Progressive Party 2010 Voter Pamphlet Statement
Vote for Candidates with “Progressive” or “PRO” next to their names.
The Peace Party of Oregon was formed by voter petition in 2008. We changed the name from Peace Party to Progressive Party to reflect a boader agenda: economic justice, human rights, environmental protection, and grassroots democracy, as well as avoiding military adventurism.
We are very different from the Establishment parties.
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Dem |
Rep |
Progressive |
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Oppose Wall Street bailouts |
NO |
NO |
YES |
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End wars in Iraq and Afghanistan |
NO |
NO |
YES |
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Oppose use of mercenaries |
NO |
NO |
YES |
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Cut military spending |
NO |
NO |
YES |
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Single Payer comprehensive health care |
NO |
NO |
YES |
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Equal rights for all; same-sex marriage |
NO |
NO |
YES |
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Real campaign finance reform |
NO |
NO |
YES |
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Increase minimum wages to living wages |
NO |
NO |
YES |
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Oppose NAFTA & WTO; encourage local sourcing of products & services |
NO |
NO |
YES |
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Oppose spying on American civilians |
NO |
NO |
YES |
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End occupation of Palestine |
NO |
NO |
YES |
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Oppose offshore drilling |
NO |
NO |
YES |
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Clean energy; no nuclear |
NO |
NO |
YES |
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Repair, improve infrastructure (transportation, water systems, etc.) |
NO |
NO |
YES |
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End the drug war |
NO |
NO |
YES |
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End “corporate personhood” |
NO |
NO |
YES |
OREGON ISSUES
1) We have worked for real campaign finance reform, not the phony bills promoted by the Democrats and Republicans, both of which opposed the 2006 Oregon campaign finance reform ballot measures.
2) We want a State Bank to invest in jobs for Oregonians and to stop the State Treasurer and the Oregon Investment Council from jumping into bed with corporate raiders and fast-buck artists who lavish luxury travel and gifts on State employees.
3) We want fair taxation. Oregon has the 4th highest income taxes of any state on lower-income working families and is still at the bottom in taxes on corporations.
4) We want to stop government promotion of gambling (including video poker and video slots) and stop giving away $100 million per year in ridiculously high commissions to shops with video machines.
5) We want to make the initiative and referendum again available to grass-roots efforts, instead of making it so complicated and expensive that only corporations and unions can afford to use it.
6) We want to improve K-12 public education by giving parents and teachers more rights to manage their neighborhood schools.
7) We want social justice systems that are inclusive and that promote responsibility, safety, trust-building and equality.
8) We advocate abolishing the Oregon Senate, leaving the 60-member Oregon House of Representatives. Splitting the Legislature into two bodies allows both of them to play games and avoid responsibility.
Progressive Party Nominates Candidates for 2010
The Progressive Party of Oregon has nominated the following candidates for the November 2010 general election:
Oregon State Treasurer: Walt Brown
U.S. Senate: Rick Staggenborg
U.S. Congress, 1st District: Chris Henry
U.S. Congress, 3rd District: Michael Meo
U.S. Congress, 4th District: Peter DeFazio
U.S. Congress, 5th District: Chris LugoOregon Parties Sue Secretary of State to Preserve Party Labels on Ballots
On August 30, the Progressive Party of Oregon, Working Families Party of Oregon, and State Senator Larry George (R) filed suit in Marion County Circuit Court to stop the Secretary of State from dramatically altering Oregon's general election ballot by removing from it all party names next to the names of candidates.
The text of the complaint, motion for preliminary injunction, and all related documents are available at http://progparty.org/abbs
Progressive Party Sues Secretary of State to Preserve Party Labels on Ballots
On August 30, the Progressive Party of Oregon, Working Families Party of Oregon, and State Senator Larry George (R) filed suit in Marion County Circuit Court to stop the Secretary of State from dramatically altering Oregon's general election ballot by removing from it all party names next to the names of candidates.
Progressive Party Voter Pamphlet Statement
We are very different from the Establishment parties. |
Rick Staggenborg's Voters Pamphlet Statement
Occupation: Physician
Occupational Background: Psychiatrist, US Army Medical Corps, Medical Director of a County Mental Health Agency, Veterans Administration (VA) psychiatrist and Acting Associate Chief of Staff for Mental Health Services for the Roseburg VA Health Service Center. Currently serving as a volunteer for the national council of the Alliance for Democracy and founder of Soldiers For Peace International.
Educational Background: Woodrow Wilson High School, Portland State University (BS in Psychology and Biology), Oregon Health Sciences Center (completed residency training at the University of New Mexico).
Prior Governmental Experience: No elective office, but extensive familiarity with Federal government bureauocracy through my work with the VA. * * *
INDEPENDENT PARTY RELEASES RESULTS OF ISSUES SURVEY
The Independent Party of Oregon has released the results of the second of a two-part survey of its members that the party will use to shape its 2010 campaign and its 2011 legislative agenda.
The 400 members who participated were asked to select from a list of choices on issues, including balancing the state budget, strengthening the economy, good government issues, and other reforms identified by members during a survey conducted in Spring 2010.
Progressives and the Buffalo
Progressives: American Buffalo - The Spirit of America:
As Buffalo were the lords of the prairie, Progressives were once the lamplighters of the dawn of a revolution that brought constitutional representative democracy. This constitution brought together ideas from enlightenment along with concepts found in tribal co-operative agreements of the The Constitution of the Five Nations - or - The Iroquois Book of the Great Law. In it, you will find close parallels to our Executive, Legislative and Judiciary branches of government as originally described in our U. S. Constitution.
Progressive Party Nominating Meeting
The nominating meeting will take place at 7:00 pm August 19 at:
320 SW Stark Street
Suite 200
Portland
Nominations may include all federal, state, and local partisan offices.
Progressive Party of Oregon's Voter Registration Drive Maintains Party's Right to Nominate Candidates
The Progressive Party of Oregon has preserved its right to nominate candidates for the November 2010 general election by growing from zero members in October 2009 to over 1,800 members today.
Anyone who wishes to run as a candidate of the Progressive Party should Consult this Page.
The organization began as the Peace Party in 2008. After party organizers filed well over the 20,000 voter signatures required to create a minor party in Oregon, the Party nominated Ralph Nader for President in 2008.
In September 2009, the Peace Party changed its name to the Progressive Party, because "Progressive" more accurately reflects the party's positions on social justice, consumer advocacy, environmental protection, and worker's rights, in addition to its dedication to peace. Unfortunately, the Oregon Legislature demands that, when a minor party changes its name, it loses its entire membership. Since then, the Progressive Party has rebuilt its membership to over 1,800 members. Because Mr. Nader received more than 1% of the vote in an Oregon statewide contest in 2008, the Party needed to achieve 1,380 registered members by August 4.
The Party will consider nominating a variety of candidates for the November 2010 general election.
2010 Primary Election Results (press release)
Imagine more than 2,000 Oregonians, who have left behind the Democratic-Republican joint monopoly, gathering together for a the largest political convention in Oregon history. That is exactly what just happened, as thousands of Independent Party members participated in the largest minor party nomination process in Oregon history through the first ever binding primary election conducted by means of the internet.
The results of the online primary election of the Independent Party of Oregon are available at:
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