Oregon DUers -- I need your help!

[MSchreader]

I am looking for information on the voting record for Walt F. Brown, a former State Senator during the 1980s and an attorney for the Oregon Consumers League. I cannot find his record for the years he was in the OR state legislature. If any of you can help with information (dirt) on this guy, it would be much appreciated!

Martin

[FlemingsGhost]

1. This has nothing to do with your request...

but are you a rock climber, Martin?

[MSchreader]

3. Only when I'm being chased

:evilgrin:

Seriously, though, I've never tried it. The closest I've been to that was scaling up the side of a building when I worked construction briefly.

Martin

[FlemingsGhost]

5. Sorry.. wrong "Martin Schreader."

Damned glad to meet you, though.

:hi:

[MSchreader]

6. You mean there are two of us?!

Good God! Don't tell David McReynolds or Ralph Nader! :evilgrin:

Glad to meet you, too. :hi: :toast:

Martin

[0rganism]

2. You mean this guy?

I doubt I could find anything "dirty" on him. He looks like an upstanding gentleman.

WALTER F. "WALT" BROWN of Oregon
Socialist Party USA
Presidential Nominee

WALT BROWN BIOGRAPHICAL FACTS:

POLITICAL: Oregon State Senator, 1975-87 (served as a Democrat). Malheur County Counsel, 1989-91 (served as a Democrat). Member, Socialist Party USA since 1948. Founded the Socialist Party of Oregon, 1992. Socialist Party USA nominee for Congress in 1998 (6%), 2000 (2%) and 2002 (3%). Legal Counsel, Socialist Party USA.

PROFESSIONAL: Semi-retired attorney, currently. Deputy District Attorney, 1989-91. Former Professor, Northwestern Law School. US Navy & US Navy Reserve, 1944-70 (World War II veteran; retired at the rank of Commander). Aircraft riveter, mailman, construction worker and warehouseman (before attending college).

EDUCATION: B.A. and J.D., University of Southern California. M.A. in Government, Boston University. M.L.S., University of Oregon. Attended courses at Harvard Law School. Rhodes Scholar nominee, 1948.

PERSONAL: Born in 1926. Widower. Three sons.

[MSchreader]

4. That's him

This guy may sound "upstanding", but there are a lot of concerns about his positions on women, gays and the disabled. His nomination has cleaved the Socialist Party in two, and only his voting record could resolve the problem.

Martin

[0rganism]

7. Err....not to be flip, but...

If his nomination has cloven the Socialist party in twain, then it must be awfully lonely up there. :evilgrin:

I'll keep poking around for a bit, but given the dates in question, a lexisnexis search of Oregon's legislative archives is probably going to be what happens here.

[MSchreader]

8. However you can help is appreciated

He took the nomination by only six votes, which tells you why the Party is divided.

Martin

[MSchreader]

9. Kick

:kick:

[MSchreader]

10. Kick again

:kick:

[MSchreader]

11. And again

:kick: