Crafting A Campaign

THIS MORNING WE HAVE SOME VERY SERIOUS BUSINESS TO DISCUSS. TWO RECALL CAMPAIGNS ARE UNDERWAY AS OF YESTERDAY. CLATSOP COUNTY COMMISSION CHAIR JEFF HAZEN AND COMMISSIONER ANN SAMUELSON ARE THE TARGETS.

THE CAMPAIGN TO GATHER SIGNATURES WILL BE FOLLOWED BY THE RECALL CAMPAIGN ITSELF BECAUSE I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT USING TACTICS THIS GROUP HAS USED IN THE PAST FILING THE RECALL TO GATHER SIGNATURES WAS MERELY A FORMALITY.

THE GROUP THAT OPPOSES LNG IS WELL ORGANIZED AND NETWORKED TO SUCH A DEGREE THAT THEY WILL MOST LIKELY TURN IN AN ADEQUATE NUMBER OF VERIFIABLE SIGNATURES BEFORE THE DEADLINE.

THE REAL PROBLEM WILL COME IN THE RECALL ELECTION ITSELF. ONLY THOSE VOTERS IN HAZEN’S DISTRICT AND SAMUELSON’S DISTRICT WILL PARTICIPATE SO WHILE GATHERING AN ADEQUATE NUMBER OF SIGNATURES WON’T BE APROBLEM, THE ELECTION WILL BE. UNLESS THE RECALL GROUP CAN DEFLECT THE LNG ISSUE AND FIND A BROADER BASE.

ONE WAY TO DO THAT IS TO PLAY TO THE MORE CONSERVATIVE VOTER BY PUSHING THE FISCAL ACCOUNTABLITY BUTTON. THIS RECALL GROUP HAS ALEADY REQUESTED ALL EXPENDITURE RECORDS FOR BOTH HAZEN AND SAMUELSON AND WILL LIKELY USE THE TRIP THEY MADE TO WASHINGTON DC TO ATTEND THE FERC MEETING AS AMMUNTION. THEY WILL BUILD ON THAT WITH EVERY REIMBURSEMENT THAT HAS BEEN MADE NO MATTER HOW MINOR TO PUSH THAT CONSERVATIVE BUTTON TIME AND TIME AGAIN.

EVEN THAT MAY NOT BE ENOUGH TO ENSURE A VICTORY. THEY MAY HAVE TO SWITCH HORSES AND POINT OUT THAT WHILE HAZEN REPRESENTS THE WARRENTON AREA HE HAS NOT TAKEN A STAND
ON THE OREGON LNG PROJECT WHICH MANY WARRENTON AND LEWIS AND CLARK AND YOUNGS RIVER AREA PEOPLE WOULD RATHER SEE. THAT WILL BE A ONE-ON-ONE DOOR TO DOOR CAMPAIGN NOT TO BE PUBLISHED OR BROADCAST.
THESE ARE BEST GUESSES BASED ON HOW THIS SAME GROUP MANIPULATED THE VOTE ON THE SO CALLED PIPELINES IN PARKS INITIATIVE WHICH DURING THE ELECTION THEY STRONGLY DENIED HAD ANYTHING WHATEVER TO DO WITH LNG AND THEN AFTER THE ELECTION THEY USED IT AS A REFERENDUM ON LNG THAT THEY TOOK TO ALL OUR CONGRESSIONAL AND STATE REPRESENTATIVES.
THAT WORKED OUT QUITE WELL FOR THEM AND SINCE THEY KNOW THAT PEOPLE BY AND LARGE ARE EASILY MANIPULATED IN THIS FASHION THEY WILL DO IT AGAIN.

THE QUESTION HERE IS WHETHER OR NOT YOU WILL BUY IT THIS TIME.