Moar on corrupt Kate Brown.

Oregon Governor CAUGHT In Another Scandal, Public Records Advocate Resigns Amid Cover Up

September 9, 2019

Oregon governor Kate Brown is caught up in yet another scandal, as the state’s public records advocate, Ginger McCall, has resigned, citing “abuse of authority” and is accusing Brown of coercing her into covering up public records.

More alarming, Governor Brown’s attorney who pressured McCall was just appointed to a judge seat on the state’s court of appeals.

Willamette Week originally reported:

Ginger McCall, the state’s first-ever public records advocate, resigned in a letter that she sent today to the Public Records Advisory Council, which she chairs and which supports her work.

“Though I will no longer be serving in this role, I believe deeply in the importance of the Office of the Public Records Advocate,” McCall wrote.

“This Office serves an essential role in connecting the public with the government. In order to do this, though, the Office must be independent, operating to serve the public and not partisan political interests. I hope that the Council will dedicate itself to protecting that independence and select a candidate who is equally devoted to that goal.”

Soon after, they updated the story:

In a separate letter to Brown, McCall was more forthcoming about the reason for her surprise resignation, highlighting her disagreements with Brown’s general counsel, Misha Isaak.

Here is the key section of that letter, which WW obtained under a public records request:

I do not think that the staff of the Governor’s Office and I can reconcile our visions regarding the role of the Public Records Advocate. When I accepted this job, it was with the understanding that the Office of the Public Records Advocate was to operate with a high degree of independence and had a mandate to serve the public interest. That is an understanding that I believe the public, the Legislature, and the Public Records Advisory Council share.

Meetings with the Governor’s General Counsel and staff have made it clear, however, that the Governor’s staff do not share that view. I have received meaningful pressure from the Governor’s General Counsel to represent the Governor’s Office’s interests on the Public Records Advisory Council, even when those interests conflict with the will of the Council and the mandate of the Office of the Public Records Advocate. I have not only been pressured in this direction but I have been told that I should represent these interests while not telling anyone that I am doing so. I believe these actions constituted an abuse of authority on the part of the General Counsel, and are counter to the transparency and accountability mission that I was hired to advance.

While I have always endeavored to work collaboratively with all offices of government, I believe strongly that independence is both essential to the effectiveness of the Office of the Public Records Advocate and enshrined in the law. However, if I am incorrect regarding the legal basis of the Advocate’s independence, then the Advocate’s responsibility to represent the interests of the Governor’s office should be acknowledged before the public and the Council. If the Advocate were to represent the interests of an elected official while allowing the Council and the public to believe that she is acting independently, that would be both unethical and particularly inappropriate for an office that was founded to promote transparency.

Her assignment was to help make state and local government more transparent by mediating disputes over public records; providing training and education about public records and leading the governor’s newly-formed Public Records Advisory Council.

Oregon’s Public Records Law says that, with some exceptions, all documents in the government’s possession belong to Oregonians and are subject to inspection by the public, including the media.

When legislators passed the law in 1973, it was considered a model for other states but, since then, legislators have created more than 550 exemptions, each of them placing a new barrier between Oregonians and the information that belongs to them.

• https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2019/09/oregon-governor-caught-in-another-scandal-public-records-advocate-resigns-amid-cover-up/

>>8110912

Gov. Kate Brown to discuss renewable energy, cleantech with Chinese President Xi Jinping today

Sep 22, 2015

Chinese President Xi Jinping touches down in Seattle this morning to begin a weeklong stay in the U.S.

First up on his agenda? A meeting with a slew of state governors, including Oregon's Kate Brown, to discuss renewable energy, energy efficiency, cleantech and smart grid collaboration.

The visit comes a year after Xi and President Obama laid plans for China and the U.S. to work together to develop clean energy sources and fight climate change.

Xi will meet Tuesday with governors Jay Inslee (Washington), Jerry Brown (California), Rick Snyder (Michigan), Terry Branstad (Iowa) and Oregon's Kate Brown.

The private conversation is expected to focus on ways in which China can work with U.S. states and companies to improve building energy efficiency, modernize the electric grid and further commercialize renewable energy technology.

Xi will spend three days in Seattle, including visits at Boeing and Microsoft, before heading to the White House for a meeting with Obama. He'll then stop in New York City for a United Nations event before returning to China.

• https://www.bizjournals.com/portland/blog/sbo/2015/09/gov-kate-brown-to-discuss-renewable-energy.html

>>8110912

California, Sichuan Sign Clean Energy Pact and Sister-State Agreement

Jul 26, 2017

California Governor Jerry Brown and his counterpart in China’s Sichuan Province, Yin Li, signed a new clean energy pact and sister-state agreement in Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan, aiming to expand collaboration on low-carbon technologies, environmental protection, and clean energy development.

According to the new pact, the two governments will work together to establish a California-Sichuan Clean Tech Innovation Center in Chengdu’s Tianfu New Area to boost clean energy innovation, develop a California-China Clean Technology Partnership Fund to offer financial support, and provide incubators and market access for Californian clean energy and technology companies in Sichuan.

In 2015, the two parties signed a friendship agreement at the US-China Governors Forum in Seattle. However, under this year’s new sister-state agreement, they will broaden cooperation on education, tourism, and cultural exchanges, establishing a more sustainable cooperative economic relationship.

Following the US withdrawal from the Paris Accord, California Governor Brown, Washington Governor Jay Inslee, and New York Governor Andrew Cuomo formed the United States Climate Alliance to convene US states committed to achieving the US goal of reducing emissions 26–28% from 2005 levels. 10 new states joined the coalition later. Under this alliance, Governor Brown was eager to work with Sichuan to promote clean energy vehicles in light of the broad market in Sichuan.

With a population of 83 million, Sichuan is the 4th most populous Chinese province and occupies most of the Sichuan Basin in southwest China. The capital, Chengdu, ranks as one of the most polluted cities in China. Officials in Sichuan are seeking collaboration with California to combat air pollution and to boost economic development.

Sichuan and California have complementary advantages in the fields of clean energy and environmental protection. “As I see many problems in the world, many tensions and disruptions, I see a growing importance of partnerships such as the one we are building.” Brown told Sichuan Communist Party Secretary Wang Dongming during the sister-state agreement meeting.

• https://medium.com/asia-matters-for-america/california-sichuan-sign-clean-energy-pact-and-sister-state-agreement-e5aaf36b0e5d

Why does it always seem to be the corrupt state governors that are working with the Chinese on, "clean," energy? I have a feeling it has nothing to do with energy and everything to do with corruption, shell companies and smuggling.

>>8110912

Keeping in mind Q's drops about certain ports, and after the digging I've done on Chinese investing etc in this country, I noticed that shipping containers enter into the picture quite often. Also considering the fact that during my digs into the Chinese gangs, one of the things they did was to smuggle thousands of Chinese into this country, basically Chinese coyotes.

So that begs the question, HOW did they get them here? Shipping containers?

I think we need to check every single shipping container that enters this country or have some reliable way to determine what they contain.

>>8111003

It's called background info. It is often good to know what was going on in the past to figure out how you got to where you are today.