VA lesson: Can federal government be trusted with health care?
by Rep. Gene Whisnant (R-Sunriver) Is This the New Standard for Health Care? As a retired military officer and advocate for military veterans; I am “mad as hell” about the Veterans Administration (VA)...
View ArticleGov. Kitzhaber trying to shift responsibility for Cover Oregon
by Rep. Dennis Richardson Recently in the Oregon Capitol I joined the Joint Committee on Legislative Audits, Information Management and Technology for a report on Cover Oregon. The key speaker of the...
View ArticleThe High Cost of Liberalism
Right From the Start The high cost of liberalism continues to increase. Tuesday mornings Oregonian reported on another “green energy” fantasy slipping into failure at considerable cost to taxpayers. An...
View ArticleGov. Kitzhaber is responsible for Cover Oregon failure
by Dan Lucas Cover Oregon, Oregon’s attempt at a health insurance exchange, has been a disaster. It didn’t start out that way — it started full of promise and high expectations. Back in 2011 Gov....
View ArticleOregon’s Dismal Employment Picture Isn’t Gov. Kitzhaber Fault – Just Ask Him
Right From the Start Gov. John Kitzhaber wants to be re-elected again – for the fourth time. At the end of his second term he deemed Oregon “ungovernable” which is liberal newspeak for “it’s not my...
View ArticleObamacare: More flaws now that we’re finding out what’s in it
by Sen. Doug Whitsett The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act was debated throughout much of 2009 and eventually enacted on a party line vote of Congress. The president signed Obamacare into...
View ArticleBonuses for Cover Oregon while agents wait to get paid
by Dave Berg Management Policies Explain Cover Oregon’s Problem “Even if you’re on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there. –Will Rogers” There is a story about Cover Oregon that...
View ArticleTime is now to stop bleeding at Cover Oregon
Oregon Senate Republicans Cover Oregon has become a poster child for the failed leadership of the current Democrat regime in Oregon Salem, OR – Senate Republican Leader Ted Ferrioli (R-John Day)...
View ArticlePrice tag for inaction on Cover Oregon: $20 million
Oregon Senate Republicans Embattled agency expected to spend $200,000 a day for remainder of the year Salem, OR -Without legislative intervention, the defunct Cover Oregon agency is planning to spend...
View ArticleThe Accomplishments of Gov. John Kitzhaber
Right From the Start In 1985, Vera Katz (D-Portland) was the Oregon Speaker of the House and John Kitzhaber (D-Roseburg) was the President of the Oregon Senate. Some clever political wag dubbed them...
View ArticleRep. Parrish introduces Kitzhaber-Hayes inspired ethics & reform agenda
Bills also improve transparency, accountability and access in elections, accountability from state government to help prevent future Cover Oregon disasters, make redistricting less partisan, improve...
View ArticleReally good KATU update on Kitzhaber scandal
by NW Spotlight Earlier this week KATU’s ‘Your Voice, Your Vote’ ran a segment titled ‘The Kitzhaber saga continues.’ Willamette Week’s Nigel Jaquiss and KATU’s Hillary Lake talked about “the lawsuits...
View ArticleScandal has come to Oregon
by Dan Lucas Now half of Oregon’s governor’s in the past three decades have been embroiled in scandals that include alleged criminal behavior A column in the Washington Post last August cited Oregon...
View ArticleFinancial disarray left by Kitzhaber’s grandiose healthcare reform plans
by Sen. Doug Whitsett The remarkably rapid and very public fall from grace of former Governor John Kitzhaber has been well-documented. Also well-detailed is the spectacular failure of his Cover Oregon...
View ArticleStop politically motivated retribution against whistleblower
by Dan Lucas Not much has changed in Oregon in the last several decades when it comes to abuses of power. Decades ago Gov. Neil Goldschmidt got away with alleged serial sexual abuse with at least one...
View ArticleOver one million Oregonians will be harmed by today’s Supreme Court ObamaCare...
The U.S. Supreme Court decision today in the King v. Burwell case is a sad reminder that the President of the United States and his Administration can arbitrarily interpret laws passed by Congress to...
View ArticleBig government seeks to replace private retirement industry
by Sen. Doug Whitsett The recent Democratic presidential debate confirmed long-held suspicions regarding that Party’s apparent antipathy towards the free market principles upon which this great nation...
View ArticleSen. Betsy Johnson’s bill to hold state agencies accountable
Sen. Betsy Johnson by NW Spotlight Nigel Jaquiss at Willamette Week is reporting that Sen. Betsy Johnson (D-Scappoose) is introducing a bill in the upcoming Oregon legislative ‘short session’ to create...
View ArticleDennis Richardson on Cover Oregon: Oregonians deserve the truth
Dennis Richardson for Secretary of State Dennis Richardson Statement on US Congressional Review of Cover Oregon Central Point, Oregon – Secretary of State candidate Dennis Richardson, who as an Oregon...
View ArticleWho’s to blame for the Cover Oregon failure?
by Dan Lucas A Congressional panel recently released a report on Oregon’s failed $305 million health insurance exchange, Cover Oregon. The Washington Post reported “Republicans on the [U.S. House]...
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