Know the Record of Karen Minnis' House: Part III - F Bombs & Retribution

[OneMultnomahDem]

Karen Minnis isn't happy.

Even though she's used and abused her power, shut down critical legislation and rewarded her corporate masters by putting their interests ahead of everyday Oregonians - she can't keep from dropping the F Bomb on those rare occasions when she doesn't get her way.

3.) RAGE WATCH: DEMOCRATS "CRAZY" IDEA TO PUT EDUCATION FIRST MAKES KAREN MINNIS LOSE HER %^#@

The budget debate over the level of education funding in Oregon has hit a crescendo in the last week or so. Although with serial rage-oholic Karen Minnis at the helm, no one knows how loud it might get.

On Thursday, House Democrats tried to get a vote on a no-cuts budget number for Oregon schools. LINK

Rep. Phil Barnhart, of Eugene, argued that school districts need to know now what the level of state support will be as they develop their budgets, and that the budget-writing committee should know where House members stand before negotiating a final number.

On the promises of the campaign, Barnhart said: "Now is the time to do what everyone here has said we should do: put education first."

Speaker Karen Minnis and Republicans, despite having vowed in the campaign to put education first, refused to do so. The Democrats' motion was defeated on a party-line vote.

Multiple sources in Salem have Minnis storming into Minority Leader Jeff Merkely's office after the floor debate and "dropping multiple F-bombs" on the House Democratic Leader.

While Minnis' rage-oholism is a pretty open secret around the Capitol, to the Speaker's credit, word has it she apologized to Merkely the next day for her inappropriate behavior.

Which blows again next: Mount St. Helens or Karen Minnis? Stay tuned...

http://www.cooleremail.net/users/dpo/OregonDemocrats_Capitol$Insider$April$5$2005.html

And they say the left is angry!

A little bit more on how these people operate:

Welcome to Wayne's World
Kari Chisholm

On Saturday, the Oregonian covered the "fact finding" mission taken to the South Coast by GOP leaders Wayne Scott and Karen Minnis on Friday. Evidently, this is step one in their attempt to save face for their decision to kill funding for the Coos Bay/North Bend airport expansion in order to punish Rep. Arnie Roblan for refusing to vote with them on an inadequate school budget.

But the real juicy stuff is in the Coos Bay World newspaper. It is a must read due to some absolutely preposterous quotes from Wayne Scott, the House Republican Majority Leader.

Wayne Scott makes an utterly hilarious attempt to completely change the story as to why the badly needed and broadly supported airport funding bill is dead. Lets compare what his previous statements with the new Wayne's World version.

On July 1, the Eugene Register Guard reported:

But not this time, thanks to a vow by House Majority Leader Wayne Scott, R-Canby, to kill such legislation as a way of punishing a coastal lawmaker who crossed House GOP leaders.

Rep. Arnie Roblan, D-Coos Bay, was told that if he didn't abandon his fellow Democrats in their efforts to force a floor vote on an education budget that exceeded what Republicans supported, the airport bill would be killed. Roblan refused to side with the Republicans, and Scott said in a press statement last month that, "The funding for the North Bend airport will not be included in our budget," that Roblan knew what was at stake when he defied GOP leaders, and "that decision was made two months ago and will not change."

Now, try not to fall out of your seat when you read Rep. Scott's new version:

On Friday, Scott said he wanted to set the record straight concerning reports about why his House Budget Committee did not initially include the airport funding in the budget.

Scott contends that various media outlets have attacked him in recent weeks contending he kept the airport bill hostage in a political vendetta aimed at Rep. Arnie Roblan, D-Coos Bay. Roblan refused to kowtow to demands from House leadership to back a Republican education funding proposal.

Ever since, Republican leaders have appeared to make good on that promise by opposing the airport bill - keeping it tied up in a committee, a sign that usually signals its death.

"None of it is true," Scott said about the reports.

Instead, he said, Roblan did a poor job of conveying to House leadership how important a rejuvenated airport was to the South Coast. Scott said he never killed SB152, saying the bill was merely delayed due to technical issues and spelling changes. "I never threatened Roblan about his decision. It's never been about the vote," Scott said, referring to the tussle the two had over appropriate funding levels for K-12 education.

Never threatened Roblan? What planet is Wayne Scott living on? It's gotta be Wayne's World.

(The first go-round of this issue was discussed on BlueOregon here.)

http://www.blueoregon.com/2005/07/welcome_to_wayn.html

Well, Karen, that little episode is something you can really be proud of.

How about one more for the road?

Karen Minnis-Rogue of the Week

BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF | newsdesk at wweek.com

Karen Minnis

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Currently, Oregonians have two different "do not call" lists available to them. About 180,000 residents have paid $6.50 to be on the state-run list. About 280,000 Oregonians have joined the Federal Trade Commission's new list, which is free.

The feds would like states to adopt the FTC's list as their own, to avoid dueling databases, which is why Attorney General Hardy Myers' office proposed HB 3329, a bill that would merge the two lists.

Everyone seems to agree that this is a spectacular idea. It would eliminate the $6.50 registration fee for Oregon consumers, reduce costs for telemarketers (who wouldn't need to buy a state list) and still allow Myers' office to keep the fines collected from violators and use them to investigate others.

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But lawmakers and lobbyists involved in the bill have heard Minnis is ticked off at the AG's office for some reason and plans to let the bill die. If so, we know whose number to give to angry consumers.

http://www.wweek.com/editorial/2941/4219

I'm not authorized or supported by any campaign or campaign committee. I'm just pissed off.