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Clackamas Community College board member and former Oregon State Speaker of the House of Representatives Dave Hunt has been cited by the Portland Police Bureau in an undercover sex traffic sting operation that took place in April, according to a PPB press release. “The subjects who contacted undercover police officers to arrange payment for sexual acts were criminally cited on the charge of Commercial Sexual Solicitation,” the announcement from PPB stated. Hunt’s legal representative, Michael De Munis, said that Hunt is innocent. While a legislator, Hunt was one of many sponsors of the bill which criminalized sex trafficking in 2007. In 2011, he similarly voted for H.B. 2714. That bill created the crime of “commercial sexual solicitation,” which is what Hunt was arrested for, according to a
Group working to get measures on Oregon ballot to prevent lawmaker walkouts KATU Staff
A group is working to get measures on the 2022 ballot that will punish lawmakers who walk out during legislative sessions and use the tactic to shut down the process.
Republicans have walked out of legislative sessions in recent years to deny the state constitutionally mandated quorum that’s required to pass bills and conduct legislative business. Notably, Republicans walked out over the controversial cap-and-trade bill during the 2019 session and again in 2020.
On Thursday, the group
No More Costly Walkouts Coalition said it was filing eight more measures for the November 2022 ballot, bringing its total to 10.
Originally published on May 6, 2021 2:29 pm
A labor- and Democrat-funded group formed to push back against obstruction tactics used by Republican lawmakers says it’s serious about ending the practice so serious, in fact, it’s preparing a stunning 10 distinct concepts that could appear before Oregon voters next year.
In a press conference Thursday, the No More Costly Walkouts Coalition unveiled eight initiative petitions aimed at penalizing lawmakers who walk away from the Capitol, and limiting their ability to use delay tactics. At the same time, the group announced it has gathered at least 1,000 signatures for two existing proposals, enough to generate ballot language and begin collecting tens of thousands of signatures required to qualify for the November 2022 ballot.
SALEM â The Democrat- and labor-backed group No More Costly Walkouts Coalition says itâs committed to putting a measure before voters in November 2022.
The group, which formed to push back against obstruction tactics used by Republican lawmakers, says itâs serious about ending the practice. So serious, in fact, itâs preparing a stunning 10 distinct concepts that could appear before Oregon voters next year.
In a press conference on Thursday, May 6, the No More Costly Walkouts Coalition unveiled eight initiative petitions aimed at penalizing lawmakers who walk away from the Oregon Capitol, and limiting their ability to use delay tactics. At the same time, the group announced it has gathered at least 1,000 signatures for two existing proposals, enough to generate ballot language and begin collecting tens of thousands of signatures required to qualify for the November 2022 ballot.