Many thanks are in order.

Thanks to the voters of Oregon for voting for fairness and progress.

Thanks to our supporters who turned out at Kennedy School on election night. I sure had a good time. I think we all did. Me singing (or something that resembled singing) "Mustang Sally" in the key of "L" (Thanks Mitch) was either a high point or low point of the evening. I'm not sure.

Thanks to Smoky and the Flames, Marilyn Keller, Dan Gaynor, and Michael Hagmeier for the music.

Thanks to Joe "Bean" Keller for the technical support and equipment.

And thanks to Johnell Bell and Sue Hagmeier for organizing.

And we raised some money for the campaign and the district office.

Which brings me to another subject.

The legislature has a rule that we won't raise money for our campaigns during the session. That means that during the month of February I can't accept ANY contributions, and will have to return any that arrive during that month. We've disabled.

So... if you were thinking about contributing to my campaign to stay in the legislature for 2011 and beyond, if you'd like to support our legislative office in District 43, if you've been putting it off... you'll have to wait until the session adjourns at the end of the month.

And we'll be back again with more events in March.

Hope to see you in Salem during the session.

Lew Frederick.

 

 

District 43 News

Wishing us all a happy, healthy and prosperous 2010! Thank you for your support!

The campaign is under way. That means money. But before I ask for your support, I want to give you a brief update on my activities.

We are busy on multiple fronts: Preparing for the February Special Session, organizing the campaign for the Spring Primary, setting up a District office and working to pass Measures 66 and 67.

I am focusing on how legislation can promote economic security by supporting a strong, diverse and resilient local economy, so that we can build for the future instead of constantly paying for the past.

I met with representatives of the DEQ, the Portland Development Commission, the Port of Portland, the City of Portland and the Oregon Business & Development Department about cleaning up the so-called “brownfields” and “orphan sites,” to explore how legislation could help return these sites to productive use.

I get to introduce only one bill in the February session, and it is one to assist non-profits engaged in making our communities more energy efficient, and training and hiring community members to do the work, by allowing access to bond funding.

I am also working on issues that will take longer, such as making it easier for small and medium-sized businesses to participate in public projects, both building their own business capacities and employing local workers and tradespersons.

This won’t happen overnight.

I am running a campaign to stay in this position, and I need your help. We need a campaign office, staff and materials. The more we raise early, which means now, the less expensive the campaign is likely to be. It will be a lean campaign, but seriously, it does take money to do this.

I plan to have a year-round legislative office in the District, a place where neighbors can drop in or call when they want to talk with me or my staff without going to Salem. The Legislative budget doesn’t provide nearly enough to make that happen; my campaign fund will.  

Thank you for your support. I look forward to working together in the coming months, and years.

Lew Frederick