He could scuttle the Schiff vs Lee/Porter general election.
Skeevy? Virile! Elno would approve!
The former major leaguer has repeatedly floated the idea of running for U.S. Senate. While a much-admired athlete, Garvey received negative publicity in 1989 when two women said they became pregnant while involved with him. At the time of the report, he was marrying a third woman. He did not dispute the allegations and pledged to take responsibility for any offspring and said his new wife was aware of the situation.
Effort to breakaway wins by 8 votes, meaning a series of actual discussions on it take place. Thatâs how I read it. Article is interesting.
It is the second time voters in the small county of Wallowa, surrounded by snow-capped peaks and glistening rivers, have weighed in on the issue. In 2020, residents struck down the idea of joining Idaho by 46 votes. This year, it is winning by just eight ballots.
âThere are a lot of people in rural Oregon who donât support this, but they have been beaten down by the conservative perspective,â said Carina Miller, a member of the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs, about two hours outside Portland.
Miller recently appeared on a panel about rethinking state borders with McCaw, and both said they were surprised by the otherâs participation. The two-hour discussion in Portland was heated at times, with McCaw and Miller saying their respective communities are overlooked by state legislators.
âTo have the narrative that white communities are not represented and are crying out for advocacy on their behalf while completely disregarding the very effective policies that have been put in place to silence communities of color, to disenfranchise us, to take our rights, is maddening,â Miller said.
