On this day, May 5, 1903, James Beard, US culinary expert, author (Delights & Prejudices), was born in Portland, Ore.
Also on this day, May 5, 1945, A Japanese balloon bomb exploded on Gearhart Mountain in Oregon, killing Mrs. Elsie Mitchell, the pregnant wife of a minister, and five children after they attempted to drag it out the woods in Lakeview, Oregon. The balloon was armed, and exploded soon after they began tampering with it. They became the 1st and only known American civilians to be killed in the continental US during World War II.
Also on this day, May 5, 1945, Bly minister Archie Mitchell, his pregnant wife Elsie, and five children from Mitchell's Sunday school class were on a Saturday morning picnic. Thirteen miles northeast of Bly, or about sixty miles northeast of Klamath Falls, Mitchell parked the car, and Elsie and the children headed to Leonard Creek. Mitchell later remembered: "As I got out of the car to bring the lunch, the others were not far away and called to me they had found something that looked like a balloon. I heard of Japanese balloons so I shouted a warning not to touch it. But just then there was a big explosion. I ran up there--and they were all dead." It was a Japanese balloon bomb. They were 70 feet tall with a 33-foot diameter paper canopy connected to the main device by shroud lines. Balloons inflated with hydrogen followed the jet stream at an altitude of 30,000 feet.
More to be spent on emergency rental assistance
The
Joint Interim Committee met December 11 in preparation for the
second Special Session in 2021. The primary reason for the session was
a push by Tina Kotek to help renters who face eviction. She is waging
for an opportunity to put her leadership skills upfront and center to
boost her visibility as a governor candidate.
However, the meeting Saturday only proved what Representative David
Brock Smith said, “to get resources to Oregonians that need them and
condemns the purely political fanfare of a Special Session as their hail
mary attempt to cover up their disasters in leadership.â€
As the meeting neared the two-hour mark on LC 9 related to emergency
rental assistance, testimony was halted to the end of the hearing, but it
was clear that Kotek’s reasons for her push was blowing up. Testimony
after testimony spoke of the Oregon Housing and Community Services
Department failure to process the applications that were already
submitted.
It was stated that only four percent of the applications had
been processed. Testimony from both rental owners and tenants were
of unprocessed applications waiting for payment.
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Department and their failure to get needed checks to workers that lost
their jobs due to her closing businesses and industries in Oregon.
“Businesses continue to be crippled by a lack of workforce and data
from other states clearly shows that an end to their eviction
moratoriums had evictions lower than pre-pandemic numbers.
An extension will only increase existing fraud within the system, hasten
inflation, perpetuate a lack of workforce and add to the looming
recession facing Oregon. What we need is Oregonians to have the
ability to get back to work, not this political posturing by the Governor
and her Democrats. The Speaker’s Gubernatorial campaign doesn’t
need another headline of broken promises,†said Rep. Brock Smith.
There may be other more important reasons for a second special
session. Potential legislative concepts that were discussed are:
- Drought Relief Policy
- Illegal Cannabis Grows Policy
- Emergency Rental Assistance Policy
- Related Appropriations
Monday’s session will tell whether any of the testimony impacted the
proposed bills.
--Donna Bleiler| Post Date: 2021-12-12 10:38:37 | Last Update: 2021-12-12 10:52:18 |
