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What's On Our Minds for May 25, 2023

Here’s what we talked about today:

  • High school graduates who make us proud and grateful..

  • Ron “DeSaster”

  • The pattern of losses in this past election for candidates who ran on “culture war” issues.

  • Good Democratic turnout and the very apparent power of our Party and the power of TREAT, judging from election results in the most conservative parts of Tillamook County. 

  • The likelihood that some of the races tipped in our favor because people in South County simply admire and respect the embattled superintendent of the local school district (Misty Wharton), and the likelihood that they are sick of right-wing negativity.

  • The success that one of us had recently with convincing a Trump-Supporting neighbor to “flip.”

  • An article that Traci Bean suggested:  Can Americans Talk About Their History Without False Antagonism?

  • The demonstration in Tillamook against our state senator’s refusal to attend floor votes so as to shut down the work of our state legislature, attended by several of us a few days ago.

  • A movement in Louisiana to close all public libraries and to turn them into church-run Christian libraries.

  • The prospect of global financial meltdown, infuriating because Trump appears to be pushing for it as a campaign tool.

  • The power of a “softer message” and high-quality candidates in winning elections at the local level.

  • The troubling Supreme Court ruling on wetlands protection.

  • Whether our Republican representatives who aren’t going to work might be doing it with ulterior motives. Rumors that Suzanne Weber is relying on a “doctor’s excuse” for refusing to attend Senate votes.

  • Hope for good resolution of the debt-ceiling crisis that some of us have found in previous debt-celing battles.

  • The need to be steady through rocky times, especially those that affect smaller cities in the county.

  • An upcoming hearing on short-term rental ordinances that will most likely be volatile.

  • A recent good experience that one of us had with county workers responding quickly and effectively to a road-maintenance problem. Good government is a precious thing.


Direct link to item: https://tillcodems.org/whats-on-your-mind/2023/6/1/whats-on-our-minds-for-may-25-2023.