OIRS - Wednesday Feb 21, 2020 – Meeting Notes

 Discussed requesting Congresswoman Bonamici demand defunding Attorney General Barr’s

office until AG Barr recuses himself from any Trump or Trump associates investigations. All
filled out post cards at for this at beginning of meeting
o Link: https://indivisible.org/demand-your-representative-defund-attorney-general-bill-
barr
o Gerritt Rosenthal had a meeting scheduled with the Congresswoman’s office on 2/26.
He delivered 14 postcards. The Congresswoman’s aide, Ellie, was receptive to the idea
and would investigate our request. Congresswoman Bonamici does not trust AG Barr.

 Gerritt Rosenthal - candidate for Oregon Metro Council District 3 seat – his site is here – spoke
to us about what the Oregon Metro Council does and why he is running.
o Covers cross-county issues such as: Transportation / Solid Waste Planning / Land Use
Planning / Housing / Parks & Open Spaces
 27 cities and 3 counties with 320,000 people
 You can find out more about Oregon Metro Council -
https://www.oregonmetro.gov/how-metro-works
o Gerritt brings a lot volunteer experience in all of the above areas. He is very involved in
Washington County Democrats. He has a background that makes him sensitive to rural
constituents (who frequently feel overlooked by local and state government).
o This position came open because the current District 3 Councilor, Craig Dirksen, is not
running.
o 50% +1 wins the election outright for the May 19th primary

 Ben Marcotte – candidate for Washington County Commissioner District 3 – no website yet –
spoke to us about what Washington County commissioners do and why he is running.
o He is running for one of the 5 Washington County Commission seats. Our district covers
225,000 people.
 Commissioners deal with Transportation / Health / Courts / Law Enforcement
o Ben has been volunteering in different capacities with Washington County via his local
Community Participation Organizations (CPO) since 1999!
o Ben’s opponent, Roy Rogers, has been holding this seat since 1985.
 Roy Rogers doesn’t show up for meetings or public events unless he is on the
agenda
 Roy Rogers does not encourage public input
 Roy Rogers has only had 2 opponents in the pasts 20 years
 Roy Rogers does not show up at CPO meetings, despite it being a regular practice
by the other 4 Washington County Commissioners
 Roy Rogers is part of the big money donor network
 His donors focus on land use management, transportation – where they
can make money
 Usually they are home builders associations and large corporations
  Roy Rogers only talks about transportation – and then only about car-based
projects

 Our Indivisible Revolution endorsed both Gerritt Rosenthal (Oregen Metro Council District 3)
and Ben Marcotte (Washington County Commissioner District 3)

 The Washington County Democrats also endorsed Gerritt and Ben on Wed 2/26/20

 Next meeting for our group is Friday 3/13/20 @ 6:30 p.m.

o We will have Gabe Mendez from the Washington County Democrats – field director –
come to explain the Neighborhood Leader program and the Precinct Committee Person
(PCP) role in the Washington County Democrats
USEFUL REFERENCE INFORMATION
Please take the time to get more informed about our local areas of government and who is running
 Courtney Neron HD 26 - re-election campaign
o Courtney’s official State of Oregon website is here (please begin reading up on her work)
o Courtney’s campaign site link here
o Courtney’s campaign site donation link here
o Courtney’s campaign site volunteer sign-up link here

 Oregon Metro Council – District 3 seat – Gerritt Rosenthal

o Gerritt’s campaign site link is here (he’s still setting that up)
o Metro Council – Portland and surrounding areas site link here
 Washington County Commissioners -
o District 3 is ours (Sherwood, Tigard and Tualatin) and is represented by GOP – Roy Rogers – the position is up for
election
 We need a candidate to run against Roy Rogers
o Link to all the Washington County Commissioners’ site is here
 Sherwood City Council – Kim Young, Renee Brouse, Sean Garland – are up for election
o Link to the list of Sherwood City Councilmembers is here
o There is a possibility that one or more of the current councilmembers won’t run and we need to think about finding a
progressive candidate(s) to replace

 Washington County / Clackamas County precinct committee person (PCP)

o Link to information about Washco Dems Precinct Committeee Person (PCP) can be found here
o Link to information about Clackamas Dems (PCP) Handbook can be found here

 Washington County / Clackamas County Neighborhood Leader program

o Link to information about Washco Dems Neighborhood Leader program can be found here

 Washington County Election site is here

 Actions that each of us can take to support Courtney now – and to support additional candidates we choose to endorse:
o Donate to candidates – any amount helps
o Write letters to the editor (Bruce has already written something to the Sherwood Gazette in support of Courtney Neron
and her getting us some of the funding needed for the pedestrian bridge over 99W)
 We need more letters written in support of what Courtney is doing. See the article here and write your letter to
the editor in support. Link to Pamplin Media letters to the editor is here.
o Attend the monthly Democratic Party County meetings
 Becoming precinct committee persons
 Becoming neighborhood leaders
o Knock on doors on behalf of local campaigns (to friendly Democratic Party lists)
o Make phone calls or texting on behalf of local campaigns (to friendly Democratic Party lists)
o Post-card on behalf of local campaigns
o Find friends and neighbors who will join you in the work Our Indivisible Revolution Sherwood is doing
 Identifying web designers who can help us with an alternative to Facebook for keeping people updated on our
work
 Finding like-minded folk who might not realize there is a progressive group here in Sherwood