{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Political Coffee with Jeff Kropf","title":"Political Coffee 3-3-25: Coffee Klatch tonight 6-8pm at Sparky's in Salem, Kotek's power grab gets trounced in hearing, SB702 flavor ban will cost OR 200M, 4% new tire tax hearing tomorrow, Good/bad bill alerts, rural domestic water well metering bill to be amended again, Clackamas County comissioner Ben West calls for audit of MC homeless services, poll shows 77% support for full examination of government spending, Wyden wants to create permanent envirnmental justice office in DOJ and leftist judges ruling will force SCOTUS to act","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/66a75c36\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2588,"description":"Kotek’s power grab gets trounced 9-1 in hearing: HB2528 https://oregoncatalyst.com/85157-koteks-powergrab-bill-hb-2528-trounced-9-1.html \nSB702 hearing today at 8am: flavor ban costs the state 200M: https://oregoncatalyst.com/85161-sb-702-hearing-flavor-ban-cost-100m.html \n4% new tire tax hearing tomorrow: road use that produces money that won’t go to roads: https://oregoncatalyst.com/85152-alert-hb-3362-tire-tax-nonroad.html \nGood/bad bill alert: https://oregoncatalyst.com/85171-3-bill-hearings-cat-tax-tire-tax-flavor-ban.html \nRural domestic water metering bill to be amended: https://oregonpropertyowners.org/good-news-the-oregon-legislature-is-not-trying-to-meter-your-domestic-well/ \nClackamas County Commissioner Ben West calls for audit of MC homeless deficit: https://oregoncatalyst.com/85039-clackamas-county-commissioner-audit-multnomah.html \nMC has 34M in reserves they could use to offset their supposed homeless services deficit: https://www.oregonlive.com/politics/2025/03/34m-in-reserve-money-could-help-fill-multnomah-county-homeless-services-budget-gap-officials-didnt-mention-it-in-plea-for-funding.html \nHarvard Harris poll shows 77% of voters want full examination of govt expenditures: https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/03/americans-love-doge-77-voters-believe-full-examination/ \nLeftist judge’s ruling forces SCOTUS to act: https://thefederalist.com/2025/03/03/leftist-judge-creates-full-blown-constitutional-crisis-soon-to-be-cured-by-scotus/ \nWyden/Merkley want to create permanent US DOJ office of Environmental Justice: https://katu.com/news/local/senators-push-for-permanent-office-of-environmental-justice-amid-policy-rollback \n ","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/gCzB600rR8K_m2qoDt5MjSvqlkm3eVTR3um0fljkoO8/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzI4NzMxLzE2NDYw/ODk0ODItYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}