According to their website, Reimagine Oregon are a group of Black-led organizations, Black individual activists and protest organizers who advocate for radical political goals.

They claim on their website that in 2020 they developed a two-year plan to begin dismantling systemic racism in Oregon.

They also want to defund and vilify the police and reduce prosecution of violent criminals.

The gas-lighting about systemic racism will likely continue to be used, however,they were instrumental in influencing the destructive policies that Portland, Multnomah and some neighboring jurisdictions have implemented which have led to increases in crime.

According to their website, they have a number of elected politicians who have agreed to push their agenda items aggressively. Among those politicaians are Governor Kate Brown, Tina Kotek, Representative Julie Fahey (D-Eugene), Representative Karin Power (D-Portland), Representative Akasha Lawrence Spence (D-Portland), Representative Janelle Bynum (D-Clackamas), Senator Rob Wagner (D-Lake Oswego), Senator Lew Frederick (D-Portland), Senator James Manning (D-Eugene), Senator Elizabeth Steiner-Hayward (D-Portland), Senator Michael Dembrow (D-Portland), and Shemia Fagan, Oregon's Secretary of State.

It seems some county commissioners have also pledged support, such as Clackamas County Commissioner Paul Savas and Commissioner Sonya Fischer.

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Although apparently Savas has requested that they update their website, and so far receiving no response from them to do so.

Clackamas County Commissioners voted on March 29th 3-1 to withdraw any support. Commissioner Sonya Fischer maintained her support of the radical group by voting no.

Washington County Chair Kathryn Harrington and Commissioner Pam Treece have pledged support as well. You can see them participating, along with Oregon Governor Kate Brown, in the 2020 Reimagine Oregon Press Conference.

"It's disconcerting that some Commissioners give little thought to lending the credibility of their titles and offices to groups who actively work against the public interest," said Mark Johnson, who is running for Clackamas County Commissioner to replace Paul Savas. "Even a cursory look at Reimagine Oregon reveals it is closely linked to the madness of Portland's '2020 Summer of Love.' The desire to vilify and cripple law enforcement is central to their stated mission. I don't understand why retaining any affiliation with this organization was even a debate."


--Bruce Armstrong

Post Date: 2022-04-10 08:31:54

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