Gov. Kotek hides from her own hearing!

By Taxpayers Association of Oregon
OregonWatchdog.com

After Governor Kotek was absent on the gas tax debate for 6-months during the 2025 Legislative Session (she only got involved in the final few days), she then made up for her mistake by punishing lawmakers by calling a Special Emergency Legislative Session for Labor Day weekend — often the fourht most traveled holiday.  Lawmakers, lawmaker staff, Capitol staff and citizens who cared about this issued had to cancel their plans to make room for Kotek.

Yet, Kotek did not even show up to her own hearing on her gas tax plan on Sunday.

Not only did she not show up, but the Democrat controlled House and Senate could not even muster the votes to begin the Legislature on time over the past few days.  People showed up for hearings that were never held. As we previously explained this was unfair not only to us but also to the those who supported the gas tax:

This angered the unions for whom hundreds of government union jobs are at stake and for which they are the top supporters of the big tax increase, The Oregonian reports,  ” Jason Lawrence, an employee and union leader at the Oregon Department of Transportation. “And I don’t think it’s too damn much to ask these people who run for office to represent us and call themselves public servants to just show up.”. The Statesman Journal reported further union anger, “People took the day off to come and testify and tell their story,” said SEIU executive director Melissa Unger. Unger said one worker from Ontario drove to Salem to testify.”

Last week, the Taxpayers Association calculated that of the 2,000+ submitted testimonies on the gas tax in the State Capitol, 93% were opposed to the new tax.

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