Oregon legislation

Mike Nearman - candidate for Oregon House District 23 will be volunteering in the Protect Oregon Driver Licenses booth at the Oregon State Fair Sunday from 2 - 6pm.

Drop by and meet him the PODL booth is located in Columbia Hall - next to the Traeger Grill guys. 

This will be a great opportunity to ask Mike any questions you might have about Ballot Measure 88.  Remember to Vote NO in NOvember.  Vote NO on 88!

Please plan to stop by the Protect Oregon Driver Licenses booth at the Oregon State fair and located in Columbia Hall.  Representative Kim Thatcher will be volunteering in our booth from 10am - 1:30pm. 

Representative Kim Thatcher jumped at the opportunity to help concerned citizens across the state when she agreed to be a Chief Petitioner on the Protect Oregon Driver Licenses citizen's veto referendum.  Her support - along with that of Representative Sal Esquivel and many others who have endorsed our referendum have been a great support to our efforts to overturn SB 833 - the new law granting state issued ID - in the form of a driver card - to those who can't prove legal presence in our country. 

Please take the time to thank her for all she has done and continues to do for Oregon!
 

The Protect Oregon Driver Licenses campaign will host a booth at the Oregon State Fair which is opening Friday, August 22, and continuing through Monday, September 1 (Labor Day).

　
We’ll be inside this year, in the Columbia Hall building, immediately adjacent to the 17th Street entrance to the Fairgrounds.  Please drop by the PODL booth (Booth #303), say hi and introduce yourselves.　

　
We'll have informational literature about the PODL campaign to distribute to visitors and will be happy to answer questions or discuss issues.

By Monday, we hope to have yard signs available, too.  You can pick one up for your yard as you head home from the Fair.

　
Hours:  Mon-Thur: 10:00 am 10:00 pm;  Sunday, August 24: 10:00 am 10:00 pm;  Fri-Sun (except August 24): 10:00 am 11:00 pm

　
Please visit the Fair’s website, http://oregonstatefair.org/, for general information about the Fair including a downloadable pdf map of Fairgrounds.  The website also contains driving and parking directions, admission fees, descriptions of educational exhibits and entertainment events.　

　
We'll see you at the Fair!
　

Contributions to the Protect Oregon Driver Licenses matching grant offered by a generous donor are picking up.  If you have not yet made a contribution, we urge you to do so.  If you have already contributed - thank you.  Would you consider contributing again?  Remember - every dollar donated is matched dollar for dollar - up to $5,000 total!

Our campaign is up against BIG money, and a coalition of organizations that profit from the presence of illegal aliens in our state. 

The coalition has as of August 8, 2014 raised $102,526.93 from eleven different groups

- ACLU of Oregon contributed $2,500.00;
- Basic Rights Oregon contributed $10,000.00;
- CAUSA of Oregon contributed $22,134.00;
- Northwest Health Foundation contributed $10,000.00;
- ORLPAC (193) Restaurant, Lodging & Hospitality Industry contributed $2,500.00;
- Oregon Nurseries Political Action Committee (175) contributed $10,000.00;
- Oregon Voice contributed $18,569.00;
- PCUN Pineros Y. Campesinos Unidos del Noroeste, Inc contributed $2,500.00;
- SEIU 49 Committee on Political Education (4213) contributed $10,000.00;
- SEIU Local 503 contributed $10,000.00;
- The Bus Project contributed $4,323.93.

Total Contributions: $102,526.93

Katherine Stone and Cynthia Kendoll, of Oregonians for Immigration Reform, will discuss The Remembrance Project and provide an update on the Protect Oregon Driver Licenses referendum on the November ballot.  Please join us - The Cottage Grove 912 Project — 6:30 p.m. Monday at Stacy’s Covered Bridge Restaurant, 401 E. Main St. in Cottage Grove - no cost to attend.

A very generous OFIR member has once again offered a matching grant to help raise the funds needed for the Protect Oregon Driver Licenses referendum election campaign.

We face a very well funded and highly motivated opposition and five months of intensive campaigning.  We need your help now to ensure our success in the November general election.

A contribution of any size would be greatly appreciated. Our donor will match your contribution - dollar for dollar - up to a $5,000 total. For example, if you contribute $25 - our donor will match that with $25, too - doubling your contribution!

Folks - it doesn't get much better than this! Please take advantage of this very generous offer and give as much as you can, but no more than you can afford.

Your contribution will help with the myriad of expenses involved in operating a winning campaign specifically designed to educate the public about the dangers of granting state issued ID - in the form of special driver licenses - to those who can't even prove they are legally present in the United States.

For example:  One critical component in educating the public about the dangers associated with issuing these special driver licenses is through statements submitted to the Secretary of States office by our supporters and endorsers and printed in the voters pamphlet. Just one statement for the Voters Pamphlet costs $1,200.  Other costs include yard and field signs, radio ads, literature and much more.

We run a very tight ship and every single penny is stretched to the limit - but, there are expenses that just can't be avoided and that's why we need your help today, so we will be successful in November!

There are several ways you can help the PODL campaign:

You can choose to contribute online with a credit card or through PayPal.

If you would like to make a contribution each month throughout the campaign, that option is now available on our website at the link above.  For example - I would like to send you $500 for the campaign, but I can't afford to right now, but I could afford to send you $100 a month for the 5 months of the campaign!  Or, you could make an ongoing monthly contribution just as easily.

Don't let this opportunity to double your contribution slip away - contribute today! Remember to Vote NO in NOvember!

Mail your check or money order to:

PODL Campaign
PO Box 7354
Salem, OR 97303

Note: For reporting purposes, the law requires we ask for your occupation and employer on any donations that total over $100. Please include this information

Thank you very much!  Now - let's go win this!