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we need to be his laugh. We
need to fi ll the world with as
much joy and warmth as we
can and, in that, we will be Ca-
den’s living memorial.”
Caden’s aunt, Marilyn Sims,
shared her emotions since
learning of his death and the
hole his absence has left.
“I feel like a piece of me
and our family is missing …
I feel blessed that God chose
you as my nephew,” Sims said.
In addition to remembranc-
es, a slideshow of photos of
Caden were shown during the
ceremony and included mo-
ments with family and friends,
one with a Spider-Man birth-
day cake, another looking in-
tently at a lollipop and one of
Caden with a dandelion be-
hind one ear.
The Rev. Larry Grine said
that the point of a memorial
was to help a community pro-
cess pain together, especially in
the wake of tragic loss.
“The news of his death
broke in like an intruder that
broke in to steal any sense of
life being fair. The circum-
stances are our hearts are bro-
ken and our minds numb,”
Grine said. “Things like this
can be a wedge, but when we
recognize we are in the same
boat, there can also be healing.”
Mother indicted
Amy Marie Robertson, Ca-
den’s mother, was indicted last
week on charges of murder
by abuse and two charges of
criminal mistreatment relating
to another of her three sons.
Post: I am concerned about
assuring services for pregnant
women and ending the con-
troversial practice of using tax
dollars for abortions and in-
stead providing every possible
care a pregnant woman and her
baby could need from prenatal
to postpartum, food clothing,
shelter, health care and even
adoption services. There is
no limit to a woman’s right to
choose in this bill. This bill puts
Oregon in the mainstream of
states and the federal govern-
ment on health policy.
KT: If you are concerned
about those whose seek reg-
ular or multiple abortions,
would you consider limiting
the number of abortion reim-
bursements per patient rather
than the one-size-fi ts-all policy
change?
Post: Here is the amount
of money (about $21 million
in 10 years) OHA has spent
on abortions with tax payer
dollars: http://bit.ly/2k1hUAJ.
(Editor’s note: the actual amount
is $16.5 million over the past 10
years.) And here is a letter from
OHA detailing the spending:
http://bit.ly/2kNA0Yi.
HB 2126 would repeal require-
ments that those selling, leasing or
otherwise transferring fi rearms pro-
vide a copy of record to law enforce-
ment agencies.
KT: (the following three ques-
tions were sent, Post chose to
answer them as one): What are
the benefi ts of this bill to gun
owners if it passes? What are
the benefi ts to non-gun own-
ers if it passes? Do you have any
concerns about contributing
to an increase in hard-to-track
weapons used in the commis-
sion of crimes?
Post: The current law cre-
ates a used gun registration
held by local law enforcement
offi cials and this bill will stop
that from happening. Registra-
tion of guns is the fi rst step to
confi scation.
I don’t know if there are
any benefi ts to non-gun own-
ers. Perhaps you could say it
removes an unnecessary bur-
den being placed on local law
enforcement agencies to in-
spect and store records which
costs money and time. This bill
would alleviate that.
Nearly all gun transactions
are now required to take place
at a gun dealers location. This
law predates the current sys-
tem of instant checks where
guns are checked prior to be-
ing transferred. A gun dealer
is very unlikely to take a gun
which the instant check sys-
tem has identifi ed as untrans-
ferable. Also the state police
are required to investigate all
unlawful transactions, so this
notifi cation is now completely
unnecessary. Prior to the in-
stant check system there was a
waiting period before a dealer
could transfer gun so that law
enforcement could check re-
cords so this requirement had
some merit, but not today.
HB 2128 would remove pseu-
doephedrine from the list of Sched-
ule III controlled substances, but
many of the safeguards pertaining
to its distribution and sale would
remain.
KT: Our understanding of
this is that it would reclassify
puzzle answers
pseudoephedrine, but many
of the current rules regarding
dispensing it and purchasing it
would remain in place. Given
that, can you clarify what tak-
ing it off Schedule III would
accomplish?
Post: This bill is my big-
gest priority. Oregon has to be
number one for allergies and
colds. My desire is to have Or-
egon join the rest of the coun-
try in having basically a “be-
hind the counter” sale of PSE
products. Under my bill – just
like Washington, Idaho, Cali-
fornia, Hawaii and most other
states – a person goes into a
pharmacy, shows a photo ID
(it can be any photo ID) signs
a form, the pharmacist puts the
info into the NPLEx system
and the person gets two pack-
ages of standard dose Sudafed.
Current data show that most
meth now is coming from large
production labs out of Mexico
where Oregon does not have
any jurisdiction. The 2005 leg-
islation was meant to stop the
ability for small local meth labs
to obtain PSE easily. In 2005,
PSE was an over-the-counter
medicine, there was not any
ability to track who was buying
how much PSE at any given
time. Today there is a national
Methamphetamine Precursor
Electronic Tracking/Monitor-
ing System and it is paid for by
Pharma which means no cost
to Oregon.
The National Precursor Log
Exchange (NPLEx) is provided
without cost to retailers. This
doesn’t include costs relating
to internet access, optional
hardware or other equipment.
NPLEx will immediately no-
tify the retailer if a sale will ex-
ceed legal limits; allow the re-
tailer to override the stop-sale
alert if the retailer is in reason-
able fear of imminent bodily
harm; and allow the retailer to
override the stop-sale alert if
the retailer is fi lling a valid pre-
scription; and is accessible to
law enforcement for investiga-
tive purposes.
HB 2378 would permit em-
ployers to pay employees under the
age of 21 85 percent of minimum
wage for the initial 90 days of em-
ployment.
KT: (the following questions
were sent, Post chose to answer
them as one): 1)What motivated
you to draft this bill? 2) The
reality is that there are plenty
of workers under the age of 21
who live independently or al-
ready have families dependent
on their wages, are you con-
cerned for their welfare if this
passes? 3) Are you concerned
that this might permit some
bad actors to essentially hire
people for 90 days and then
let them go before having to
pay the full minimum wage?
4) One of the often-repeated
arguments against higher mini-
mum wages is that minimum
wage jobs were not meant to
be living wage jobs, but times
have changed and many peo-
ple end up taking on multiple
minimum wage jobs to make
ends meet which reduces time
for family, parenting and the
basic enjoyment of life. Do you
have any concerns that creating
a temporary wage gap adds to
those stresses?
Post: The most vocal op-
ponent to the passed minimum
wage hike in my district was
from agriculture. They cannot
afford to hire junior high, high
school and college kids at the
new rates. I am also very con-
cerned that high school kids
with no experience are going
to be quickly left out of the job
market. This bill would create
a 90-day period in which the
young person can meet expec-
tations of the employer and if
met, would then go to the set
minimum wage for that zone
in Oregon. Of course there
might be “bad actors,” there
always are. I don’t think that
will be the overarching theme
though of getting jobs for
young people. This is a “start-
ing wage” that will help more
young people get jobs now. If
there had been some kind of
“carve out” for ag in the origi-
nal minimum wage bills from
last year than this would not be
necessary.
KT: What other bills have
you submitted or plan to sub-
mit that are important priori-
ties for you this session?
Post: My CHL (concealed
handgun license) reciprocity
bill, HB 2127, is back. It passed
the House 57-1 in 2015 but
died in Senate judiciary. Edi-
tor’s note: HB 2127 directs the
Department of Justice to create
and maintain list of states that
recognize Oregon concealed
handgun licenses and require
handgun competency to obtain
concealed handgun license that
is similar to competency re-
quired in Oregon.
I also have two other bills
that are in draft form right now.
LC 2580 is the Oregon
Commission on Judicial Fitness
and Disability. Currently if you
steal a car, you will go to court
where there is a prosecutor, de-
fense attorney, jury and judge. If
you are a judge and accused of
a violation of some sort, you go
before a “one party” package of
judge, prosecutor and jury with
no means to defend oneself. I
think when Oregonians fi nd
this out, they will be outraged.
LC 1717 would allow alco-
hol in certifi ed cigar shops. In
2015, I was able to get “food
and drink” prohibition taken
out of the certifi ed cigar shops
in Oregon with a bipartisan
89-1 vote. This would allow al-
cohol to be consumed in those
same certifi ed cigar shops, only
the shop is not selling or pro-
viding any alcohol. Outside
groups like a winery or distill-
ery could offer their items.
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