AUGUST 4, 2017, KEIZERTIMES, PAGE A7
TRENCHES,
continued from Page A1
begin with?” Post said. “It’s all about poli-
tics. It’s about them trying to prove that
(Republicans) are racist, misogynist, ho-
mophobic kooks over there and making us
vote on these things. Of course we think
people should be paid equally, but they go
on that hill and they die and, to me, that’s
hilarious and that’s not partisanship.”
Thatcher added that Democrats might
fi nd more allies across the aisle with less
focus on punishment.
“What I loved about that fi nal bill
was that it focused on compliance and
there wasn’t any snares laid out for busi-
ness owners. It got rid of (punitive dam-
ages) and got to compliance and making it
work. If we had more of that, I think you
would fi nd a lot more enthusiasm among
Republicans to say, “Yeah, let’s move for-
ward with some of these lefty ideas.”
Thatcher was more enthusiastic about
Senate Bill 1050, which imposes presump-
tive life sentences without parole for de-
fendants in some sex crime cases if there
are prior convictions for similar acts.
“Near the end of session, and I have
to give props to Sen. Peter Courtney, he
invited me to be co-chief sponsor. I ab-
solutely love that bill and I’m glad that he
asked me to be a part of it,” Thatcher said.
Post had several bills that didn’t make
it beyond the level of committee hearings,
but said a House Bill 2598 was one he
considered a win. The bill makes it a fel-
ony to recklessly endanger a motorcyclist.
“For a pedestrian or bicyclist, it’s a Class
A felony to recklessly endanger. For a mo-
torcyclist it was a Class C misdemeanor.
HB 2598 makes it an assault and that was
a big one. I had to push pretty hard to get
bipartisan support,” Post said.
Thatcher counted among the victo-
ries the killing of legislation that would
have affected landlord-tenant agreements
and the imposing of additional corporate
taxes and passing a bill allowing breweries
to have two off-site locations without an
additional license.
“We go license-crazy in this state. We
have more than most other states and I re-
ally think we should focus on reining that
in,” Thatcher said.
In a similar vein, Post said he supported
a bill allowing hard cider producers to
have locations on farm properties.
“Let’s let the cider businesses prolifer-
ate like the wineries have. It’s one more
thing that brings people to Oregon,” he
said.
A decision that weighed heavily on
both legislators was House Bill 3391,
which requires the Oregon Health Au-
thority to reimburse costs of services re-
lated to reproductive health, including
abortion. A debate was convened on the
last day of the session and a vote resulting
in passage followed.
“I can’t explain to you how bad we felt
coming down one fl oor from the house
caucus room. It was as if we were going to
a funeral – because we were. We were go-
ing to a funeral of babies. Grown men and
women were sobbing (during the vote),”
Post said.
Thatcher said the argument in favor
of the bill was “a right that cannot be ac-
cessed is not a right.”
“So then when are you going to start
paying for my guns?” she said. “I would
never ask for that because there is respon-
sibility with rights.”
She was equally troubled by the passage
of Senate Bill 719, which allows judges to
issue extreme risk protection orders pro-
hibiting those found to be an imminent
risk to themselves or others from possess-
ing fi rearms. The law allows respondents
in such cases to surrender their deadly
weapons to law enforcement and for law
enforcement offi cers to take possession
of them, or for law enforcement to take
them away.
The bill was drafted by Sen. Brian Bo-
quist in part as a response to the death of
his stepson by suicide that included a gun.
Boquist’s stepson was a veteran and hopes
to address veteran suicides through the
law which is now waiting for the signa-
ture of Gov. Kate Brown.
“I don’t have the perspective on vet-
erans, but I know that if they hadn’t had
guns (to commit suicide), they would have
chosen something else,” Thatcher said. “I’d
hate to be that law enforcement offi cer.”
According to the Harvard School of
Public Health, every study that has exam-
ined fi rearm access as a risk factor to sui-
cide has found that such access increases
suicide risk.
TRACK: New security
measures planned
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think about breaking in again
to do the best we can to look but if they do the chances of
out for each others' things. If them getting caught are quite
there is anybody that knows a bit higher.”
anything or has any leads, let
The turf fi eld was a $1
us know or
million dollar
let Keizer PD
project com-
know because
pleted in the
we all want to
summer
of
make sure our
2015 thanks
campus and
to donations
our fi elds and
from the Keiz-
our track is
er community.
in good shape
“People, I
and we all
think, are go-
need to take
ing to be ap-
some owner-
preciative that
ship in that.”
we're trying
McNary is
— Erik Jespersen to take care
in the process
McNary Principal of our stuff
of increasing
but on the
security
by
other hand we
adding lights
wouldn't have
and an alarm to the conces- had that turf fi eld if it wasn't
sion stand. Once that work is for the good people of Keizer
complete, the track and fi eld pitching in their own dol-
will open from dawn to dusk. lars,” Jespersen said. “Can you
“My hope is that all of the imagine if someone came in
work will be done and we'll and damaged our turf fi eld?
have the community be able I'd feel horrible about that.
to come in and enjoy our Fortunately, that hasn't hap-
wonderful facility,” Jespersen pened and I want to keep it
said. “Hopefully no one will that way.”
“The chances
of them
getting
caught are
quite a bit
higher”
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