(LOTS OF INFO ABOUT ELIZABETH MAZZARA --our new PR contactor & our other OCA Lob

[Guest guest]

Charlie, I agree with your conclusion about where our money is going, and what

Vern has done in the past. There was $500 spent at the Dudley campaign stop in

Gresham if I am not mistaken, and it was my understanding, having been a guest

at that event, that our money was going to be spent equally between the two

parties. After speaking with , it is my opinion that she is quite

capable to Lobby, but she is also an unabashed liberal Democrat, according the

her own statements. I worry this will color her opinions, when, as a lobbyist,

she can't allow any personal bias to enter into her work. I want to make it

clear that I have nothing against liberal Democrats, we just can't afford to

have anything go wrong with our progress over the last 5 or so years, thanks

almost entirely to the tireless efforts and hard work by Vern Saboe for which I

believe he was horribly under paid.

As far as what Vern has done, I have been invited by him on several occasions to

attend both Democrat and Republican fund raisers for personal candidates and

brought my personal contribution to both, just because he asked. This money did

not go to the party at large, but for their personal campaign. I think this kind

of money, checks written to personal candidates, goes a lot farther than

throwing our money at the statewide party for which we will get very little

recognition. And, if we remember back to the late 80's and 90's, it wasn't the

Republicans that threw us under the bus in worker's comp. Vern has made great

strides in getting the Republicans, and Democrats to listen, and understand our

position and what we really need to have in order to practice. I know for a

fact, after speaking to many Senators and Representatives, that they have

tremendous respect for Vern, mainly because he is there with the information

they ask for. And lest any of you think I go blindly where Vern asks, I am in

total opposition to his endorsement of Kitzhaber for Governor.

I get worried from the tone of some of the posts it seems that the OCA is trying

to move away from what Vern has accomplished. We can hardly afford to go back to

the 80's, and lose the great relationships that have been forged, not only by

Vern, but all of us that have attended the Chiropractic Day at the Capital,

spending our personal time and money at our home, or colleagues home for small

coffee and dessert type fund raisers and at other local candidate events.

Lastly I would second the notion that Ellizabeth can, and should, post on the

list, or at least submit her activities to someone to have them posted on the

list for all to read. The fact that she is an employee of the OCA is a mute

point. If this was a problem, then we wouldn't have any OCA employees posts

here. As far as us members getting membership emails, I haven't seen any since

she has been hired, and I have been a member for many years.

This is what I see happening, and my opinions only. And as a member of the OCA I

want our political capital that we have built up over the last 5 or so years to

be expanded, not thrown away.

Grice, DC

Albany, OR