RT @qag Seattle: Hold my Sumerian barley beer.

"It will take 1,800 years to outfit the entirety of Seattle with sidewalks."

https://nextcity.org/urbanist-news/diy-initiative-addressing-lack-of-seattle-sidewalks-becomes-a-city-pilot

RT @Jonathan_Maus: An @OregonDOT official said in a meeting yesterday that at current funding levels, it will take the agency 160 years (not a typo) to build out a complete biking/walking network.

Meanwhile, #orleg, OTC, and ODOT continue to pour billions into freeway expansions.

OTC just approved wasting another $40M for the dead end consultants on $1.9B rose quarter widening that will never get built. 🙄

"An #OregonDOT official said in a meeting yesterday that at current funding levels, it will take the agency 160 years (not a typo) to build out a complete biking/walking network.

Meanwhile, #orleg, OTC, and ODOT continue to pour billions into freeway expansions.

https://bird.makeup/@Jonathan_Maus/1679901487827394561

#ORleg been talking about #RankChoice for two decades (IRV is "proven for 100 years" unable to get us out of the 2-party rut) but now that #STARvoting is gathering signatures on the ground, the forces of status-quo preservation suddenly see some need for urgency 🙄 yay for all the people with their hearts in the right place and not being able to work through the math for two seconds about how votes actually get counted

Hey #orleg, why not invest in stuff like this? https://www.thecooldown.com/green-tech/3d-printed-home-maine-recyclable-sustainable-house/

The Oregon Legislature passed House Bill 2004!! That means #RankedChoiceVoting for statewide and federal races is coming to Oregon's 2024 ballot! 🎉

#ORpol #orleg #or #pdx

#OLCV #MCAT Metro #ClimateAction Team needs you to tell your #ORpol #ORleg electeds that Urban Growth Boundaries are necessary and we're not going to #sprawl our way out of the #HousingCrisis #suburbs are not resilient, #congestion is caused by #stroads, stop the #ClimateDenial, etc.

https://secure.everyaction.com/RVbne9KHGky8wlHsmGRxag2

🚨 STOP ODOT’S BACKROOM HEIST, HELP US RIGHT-SIZE INTERSTATE BRIDGE INVESTMENT
The freeway lobbyists have included a $1 billion allocation of General Obligation Bond funds for the proposed Interstate Bridge Replacement in an amendment to House Bill 5005. This amendment dropped over the holiday weekend, a day before two work session votes on the legislation, the week before session ends.
#ORleg #ORpol #NoMoreFreeways #ClimateAction #Portland #pdxBikes

https://nomorefreewayspdx.com/hb5005/

Oh FFS https://www.oregonlive.com/commuting/2023/06/massive-hack-of-oregon-dmv-system-puts-estimated-35-million-driver-license-and-id-card-info-at-risk-officials-say.html

#pdx #or #Oregon #orleg

#DeathWithDignity legislation trending. Crossed-over #ORLeg would repeal residency requirement in Oregon Death with Dignity Act.
#RightToDie
https://www.billtrack50.com/billdetail/1512363

Lol OR GOP - Here are the summaries of the bills that OR GOP members cited as requiring a “post graduate degree to comprehend” :: https://www.koin.com/news/politics/oregon-republican-lawmakers-stage-walk-out/ #PDX #orleg

The #Oregon state Senate legislative session has been put on hold, again, just like it has over the last couple of years by chicken-shit fascist members of the Republican party!

#Oregon voters even passed a law preventing this crap from happening in 2022, yet here we are.

This time they're blocking gun legislation and transgender care. This is not democracy, this is holding #Oregonians and the State hostage!

#Orleg
#OrPol
#FuckTheGOP

https://www.opb.org/article/2023/05/03/republican-walk-out-oregon-senate-abortion-guns-gender-affirming-care/

Oregon does still need to change that quorum requirement... Washington's system is worth copying.
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RT @JMShumway
Big immediate impact: Senate won’t be able to vote on HB 2002 tomorrow as planned. Also shows the downfall of last year’s constitutional amdt to punish lawmakers for walking out instead of simply changing #orleg’s unusual quorum rules. Rs can skip 9 days w/o consequences. #orpol https://twitter.com/benbotkin1/status/1653820…
https://twitter.com/JMShumway/status/1653822737645977600

Oregon passes mandatory coverage for trans medical care.

https://open.substack.com/pub/erininthemorn/p/oregon-house-passes-mandatory-coverage?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android

#transjoy #trans #transgender #law #oregon #orleg #freedom #liberty #democracy

Oregon tell your #ORleg to get their heads out of their cars and protesting fossil fuel infrastructure is not terrorism.
https://actionnetwork.org/letters/take-action-tell-legislators-to-say-no-to-bill-that-will-impede-on-right-to-protest

Forced pregnancy for 10 year olds—that’s what the GOP is promising to bring to Oregon.
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RT @OregonHouseGOP
Allowing 10-year-olds to get abortions without parental consent? Decriminalizing concealing the dead body of a newborn child? Forcing Oregon taxpayers to pay for abortions and irreversible sex-changing treatments for non-Oregon residents? House Bill 2002B is too extreme. #orleg https://twitter.com/orhousedems/status/16528773…
https://twitter.com/OregonHouseGOP/status/1653048020265766918

#orleg come get your democrats 😒
"bill that could make “disruption of services” provided by so-called critical infrastructure, which includes roads, pipelines, electrical substations, and some oil and gas infrastructure, a felony punishable by up to 10 years in prison and $250,000 in fines. The bill labels such activity “domestic terrorism.”
https://grist.org/protest/oregon-critical-infrastructure-bill-terrorism/

RT @jonathan_maus The #bikeBus bill, HB 3014, has a public hearing in the House Revenue Committee this Weds, 4/26 at 8:30 am. #orpol #orleg
https://bird.makeup/users/Jonathan_Maus/statuses/1650671894725820418

#Fur legislation is trending. #ORLeg prohibits sale, offer for sale or trade of fur product in Oregon. "Fur product" does not include animal skin to be converted into leather, cowhide, deerskin, sheepskin or animal pelt or skin preserved through taxidermy.
https://www.billtrack50.com/billdetail/1583309

So great to see #climate & #environmentaljustice champions Senator #MichaelDembrow and Rep. #KhanhPham listening to Oregonians who know we must urgently invest in Resilient homes & buildings and safer communities.

It's the first stop in a traveling set of hearings for the Oregon Ways & Means Committee. #PDX #ORleg #ORClimateAction

With #BuyAmerica, Oregon can become a leader in #USManufacturing! Building on requirements to buy from American manufacturers in the #BIL, Oregon law would require U.S.-made iron and steel for public construction projects. Learn more: http://bit.ly/3KyGHvm #ORLeg