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Independent Party of Oregon update

By on February 5, 2014 3:11 AM

From http://www.indparty.com:


Results of the IPO Caucus Election

IPO Caucus Election is now complete. Congratulations to:

Travis Diskin
Rob Harris
Joan Horton
Dan Meek
Linda Williams

Additionally, members adopted the following platform position:

The Independent Party of Oregon favors reducing special interest influence over our legislative process; increasing transparency in government, particularly with how our tax dollars are spent and how the public’s business is conducted in Salem; protecting Oregon consumers, particularly with respect to banks, insurance companies and private utilities; providing incentives for small businesses to thrive and for larger businesses to expand in Oregon in a way that returns more benefits to the public than it costs.

Independent Party nearing Major Party Status

The Independent Party of Oregon, Oregon’s third largest political party with 98,359 members as of October, 2013, is nearing major party status.

The IPO has added more members than any other party since it was founded in 2007. During that time, the Republican Party has lost more than 38,000 members while Democrats have added approximately 80,000 members. No other party has grown by more than a few thousand.

“It’s a sign of just how frustrated voters have become with the major parties that we are growing at such a rate,” said IPO Secretary, Sal Peralta. “We get a lot of disaffected voters who just want to see government working better and working for the people.”

2 Comments

  2. Dave Terry February 5, 2014

    1. The Independent Party of Oregon favors reducing special interest influence over our legislative process;

    How do you propose to do this?

    2. The IPO favors, “increasing transparency in government, particularly with how our tax dollars are spent and how the public’s business is conducted in Salem”;

    What specific legislation do propose to accomplish this?

    3. The IPO favors, “protecting Oregon consumers, particularly with respect to banks, insurance companies and private utilities; providing incentives for small businesses to thrive and for larger businesses to expand in Oregon in a way that returns more benefits to the public than it costs”.

    Platitudes are cheap. Actions are what count. What specific actions are being suggested to resolve these ‘alleged’ problems?

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