All of this spending is since 2020.

In the last election for Governor, they gave $10,000 to Friends of Tina Kotek but also gave a combined $85,000 to Betsy Johnson (widely acknowledged as a spoiler to help Christine Drazan) and Christine Drazan.

Here's that breakdown:

• Friends of Christine Drazan (R Governor Candidate last election who ran against Tina Kotek) $7,500
• Run Betsy Run $75,000 + $2,500 to another Betsy PAC.

In fact, if you look at any local R race, Tillamook likely donated to them. Their donation list is basically a "who's who" of OR republican candidates. Here's a few more donations:

• Friends of Boomer Wright PAC (OR House of Reps): $2,000
• The Leadership Fund (for supporting R candidates) $27,500
• Evergreen Oregon PAC (for supporting house R candidates) $20,000
• Friends of Suzanne Weber $5,000 (R OR Senate)
• Committee to Elect Daniel Bonham $3,000 (R OR Senate)
• Tim Knopp for State Senate $25,00 (R OR Senate)
• Denyc Boyles $2,500 (R OR Senate)

One of their biggest expenditures was to "Stop the Metro Wage Tax" which they spent over $250,000 on. I don't know enough about the measure's history to say one way or the other where it lands on the political spectrum.

All this is public info you can find on Oregon's ORESTAR system https://secure.sos.state.or.us/orestar/gotoPublicTransactionSearchResults.do?cneSearchButtonName=prev&cneSearchContributorTxtSearchType=C&cneSearchTranType=C&cneSearchTranSubType=CA&cneSearchFilerCommitteeTxtSearchType=C&cneSearchTranSubTypeName=Cash+Contribution%2CIn-Kind+Contribution&cneSearchTranTypeName=Contribution&cneSearchTranStartDate=09%2F01%2F2020&cneSearchTranEndDate=09%2F15%2F2023&cneSearchContributorTxt=Tillamook&srtOrder=asc&by=FILER&cneSearchPageIdx=1

Saturday 2pm to 8pm, do not burn and be extra cautious of ignition sources like metal-on-metal or hot objects on dry grass

At first I thought that was pricey, but that's $150k per home. Not too bad.

With another federal grant, Cherriots is one step closer to having an all-electric fleet of battery-powered buses.

The Salem Area Mass Transit District, known as Cherriots, has received an additional $6.6 million from the Federal Transit Administration which will allow for an additional five buses.

I know it's still a bit early to tell the long term effects and your state is still trying to figure it out, but I'm wondering how you feel it's been going and how it will go in the future?