Op Ed:
Open Invitation:
Salem-News TV-Interview
For Ron Saxton

Salem-News.com offers Oregon's Republican candidate for Governor the chance to answer a few questions on video.

Ron Saxton

(SALEM) - "Ron: We need the same straight answers you would offer to any other client seeking to set up your famous counseling talents for a new assignment. In all candor, this job now depends on what you answer to just several questions."

That’s our public invitation for Saxton as candidate for the Governor’s chair in Oregon, the State we all love and respect. He can speak out and up, right into the video camera-lens, here on Salem-News.

In Oregon’s capital, where he wants to “run the show” AND reign over State agencies employing those who protect and serve Oregonians so well; at pay-rates set by market survey and Legislative decision.

Ron’s been telling Oregonians he has “comprehensive” plans, ready for Legislators in “the Salem Arena”,for every Oregon problem known to all.

We agree action is now-essential to prevent desperately damaging further denigration in every Oregon program.

Straight-talk --presented personally-- always offers better message-delivery than any debate. If he seeks direct, factual sharing for voter understanding, how better to get it, rapidly?

Publicly-recorded, authoritatively-studied solid facts drawn from realities are “out there” already. Salem-News sent Ron documented details prepared by recognized and authoritative study-sources, covering:

Corporate tax reform for massive shift from corporate-paid, now-deeply slashed/back, to individual Oregonians; Educational-system “rescue” via rational research prepared professionally over a three-year period by respected Oregonians; and even Colorado’s own 13-year bad-consequences experience, as ONLY state ever to “buy one”, with TABOR; that Constitutional-attack initiative that Ron can’t stomach, but still will not yet openly oppose.

Even after six separate Colorado-prepared reports paralleling our own OCPP were sent to him before the Eugene GOP tribal-cabal.

“Educational-system rescue” proposals by CHALKBOARD represent rational understanding for any real SUSTAINABILITY --the basic principle of all life-forms-unavoidable for anything impacting children and learning-youth.

Arrogant editorial- finding fault over meeting-times and debate-numbers is misplaced emphasis, no matter where-found.

What’s needed is direct dialog with voters face-to-face with issues and Silent Saxton’s plans for the same. “More” is always “better” on dialog; See OREGONIAN Edit 8/24.

Saxton can reveal those so-secretive plans to key citizens right in Oregon’s capital where many leaders and workers reside and decide State success-or-failure; as anyone seeking to lead for the public weal must surely understand. You never antagonize your leader-cadre if you seek success in any organization - they “run the show” while you may run the top-desk !

The Salem-News video interview allows detailed presentation for rational evaluation, making his own pitch, in his own way, for all voters to see-and-hear, serving democratic ends and purposes.

Salem-News is the ONLY daily media organization in Oregon presenting that video-intrview situation to Ron; We owe it both to YOU and to him.

That’s a strong weapon to dispel fantasy-based new attacks on Oregon’s public-agency employees --those he suggested, first-campaign-shot, be “fired and then rehired”.

That flame flares anew: An outside-of-Oregon group is spending ONE MILLION $$$$ “raising public attention” by propagandistic press-radio-tv ads distorting public worker-images -- and public understandings, too. (See OREGONIAN, A13,8/24. Metro B-1 8/25)

They ALSO support that TABOR-initiative Ron cannot stomach --but still won’t openly oppose --discussed in a closed to press meeting some weeks ago with its sponsors.

Timing’s right on target:
Saxton’s campaign needs a sharp shot in the arm since polls show Kulongoski handily leading -- AND then $1 MILLION flies in from out-of-state, as “coincidental campaign contribution.”

“Coincidence” is a powerful political consequence built through cooperative action by colleagues, constantly encountered in most “weakened-campaign” circumstances Sometimes, wide historial experience shows, that process even accelerates into “cabal”...and then “conspiracy”...all done covertly, of course.

Still another “coincidence” carries on that theme:

An Op-Edit in The OREGONIAN (Reinhard,8/20) deplored a union political ad --while defending Saxton’s campaign, avoiding badly-needed issue-clarification from Silent Saxton.

Next a full-page anti-union ad appeared statewide, built around an openly-distorted State worker-photo. Propagandistic copy clearly perverted realities we know, again smearing ALL public workers for perverse campaign purposes, -on--openly defiying Legislative and Court action-on-record.

That same day “Big O” reported on the $1 million-dispensing group, demonstrating determined attack on unions and their officials, as malign intent by paid provocateurs.

Eugene’s REGISTER-GUARD (8/23) detailed perverted negativity of the ads and anti-union group-statements; with quoted-response from Oregon authorities with knowledge of Oregon reality.

“Coincidence struck again”:
A leading GOP-ster sought “strike-out” for Constitutional Party candidate Starrett, attacking process-detail to sabotage “spoiler”-danger to Party-power.

Can you imagine any R-type leader daring to do that, directly affecting the Party-candidate, without “cooperation”?

But his charges were sharply castigated and rapidly refused, continuing the Starrett “spoiler” role.

These compelling surrounding-situations trigger our Salem-News offer for “video self-presentation” to Saxton. With limited debate-exposure it is now demanded.

ANY corporate attorney must know values of direct delivery to the Jury -- openly and ON THE RECORD.

The details of when, where --and the advance delivery of ONLY FOUR questions from Salem-News-- are easy to work out; Our S-N invitation is flexible; it can fit ANY time-slot Silent Saxton finds he can still pry open.

What-say, Ron? Still seeking the job?

If offered this open-shot to a democratic audience, what would crafty, but ethical Ben Franklin do?

We await your approval and request for “those FOUR Salem-News questions”, ANY TIME --sir.