Oregon Governor Tina Kotek fired OLCC director Steve Marks soon after taking office in 2023, satisfying a goal of her political allies, including La Mota
Great in-depth wrap-up. (And thanks for the credit for the break.)
Couple other thots:
First, let's remember that besides Subasic and Marks, there were five others flushed out of the OLCC. Gonna be interesting if they also file suits. Gonna be a lot of subpoenas...and maybe Jeff can enlighten us about calling the state's governor as a witness. Under oath.
Second, this is also a media story, specifically how The Oregonian, in its search for a quick-n-dirty scandal essentially helped. Kotek throw raw meat to distract from the many real scandals hovering around Kotek, plus other Democratic mchine biggies. The O, for example, has never picked up Jeff's tremendous reporting on Sen Wyden's flirtation with FLX's band of pirates. A $-half-million ain't chump-change.
Well, to be fair she said she won't tolerate WRONGFUL violations of state ethics laws. Her political allies are incapable of wrongful acts. Problem solved.
Great in-depth wrap-up. (And thanks for the credit for the break.)
Couple other thots:
First, let's remember that besides Subasic and Marks, there were five others flushed out of the OLCC. Gonna be interesting if they also file suits. Gonna be a lot of subpoenas...and maybe Jeff can enlighten us about calling the state's governor as a witness. Under oath.
Second, this is also a media story, specifically how The Oregonian, in its search for a quick-n-dirty scandal essentially helped. Kotek throw raw meat to distract from the many real scandals hovering around Kotek, plus other Democratic mchine biggies. The O, for example, has never picked up Jeff's tremendous reporting on Sen Wyden's flirtation with FLX's band of pirates. A $-half-million ain't chump-change.
Thanks, Richard. Good points! I suspect the state will try really hard to settle the lawsuits long before Kotek could be called as a witness.
So Tina "won't tolerate people who violate Oregon's Ethics Laws"; really, seems damn selective "in tolerance". Great article
Well, to be fair she said she won't tolerate WRONGFUL violations of state ethics laws. Her political allies are incapable of wrongful acts. Problem solved.
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'What a tangled web leftists, drugs and cash weave'.
Thanks for the update and your continued diligence on scandals at the highest level of state government.
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