Corrupting money out of politics
Oregon Progressive Party has been at the front line of all efforts to limits big special interest money in Oregon.
Oregon Progressive Party was actively involved in 2006 with OR Measures 46 and 47. Measure 46 would have amended the OR constitution to allow limits on campaign contributions/expenditures. That measure was not enacted. Measure 47 was a strict set of limits on campaign contributions/expenditures as well as disclosure requirements. Measure 47 was enacted 53% Yes, 47% No. In spite of this victory, the OR secretaries of state since then have refused to enforce the limits, citing prior OR Supreme Court decisions disallowing such limits. Oregon Progressive Party argues that the people's approved limits should have been enforced, setting up the Supreme Court to rule with fresh eyes on the issue. More recently the Party advocated for the Multnomah County Charter Review Committee (CRC) to refer a measure to the voters which would establish limits for political races at the county level. Actually the Party advocated that those limits apply to Portland races as well. The CRC did refer the measure to voter but only for county races. Voters approved 26.184 with almost 90% of the vote. In 2018, the Party is a major driver behind a City of Portland initiative to apply the county provisions to city candidate elections. Also, the Party is leading an effort to enact a state constitutional amendment to allow limits on campaign contributions/expenditures. More information on all these effects is available on the Honest-Elections.com website. Go there to read the text of these various measures, endorse them and volunteer to help. |
Portland Initiative
Oregon Constitutional Amendment
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creating public banks in oregon
In 2007-8, the US (and the world) suffered the results to a financial system gone mad, or more accurately, gone excessively greedy. The regulations enacted during the Roosevelt years had been steadily eroded starting during the Democratic Clinton administration, allied with Republicans like Sen Phil Gramm, ended of Glass-Steagall (separation of commercial from investment banks) Act at the request of the big banks.
With the near collapse of what would soon be called the too-big-to-fail banks came calls for the creation of public banks, which would put the people's interest before the interest of profit-seekers. The calls first were for creation of state public banks. Those efforts were crashed by the too-big-to-fail banks.
Reformers then switched their efforts to more local efforts, looking at creating city and regional public banks in cities like Oakland, San Francisco, Wash DC, Santa Fe and more. And then efforts to create state public bank began again.
Here in Portland, the Progressive Party has worked with the Portland Public Banking Alliance to bring a Portland Municipal Bank into existence. The Portland Public Banking Alliance has looked to electing supporters to the Portland City Council. Chloe Eudaly was elected in 2016 as a public banking supporter. In 2018, the Alliance asked each candidate for city council their position on public banking and promoted those candidates who were supportive. The OR Progressive Party included questions regarding public banking in their candidate questionnaires.
The Oregon Progressive Party will continue its efforts to bring public banking to Portland and to the state of Oregon.
With the near collapse of what would soon be called the too-big-to-fail banks came calls for the creation of public banks, which would put the people's interest before the interest of profit-seekers. The calls first were for creation of state public banks. Those efforts were crashed by the too-big-to-fail banks.
Reformers then switched their efforts to more local efforts, looking at creating city and regional public banks in cities like Oakland, San Francisco, Wash DC, Santa Fe and more. And then efforts to create state public bank began again.
Here in Portland, the Progressive Party has worked with the Portland Public Banking Alliance to bring a Portland Municipal Bank into existence. The Portland Public Banking Alliance has looked to electing supporters to the Portland City Council. Chloe Eudaly was elected in 2016 as a public banking supporter. In 2018, the Alliance asked each candidate for city council their position on public banking and promoted those candidates who were supportive. The OR Progressive Party included questions regarding public banking in their candidate questionnaires.
The Oregon Progressive Party will continue its efforts to bring public banking to Portland and to the state of Oregon.
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