Columbia County Jail Levy Fails

I was surprised it didn't pass, even with all the anarchists living here, common sense, I thought would prevail.  

 As to ICE and illegal aliens, there never was any enforcement of immigration laws in this county,as far as I can see.

 I know a man who has had an open warrent for several years, he lives a few blocks from the Saint Helens police station. I called the courthouse so they could arrest him, the woman who answered became angry and said due to budget cutbacks they couldn't be bothered. So why did they arrest him in the first place?

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The Columbia County Jail is on shaky ground following voters’ landslide rejection Tuesday of a four-year, nearly $10 million levy to keep the jail solvent and expand the number of inmates incarcerated there.

The levy, which needed a simple majority to pass, lost with 5,878 no votes (58.56 percent) to 4,160 yes votes (41.44 percent).

Columbia County Sheriff Jeff Dickerson said he’s prepared to “implement the will of the voters,” but the county may no longer afford to operate the jail and may have to send inmates out of county.

“It is a choice for the people who live in the county what kind of criminal justice system they want to have,” Dickerson said. “Without a local jail, a key anchor to the system (is missing).”

The levy would have raised $2.4 million a year and cost the owner of a $150,000 home an additional $86 per year in property taxes. The county would have used to money to expand the number of local inmates it houses to 100, up from about 25, by paying for five additional corrections deputies and two other jail staffers. Dickerson said the county releases scores of inmates early each month because it can’t afford to feed and supervise them.

The jail has capacity for 255 prisoners, and much of the space is leased to the federal government to house federal prisoners. The feds pay the county about $3.8 million annually. Nevertheless, Dickerson said the county needed new revenues in addition to the $3.5 million the county general fund already contributes to running the lockup.

Opponents of the levy said the property taxes would be too expensive had the levy passed.

“They probably need that (levy) to support the jail, but what are we going to do in another four years? Ask for another levy?” said Nancy Whitney, a member of a levy opposition group called Keep Prisoners in Jail. She suggested that the county should charge the federal government more for its prisoners.

Dickerson said he doesn’t know how much longer the jail will remain solvent, but he will meet with county commissioners on how to move forward.

Should the jail close, inmates may be transported to the Yamhill County Jail in McMinnville, Ore., or Polk County Jail in Dallas, Ore., both of which are nearly two hours away from St. Helens, Dickerson said.

“(The jail) is not sustainable at its current funding. How we get there and how soon we get there is a function of many variables,” Dickerson said.

“It would depend on how staff reacted. We’re below minimum staffing right now, if we lose more people to other agencies..

McCormick Apartments: The Real Columbia County Saint Helens

 McCormick Apartments: Old Portland Road, Saint Helens Oregon

 The Real Columbia County,the one no one talks about. Lucas, the owner, is an attorney, the son of a local attorney, who have law offices a block from the courthouse in Saint He lens Oregon.

 Lucas rents to whoever  shows up with the cash, so many felons etc and out of towners move here because no questions are asked.  NOHA, Community Action and the electric company know about his reputation, but nothing happens, it remains year in year out as a place where the poor are harassed and criminals get a foot hold in the county. Spies, constant evictions, security cameras.
 The Owner lives in Palm Springs most of the year and uses the poor to act as spies. It's mostly about torture and revenge. Down at the Couthouse , the one that has Ted Grove as a judge, there is a sign saying Lucas Lucas, a special mailbox for  this landlord and his daddy, who actually kept two tenants from getting their security deposit back, by calling the judge long distance from California , stating that his car had broke down.

 Don't think  the rent is cheap, the landlords in Columbia County are charging high  rent, while ignoring  any laws that protect tenants. 

 The following is a review placed on the Internet: The spelling is bad but everything William says is right on the bounced rent check.

Foreign Mexican Gardeners Undercut Legal Americans Columbia County-Ramos' Yard Maintenance

 Latino is code word for illegal alien from Mexico.
The Chronicle Newspaper in St Helens Gives This company a high rating due to their market saturation of running the same ad for years in their crappy little paper. In other words, the Chronicle made a lot of money off of them.

  Enrique Ramos was an self-avowed  illegal alien ( see OPB Article 2009 below) who crossed into the US illegally and worked illegally for many years before he became legal. He then used his green card to import  his mexican male relatives.

.Are they here legally?  Contact Everify through Numbersusa and find out. 

A little bird told me that they weren't here legally and all I can say is the little bird said this advisedly and allegedly to me .

  In Columbia County we can count on zero enforcement of Immigration laws, which is why we now have many er..... mexican , I mean Hispanic., I mean Latino slums developing. 

They are not bonded or insured as far as their ad states, which is one reason they can get so much County business. The little team of Mexicans in Green Shirts can be seen all over Columbia County. 

 It's  a numbers game, for if they aren't paying our for health insurance or other things, they can work cheaper and out bid Legal Americans born in Columbia County.

  It is certainly not a company that promotes Diversity, our New Sacred Mantra that all Americans must embrace.A crew of all Mexicans, same color, size, age with one token White Male to avoid a discrimination lawsuit, that's not diversity.

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Latino Organizers Planning Active Spring On Several Fronts

OPB | March 05, 2009 1:56 a.m. | Updated: July 17, 2012 1:12 a.m. | St. Helens, OR

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Oregon Latino organizers are thinking about several different goals this spring. Some are taking aim at boosting education funding, or the state-level restrictions on drivers' licensing. But the most intense organizing is directed at the federal government, and immigration policy.

Francisco Lopez   “One thing we are asking the Obama administration, is to stop the raids in the first hundred days of the administration.”
Francisco Lopez heads CAUSA, Oregon's immigrant rights coalition. He says a recent immigration raid at an engine shop in Bellingham, Washington sent a shock wave through the community.
Some who had campaigned for Barack Obama had counted on a more moderate policy this year, with less emphasis on arresting workers, and more on employers who give workers a reason to come to this country.
One of CAUSA's Lane County organizers, Guadalupe Quinn, is spending this week in Washington D.C., talking to staff for both Oregon Senators and two members of the state's Congressional delegation.
Guadalupe Quinn “We've actually come to talk about immigration but a couple of other issues.”

Like health care, the foreclosure crisis and its effect on Latino homeowners, and even some aspects of the stimulus package.
Guadalupe Quinn    “And realistically we're pretty much aware that with the economy he way it is that folks aren't going to be talking about or thinking about comprehensive immigration reform right now.”
But Quinn does see this as a golden opportunity to lay groundwork for immigration debates in the future. Half the job, she says, is just maintaining a presence with political leaders, and showing them Latinos are listening — people like Gretchen and Enrique Ramos. The Ramos' say they lived in St. Helens, Oregon for years without giving a second thought to organizing and coalitions.

Enrique Ramos: “I met Gretchen in a church like—five years ago.”

Gretchen Ramos: “We actually met through a friend.”

It wasn't long before the couple knew they wanted to get married. But there was a problem. Enrique came here illegally when he was nineteen.

Enrique Ramos:  “We want to make sure that we do the right thing.”

Gretchen Ramos:   “I did a bunch of research on how to do that. We actually hired our attorneys before we were married.”

Enrique decided to drop the successful landscaping business he'd started, go back to Mexico and apply for legal re-entry into the United States.

Two long and painful years later, he finally got a visa. But when he rejoined Gretchen and their baby son in St. Helens last October, he found himself in the middle of a nasty public argument.

Last fall, Columbia County voters debated and ultimately approved a ban on hiring illegal immigrants. While in the past, no one ever even asked Enrique about his legal status, these days, he says some people have made comments to him in public.

Enrique Ramos:  “Right now, some people scream, 'Hey, go back to Mexico!' You know?” (laugh)

Gretchen Ramos “Just hearing people when they talk, going into the stores in town, and they'll say 'Don't speak Spanish here'.  Just silly little things you never thought of before in this town.”

For the first time, the Ramos' say they felt they wanted to get political. They've been to a few marches, joined committees, and have started talking to friends about working to change things.
Oregon's Latino community hasn't often flexed its political muscles. One of the few manifestations can be found in Portland, where one year ago activists won over city council on the idea of a day labor hiring station.

On this lot, several dozen men are waiting and hoping they'll be called in a lottery for one of the city's few open construction jobs.

Site manager  “Tres-trente-uno, three-thirty-one….”

Here. prospective employers don't ask about immigration status.

While Oregon has nowhere near the population of a California or Texas, some organizers are optimistic about the future.  Lucilene Lira is an organizer with the Western States Center, which has been providing data and assistance to several left-leaning Latino groups throughout the state.

It's always been a dicey proposition convincing people to mobilize. Even people who are legal residents or citizens often have undocumented family members who they're unwilling to put at risk. But Lira says, the promise of change is drawing out Latinos in ways even the economic slump can't dampen.

Lucilene Lira  “I think in the beginning people are scared, especially with the raids. But I think when people have lost everything, there's no farther to go down in the trench, it's like all or nothing.”

If you count Oregon's Latino voters, as of today, the numbers aren't overwhelming. About 100,000 are eligible to register and vote. But that's only a fraction of the estimated 400,000 Latinos who live here.

Organizers are thinking in broad terms. They want to show that voting is only one tool in the political toolbox, and that people who've spent ten, fifteen, or twenty years in the region want a place at the table.

A CAUSA planning meeting in Salem last weekend drew 500 people who'll fan out in their communities spreading the word in weeks to come.

In addition to the national lobbying, a state political action day is in the works for Salem in mid-May.

Ore. Referendum Challenging Driving Privileges for Illegal Aliens Qualifies for Ballot

a group of mexican drug cartel busted in Oregon all of whom used drivers licenses to get to work  

 illegal mexican mother who let her daughter be raped by a mexican and the ten year old girl gave birth in Idaho, but she could drive a car  

Ore. Referendum Challenging Driving Privileges for Illegal Aliens Qualifies for Ballot

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The group Oregonians for Immigration Reform succeeded in placing on the ballot a referendum that will allow voters to decide whether a recently-enacted bill giving illegal aliens driving privileges will remain law. On October 18th, the Oregon Secretary of State’s office officially qualified Referendum No. 301 for the November 2014 ballot.

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 Running twice as fast to stay in the same place.

 We have already defeated Amnesty many times yet every time we do Congress brings it back.

 We , the legal voters said NO in 2008 , only the losers in the state Capital and our Bliss Idiot of a Governor Kitzhaber, threw out our votes.

Town Hall Meetings Traitor Congressman Susan Bonamici : Sauvie Island October 20th- Noon-

Bonamici is for Amnesty and against the American People. She is married to ( alleged)rapist, chinese, junkie, ex-Congressman David Wu's-

 former Lawyer. 

Bonamici to Host Town Hall Meetings This Weekend in Banks, Yamhill, Beaverton, and Sauvie Island

Oct 17, 2013

Beaverton, Ore.--Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR) will host town hall meetings in Banks, Yamhill, Beaverton, and Sauvie Island this weekend. The events were rescheduled because of emergency votes in Washington during the government shutdown. Details follow:

Beaverton Town Hall Meeting
Date: Saturday, October 19, 2013
Time: 9:30am—10:30am
Location: Nature Park Interpretive Center Beaver Den Room, 15655 SW Millikan Way, Beaverton, OR 97006

Banks Town Hall Meeting
Date: Saturday, October 19, 2013
Time: 11:30am—12:30pm
Location: Banks Fire Station Training Room, 300 S Main Street, Banks, OR 97106

Sauvie Island Town Hall Meeting
Date: Sunday, October 20, 2013
Time: 12:00pm—1:00pm
Location: Sauvie Island Academy Gym, 14445 NW Charlton Road, Portland, OR 97231

Yamhill Town Hall Meeting
Date: Sunday, October 20, 2013
Time: 3:00pm—4:00pm
Location: Yamhill-Carlton High School Gymnasium, 275 North Maple Street, Yamhill, OR 97148

Throw Out Judge Ted Grove in 2015: Do not Reelect Ted Grove

Do not Re elect Ted Grove
Judge Ted Grove threw out Wayne Mayo's Voter Approved Ordinance to Hire Only Legal Workers in Columbia County.
 Since that time, Illegals have continued to move to Columbia County and they work here illegally, and are even hired by the county.
 Check out Cedar Landscaping ,they hire only hispanic foreign males, and they did the landscaping

 this year for CC Ryder Bus Service. The Forestry Center in Columbia City was roofed by illegal aliens, also spanish speakers.
Ramos Landscaping Service. E. Ramos was an illegal alien living and stealing jobs from Americans for years. Now ,with his greencard, ( nice work that) he has imported his relatives from Mexico.

Six Mexican Anchor Babies at McCormick Park Saint Helens Oregon 97051

The Cost of Anchor Babies to American Citizens
 Check out the link to Judicial Watch.
 American Corporations and Congress ( mostly) are bullying Americans into accepting a mass amnesty, because the corporations have only their own profit in mind.
 Google Thomas Jefferson on " Merchants"
 So today I am behind the soon to be infamous St Helens public library and Six mexican Anchors go by  on bike , followed by the spanish speaking Mexican ( breeder)
 All of these children have been born since the 2006 defeat of Amnesty, they are Obama's anchor babies.
 There has been no deportation really, anyone illegal who has a baby in the US , will not be deported under the Obama Regime.

 I moved  to Columbia County to get away from the Non- Diversity of Mexicans everywhere.
 Now they are taking over Columbia County along with the Asian imports etc.
     The following vectors have increased the Mexican illegals: the defeat of Wayne Mayo's initiative to Hire Only Legal Americans, thrown out by a judge , even though it was passed by We the People.
 ( judges rarely stand up for Americans in this ugly overthrow of the US by foreign nationals and corporate greed), the other is Community Action, a government agency that promotes illegals.
And many but not all of the churches in the county, especially the Pentecostal Church off Millard road, ( they have a mexican preacher) the Jehovah Witnesses and the Catholic Church. Remember there are no illegal aliens , they are just sorta undocumented.
 And of course  certain Landlords who will rent to whoever has the cash , no questions asked, which is why St Helens is turning into another Northeast Portland slash Mexican barrio.