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HINT: if you are getting too much email from this group, you can choose an option that lets you get a single email per day (digest), or one that permits you read posts via the web only. If you want to change your options, choose "Edit Membership", which resides to the right of your login name above the green bar above. Hope this helps some readers.
Hello, My name is Brent Gaskey, and I'm a Firefighter/EMT in the Willamette Valley. I was recently elected to a position in our union, and assigned the task of
This morning the Oregon House had the final say on this PERS reform bill. By a vote of 44 to 15 the Representatives voted to override the veto and SB 897 has
Perhaps I missed if this was previously posted here on PODG. Per the Salem S-J, this was presented by PERS to state legislators on the morning of February
Here is the text for the Enrolled version of SB897, with new language in bold: http://www.leg.state.or.us/09reg/measpdf/sb0800.dir/sb0897.en.pdf In reading