July 2023

OREGON OBSERVATIONS 2 JULY 2023

Kotek hasn’t committed to signing self-serve gas bill. It sounds like those of you who can’t wait until you can finally pump your own gas might be in for a disappointment. Her primary consideration will be the statewide unemployment of gas pumpers resulting from her signing the bill. Oregon’s current unemployment rate is 4.0% (the national rate is 3.4%), which’ll only worsen once service station attendants from Ontario to Yachats start getting canned.

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NATIONAL NOTES 1 JULY 2023

Supreme Court rejects affirmative action in ruling on universities using race in admissions decisions. In 6-3 affirmative action opinion, Supreme Court decides using race as factor in college admissions violates Constitution’s 14th Amendment. Folks, this is a biggie. You know why? Because for too long, universities, corporate America, and the government have based hiring and advancement on skin color, not achievement. Commonsense dictates that all these sectors should be basing placement decisions on the principles of meritocracy. Highly skilled people have lost out to less qualified candidates for far too long because of skin tone or ethnic background. I firmly believe that the practice was a knee-jerk reaction to the segregationist era, culminating with the Vietnam War’s impact on society. 

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