Episode 75: Leslie Votes - Live

In this episode, Leslie goes through his ballot, following Laura’s Voters’ Guide. Laura talks about her research for the Guide and Leslie adds his own research and opinions to the conversation. We have two important races that will have repercussions for the whole country: Please donate to Kate Brown for Governor (https://katebrownfororegon.com) and Jamie McLeod-Skinner for U.S. Representative (https://jamiefororegon.com)!

In this episode, Leslie goes through his ballot, following Laura’s Voters’ Guide. Laura talks about her research for the Guide and Leslie adds his own research and opinions to the conversation. We have two important races that will have repercussions for the whole country: Please donate to Kate Brown for Governor and Jamie McLeod-Skinner for U.S. Representative!

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Funding for Deschutes Soil and Water Conservation District comes from a variety of local, state and federal sources. Programs are designed to conserve water, reduce invasive weeds, and provide plant health and wildlife habitat.A Primer on Measure 102 | Local News | Bend | The Source Weekly - Bend, Oregon — Measure 102 would remove the restriction that affordable housing projects funded by municipal bonds must be government owned. Measure 104 is how corporations and special interest groups hope to keep their tax loopholes | Oregon Center for Public Policy — Making it harder to reexamine tax subsidies and discard them if necessary - as Measure 104 would do - is a terrible idea. It would allow a minority of lawmakers to ignore the will of the people, while transferring even more political power to corporations and special interest groups.Meet Oregon’s anti-immigrant hate group: Oregonians for Immigration Reform (OFIR) | Southern Poverty Law Center — OFIR’s co-founders and current leadership also have longstanding ties to hate groups and a history of making racist statements. Federation for American Immigration Reform | Southern Poverty Law Center — The Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) is a group with one mission: to severely limit immigration into the United States. Although FAIR maintains a veneer of legitimacy that has allowed its principals to testify in Congress and lobby the federal government, this veneer hides much ugliness.A massive new study shows how to reduce abortions — and it's not more regulation. — If you want to see fewer abortions, then you need to support the organizations that are already providing and fighting for reproductive health care. That’s the only way to guarantee people’s right to life.Unsafe Abortion: Unnecessary Maternal Mortality — Unsafe abortions are a leading cause of maternal death. Unduly restricting abortion providers makes abortions unsafe, which puts more women at risk and adds unnecessary strain to our healthcare system.