Oregon State Legislature sent this bulletin Tuesday, February 10, 2022, by devadmin
Following this trend, the Senate Judiciary Committee has gone one step further. Senate Bill 1510 removes common-sense traffic safety measures, like functional headlights and taillights and passed out of the committee with the Democrat majority voting in favor and all Republicans voting against.
Despite unprecedented increases in traffic fatalities in Oregon, SB 1510, limits options for traffic enforcement. “A police officer may not initiate a traffic violation stop for unlawful use or failure to use lights”, such as, (a) a headlight; (b) a taillight; (c) a brake light ; (d) a taillight that does not emit red light as required; or, (e) a registration plate light.
Are we making the claim that two headlights, two taillights, and two brake lights aren’t important, or are we promoting the same disrepair, disorder and destruction that we are witnessing in our cities onto our roads and highways?
Additionally, Legislative Counsel published an opinion which found language in the bill may allow for racial discrimination. While the bill does not explicitly mention race-based discrimination, the opinion discussed the use of a term, “culturally responsive organizations,” which could be interpreted as a proxy for race. A portion of their review follows:
“[C]ulturally specific organization by definition “serves a particular cultural community [and] is primarily staffed and led by members of that community.” “Cultural community” is not synonymous with race. However, coupled with the Justice Reinvestment Equity Program’s express purpose of “promot[ing] racial equity [and] reduc[ing] racial disparities,” it is possible that in the implementation of the program, “cultural community” could be interpreted as a proxy for a specific racial group, and the program could provide grant funds to an organization based on the organization’s explicit categorization of persons it has served or will serve based on race.”
SB 1510 will go to the Ways & Means Committee for a financial review.
The next bill, Senate Bill 1568 would create a new unelected and unaccountable board to consider the release of criminals from prison. Board members will be appointed by the Governor, without any input or confirmation from the Senate. The board will not include any representatives from law enforcement or victim advocates. The bill also gives the board power to grant criminals “get-out-of-jail-early-cards” during a declared a state of emergency, like when the Governor shut down businesses and required healthy Oregonians to stay home under the pretense of “being safe.”
The last bill, Senate Bill 1529-2, is the item that rubs salt into the open wounds of Oregon’s unemployed, the bankrupted main-street economy, the students whose schools are closed or saddled with ridiculous masking requirements, and those suffering from hopelessness and depression after experiencing the dramatic unconstitutional attacks on human dignity and liberty at the hands of the elite.
Essentially, the “gut and stuff” Dash-2 amendment saddles Oreognians with another layer of authoritarian hierarchy. The amendment redefines a “Public Health Emergency” to include the determination made by the Public Health Director. This moves the Public Health Director from a position as an advisor to the governor, to the governor’s equivalent when it comes to declaring a health emergency.
This is also a convenient construct to by-pass the our next level-headed Governor, who may be reluctant to whimsically shut-down our main-street and rural economies. The last thing Oregonians need is another out-of-touch administrator telling us how to live our lives.
Let your Legislators know how you feel!
Join with me to Defend Life, Liberty and Property!
If we don’t stand for rural Oregon Values and common-sense… No one will!
Regards,
Dennis Linthicum
Oregon State Senate – District 28