Sen. Betsy Johnson Wants Bi-Partisan Legislative Accountability Committee, With Subpoena Power

Sen. Betsy Johnson (D-Scappoose) is known in Salem for speaking her mind in blunt terms, although she rarely issues press releases.

But Johnson, who entered the Legislature in 2001, is clearly fed up with the series of scandals that have swept state government in the past couple of years.

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Glenn Beck: The Letter

GLENN BECK: 'THE LETTER', June 17, 2009 by Janet Contreras - GLENN: I got a letter from a woman in Arizona. She writes an open letter to our nation's leadership: I'm a home grown American citizen, 53, registered Democrat all my life. Before the last presidential election I registered as a Republican because I no longer felt the Democratic Party represents my views or works to pursue issues important to me. Now I no longer feel the Republican Party represents my views or works to pursue issues important to me. The fact is I no longer feel any political party or representative in Washington represents my views or works to pursue the issues important to me. There must be someone. Please tell me who you are. Please stand up and tell me that you are there and that you're willing to fight for our Constitution as it was written. Please stand up now. You might ask yourself what my views and issues are that I would horribly feel so disenfranchised by both major political parties. What kind of nut job am I? Will you please tell me?

Well, these are briefly my views and issues for which I seek representation: Read the 12 points of this letter at Glenn Beck's...

This article was referred by Linda Weimer, Corvallis Americans for Prosperity (AFP) Coordinator, who is organizing the second Corvallis TEA Party to be held on July 4, 2009 from 4-6pm in front of the Benton County Courthouse, 120 NW 4th Street.

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Taxpayer-sponsored bailouts bad for kids

Corvallis Gazette-Times LETTERS, January 14, 2009
Who among us does not love our children? Who among us does not invest in our children’s future? We spend time with them helping with their homework. We try to teach them good values and how to make good choices in life. We invest all of our resources in their care and would go to the ends of the Earth to protect them. So why then are we willing to pass on trillions of dollars of debt to them? Why, on one hand, do we make so many investments in their future, while at the same time we are willing to saddle them with huge debt? How can we be so willing to mortgage their futures?

The proposed $1 trillion plus bailout of the banking, auto, and other industries flies in the face of common sense when it comes to preparing our children for the future. I cannot understand why, in a country where so many resources are invested in children, we are so willing to make decisions that will have a huge negative impact on their financial future.

This generation will only repay SOME of the debt incurred by the taxpayer-sponsored bailouts. Our children and grandchildren will be paying back the bulk of that debt.

It is borrowing that got us into this mess. Why do we think that more borrowing is the solution?

The bailout obligates future generations to pay for the mistakes of this generation. Where is the accountability and personal responsibility in that?

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