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What's on Our Minds for January 19, 2023

At our inaugural Thursday 8:30 a.m. meeting, we heard appreciation for the productive and civil atmosphere in Tuesday night’s Election Debriefing Session, and for the availability of recorded meetings in general. Email us if you would like to see the recording of the Debriefing Session.

But the subject most talked about was the Town Hall that Senator Jeff Merkley hosted on Saturday at Tillamook High School. Merkley’s sponsorship of the End Hedge Fund Control of American Homes Act made an impression as a commonsense measure that might reduce the kind of speculation that drives up housing prices and worsens instability across the whole economy. We also noted the compassion, humility, and decency in Merkley’s presence and particularly in his last comment, echoing Rodney King’s words in 1991, about the mental health crisis that is needlessly worsened by intolerance for transgender youth: Can’t we all just get along?


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