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Brian Strandberg eodrptosnS8guf2ftg0l7ff40cat97iah45l69ac44h1l076uh70gl1a1904 ·Green Onions · Booker T. & The MG's ·𝐓𝐈𝐍𝐀 𝐊𝐎𝐓𝐄𝐊: 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐑𝐄𝐂𝐄𝐈𝐏𝐓𝐒 Let’s stop pretending this just “happened.” Oregon didn’t fall apart overnight. It was driven there, step by step, policy by policy, decision by decision... View MoreBrian Strandberg eodrptosnS8guf2ftg0l7ff40cat97iah45l69ac44h1l076uh70gl1a1904 ·Green Onions · Booker T. & The MG's ·𝐓𝐈𝐍𝐀 𝐊𝐎𝐓𝐄𝐊: 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐑𝐄𝐂𝐄𝐈𝐏𝐓𝐒 Let’s stop pretending this just “happened.” Oregon didn’t fall apart overnight. It was driven there, step by step, policy by policy, decision by decision, and Tina Kotek has been at the center of it for nearly two decades. She didn’t walk into a mess. She helped build it. 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐑𝐄𝐂𝐎𝐑𝐃 While running Oregon’s House for nearly a decade, she had influence over everything that matters: housing policy, business climate, public safety, and the direction of Portland. What do we have to show for it? • A drug policy experiment so reckless it had to be reversed after overdose deaths exploded • A homelessness crisis that grew after more than $1.3 billion was thrown at it • A business climate so hostile that major employers packed up and left • A downtown Portland with one of the highest vacancy rates in America That’s not bad luck. That’s a track record. 𝐌𝐄𝐀𝐒𝐔𝐑𝐄 𝟏𝟏𝟎 — 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐅𝐀𝐈𝐋𝐔𝐑𝐄 𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐘 𝐂𝐀𝐍’𝐓 𝐇𝐈𝐃𝐄 Decriminalizing hard drugs wasn’t “compassion.” It was negligence. Fentanyl deaths skyrocketed. Public drug use became normalized. Communities were left to deal with the fallout. Then came the quiet reversal. No accountability. No ownership. Just a signature on the repeal and move on. 𝐏𝐎𝐑𝐓𝐋𝐀𝐍𝐃 — 𝐅𝐑𝐎𝐌 𝐆𝐄𝐌 𝐓𝐎 𝐖𝐀𝐑𝐍𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐒𝐈𝐆𝐍 This one hits home. Portland used to be a destination. Now it’s a case study. • Businesses leaving • Storefronts empty • Crime and disorder driving people away • Entire blocks sitting dark When companies like Dutch Bros, Tektronix, and others walk, they’re not guessing, they’re responding to reality. 𝐇𝐎𝐌𝐄𝐋𝐄𝐒𝐒𝐍𝐄𝐒𝐒 - 𝐁𝐈𝐋𝐋𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐒 𝐒𝐏𝐄𝐍𝐓, 𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐁𝐋𝐄𝐌 𝐖𝐎𝐑𝐒𝐄 State of emergency declared. Renewed. Renewed again. And still… growing. More people on the streets. More tents. More frustration from taxpayers footing the bill. At some point, you stop calling it a challenge and start calling it what it is: failure. 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐏𝐀𝐓𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐍 This isn’t one bad decision. It’s a pattern: Policy → Failure → More Spending → Worse Outcomes → No Accountability Over and over again. 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐁𝐎𝐓𝐓𝐎𝐌 𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐄 Oregon is one of the most beautiful places in America. It should be thriving. Instead, families are squeezed, businesses are leaving, and communities are struggling to hold the line. That doesn’t happen by accident. It happens when leadership gets it wrong, repeatedly, and refuses to course correct. 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐑𝐄𝐂𝐄𝐈𝐏𝐓𝐒 𝐀𝐑𝐄 𝐍𝐎𝐓 𝐎𝐏𝐈𝐍𝐈𝐎𝐍. 𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐘’𝐑𝐄 𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐋𝐈𝐓𝐘. And until that reality is faced head-on, nothing changes. BOTTOM LINE. Whoever succeeds in the Republican primary, Oregon must put full support behind the winner. No whining, No complaining, Full, 100% Support.

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April 7, 2026