The attorney general candidate stuck with the zealots and the donors like his life depended on it, when Oregonians’ lives depended on him breaking ranks.
The extreme lefties have fielded a non-lawyer in the "Working People's Party" that is humping for votes in greater Portlandia. Believe it or not, a candidate for AG in Oregon need not be admitted to the Bar! Hopefully she may draw a significant number of votes away from Rayfield, who boasts a DUII diversion as an adult and another dismissed misdemeanor with the classic "Nobody is defined by the worst thing they ever did..."
What is mind boggling is that a mainstream law enforcement group (not the ONLY such lobbying group) called ORCOPS has endorsed Rayfield, although interestingly he BURIES their endorsement among SEIU and PLanned Parenthood. By contrast Lathrop is endorsed by virtually every Sheriff and current and former DA in the state as well as the Oregon Sheriffs' PAC and the Oregon Fraternal Order of Police,
What can be said about the Progressive Machine? Like their eastern forebears, they're self-dealing, venal, corrupt, and we all trust that the vote-by-mail system is, as the secretary of state reassures us in every voter pamphlet, totally reliable. Just a coincidence that its advent brought in decades of one-party rule.
The big shots in CA and NY know that any of their fever dreams can be visited upon the woodsy hicks in Oregon. It's for the entertainment of various currency manipulators, CEOs, Bitcoin scammers, heirs of dirty money, and other characters who wouldn't dream of visiting Oregon unless they have a suite at the Ritz-Carlton and bodyguards 24/7.
Are we collectively that dumb? To ask is to answer.
It's instructive to read the Drug Policy Alliance's biased assessment of Measure 110 and its repeal. It probably reflects the current views of Measure 110 dead-enders, that is, elected officials, bureaucrats and activists who are still involved in law- and policymaking.
In 2020, Oregon voters overwhelmingly approved Ballot Measure 110, making Oregon the first state in the U.S. to decriminalize possession of small amounts of all drugs and greatly expand addiction services and social supports through redirected marijuana tax revenue and law enforcement savings.
[Oregon did not "greatly expand addiction services and social supports." It seemingly took forever for the state to set up the process of evaluating funding requests because the framers of Measure 110 created an almost unworkable scheme.]
But in 2024, drug possession was recriminalized after an intense disinformation campaign by drug war defenders and by Oregon leaders who scapegoated Measure 110 for every issue in the state. They put political interests such as re-elections over facts and Oregonians’ well-being. They also sacrificed Black and Indigenous/Native lives to bow down to a predominantly corporate interest group led by the former chief of Oregon’s prisons.
[There's no mention of the black and Native American lives that the Drug Policy Alliance and its allies snuffed out with their reckless and failed experiment in decriminalization, or of the victims of all other races and ethnicities.]
Yet more than 50 years of evidence from the drug war shows that arresting and jailing people for drugs is a failed approach. [Under Measure 110, drugs declared war on us.]
(The following summary of the Drug Policy Alliance's so-called fact sheet was produced by the AI Assistant that now resides within Adobe Acrobat. It saved considerable time and heartburn. It seems plausible enough for a non-human intelligence. Redundant material has been excluded.)
Evidence Against Recriminalization: Research shows that Measure 110 did not increase crime, homelessness, or overdose deaths. The rise in these issues is attributed to external factors like increased evictions, homelessness, and the proliferation of fentanyl.
[In other words, don't believe your lying eyes.]
Failures in Implementation: Policymakers failed to fully support and implement Measure 110, ignoring advocates' recommendations and not providing adequate training or resources, which hindered its potential effectiveness.
[Implementation is a journey, not a destination, and the faulty roadmap the authors placed in the measure is one reason the implementation went so badly astray. Considering that progressives controlled the Measure 110 policymaking, it's unlikely they bear responsibility for failing to fully support it. It is far more likely that the Oregon Health Authority's incompetence was a major contributing factor.]
Continued Need for Public Health Approach: Despite the rollback, Measure 110 supported Oregon's public health goals. The movement to replace drug criminalization with care continues, emphasizing the need for more humane housing, shelter, and community-led services.
[Until Oregon does away with harm reduction as its principal drug policy, the state will continue to struggle to reduce the rates of addiction and overdose deaths.]
Every decision in Salem is one-party-groupthink, with forty-years of it piled-up now, so you can’t blame ALL of the skyrocketing drug deaths during the extended 110-madness period on Rayfield.
Will Lathrop has a real chance.
The extreme lefties have fielded a non-lawyer in the "Working People's Party" that is humping for votes in greater Portlandia. Believe it or not, a candidate for AG in Oregon need not be admitted to the Bar! Hopefully she may draw a significant number of votes away from Rayfield, who boasts a DUII diversion as an adult and another dismissed misdemeanor with the classic "Nobody is defined by the worst thing they ever did..."
What is mind boggling is that a mainstream law enforcement group (not the ONLY such lobbying group) called ORCOPS has endorsed Rayfield, although interestingly he BURIES their endorsement among SEIU and PLanned Parenthood. By contrast Lathrop is endorsed by virtually every Sheriff and current and former DA in the state as well as the Oregon Sheriffs' PAC and the Oregon Fraternal Order of Police,
Woe to the man that puts personal gain, ego and political promotion before the life of his fellow man.
Thank you for this article of truth Mr.Eager.
Sigh... preaching to the choir, but the other side is too powerful to allow reality to intrude. DON'T GIVE UP! Sooner or later things have to change.
There are not enough ashes to rise up from at this point.
Another great piece, Jeff...
What can be said about the Progressive Machine? Like their eastern forebears, they're self-dealing, venal, corrupt, and we all trust that the vote-by-mail system is, as the secretary of state reassures us in every voter pamphlet, totally reliable. Just a coincidence that its advent brought in decades of one-party rule.
The big shots in CA and NY know that any of their fever dreams can be visited upon the woodsy hicks in Oregon. It's for the entertainment of various currency manipulators, CEOs, Bitcoin scammers, heirs of dirty money, and other characters who wouldn't dream of visiting Oregon unless they have a suite at the Ritz-Carlton and bodyguards 24/7.
Are we collectively that dumb? To ask is to answer.
It's instructive to read the Drug Policy Alliance's biased assessment of Measure 110 and its repeal. It probably reflects the current views of Measure 110 dead-enders, that is, elected officials, bureaucrats and activists who are still involved in law- and policymaking.
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Oregon’s Measure 110: What Really Happened.
Fact Sheet February 28, 2024
https://drugpolicy.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/DPA-WhatReallyHappenedM110.pdf
In 2020, Oregon voters overwhelmingly approved Ballot Measure 110, making Oregon the first state in the U.S. to decriminalize possession of small amounts of all drugs and greatly expand addiction services and social supports through redirected marijuana tax revenue and law enforcement savings.
[Oregon did not "greatly expand addiction services and social supports." It seemingly took forever for the state to set up the process of evaluating funding requests because the framers of Measure 110 created an almost unworkable scheme.]
But in 2024, drug possession was recriminalized after an intense disinformation campaign by drug war defenders and by Oregon leaders who scapegoated Measure 110 for every issue in the state. They put political interests such as re-elections over facts and Oregonians’ well-being. They also sacrificed Black and Indigenous/Native lives to bow down to a predominantly corporate interest group led by the former chief of Oregon’s prisons.
[There's no mention of the black and Native American lives that the Drug Policy Alliance and its allies snuffed out with their reckless and failed experiment in decriminalization, or of the victims of all other races and ethnicities.]
Yet more than 50 years of evidence from the drug war shows that arresting and jailing people for drugs is a failed approach. [Under Measure 110, drugs declared war on us.]
Here’s what happened: Read our fact sheet.
https://drugpolicy.org/resource/oregons-measure-110-what-really-happened/
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(The following summary of the Drug Policy Alliance's so-called fact sheet was produced by the AI Assistant that now resides within Adobe Acrobat. It saved considerable time and heartburn. It seems plausible enough for a non-human intelligence. Redundant material has been excluded.)
Evidence Against Recriminalization: Research shows that Measure 110 did not increase crime, homelessness, or overdose deaths. The rise in these issues is attributed to external factors like increased evictions, homelessness, and the proliferation of fentanyl.
[In other words, don't believe your lying eyes.]
Failures in Implementation: Policymakers failed to fully support and implement Measure 110, ignoring advocates' recommendations and not providing adequate training or resources, which hindered its potential effectiveness.
[Implementation is a journey, not a destination, and the faulty roadmap the authors placed in the measure is one reason the implementation went so badly astray. Considering that progressives controlled the Measure 110 policymaking, it's unlikely they bear responsibility for failing to fully support it. It is far more likely that the Oregon Health Authority's incompetence was a major contributing factor.]
Continued Need for Public Health Approach: Despite the rollback, Measure 110 supported Oregon's public health goals. The movement to replace drug criminalization with care continues, emphasizing the need for more humane housing, shelter, and community-led services.
[Until Oregon does away with harm reduction as its principal drug policy, the state will continue to struggle to reduce the rates of addiction and overdose deaths.]
Spot on- Thank You Mr. Eager! Please keep investigating the ideologues and their policies that are destroying Oregon & Oregonians.
Every decision in Salem is one-party-groupthink, with forty-years of it piled-up now, so you can’t blame ALL of the skyrocketing drug deaths during the extended 110-madness period on Rayfield.
Exactly. I tried to stress that overdose deaths would have happened with or without M110 to begin with.
He didn’t if you read the full article. What can be attributed is the “rise” and I also wonder about other crimes besides death that happened.
Idiot or Venal; inquiring minds want to know