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Bipartisan legislative town halls scheduled
Wednesday, January 25, 2012 By James Mayer OregonLive.com Four lawmakers have scheduled bipartisan town halls next month to discuss the 2012 legislative session. Taking part will be state Representatives Patrick Sheehan, R-Clackamas; Greg Matthews, D-Gresham; Matt Wand, R-Troutdale; and Mike Schaufler, D-Happy Valley. “With the historic 30-30 tie in the Oregon House, citizens expect their [...]
...read moreRep. Matt Wand Announces Re-Election Campaign
Rep. Matt Wand Announces Re-Election Campaign For Immediate Release- September 21, 2011 Contact: Rep. Matt Wand- 503-680-8180 Troutdale-Rep. Matt Wand (R-Troutdale) today announced his re-election campaign to the Oregon House of Representatives. Rep. Wand says the campaign will highlight his efforts to create jobs in East County, as well as new solutions he’ll support to [...]
...read moreNW Connections – October Issue
Vote for Matt Wand By Bill Flynn Matt Wands opponent in the Oregon State Legislative District 49 election campaign needs to have a simple lesson in common decency. Civilized and respectable people do not tell lies. Apparently he never learned this. Many of us have by now received the mailings from Matt Wand’s Democrat opponent. [...]
...read moreLetters to the Editor: Oct. 2, 2010
Oct 2, 2010 | greshamoutlook.com Wand is right kind of person for the Legislature Having taught at Reynolds High School for 30 years, I have an insight into one of the candidates for state representative, District 49, in the Troutdale area. Matt Wand has helped me coach the Reynolds High Mock Trial team for the [...]
...read moreThis year’s cheapest shot
www.oregonlive.com | by the Oregonian Editorial Board Oregon Democrats pitch the entirely bogus claim that GOP candidates support a 30 percent sales tax In Oregon, you don’t see a lot of flat-out lies in political campaigns. But the House Democratic campaign committee’s claims that Republican candidates support a 30 percent sales tax are purely and [...]
...read moreDemocrats try guilt by association in legislative races
Jeff Mapes, The Oregonian Apparently, the Oregon House Democratic campaign committee is taking political lessons from Sarah Palin. As the GOP vice presidential candidate in 2008, Palin quickly proved herself a master of the guilt-by-association game when she accused then-Sen. Barack Obama of “palling around with terrorists” because he knew a guy who 40 years [...]
...read moreOregon House Democrats claim Republicans favor 30 percent sales tax; GOP cries foul
Janie Har, The Oregonian Supporting a sales tax in Oregon is kind of like rooting for self-serve gas stations or wanting to privatize the state’s beaches. In other words, it’s not good for a candidate seeking office. Yet Oregon House Democrats have accused Republican candidates of pushing a 30 percent sales tax in Oregon — [...]
...read moreDirty politics making a return to East County
The Gresham Outlook The biennial sleaze machine is cranking up in East Multnomah County – and its first victim is House District 49 candidate Matt Wand. Wand, a Troutdale city councilor who is running as the Republican in District 49, already is being falsely accused of committing the most deadly of Oregon political sins – [...]
...read moreCampaign mailers cause uproar in House race
Rep. Nick Kahl stands behind mailings By Shannon Wells, The Gresham Outlook The House District 49 race between Rep. Nick Kahl and Matt Wand took a heated turn this week when mailings accused Wand of supporting a 30 percent sales tax through a group with which Wand denies any involvement. Future PAC, a Democratic Party [...]
...read moreLand: A Rare Commodity
Troutdale proactive in preparing ex-industrial site for commercial-recreational transformation By Shannon Wells, The Gresham Outlook Surrounded by overgrown blackberry vines, rusted, broken-down fencing and abandoned hut-like buildings, Jim Kight and Matt Wand — smartly dressed in business casual attire — cut rather incongruous figures at the former Troutdale sewage treatment plant. Despite their natty appearance, [...]
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