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newsIPO Secretary on OPBIndependent Party Secretary, Sal Peralta, sat down with Oregon Public Broadcasting to discuss the IPO in the third of OPB's series on Oregon's minor political parties. Click the play icon above the story. OPB has the audio up here: http://www.opb.org/thinkoutloud/shows/third-parties-independent-party/ KATU Reports on KATU-IPO DebateBonamici, Cornilles debate ideas on job creation Steve Benham PORTLAND, Ore. – In their first post-primary televised debate Sunday night in the race for the seat vacated by David Wu, Democrat Suzanne Bonamici and Republican Rob Cornilles worked to win the political middle and sought to convince voters in the 1st Congressional District they are the candidate to improve the region’s economy. The former state senator, Bonamici, and businessman, Cornilles, faced off during an hour-long debate on KATU Television on a wide range of issues but the economy was front and center. The candidates fielded questions from a four-member panel that included representatives from three community newspapers and KATU reporter Patrick Preston. KATU anchor Steve Dunn moderated the debate and it was co-hosted by the Independent Party of Oregon. Note by IPO: KATU used to have the debate video on its website, but now it is gone. KATU Reports on Upcoming DebateCandidates to pursue Independent vote in KATU debate Steve Benham PORTLAND, Ore. - Voters in the 1st Congressional District will get their first side by side look at the two major candidates vying for the seat vacated by David Wu during a televised debate Sunday night on KATU Television. The debate between Republican businessman Rob Cornilles and Democrat Suzanne Bonamici, who just resigned as a state senator, will air from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. Nov. 27. It is being held in conjunction with the Independent Party of Oregon. Viewers can watch it on the air or it will be streamed on KATU.com here. Support for Campaign Finance Disclosure, National Popular Vote intensifies in Independent Party End-of-Session SurveyWe asked members of the Independent Party to share their views on several bills in the Oregon legislature that appear to have some life. The results below are for 9 bills that at least 60% of responding members either support or oppose. Bills supported by IPO members are in green; bills opposed are in red. IPO member support for campaign disclosure and the national popular vote plan intensified since last year. Members continued to show strong support for consumer protection legislation. Here are the Results of the IPO End-of-Session Membership Survey. A summary is below. SB 270A: Limits Fines for Failure to Report Political Contributions to $5,000 Per Month: OPPOSED 73% HB 2259: Increases Delay for Reporting Most Contributions Near Elections from 7 Days to 14 Days: OPPOSED 87% HB 2894-3 Requires Disclosure of Major Funders in Campaign Ads about Candidates: SUPPORTED 95% HB 3446: Requires that Members of the Legislature to Compete When Seeking Other Jobs in Oregon Government: SUPPORTED 96% HJR 7A: Granting New Powers to Governor and Legislature, Upon Governor's Declaration of a "Catastrophic Disaster": OPPOSED 82% HB 2492: Removing Uncontested Democratic Party and Republican Party "Precinct Committeeperson" Races from the Ballot: SUPPORTED 78% HB 3517: Joins Oregon to the National Popular Vote Plan for Electing the President of the United States: SUPPORTED 80% SB 40: Removes State Income Tax Deduction for Contributions to Charities that Spend Less than 30% of their Budgets on Actual Charitable Services: SUPPORTED 90% SB 695A: Banning Baby Bottles and Drinking Cups for Children Containing Chemical Linked to Cancer, Diabetes, Autism, and Other Problems: SUPPORTED 80% "Dumb, Partisan, and Unconstitutional": The Oregonian opposes Independent Party "execution" billby Editorial Board A failed bill in Salem won't be the last attack on the Independent Party, or on other minor parties Any political party that lends its name to everyone from a two-term Democratic governor to a Republican climate-change denier has something of an identity crisis. However, that's no excuse for the sneak attack that someone -- call them unknown parties -- made this week on the Independent Party of Oregon. House Bill 2442, which would have forced the IPO to drop the word "independent" from its name, somehow made its way onto the agenda of the House Rules Committee without benefit of a sponsor or even one person willing to stand up publicly and support it. That's just as well since the bill was, even by Salem standards, a rare trifecta: dumb, partisan and unconstitutional. Former Secretaries of State Slam Attempt to Kill Independent PartyFormer Secretaries of State Slam Attempt to Kill Independent Party by Nigel Jaquiss The House Rules Committee today held a hearing on House Bill 2442, which would force the Independent Party of Oregon to drop the word "Independent" from its name. . . . The heavy-handed attempt to side-swipe the IPO met with some equally weighty criticism today, particularly in the joint written testimony submitted by former Secretaries of State Norma Paulus (a Republican, who served from 1977 to 1985) and Phil Keisling (a Democrat, who served from 1991 to 1999). Read more ... IPO Secretary on Independent Party "execution" billDistinguished chairs, honorable members of the committee; My name is Sal Peralta. I am here today to testify in opposition to House Bill 2442 on behalf of the Independent Party of Oregon. This bill is so clearly unconstitutional that I wasn’t sure how seriously to take it. One of our members actually thought it was a prank. I like the tact that the Albany Democrat-Herald took in today’s editorial opposing this bill, that:
But when a legislator or a group of legislators holds a proverbial gun to your head and tells you to do something, I think the best approach is to take it seriously. So here goes… We have received written testimony in opposition to this bill from former Secretaries of State Norma Paulus and Phil Keisling. I quote in part from their testimony:
Independent Party Releases Results of Issues SurveyThe Independent Party of Oregon has released the results of the second of a two-part survey of its members that the party will use to shape its 2010 campaign and its 2011 legislative agenda. The 490 members who participated were asked to select from a list of choices on issues, including balancing the state budget, strengthening the economy, good government issues, and other reforms identified by members during a survey conducted in Spring 2010. |
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