With a brand new PAC on the scene, it's time to review the history of PACs in LO, and ponder the formation of a new one, since the contributors seem to be the same as those in groups that have come before. Curious. This is one to watch.
Politics is about power and money - who will have the power to control the future of the city. Sometimes ideology is involved (sustainability, smart growth) - with land use and development as the underlying money driver. Trace the names in these groups and see what other groups, committees, commissions, etc. they are or have been involved in. If all city committees and NGOs associated with city governance were included, the list would easily be 10x as long, and the same names would keep popping up. The repetitive appearance of the same names is not a coincidence.
LOCAL was established as a counter to the established power bloc. It supports a low-growth policy that is created through local input, not Metro planning or other ideological theories.
Except for LOCAL, which is non-partisan, the PACs skew heavily toward a Democratic base. These groups are not representative of Lake Oswego as a whole, but their influence since 2000 has been overwhelming. In November will we see a return to dominance by a particular group?
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Name Start Date
Friends of Lake Oswego 6/8/2016
Purpose
"Supporting candidates and measures in Lake Oswego"
Key Contributors
Greg McPherson, Joseph Buck, Friends of Ann Lininger, Lynn Peterson, Friends of Jon Gustafson, Friends of Theresa Kohlhoff, David Yaden, Theresa Nute, Stephanie Wagner, Ron Wagner, Andrea Salinas, Friends of Brent Barton, Oregon AFSCME Cpuncil 75
Key Recipients / Causes Issues
None as yet.
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Name Start Date
The Coalition for Lake Oswego 5/23/2013
Began as a counter to the success of LOCAL's efforts in the 2012 campaign.
Purpose
"Support and organize Lake Oswegans who promote thoughtful investment in Lake Oswego schools, parks, businesses, arts and culture, recreational programs and natural resources."
Key Contributors
Friends of Greg Macpherson, Christina Schetky, Sally Moncrieff, Robert LeChevallier, Joan Moore, Lisa Adatto, William Tierney, Sarah Howell
Key Recipients / Issues
Friends of Jon Gustafson, Friends of Joseph Buck
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Name Start Date
Keep Lake Oswego Great (KLOG) 8/8/2008
KLOG is the successor to Our City Our Future (see below).
Purpose
| "Support local candidates and measures which will maintain the quality of life of the Lake Oswego community." | |||||
Our City Our Future, Friends of Greg Macpherson, Oregon First, Charles O'Leary, Terry Sanderson, Erin O Meadors, Linda E Brown, George L Benson, Susan L Gibsonsteir, Mary Solares, Allen Solares, Robert LeChevallier, Heather Chrisman, Merrill A McPeak, Linda Aolard, Deborah Lopardo, Janice T Castle, Judith Hammerstad, Christine Schetky, Linda E Kerl, Karen Jacobsen, John Hanan, Charles G Oldham, Jan Coulton, Karen A Stewart, Lisa Adatto, Andrea Salinas
Key Recipients / Issues
Advertising to support issues.
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Name Start Date
Lake Oswego Citizens' Action League (LOCAL) 1/31/2012
PAC was formed during the 2012 election to support candidates who eschewed a Metro-focused growth plans in favor of local citizen planning. The PAC was formed as a grass-roots campaign to counter a well-funded and organized effort to bring a streetcar and urban development to LO. locitizens.com
Purpose
"Issue education and candidate support"
Key Contributors
Ellen Pullen, Lauren Hughes, Dr. Tana M Haynes, James Mendenhall, Richard A Sorenson, Michael A Roach, Gerald L Good, GeorgeL Page, Ron Smith, W R Tagmyer, Stephen L Shepard, Richard A Kerman, Howard G Franklin, Tracy Marx, Pamela S Roach, Rodney Grimm, John Wendland, Timothy Keenan, Jerry Marlow, Johnson Road Investors, Charles V Hoff, Eric P Eselius, Ted Halton, Doug Pope, Sheela Paranipe, Steve Holwerda, David Ludwig, RPBK LLC, Edward Hostmann, Hans Sohlstrom, Robert Federspiel, Michelle M Dorman, Suzann P Kitch, Brian L Dunkey, Eric Torkelson, Cheryl M Smith, Charles Collins, Brynda Petrie, Andrew Ferguson, Jerry A Parsons, Karen M Richardson, Thomas J Braden, David L Ellis, Johnathan Harnish, Frank J Von Deventer, Dr. Darrell Brett, Peter B Sweet, LO Stewards PAC, Dennis Haggeman
Key Recipients / Issues
Media and event expenses only.
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Name Start Date
Oregon First 11/16/2010
A PAC organized and funded by attorney, Peter Glazer. This PAC does not limit itself to Lake Oswego politics.
Purpose
"Favors Victims' Rights in Civil and Criminal Justice System; and Other Purposes Benefitting People of Lake Oswego, Clackamas Cty and/Or State of OR"
Key Contributors
Glazer and Associates, PC
Key Recipients / Issues
Friends of Richard Devlin
Bob Stacy for Metro President
Re-Elect Judge Suzanne Upton
Bob Stacy
Also: Keep Lake Oswego Great, Kent Studabaker for Mayor and Charles Collins for Lake Oswego City Council show as recipients on each of their PAC pages.
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Name Start Date
Our City Our Future (Discontinued) 9/5/2007
When Our City Our Future was discontinued, the remaining funds were donated to KLOG.
Purpose
| 2007 November Election Opposes Measure #3-269 | City of Lake Oswego: Requires elections for city real property purchases exceeding $2 million. | |||
2007 November Election
| City of Lake Oswego: Vote On Retaining City Ownership of the Former Safeco Property
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Willamette Women Democrats PAC, Friends of Judie Hammerstad, Judith T Hammerstad, Steve Larsson, Sue Larson, Robert J Barman, O'Neill International, Mercantile Village Investors, Ramzan Magomedov, Erin O Meadors, Skip O'Neill, Donna Jordan, Charles O'Leary, Michael J Buck, Jay W Minor, Scott Bullard, Robert Zink, Drew Prell, Barry A Cain, McLellan Minor Family Trust, Emogene Waggoner, Merrill A McPeak, Elynor F McPeak, Frank A Groznik, Portland General Electric Co., Denise F Frisbee, Lynn Hennagin, Patrick J Kearney, Janet Buck, Friends of Lake Oswego Library Board, Georgr Benson, 555 2nd St Inc, Eric E Meyer, Jack Hoffman, Dennis Elliott, Stephanie H Wagner, Linda E Kerl, Liane Cabot, Greater Lake Oswego Chamber of Commerce, David Craig, Debbie Craig
Key Recipients / Issues
Advertising and media supporting and opposing the measures stated above.
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