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Oregon City resident launches effort to recall Gov. Kate Brown
Cites what he characterizes
as Democrats’ ‘overreach’
By PARIS ACHEN
Capital Bureau
Oregon City resident Arin
Marcus, who led one of two recall
efforts against former Gov. John
Kitzhaber in 2015, has filed paper-
work to petition for the removal of
Gov. Kate Brown from office.
Marcus said Brown should
resign, instead of seeking reelec-
tion in 2018, because of what he
characterizes as Oregon
Democrats’ “overreach.
“Enough is enough,”
Marcus said. “Oregon
can’t survive with the
overreach that the Demo-
cratic Party has unleashed
in the last few weeks
alone.”
Gov. Brown’s office
and staff members from Brown
her campaign did not
return phone calls Tuesday seeking
comment on the recall effort and
Marcus’s accusations.
Marcus said the governor led
the effort to pass “uncon-
stitutional” taxes and
manipulating the voter
referral process during
the Legislature’s session,
which ended July 7.
He said he also blames
Brown for the death of
Robert Lavoy Finicum
during authorities’ crack-
down on the occupation
of the Malheur National
Wildlife Refuge in January 2016
and the unnecessary separation of
families in an overaggressive state
foster care system.
Marcus sought to recall
Kitzhaber in 2015 because the
then-governor did not intervene
in Marcus’s child custody case,
according to news reports at the
time. A judge, relying on advice
from DHS, removed his son from
his custody and forcibly adopted
him out, he said.
Marcus, who is involved with
the Safer Oregon Political Action
Committee, said he has about 100
email subscribers and a Facebook
page but had no contributions,
website or signatures as of the
afternoon of Tuesday.
He said the recall effort is
nonpartisan.
Rep. Knute Buehler, R-Bend, a
presumptive candidate for governor
in 2018, declined to comment on
the recall effort.
To get a recall on the ballot,
Marcus will need to collect signa-
tures from 291,907 registered
voters — 15 percent of the number
of votes cast in the 2016 gubernato-
rial election.
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