Five rural Oregon counties voted on Tuesday to secede from the state of Oregon and join the state of Idaho. [5/19/21]https://t.co/F3Hx8SRnm2
— Global Awareness 101 (@Mononoke__Hime) May 20, 2021
Thousands of people in eastern Oregon voted Tuesday for their elected officials to consider ditching their state and becoming part of Idaho.Voters in Sherman, Lake, Grant, Baker and Malheur counties all voted for ballot measures that would lead to them becoming Idahoans. People in Union and Jefferson counties had already voted in favor during the November election. . .The vote is only the first step of the “Greater Idaho” project, which would allow some Oregon counties to join a state that advocates say more closely aligns with their political preferences.
Move Oregon’s Border is a Political Action Committee formed in 2019 that focuses on Oregon ballot initiatives. In March, Move Oregon’s Border founder Michael McCarter announced the establishment of a 501 c 4, Citizens for Greater Idaho, which will focus “on Idaho, Oregon, and beyond, to support the vision of Move Oregon’s Border.” . . .Petitions gathered by Move Oregon’s Border have forced the placement of ballot initiatives to change the border between Oregon and Idaho for consideration by voters in nine Oregon counties.Ballot initiatives to change the border between Oregon and Idaho have already been voted on in four Oregon counties. Two counties (Union and Jefferson) voted in favor of moving the border in November, while two additional counties (Douglas and Wallowa) voted against changing the border.On May 18, the ballot initiative to change the border between Oregon and Idaho will be voted on in five additional counties: Baker, Lake, Grant, Malheur, and Sherman.“Move Oregon’s Border continues to collect signatures in seven other counties where no vote has occurred yet: Curry, Josephine, Jackson, Klamath, Harney, Morrow, and Umatilla counties,” the group’s website states.
This election proves that rural Oregon wants out of Oregon. If Oregon really believes in liberal values such as self-determination, the Legislature won’t hold our counties captive against our will. If we’re allowed to vote for which government officials we want, we should be allowed to vote for which government we want as well.
The election results this week were much stronger than the results in November. “We got on the ballot too early in those counties, before voters had heard of the idea, and before we could educate them on the benefits of joining Idaho, and before we had money for ads. The results this week prove that we were right to spend a little money on educating the voters in these counties. We only spent a tenth of the spending per voter that a typical state senator campaign spends, but it was enough. Now we need to raise funds for the next counties. Greater Idaho will be on the ballot in Douglas, Harney, and probably several other counties where citizens are still collecting signatures or asking county commissioners to put it on the ballot,” McCarter said. “Crook County commissioners invited us to a meeting next week to discuss putting it on the ballot.”In Oregon, several state legislators have been quoted in the press in support of the border relocation. Reasons the Oregon Legislature should want to let rural Oregon join Idaho were given by McCarter: “In 2019, the average northwestern Oregonian wage-earner subsidized eastern/southern Oregon counties by $367 per year. Are they willing to keep paying that, just so that Oregon looks big on a map? Letting these counties go would mean the Oregon Legislature would avoid gridlock when Republican legislators walk out to try to deny a quorum. We list more reasons at greateridaho.org”
Oregon will allow homeless people to pitch tents on public land in all communities. https://t.co/tQYHcDfXFH
— Andy Ngô (@MrAndyNgo) June 10, 2021
"Tourism bosses in Portland have taken out a full-page advert in the New York Times admitting the riot-hit city has an 'edge' - but urging visitors to come anyway." https://t.co/03ZVeJrYx3
— Andy Ngô (@MrAndyNgo) June 23, 2021
City of Portland has poured money into a PR firm to help repair its image following a year of deadly political violence by BLM-antifa. They put full page ads in the NYT, LA Times, Seattle Times & more to recuperate the city’s riot image. #thisisportland https://t.co/qXjIE2dtzp
— Andy Ngô (@MrAndyNgo) June 22, 2021
In order to reduce police stops affecting people of color, Portland’s law enforcement will no longer pull over people for expired plates & other motor violations. Last year the city abolished its police gun violence reduction team for similar reasons. https://t.co/43xladZTqC
— Andy Ngô (@MrAndyNgo) June 22, 2021
Portland says black people are disproportionately stopped by police for violating laws like registrations, working headlights etc
— ELIJAH SCHAFFER (@ElijahSchaffer) June 23, 2021
So instead of encouraging compliance & behavioral changes in the community, they are banning police from stopping cars for minor traffic violations
black privilege isn't a myth
— ELIJAH SCHAFFER (@ElijahSchaffer) June 23, 2021
Antifa are vandalizing a children’s charity again tonight in Portland. https://t.co/wa0mSpStDR
— Andy Ngô (@MrAndyNgo) June 19, 2021
Meanwhile, Portland is going for the record increase in crime YOY pic.twitter.com/7IJevktrSC
— Chris M (@cmugnier6) June 22, 2021
Abolishing the police’s gun violence reduction team in the name of racial justice & BLM did not help. We now have more murdered black people than other years in Portland. https://t.co/BhN9hIqxmN
— Andy Ngô (@MrAndyNgo) June 23, 2021
Portland WAY out ahead of every major US city in homicide increase in 2021 over 2020-660%.
— GrandOLTeam (@JBLuvsCeltic) June 23, 2021
In 2020 43% of Portland murder victims were Black vs 5.8% of the population. AntiUSA created an environment that cost Black Lives. pic.twitter.com/2RtbGMHIIg
That’s what I keep thinking... “you want me to put myself in harm’s way to arrest some guy you’re going to release without bail before the smoke even clears?”
— Av8r (@av8r992) June 22, 2021
Uh, nope.
The Japanese government has written to @OregonGovBrown after a prison escapee severely beat 2 Japanese women. One suffered a skull fracture & hemorrhaging. The other required 4 surgeries. Oregon activists have been demanding abolishment of police & prisons.https://t.co/5u6iqXQBKK
— Andy Ngô (@MrAndyNgo) June 17, 2021
According to Portland Police, in the past week in there have been at least 30 shootings in Portland, 10 resulting in injuries.
— Preston Phillips 🇺🇸 (@PrestonTVNews) June 11, 2021
PPB also says there are six deaths that are being investigated as homicides. https://t.co/z8bVLkDPZS
Katharine Watkins (we/us), a critical race theorist & school teacher in a wealthy Portland suburb (@BeavertonSD), was recorded in a Zoom meeting discussing the urgent need to turn children into far-left activists. https://t.co/4cBV9Eq4of
— Andy Ngô (@MrAndyNgo) June 11, 2021
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