Political Coffee 9-10-25: Dem who voted no on tax increase feels bullied and not running again, gas prices jump 16 cents and bad timing for Kotek's big gas tax increase, Dems soft on crime hurts people

Who bullied Dem Rep who isn’t running for re election, especially after being only Dem to vote no on Tina’s massive cost of living increase bill? https://www.opb.org/article/2025/09/09/oregon-democrat-rep-annessa-hartman-transportation-politics-gladstone/ 

Bad timing for transportation tax increase: gas up 16 cents per gallon. https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/oregon-gas-prices-rise-refinery-pipeline-outage/283-4feb1015-ea71-45be-8283-3cfe61247cbc 

Gamechanger? Dems Soft on crime policies hurt people. https://justthenews.com/nation/crime/ignored-media-enabled-dems-how-soft-crime-policies-unleashed-murder-ukrainian-refugee 

Dem soft on crime mayor in Charlotte wins Dem primary for reelection despite Ukrainian immigrant being murdered: https://americafirstreport.com/soft-on-crime-democrat-mayor-of-charlotte-wins-primary-election-while-nation-mourns-iryna-zarutska/ 

 

 

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A Long-time radio host with his own show as well as backing up as host for nationally syndicated broadcasts, Jeff is a fifth generation Oregon farmer, aviator, professional musician, former State Legislator, lobbyist, real estate developer, small business owner, firefighter, and served as an embedded broadcaster with Oregon National Guard in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Jeff is a former Oregon State Representative and fifth generation Oregon farmer from Halsey, Oregon. Kropf served as Chairman of the House Agriculture Committee for two legislative sessions and served two sessions on the Transportation and Ways and Means subcommittees.

He also is Executive Director of Oregon Capitol Watch Foundation.