i Record-Courier
THURSDAY, APRIL 28,2016
Article Names Baker County
and Some Candidates
Say 'Yes' to Exhibiting the Dress
The Eastern Oregon Museum
is preparing for a‘ Wedding
Extravaganza this summer. The
museum plays host to a number
of wonderful wedding dresses
that date back to the 18Q0s. The
dress shown’here was worn by
Sadie Velma Leep Sturgill. It
dates back to 1888. If any of
our readers has information
about Sadie, or can forward to
us a wedding photo, it would be
greatly appreciated. The more
we know about these dresses
and the wonderful women who
wore them, the more interesting
the show.
Say "Yes" to Exhibiting the
Dress: If you have a vintage or
antique wedding dress in a
trunk or closet, the EO Musem
would love to exhibit them for
the summer. Please contact
Barbara Campbell by emailing
jack_cmpbll @yahoo.com or
call Mary Jane Guyer at
(541)523-2173. We will handle
the dresses with great love and
care.
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An article written by Spencer
Sunshine titled "Gunning for Of
fice: Oregon’s Patriot Move
ment and the May 2016
Primary,"
included
Baker
County and candidates, Kody
Justus and John Hoopes, along
with current County Commis
sion Chairman, Bill Harvey as
examples of Oregon's Patriot
Movement who either are cur
rently in office or running for of
fice. The article is based on
research from the Rural Organ
izing Project and Political Re
search Associates.
Spencer writes, "In the wake
of the armed occupation of the
Malheur
National
Wildlife
Refuge in January and Febru
ary 2016, a slew of candidates
linked to the so-called Patriot
movement are running for office
in Oregon, including in the up
coming May primary. Even
though most of the actual occu-
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piers were from out of state,
the occupation highlighted the
state’s large and growing Pa
triot movement. These often-
armed, Hard Right activists
organized the initial demon
stration that preceded the oc
cupation and helped build
political support for the occu
piers’ demands. These de
mands included the transfer of
federally owned public lands to
state or county governments in
order to avoid land-use restric
tions, as well as attempts to cir
cumvent
the
federal
government’s decision-making
powers by invoking legally
groundless claims about the
authority of state and county
governments."
The article identifies candi
dates within seven Oregon
counties who are, according to
the article, part of the patriot
movement with strong affilia
tions to Oath Keepers. Coun
ties named include Yamhill,
Douglas, Josephine, Crook,
Grant, Harney and Baker
County.
Sunshine further writes,
"The Patriot movement is a
Hard Right movement that is
trying to radically transform
U.S. political and legal institu-
tions.... The movement also re
lies on a number of crank
“legal” strategies that have no
basis in law. The most impor
tant is 'nullification...' One pop
ular form of nullification is the
false claim that county sheriffs
have the authority to decide
which laws are unconstitutional
and therefore should not be en
forced."
"The movement also pro
motes the concept of “coordi
nation”: the...idea that federal
agencies must comply with
county government plans re
garding land-use decisions,
usually about natural resource
extraction on federal lands that
are within a county’s borders.
Coordination is a new form of
“county supremacy,” an idea
popular in the 1990s that is re-
emerging. By 1996, 70 coun
ties
had
passed
laws
attempting to gain control over
federal lands. (This is based on
the idea that removing restric-
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tions on natural resource ex- r
traction will revive moribund:
rural economies.) In the end,
these county governments only
wasted their energies..... in- .
stead of working on construc
tive solutions to local problems.
Related to this, many in the
movement believe the federal
government has no legal right -
to own most public land, which ■
they think should be trans- ■
ferred to state or county con-
trol."
"The most important Ore
gon Patriot movement groups
today are those associated
with the Oath Keepers, the
Three Percenters, the Consti
tutional Sheriffs and Peace Of- ’
ficers Association (CSPOA),
and the Pacific Patriots Net
work. The Oath Keepers are a
national membership-based or
ganization that recruits current
and former police, military, and
first responders; however oth
ers can still be “associate
members.” Members swear to ,
disobey government orders
they claim are unconstitu- *
tionaL.the CSPOA is com-4
posed
of
standing
law ’
enforcement members and is"
affiliated with the Oath Keep
ers. Their founder, formers*
county sheriff Richard Mack,.4
believes the county sheriff has
the authority tp interpret the ;
Constitution, and therefore de- ;
cide which laws should be ehCS
forced. The Three Percenters,
are a somewhat decentralized
militia; individuals can identify
with the label, but in some
places, including Oregon, there '
are also organized groups with
leadership structures. Some in* 4
dividual Three Percenters were /
involved in the Malheur occu- .
pation. The Pacific Patriots
Network is a network of nine
“partner” groups, mostly based .
in Oregon and Idaho, including
the Oath Keepers of Josephine
County and both the Oregon
and Idaho Three Percenters.
Kody Justus who is running
for County Commissioner Po
sition #1, is Chairman of the
Baker County Oath Keepers
and has stated he "fully sup
ports the Constitutional Sheriffs
Movement for this County." He
also demonstrated support for
the occupation of the Wildlife ’
Refuge and delivered items to
the refuge. In a video taped in
terview with Jason (Joker J)
Blomgren who was arrested on
federal charges, Blomgren
said,"... you donated a bunch
of stuff. I mean, you don't have
to go into details, but you, you
gave us a lot of stuff."
Justus reportedly also was ■
employed by the Bureau of .
Land Management.in Vale for .
about two years.
Candidate for Baker County
Sheriff, John Hoopes, is part of/
the Constitutional Sheriff's
movement and a candidate op- '
posing Sheriff Travis Ash who
was unanimously appointed by
Commissioners Harvey, Kerns,
and Bennett. Hoopes has been .
out on disability for several ;
months. Voters will make their.
selection for sheriff in the gen- ,
eral election in November.
Hoopes stated he visited
the Malheur County Wildlife
Refuge during its occupation
when he spoke at the contro
versial Rural Lives Matter Rally
held in Halfway. Commission
ers Harvey and Bennett also
spoke at the rally. Harvey has
advocated for the election of
Justus and has spoken on Co
ordination in Yamhill County
and other locales.