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Murmurs: Biden Bundler List Doesn’t Include Any Likely Ambassadors In other news: Blumenauer wants an e-bike tax credit. Biketown? More like Snow City. (Brian Burk) Updated February 17
BIDEN BUNDLER LIST DOESN T INCLUDE ANY LIKELY AMBASSADORS: As President Joe Biden s administration begins filling political appointments, The Washington Post this week speculated on whom he might name to ambassadorships, noting that big donors often get prime posts. (One recent example: Portland hotelier Gordon Sondland, a Trump donor appointed ambassador to the European Union. Sondland s now working on a tell-all book.) Just four Oregonians made the list of the 800 individuals or couples who raised $100,000 or more for Biden: Columbia Sportswear general counsel Peter Bragdon, Portland General Electric executive Nidhi J. Tha
Hernandez sues legislative leaders to block expulsion vote February 14 2021
Portland Democrat wants state court to stop conduct committee action; claims he was targeted because of his race.
State Rep. Diego Hernandez has sued the Oregon Legislature, the House speaker and the co-leaders and a staffer of its conduct committee that recommended his expulsion from the House on allegations of sexual harassment and creating a hostile work environment.
The Portland Democrat, acting through his lawyer Kevin Lafky, filed a 105-page lawsuit Friday, Feb. 12, in Marion County Circuit Court. He has asked the court to block further proceedings through an injunction, invalid the legislative rule barring sexual harassment a rule he argues is flawed and grant him $1 million in noneconomic damages.
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Rep. Diego Hernandez Files a Lawsuit Seeking to Block His Expulsion Next Week Hernandez, who the House Conduct Committee found harassed multiple women, seeks $1 million in damages and asks the court to block an explusion vote. Rep. Diego Hernandez. (Sam Gehrke) Updated February 12 State Rep. Diego Hernandez filed suit today in Marion County Circuit Court seeking a preliminary injunction to halt a vote on the House floor to expel him that could be held as soon as Feb. 16.