Political Coffee 3-3-25: Coffee Klatch tonight 6-8pm at Sparky's in Salem, Kotek's power grab gets trounced in hearing, SB702 flavor ban will cost OR 200M, 4% new tire tax hearing tomorrow, Good/bad bill alerts, rural domestic water well metering bill to be amended again, Clackamas County comissioner Ben West calls for audit of MC homeless services, poll shows 77% support for full examination of government spending, Wyden wants to create permanent envirnmental justice office in DOJ and leftist judges ruling will force SCOTUS to act

Kotek’s power grab gets trounced 9-1 in hearing: HB2528 https://oregoncatalyst.com/85157-koteks-powergrab-bill-hb-2528-trounced-9-1.html 

SB702 hearing today at 8am: flavor ban costs the state 200M: https://oregoncatalyst.com/85161-sb-702-hearing-flavor-ban-cost-100m.html 

4% new tire tax hearing tomorrow: road use that produces money that won’t go to roads: https://oregoncatalyst.com/85152-alert-hb-3362-tire-tax-nonroad.html 

Good/bad bill alert: https://oregoncatalyst.com/85171-3-bill-hearings-cat-tax-tire-tax-flavor-ban.html 

Rural domestic water metering bill to be amended: https://oregonpropertyowners.org/good-news-the-oregon-legislature-is-not-trying-to-meter-your-domestic-well/ 

Clackamas County Commissioner Ben West calls for audit of MC homeless deficit: https://oregoncatalyst.com/85039-clackamas-county-commissioner-audit-multnomah.html 

MC has 34M in reserves they could use to offset their supposed homeless services deficit: https://www.oregonlive.com/politics/2025/03/34m-in-reserve-money-could-help-fill-multnomah-county-homeless-services-budget-gap-officials-didnt-mention-it-in-plea-for-funding.html 

Harvard Harris poll shows 77% of voters want full examination of govt expenditures: https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/03/americans-love-doge-77-voters-believe-full-examination/ 

Leftist judge’s ruling forces SCOTUS to act: https://thefederalist.com/2025/03/03/leftist-judge-creates-full-blown-constitutional-crisis-soon-to-be-cured-by-scotus/ 

Wyden/Merkley want to create permanent US DOJ office of Environmental Justice: https://katu.com/news/local/senators-push-for-permanent-office-of-environmental-justice-amid-policy-rollback