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community bulletin board december20 4 2018 ACUF Rates Oregon Legislators Average Score of Lawmakers Drops to 28 Percent The American Conservative Union Foundation (ACUF) has released its ratings of the 2018 Oregon State Leg- islature. ACUF’s Ratings—both federal and state—are an initiative of ACUF’s Center for Legislative Accountability. Vernonia Weather November 2018 DATE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Ave/Tot HIGH 63 60 57 59 54 55 50 52 45 49 56 58 - - 48 54 56 56 55 57 54 48 47 46 47 50 56 55 49 48 LOW 51 44 46 40 38 38 30 28 28 27 26 24 - - 44 43 31 23 23 23 32 40 31 28 28 39 45 42 39 38 PRECIP .27 T .35 .05 .15 .08 T 0 0 0 0 0 .06 .09 T T .01 0 0 .05 .27 .7 0 0 .32 .84 .32 .09 .25 .37 53.0 34.6 4.27 These ratings are designed to reflect how over 8,000 of the nation’s elected offi- cials view the role of government and illustrate the differences between cham- bers of the legislature, while revealing lawmakers’ positions on a wide variety of issues that directly affect Oregonians. The ACUF, founded in 1964, is based in Alexandria, Virginia, and is the oldest conservative lobbying or- ganization in the country. The ACUF advocates for conservative policies, and ranks politicians based on their level of conservatism. The ACUF is concerned with issues including personal liberty or freedom, foreign policy, and traditional values. ACUF reviews each piece of legislation voted on by State Legisla- tures in both the Senate and House to produce average scores of each cham- ber, as well as individual scores for each sitting member. Bills are selected that focus on fiscal and economic issues including taxes, budgets, regulation, healthcare, and property; social and cultural issues like the 2 nd amendment, religion, welfare, and education; and government integrity including voting, individual liberty, privacy, and transpar- ency. According to ACUF’s Year in Review, the Oregon State Legislature’s overall conservative score fell dramati- cally compared to the 2017 session (from 40% to 28%). Oregon legislators voted on key issues during the 2018 session. Bills in- cluded in the rating mandated coverage of hearing devices in health insurance policies (HB 4104), reinstated net neu- trality recently removed by the FCC (HB 4155), maintained non-citizen eligibility for in-state tuition and scholarships at public universities (SB 1563), provided government loans to small businesses (SB 1516), expanded state-run electric vehicle charging stations (HB 4022), expanded opportunities for charter and homeschool students (HB 4036), forced drug companies to disclose pricing in- formation (HB 4005), disregarded pen- sion or retirement accounts when deter- mining welfare eligibility (HB 4079), Auction Notice Storage Too 58645 Nehalem Hwy. S. Vernonia, Oregon 97064 503-429-7867 CC25 - 10 x 20 - Courtney Dempsey E23 - 10 x 10 - Courtney Dempsey Auction will be held Noon, Tuesday January 8, 2019 Please call prior to auction Cash or certified check only Weather data is collected at the U.S. Weather station at the Vernonia Water Plant hiked homebuyer recording fees to fund affordable housing projects (HB 4007), and mandated school class size as a col- lective bargaining issue (HB 4113). The average score for Republi- can Oregon House Representatives was just 65% while just 7% of all representa- tives earned awards for scoring 80% or better. The average score for Republican Oregon Senators was 54% The overall average for the Oregon State Legislature was 28%. State Senator Betsy Johnson (D- 16) was the highest rated Democrat in the Oregon Senate with a rating of 17%; the lowest Republican was Alan DeBoer (R-3) with a rating of 25%. The highest rated Democrat in the Oregon House was Debbie Boone (D-32) with a rating of 15%; the lowest Republican was Jeffrey Helfrich (R-52) with 29%. Representative Brad Witt (D- 31) received a rating of 7%. Vernonia City Council Meetings and Closures City Council Meetings are scheduled for 7:00 pm: Monday, January 7, 2019 City Closures are scheduled for: Monday, December 24, 2018 Christmas Eve Tuesday, December 25, 2018 Christmas Day Monday, December 31, 2018 New Year’s Eve Tuesday, January 1, 2019 New Year’s Day Dates and times subject to change AA Meetings HOW TO SEND LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Vernonia’s Voice welcomes and requests your thoughts, opinions and ideas. Please include your name, address and phone number, limit your letters to 300 words or less. Vernonia’s Voice reserves the right to edit, omit, respond or ask for a response to letters submitted. We will print letters space permitting. Deadline is the 1st and 3rd Monday of each month. Email: scott@vernoniasvoice.com or mail to: Letters, PO Box 55, Vernonia, OR 97064. Open Meetings Mondays & Thursdays 6:30-7:30 pm Vernonia Christian Church 410 North Street Women’s Meeting Tuesdays 6:30-7:30 pm Vernonia Christian Church 410 North Street Columbia Humane Society Featured Dog Purr-fect Pals Meet Ximena. She is about 5 months old and came to the shelter from a home with 10 other cats. She is very sweet and loves to play. She will make a great loyal companion and with proper introductions could be able to live with another cat. An introduction to a dog would have to be slow as she is a little afraid of them at this time. This kid is going to want to be in your lap and playing with you a lot. Due to her longer hair we want to remind adopters that she is going to have to be brushed to help keep her mats down. If you think you can give this kid a great home, please don't hesitate to give us a call. Her adoption fee is $145.00 which includes all her vaccinations, microchip, and treatment for fleas and worms. Five month old Jake is a recent addition to the CHS family. This carefree kid is looking for a family that is wanting to put the work in to make a great puppy a wonderful family dog. Jake does well with other dogs, although he is a little slower at reading body language and does not always understand that he is being puppy-annoying to the dogs around him. He will do well in a home with a confident female dog, or even a family that is willing to socialize him with other dogs. Jake is very friendly with new people, but we have no idea what his experience is with little kids. He is going to be a large boy, and obedience training is going to be key to his success. We have exposed him to cats at the shelter, however the tests have been inconclusive; he was nervous at the time of meeting so we were not able to get an accurate reading from him. Due to his age, if he is to be placed with a cat, we would ideally like the cat to be experienced with dogs. Please note that CHS is committed to finding just the right home for all animals that are in our care. Our kennels are not open for public walk through and adoptions do not happen on a first come first serve basis. Each family is carefully screened to be sure that we are making the ideal match between family and new pet. If we feel the pet you are interested in will be an appropriate match with your family, we will schedule a meet and greet with the pet. If all goes well, you could be fostering your new family member the same day. If you are interested in learning more about our adoption process please don't hesitate to call or email. 2084 Oregon Street, St. Helens, OR 97051 Phone: 503-397-4353 E-mail: info@columbiahumane.org Web: www.columbiahumane.org
