makes sense. There's a lot to it. And I read somewhere, I think it was a tweet sometime. They were like, "Nothing will radicalize you quicker than riding a bike as a form of transit." This is not an exaggeration - almost all of the people I know who bike regularly, especially those who are commuting, have been hit by a car before. Some extremely seriously injured, and some moderately injured. Really unsafe for people to be getting around in modes that are outside of cars, and a lot of work needing to be done in many areas to make our streets safe - for people who are walking, or rolling, or on their bikes, or getting to the bus stop in a safe way - is a challenging thing. And so, I appreciate your coverage on what has gone into the outcomes that we currently see, and what is going into the effort to hopefully change it, and what's holding those efforts back. There's a lot of that being talked about right now at the state level. As we're talking about this, this is Wednesday, March 2nd - probably be hearing this a little later. But the transportation package is really taking shape, leading up to the end of the legislative session on March 10th. So, what is in this package? I guess, an overview of it, and then we can talk about, in more detail, the different sections of it. [00:06:54] Ryan Packer: I think it helps to take a step back and think about what a transportation package is. It's a thing that I think exists in a lot of states, but in Washington it seems to get a lot of attention. But it's really a promise to build certain projects over a period of time. And what we always do in Washington is usually pair that with a raise in revenue. And so, you're passing a bill that raises revenue for the next 16 years in this case, which is the expected lifespan of this Move Ahead Washington package. And it's paired with a commitment by the legislature that, "This is what we're going to do with that money." And so, this package is pretty different than a lot of the packages that have been passed by the legislature in the past, namely that a big component of it is the Climate Commitment Act, which the legislature passed in 2021. And so, that is expected to raise around a little bit more than $5 billion through the middle of 2037, basically. So, over the next 16 years. And the requirement in that law was actually that that money had to be spent on things that decarbonize transportation, reduce transportation emissions. And so, they can't actually build new roads or use that money for preservation and maintenance of existing highways. It's already been set aside for things like active transportation, electrifying the ferry fleet, transit. And so, they already had that money coming. It was set to come in whether they passed a package or not, but this solidifies what they're going to actually spend that on. And then they come in and they add additional aspects to it. They have diverted $2 billion from the state's operating fund, which is a thing that hasn't really been done very much in the past. It's a pretty unprecedented diversion of money that could be spent on many other things in the budget. Traditionally, transportation projects have been paid for with transportation dollars, i.e., gas tax money, license fees, user fees as they're called. But this is an unprecedented diversion. Unlike when they usually do a transportation package and raise the gas tax - per the Washington State Constitution, all gas tax money has to be spent on highway purposes. But in this case, there's no such strings attached to the money. And so, that's a brief intro to sort of the revenue side. Because the legislature decided, and I say the legislature - I should say, Senate Democrats and House Democrats decided that they were not going to raise gas prices, given all that's happening in the country right now, via a increase in our gas tax, our 49 cent gas tax. They instead developed a plan to modify our export credit system, which would essentially amount to a 6 cent per gallon export tax on all fuel that leaves the state. About 40% of the fuel that's refined at the five refineries in Washington State leaves and it's not, as they say, captured by the transportation system in a way that in-state gas taxes are. And so, this was framed as a way to capture that revenue. It was also framed as a way to mitigate the impacts from those five refineries: Anacortes, Tacoma, which have really real impacts. [00:11:06] Crystal Fincher: And those are massive impacts. Certainly any conversation about addressing climate change in the long term, about reducing our carbon usage, has to involve those refineries, and at a minimum doing a better job of mitigating and fully accounting for the impact that they're all having, and mitigating that impact and hopefully working towards lessening that impact directly. [00:11:36] Ryan Packer: And so, that's a compelling argument in favor of charging exports on fuel more since most of it leaves the state. The problem is that there wasn't really a compelling nexus shown between the expected $2 billion that we raise by that fuel export tax over 16 years, and what is being done to actually mitigate those impacts. And so, I feel like that was one obvious gap in the logic for the fuel export tax. 90% of the fuel used in Oregon comes from Washington. And so, that became a huge point of contention. The Governor of Oregon, Oregon legislature is very upset about this - essentially describing it as a defacto increase in their gas tax. I just want to note that any state with a gas tax that's at Washington's level or higher wouldn't have paid any fuel tax. So, Oregon could have actually raised their gas tax to the same level and kept all of the money from the export tax, but that wasn't very much discussed either. And so, that was a lot of political pressure. Alaska, Idaho joined in on trying to pressure the House and Senate Democrats to remove that export tax. Last night, during their hours-long debate on the House floor, they ended up doing so. So, the House version of the bill which passed close to midnight last night didn't include it. It was replaced with a diversion from the Public Works Trust Fund, which does not really make a lot of people any more happy since that money is used to fund things like sewer and water projects and rural areas all around the state as a rotating loan program. And a lot of people, especially leaders in small cities and towns, are pretty unhappy about that swap and maybe would've preferred to keep the export tax. [00:13:51] Crystal Fincher: Yeah, a really interesting conversation there. I think sometimes a lot of people think, "Oh, it's a rural area. There are small towns. Totally, they're going to be against that tax." But I think people underestimate how far behind a number of those smaller cities and towns are in that infrastructure maintenance and improvement needs. Some of them, like critical water infrastructure that they're dealing with, other items, and that's long been a point of discussion with cities to the legislature and rural areas and towns with the legislature. So, I certainly hope that that is addressed because we do need a solution that works for the entire state. How has the conversation about gas taxes evolved to this point? I know previously the gas tax has been heavily relied on and thinking, "Well, this is the most appropriate method to fund all of our transportation needs. We're directly taxing a transportation item." But one of the things that's happening is as we are increasing reliance on electric vehicles, as more people continue to take transit around, there is less revenue coming from the gas tax because less gas is being used. So, that's a declining revenue stream in the long-term, not something that can be counted on to sustainably fund what we have. Has that been part of what's created the motivation to find alternative revenue structures like these other taxes? [00:15:30] Ryan Packer: I think in part, it definitely has, but just last session, both the House and the Senate were poised to raise the gas tax - the House version by quite a lot. So, I really think that primarily the move away from the gas tax has been driven by the national conversation, in addition to, like I said, that revenue that's becoming available through the Climate Commitment Act. There's also money from the federal infrastructure bill that's in this as well, and some COVID relief dollars as well. And so, I think ultimately it's just a question of the fact that we don't have to raise gas taxes in an election year when we have this revenue available, particularly again from the general fund, which is seeing a big turnaround in revenue projections. The transportation sector is, and the gas tax projections, are actually not rebounding anywhere near as quickly as the revenue sources that feed the general fund. [00:16:40] Crystal Fincher: In this negotiation, what do you see coming next? Does it look like this is in trouble? Does it look like the House version is going to prevail? Any ideas on what lies ahead? [00:16:52] Ryan Packer: I think the export tax is likely dead. The Public Works Trust Fund being its replacement seems fairly certain at this point, but I wouldn't be surprised to see Senate Democrats try and find another source for that back filling. It's already going to leave a hole of around $500 million over that 16 years. And so with the House version having passed last night, they do have to go into conference and hash things out. But ultimately, I don't think there's going to be too many surprises before the end of the session next week, and most of the plan is now baked solid. [00:17:38] Crystal Fincher: In terms of what this is actually funding, what does it fund? What are people getting out of this package? [00:17:45] Ryan Packer: So, let's start with the Climate Commitment Act dollars I mentioned that have to go toward decarbonizing transportation. So, this is going to be the single largest infusion of dollars from the state level toward public transit in at least three decades. And so, that's pretty big for public transit advocates, people who like to get people onto transit, which I would put myself in that category. And so, the lion's share of that money is coming in the form of a new program called Transit Support Grants. Traditionally, the federal government and the state government haven't really funded the dollars to keep buses running. They often will give grants to bus companies, transit agencies to buy new buses or do a capital improvement that gives you a new transit corridor or that sort of thing; but they haven't really invested in the actual dollars to keep buses on the roads. And now we're at a point where the level of frequency of local bus service in Seattle is incredibly different than it is in Tacoma right now, with very few bus routes even running 15 minutes or better. So, that has been the legacy of Tim Eyman. I know you talked a little bit about this in your interview with Derek Young, it was very enlightening in terms of the history of disinvestment in public transit - relying on these local dollars that not every community is able to raise. And so, this is going to balance that a little bit. Like I said, the state really hasn't done this at all. And so, the level of state support that Washington currently gives to transit agencies around the entire state is around $100 million a year - fluctuates a little bit, but that's all that they get from the state. And this represents, if you divide the number of years for the $1.4 billion in the Transit Support Grants by the 16 years it's expected to be, you're going to get around $90. So, essentially it's a doubling of state support for transit, which is pretty huge. And it's especially going to be impactful for the smaller transit agencies. There's a stipulation in the bill that no agency can get over 35% of the grants. That's in order to prevent something like King County Metro - in 2019, King County Metro saw two out of every three bus rides in the entire state. And so, if you were going to divide it by ridership, King County would suck up all the money. And so, there's a lever that lets them only get 35% at max of the grants. Terry White, the GM of Metro, has said that they expect to get around $640 million over 16 years - that's about their operating budget for one year. But it's going to be a lot more for the smaller agencies. So, they're expecting to spend around $1.2 billion on things like pedestrian safety programs, Safe Routes to Schools, Complete Streets programs, and some specific projects that the legislature actually called out - notably a $50 million expenditure, just the single largest earmark in the whole program to remake Aurora Avenue in Seattle, one of the most deadly streets in the entire City. And so, that's great to see. But like I said, most of that money is coming in the form of grants. So since 2005, Washington has had a program where cities and towns can apply for either Safe Routes to School program projects, or bike and pedestrian focused safety projects, usually in the $500,000-$1,000,000 range of cost, maybe a little bit more sometimes. Since 2005, the state has had about $250 million available for that. And this essentially should around double that over the next 16 years, depending on how much the legislature decides to actually allocate. So, around 55% of all the cities and towns in Washington State have never received one of these grants. So, only 45% of the cities in the entire state, and only around half of the counties have ever actually either been able to apply or actually received an award. So, this will essentially allow a lot more cities to be able to access that money. [00:23:26] Crystal Fincher: What does this do for high speed rail? [00:23:30] Ryan Packer: So, the high speed rail money in the package includes some money right up front to keep the project alive, and then it also includes $150 million set-aside to be able to access any federal grants that might come our way. That's obviously a long way from construction of any projects, but it would be a big step if we were able to access that and unlock any federal dollars that could be able to be used for the project. But we're still a long way from really seeing what that money is actually going to be used for. [00:24:20] Crystal Fincher: Okay. And did I see that there is free transit for youth included in this bill? [00:24:27] Ryan Packer: Yes. Good question. So, the free transit is tied to those transit service grants that I mentioned. And so, that's one condition of receiving any state operating subsidy for transit is you have to make your fares free for riders under 18. If you're already providing free transit through a school district, or I know Seattle currently pays for high schoolers and middle schoolers to get free ORCA cards, and it's going to be a trade off because that money's actually going to be going away because there's no fares to be paid that way. But in Seattle, for example, that could actually free up those dollars to be spent on transit anyway, because it's the City spending that money. And it's going to be including ferries, Amtrak Cascades, basically any public transit in the entire state is going to be fare-free to riders under 18. We don't quite know exactly how that's going to work yet - assuming free passes for specific groups. [00:25:50] Crystal Fincher: So, now let's talk about highway expansion. What is going on in this project? How much is being invested in expanding highways, where's that going to be, and what is the conversation around it? [00:26:03] Ryan Packer: So, the package is proposing to backfill a bunch of highway projects that had been passed in 2015, essentially because costs are going up and things are more expensive now - labor's more expensive, and also delays from COVID just made costs go up. And so, it's backfilling the Puget Sound Gateway projects, which are the extension of SR-167 and 509 down by Port of Tacoma and South King County. So, that's about $430 million that's getting added to that project. It depends how you feel about that project - I know a lot of business groups love that project, it's going to make getting to the ports a lot easier. The Port of Seattle, Port of Tacoma have been fully on board with that project, but it is creating a brand new highway. The last, I would say, highway that's going to bust through a urban area in central Puget Sound. So, it's not an insignificant impact. It's going to backfill the 520 project, because that project also ran out of money, on the west end in Seattle. The problem with calling that a highway expansion is there's a lot of really great aspects to the project that include bike access. There's a new transit lane that's going to get you from South Lake Union straight to the 520 bridge. Those are all add-ons. So, it's how a highway project should be - is oriented also toward different modes. But the problem is that if you cut that, it's going to leave a highway project. And so, has been hard to describe how that money has gone to be used. But ultimately, those elements are going to be great. It's just a matter of, should this be our priority? I mentioned that the bike and pedestrian and Safe Routes to School program had spent $250 million since 2005, when we're going to give 520 $406 million right now. So, it's this trade-off in terms of realizing how expensive these mega projects are. But then there's the new projects. And so, there's about $2.5 billion identified for brand new highway projects in the entire package. $1 billion of that is the "Interstate Bridge Replacement" program. And I'll put "bridge" in quotes because it does include, as planned, a replacement for the two bridges that currently go over the Columbia as I-5 between Portland and Vancouver, but it's also a 5-mile, 7-interchange highway expansion project. [00:29:26] Crystal Fincher: A huge highway expansion project that also is impacting housing and schools in the area, taking over a lot of land and property in that area, and is a behemoth project. [00:29:43] Ryan Packer: And so, environmental groups on both sides of the border have basically been pushing for what they call a right-sized IBR. I would say they really haven't been successful so far. There's only three designs that are actually on the table. All of them expand the highway to 10 lanes over the river and are going to include a lot of interchanges. There's been some renderings that show basically a brand new elevated highway right through downtown Vancouver. I think a lot of people agree that we need to have a replacement for that 100-year old bridge, but - one of the spans is 100 years old - but the question is, this is actually expected to be a $4-5 billion project. We're now putting in $1 billion just from Washington. There's going to be some Oregon match, federal money. It's being framed as a replacement project, but it's also going to massively expand the highway. So, there's that element. [00:30:53] Crystal Fincher: And this has been a long-standing fraught conversation. When I first learned about this project and went through it, toward it was 10 - gosh, I'm old - 12 years ago now. This has been a long-standing conversation between Washington and Oregon about what to replace it with, how much each state is going to be putting in, where those funds are coming from. And so, even with the other tax conversation about Oregon, some of that has implications for this bridge also. And there was some tense moments this past week in rhetoric - some heated words that in this conversation about the tax and some red lines drawn from the Oregon people and a harsh reaction from folks in our state, including Senator Liias, who I think said some words that ultimately he agreed were in haste and crossed the line, which he then apologized for. But this has been a contentious conversation for years, and we're getting close to the finish line, but a lot of these fissures are certainly showing at this point. [00:32:09] Ryan Packer: Correct, yeah. Last week, Oregon Republicans on the Bridge Committee basically threatened to leave the committee. I think a lot of environmental advocates were daring them to actually make good on that promise, since they're the ones that are pushing for the capacity constraints. But yeah, you mentioned this has been going on for a very long time. So yeah, in 2011 they were able to actually get a federal approval for that previous project. And that's part of the problem with this, is they're actually attempting to reuse that decision. So basically, get a rubber stamp to make some minor changes to that design, but ultimately keep it very similar. They considered adding climate directly to the project's purpose and need. Climate and equity considerations were considered to actually go right to the heart of the project. And they said, "No." They said they didn't want to do that because it would screw up the timeline and not allow them to start construction in 2025 like they want. But I don't know how you can spend a $4 or 5 billion project and not fully center climate and equity between our two supposed climate warrior states. [00:33:34] Crystal Fincher: Yeah. A lot of rhetoric there. Don't seem to be lining up, although this has been a chronic problem for the years leading up to now. And so, I hope there are more voices who are pushing on that in our legislature. We'll see if that trickles up to leadership, and as they're in conference about this package and see how that turns out, and if some of that gets carried through. As we're just looking at this package as a whole and where things are going now, what do you think we need to be looking out for? And I guess, what else is at the top of your mind as you consider the effect of this package? [00:34:17] Ryan Packer: I think this is a very important step, which is centering a transportation package not entirely around the needs of our highway system. But given the incredibly unique nature of this package, with those revenues that are urgently needing to be spent on carbon reduction programs, and the federal matches, and very unique infusion of cash from the general fund - I think we have to make sure that this isn't a one-off, and we don't quite go back to having a highway package that's focused on highways and "local projects." A lot of legislators and local leaders have been noting that the package doesn't include money for local projects, when it has all those grants I just mentioned - what they're talking about is money that they can get to rebuild roads. Obviously maintenance and preservation is really important. There's $3 billion for preservation and maintenance of the highway system in the package, which is more than we have really spent in the past two decades or so, but it's not the entire purpose of the package. It's to move us toward a different transportation future where it's not as focused around single occupancy vehicles. And so, I think there's a potential for us to sort of slip back, say we already did the climate transportation package in 2022, and then just move on to another package. But we need to fight for these investments to be in every single budget essentially, because traditionally decarbonizing transportation through investing in transit, biking, and walking has been a thing that's been really ignored, even by our governor who focuses a lot on climate action. So, I think we just can't let it slip off. [00:36:37] Crystal Fincher: Makes sense. Well, thank you so much for joining us today and we will keep our eye out and make sure everyone stays updated on what winds up in the package at the end of the day after the legislature adjourns. Thank you so much for joining us, Ryan. [00:36:53] Ryan Packer: Thanks so much for having me. [00:36:54] Crystal Fincher: I thank you all for listening to Hacks & Wonks on KVRU 105.7 FM. The producer of Hacks & Wonks is Lisl Stadler with assistance from Shannon Cheng. You can find me on Twitter @finchfrii, spelled F-I-N-C-H-F-R-I-I. Now you can follow Hacks & Wonks on iTunes, Spotify, or wherever else you get your podcast - just type "Hacks & Wonks" into the search bar. Be sure to subscribe to get our Friday almost-live shows and our midweek show delivered to your podcast feed. If you like us, leave a review wherever you listen to Hacks & Wonks. You can also get a full transcript of this episode and links to the resources referenced in the show at officialhacksandwonks.com and in the episode notes. Thanks for tuning in. We'll talk to you next time.

Oregon Republicans threaten to walk away from Interstate Bridge project over fuel tax

Clark County Today News

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 25, 2022 8:33

Tax war between Washington and other states continues. https://loom.ly/lgC-PEs #JayInslee #KateBrown #WashingtonLegislature #OregonLegislature #TransportationPackage #InterstateBridge #AnnetteCleveland #MarkoLiias #JohnCarlson #KVI #tradewar #taxwar #InterstateBridgeReplacement #VancouverWa #PortlandOr #ShellyBoshartDavis #fantasyland #Alaska #Idaho #Oregon #ClarkCountyWa #BiSstateBridgeCommittee #jetfuel #fishtax #HB2017 #tolling #ClarkCountyNews #ClarkCountyToday

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Poll shows Donald Trump's lock on Oregon Republicans

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 20, 2021 3:33

Record COVID-19 hospitalizations in forecast. Outside expert to examine overcrowding at Oregon State Hospital. Metro unveils two new nature parks in Portland suburbs. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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Reagan Knopp on Drawing Maps & Oregon GOP Strategy | EP 27

The Bridge by OR360

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 20, 2021 63:08

Reagan Knopp is a conservative political consultant with over ten years of experience working in Oregon politics, campaigns, the state legislature, and more. He owns a small consulting firms and serves as the Editor in Chief of The Oregon Catalyst, a conservative blog covering Oregon politics. This episode might surprise you. Reagan walks us through what happened with redistricting, the future of the Oregon Republican Party, and what Oregon Republicans could learn from Stacey Abrams and Georgia Democrats. If you listen closely, you also might hear from Reagan's daughter in this episode!

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Portland police investigate quadruple homicide as drug deal gone bad

The Locked & Loaded Latinos Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 8, 2021 3:17

Oregon Republicans join chorus, call on Mike Nearman to resign. Oregon will lift mask and social distancing rules for businesses potentially by late June if vaccination goal is met. Oregon's state song gets new lyrics with emphasis on rolling rivers, racist language removed See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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CrabDiving – Thu 052121 – Butthurt Anti-Democracy Oregon Republicans Want To Secede To Idaho

CrabDiving Radio Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later May 21, 2021 116:48

Butthurt anti-democracy Oregon Republicans want to secede to Idaho. The Arizona audit has been crazy and all but now the Cyber Ninjas are scanning for poultry. Crypto may get regulated. Israel agreed to a ceasefire. Neckless, ham-load Hannity of Fox called Representative Rashida Tlaib a Holocaust lover. Gohmert scored high on his SATs and reminded the planet he may not be the dumbest legislator in Congress. Press Secretary Psaki handed dim Doocy his testicles during a presser where the Fox-bot asked a ridiculous question about the pandemic. Millennials really DGAF about sky-god and things of that nature. Fascist Milo Yiannopoulus had a love-fest with legendary hate-caster Rick Wiles. Man-baby blasted forth Festivus while commenting about the criminal investigation into the Trump Organization. GOP wanker McCarthy shamelessly dodged questions about GOP legislators' part in the insurrection on January 6th.

Episode 043 | ¿Quítate La Mascara?, Article I Sec 7 en Español

Play Episode Listen Later May 18, 2021 127:04

We're gone for one week and come back to a pipeline cyberattack, record inflation, but hey no more masks right?! Puerto Rican Pistolero goes down the rabbit hole to talk about the Triffen dilemma and how it relates to inflation and out current economic woes as a country. Latina Locked N Loaded opens up about how she almost quit advocacy and social media (don't she's not going anywhere!). On the 2A front the NRA's troubles continue, Texas constitutional carry goes to committee, Oregon Republicans side with gun control, NYC's leading mayoral candidate is more pro-gun than most, and we close out with Article I Section 7 of the Constitution en Español!

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New Oregon drug decriminalization measure takes effect.

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 2, 2021 3:02

Oregon county misses reopening target by 2 coronavirus cases. 11,000 Oregon Republicans have left the party since November. Nominate your workplace for The Oregonian/OregonLive's Top Workplaces program at oregonlive.com/nominate. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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Oregon Republicans on the state of the GOP

#GoRight with Peter Boykin

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 5, 2020 10:12

Democrats in Oregon had a lot to celebrate in Tuesday's election, taking all statewide races and maintaining their supermajority in the state legislature. Oregon Republicans prevailed in a number of hard fought races, and Cliff Bentz handily won the open 2nd Congressional seat. We talk with political strategist Rebecca Tweed and Cascade Policy Institute research director Eric Fruits to get their takes on the state of the GOP in Oregon.

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June 5, 2020: Online Videos Show War

AM Quickie

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 5, 2020 5:31

Welcome to Majority.FM's AM QUICKIE! Brought to you by justcoffee.coop TODAY'S HEADLINES: The police slaughtered peaceful people in cities across America, in a coordinated assault, journalists confirm. This could be it. Meanwhile, Facebook is helping to incite violence with ads and propaganda. Other media companies were reportedly compromised. And lastly, in Forks, Washington, four high school students used chainsaws to rescue a multi-racial family from Spokane accused of being Antifa. THESE ARE THE STORIES YOU NEED TO KNOW: The local, national, and global situation is uncertain, but for one thing: the power of all people united can overcome any terror. Video reports gathered from trusted sources from around the US show men in uniform firing into peaceful crowds. Official sources have denied using tear gas. So what kind of gas is it? It seems war has come to many places all at once. Peace is all we want. Early in the day Chief Pig of the United States Bill Barr and FBI Director Chris Wray gave a press conference. Neither could name a single extremist group behind the chaos now playing out across the US and the world. Army secretary Ryan McCarthy posed for a photo op with South Carolina National Guard some hours before the fighting began. At 8pm Eastern Time yesterday, the former Joint Chiefs Chairman, General Martin Dempsey, condemned the domestic deployment of the military but praised police for knowing their communities. Boris Johnson made an overture for EU workers to one day return to the UK. Kashmir entered its third consecutive day of 2G Internet shutdown. The region has been cut off since August. Here in Western Canada, there are sirens, but no gunshots. We are planning for a long trip. Elsewhere in the US: reports of white nationalist militia in suburbs from Kennewick, Washington to Long Island, New York. Seattle labor unions fought to expel the pigs’ so-called union. Habeas corpus is suspended in New York. But together we will be free Online Disinformation Everywhere Asked to address police brutality against African-Americans today at a choreographed press conference, Donald Trump said he had talked enough about George Floyd. Trump attacked the media and said he can get his word out QUOTE beautifully on social media ENDQUOTE. Facebook ran an ad from Georgia Republican Paul Brown, shown holding an AR-15, encouraging violence. Facebook eventually removed it -- but only after a reporter called the company out. The top trending video on Facebook yesterday was reportedly Candace Owens calling for QUOTE justice ENDQUOTE for George Floyd, who she blamed for his own death. Facebook employees reportedly denounced Mark Zuckerberg. New York Times journalists lambasted Opinion staffer Bari Weiss, who was reported to have approved of the publication of Senator Tom Cotton’s call for military suppression of US dissidents. Journalists in Buffalo, New York, published a viral video of uniformed men brutally charging an elderly white man, pushing him to the ground, and splitting his skull. One tried to help the old man but another cop moved him along. Later, two Buffalo police were reportedly charged. But at least three of the men shown were involved. Journalists were again targets for attack by police at many peaceful gatherings. Journalists of color at the Philadelphia Inquirer organized a sick-out after the paper ran an editorial titled QUOTE Buildings Matter Too ENDQUOTE. Why do cops get to have all the surveillance gear in the world, but we can’t film them? Oregon Republicans helped fascist propagandist Andy Ngo file a $900,000 lawsuit against Rose City Antifa and others, seeking discovery of evidence. Campers Framed by Locals as ANTIFA Trusted journalists in Washington State reported that in the town of Forks, a multi- racial family was accused of being members of Antifa. They were followed and prevented from leaving their campsite, local deputies said. Four high school students cut the trees blocking their campsite with chainsaws to allow the family to leave, according to a press release signed Sergeant Ed Anderson. The local Sheriff’s Office is actively conducting a criminal investigation into the incident and is seeking information regarding those involved, Anderson said. Before camping, the family was confronted in town by seven or eight carloads of douchebags carrying what appeared to be semi-automatic rifles. They told deputies they heard gunshots and power saws nearby. Local teens cleared the roadway for the family with chainsaws. LUCIE: And now for some Quicker Quickies. AND NOW FOR SOME QUICKER QUICKIES: Journalist David Sirota reported the pigs donated $1 million to Andrew Cuomo. A Minneapolis City Council member said on Twitter he agreed with Attorney General Keith Ellison that the MPD should be dismantled and replaced with a QUOTE transformative new model ENDQUOTE. The AFP reported that a sex worker was arrested on manslaughter charges following a man's death during a mystic ritual in which he inhaled psychedelic toad venom. Actor Dwayne Johnson asked, QUOTE Where is Donald Trump? ENDQUOTE. Your guess is as good as ours. May 27, 2020 - AM Quickie HOSTS - Sam Seder & Lucie Steiner WRITER - Corey Pein PRODUCER - Dorsey Shaw EXECUTIVE PRODUCER - Brendan Finn

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Oregon Republicans just nominated an avowed QAnon conspiracy theorist for the US Senate

Play Episode Listen Later May 21, 2020 31:10

"Where we go one, we go all. I stand with President Trump. I stand with Q and the team. Thank you Anons and thank you patriots -- and together we can save our republic." — Jo Rae Perkins (@PerkinsForUSSen) May 20, 2020(banned from youtube)https://www.spreaker.com/user/9922149/oregon-republicans-just-nominated-an-avo

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HFO Multifamily Marketwatch Podcast - March 16, 2020

Multifamily Marketwatch

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 16, 2020 14:54

COVID-19’S impact results in anti-eviction laws; Oregon Republicans’ walkout on cap-and-trade leads Governor Kate Brown to enact rules by executive order; and while housing costs rise in wealthy cities, economic growth concentrates in second-tier metros.

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March 2, 2020

News With My Dad

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 2, 2020 86:12

Super Tuesday is impending, the coronavirus rages on, Ginny Burdick has a challenger in the Oregon Democratic primary, and the Oregon Republicans are once again shutting down the legislature. Jefferson is joined by XRAY national correspondent Tim Marcroft.

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West Coast Cookbook and Speakeasy -- Smothered Benedict Wednesdays 26 Feb 20

West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 26, 2020 63:27

West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy is Now Open! 8am-9am PT/ 11am-Noon ET for our especially special Daily Specials, Smothered Benedict Wednesdays!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Larry Kudlow went on CNBC and lied his ass off about the coronavirus being contained because the market continues in free fall.Then, on the rest of the menu, the Supreme Court ruled 5 to 4 that it would place an undue burden on rogue border agents protecting the border if they can't shoot unarmed Mexican teenagers in the back a hundred yards away on Mexican soil; Oregon Republicans walked out of the state capitol to prevent Democracy from happening, just like they did last year, twice; and, McConnell's attempt to force radical abortion bills through the Senate failed, but it riled up the base just fine, thank you very much.After the break, we move to the Chef's Table where the second indigenous leader from Costa Rica has been killed during a violent land dispute this year; and, Dmitry Yazov, the former Soviet defense minister who took part in an unsuccessful coup against Mikhail Gorbachev, has died at the age of 95.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~"To those of us who believe that all of life is sacred every crumb of bread and sip of wine is a Eucharist, a remembrance, a call to awareness of holiness right where we are. I want all of the holiness of the Eucharist to spill out beyond church walls, out of the hands of priests and into the regular streets and sidewalks, into the hands of regular, grubby people like you and me, onto our tables, in our kitchens and dining rooms and backyards.” -- Shauna Niequist "Bread and Wine: A Love Letter to Life Around the Table with Recipes"~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Show Notes & Links: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/2/26/1922111/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Smothered-Benedict-Wednesdays

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West Coast Cookbook and Speakeasy -- Metro Shrimp and Grits Thusdays Feb 20 2020

West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 20, 2020 62:40

West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy is Now Open! 8am-9am PT/ 11am-Noon ET for our especially special Daily Specials, Metro Shrimp & Grits Thursdays!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Roger Stone will be sentenced today, as questions swirl about when the ‘chief law enforcement officer of the country' will pardon him.Then, on the rest of the menu, after threatening an armed insurrection if they were forced to return to the Capitol last year to vote, Oregon Republicans stage a walkout to slow the short 35 day session this year; voters in Kentucky break the record for registration ahead of the 2020 election; and, Florida's latest voter suppression tactic is ruled unconstitutional by a federal court.After the break, we move to the Chef's Table where The Hill criticized, but would not recant the John Solomon articles that pushed Russian propaganda Trump used to avoid being removed from office; and, ICE ignored a new California state law requiring a judicial warrant to make immigration arrests inside court houses, when they arrested two men awaiting hearings in Sonoma County.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~“Everyone in this good city enjoys the full right to pursue his own inclinations in all reasonable and, unreasonable ways.” -- The Daily Picayune, New Orleans, March 5, 1851

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Oregon Republicans warn of possible walkout

Behind the Curtain with Jeff Reynolds

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 18, 2020 2:19

Man dies on Mt. Hood, Girl Scouts duped with fake bill, Oregon woman angry over coronavirus quarantine See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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#Oregon11, #TimberUnity, Forced Injections, leadership, and the grassroots army - Sen. Kim Thatcher and Capt. Greg Wooldridge - Ep 15

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 4, 2019 71:42

Hi, my name is Jeff Reynolds, and this is Episode 15 of the Behind the Curtain podcast. This week’s episodes ended up being a double shot of Oregon news, as much of what’s happening in Oregon has actually made national headlines. This week’s first guest is a hero to many Oregonians. A member of the #Oregon11, Senator Kim Thatcher experienced the nuttiest legislative session she’s ever seen in Salem. The story of the Republican walkout made national news as the Senators left the state in response to threats of arrest by Governor Kate Brown. She participated in two Republican walkouts to deny quorum so that no bills could be passed, in an attempt to get the Democrats to stop abusing their power. We talk about the walkouts, how they successfully killed several bad bills, and what to expect in the next legislative session. We also talk about two huge new grassroots movements that were spawned by bad legislation – the Slavic Activation movement to get more Eastern Europeans and Russians involved in the electoral process, and the Timber Unity movement that rose up to oppose cap and trade legislation. Each of these movements has the potential to bring thousands of new voters into Oregon politics where they have never previously participated. You can follow Senator Thatcher on twitter. at @KimThatcherGOP. Also, you really should check out slavicvote.org and the #TimberUnity group on Facebook. My local guest this week is my friend and former candidate for the Republican nomination for governor in Oregon, Greg Wooldridge. Greg is a Navy veteran who served three tours in command of the elite aerobatics team, the Blue Angels. Greg has developed a unique leadership training program that he’s introduced to Fortune 500 companies, teams, and other organizations to help them create an environment in which humility and excellence are promoted. Greg and I discuss how his leadership training can help Oregon Republicans overcome superminority status in Salem, and how Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler and Oregon Governor Kate Brown fail the most basic principles of leadership. This was a really fun discussion, and I think listeners will get a lot out of how he adapted what he learned about leadership in the military for use in the private sector. Don’t forget to subscribe to the Behind the Curtain podcast wherever you listen to it, and please leave a positive rating. The more subscribers and the better ratings, the higher Behind the Curtain will rank on podcast services like iTunes and Google Podcasts, among MANY OTHERS. Stick around to the very end so you can hear the full version of I Am America, the theme song, by my buddy Brian Futch. Quick note about my book. I’m currently planning an east coast trip in the fall to speak at my alma mater, Connecticut College, and their college republican club. I’m excited to return after many years and confront the liberal campus culture with real facts about who owns the Professional Left in America. If you know of any conservative clubs, Republican groups, Tea Party or 912 clubs, or anyone else who would get something out of following the dark money on the Left, please email me at info@5440fight.com. Search for Behind the Curtain: Inside the Network of Progressive Billionaires and their Campaign to Undermine Democracy in stores, or online at Amazon, Barnes and Noble, or Simon and Schuster. It’s available in hardback, Kindle, or Nook Now. Check out WhoOwnsTheDems.com for more information. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/behindthecurtain/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/behindthecurtain/support

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What Next: Oregon Republicans Walked Out, Democrats Caved

Slate Daily Feed

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 27, 2019 20:35

Republican state senators in Oregon are refusing to go to work. In a state legislature where Democrats hold a supermajority, the walkout is one way Republicans can put a halt to their rivals progressive agenda. With several statehouses throughout the nation being held by a supermajority, is walking out going to become more common? Guest: Jason Wilson, journalist and columnist at The Guardian Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Oregon Republicans Walked Out, Democrats Caved

What Next | Daily News and Analysis

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 27, 2019 20:35

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Ep. 21: Don't Call Them That Camps (feat. Adam Tod Brown)

Bad Libs

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 26, 2019 116:04

The Bad Libs travel deep inside the coastal liberal elite bubble to meet up with Adam Tod Brown of the Unpops Podcast Network and discuss Kyle Kashuv's rescinded Harvard Admission, Alex Jones's child porn oops, Roy Moore's 2020 candidacy, the temper tantrum thrown by Oregon Republicans over cap and trade, Trump's most fascist week yet (mass arrests and camps, oh my!), the latest rape allegation against the president, escalating tensions with Iran, and more!

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#33 – Highly Concentrated Camps

State of the Revolution

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 24, 2019 76:55

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Oregon Republicans Shut Down Senate

Play Episode Listen Later May 7, 2019 4:48

Senate Republicans did not show up for a vote this morning on a $2 billion tax package, thereby denying Democrats a quorum and forcing business to a halt.

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The Collision of Politics and Criminal Justice

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 22, 2018 19:04

Oregon's attorney general is joining yet another lawsuit against the Trump Administration, this time over the family separation policy.We'll look what happens politically when a Democratic-led state government becomes parts of the resistance and the potential disaster the immigration controversy presents for Oregon Republicans.

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The Collision of Politics and Criminal Justice

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 22, 2018 19:04

Oregon’s attorney general is joining yet another lawsuit against the Trump Administration, this time over the family separation policy.We’ll look what happens politically when a Democratic-led state government becomes parts of the resistance and the potential disaster the immigration controversy presents for Oregon Republicans.

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The State of the Oregon GOP

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 10, 2017 18:36

Republicans in Oregon are feeling pretty good about themselves these days. The party holds the second-highest office in the state, and is expecting to mount a serious challenge to the Democrats' hold on power in Salem. This time, host Geoff Norcross talks with OPB senior political reporter Jeff Mapes and news director Anna Griffin about why Oregon Republicans are feeling so energized.

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Trump Skips Oregon, Citizen Panel Endorses M97, And More

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 26, 2016 21:13

Host Geoff Norcross is joined by OPB senior political reporter Jeff Mapes, state political reporter Chris Lehman, and news director Anna Griffin. This week, we discuss some new information about which Oregon Republicans are – and aren't – supporting Donald Trump. We'll explore the cross-state tension inspired by U.S. Rep. Earl Blumenauer's support for designating the Owyhee National Monument. And our "That's So Oregon" segment includes a rooster, rap music on school buses, and how Oregonians are like Usain Bolt when it comes to voter registration.

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Presidential Politics In Oregon, Rural Recall Votes, And Alleged Election Violations

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 19, 2016 18:49

Host Geoff Norcross talks with OPB Senior Political Reporter Jeff Mapes and News Director Anna Griffin, along with Gordon Friedman, who covers state government for the Statesman Journal. We'll talk about the uneasiness some Oregon Republicans have about Donald Trump. We'll discuss alleged election violations in ballot measure campaigns and two different outcomes in recall elections this week in rural Oregon. We'll end, as we always do, by digging into some quintessential Oregon stories of the week, with our "That's So Oregon" segment.

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Marijuana Policy, School Board Politics, And Anti-Trump Republicans In Oregon