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Monday, March 8, 2010

Revolving door keeps turning

Hey, guess what! State Senator Rick Metsger wants to be the new state treasurer. Mildly amusing, especially in light of his position on a bill in the recent regularly scheduled "special" session of the legislature, which would have forbade the governor from appointing legislators to vacant executive posts:

But the bill ran into trouble in the Senate Rules Committee. Sen. Rick Metsger, D-Welches, said he was troubled by some of the definitions in the bill and questioned whether it would unfairly hinder legislators who seek routine jobs for any government agency in Oregon.
It will be interesting to see if the governor puts Metsger in the vacant treasurer's seat through the end of the year. Or maybe he'll go with this guy.

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Comments (5)

Not gonna' be Greg.

SEIU and OEA won't allow Sleepy Ted to appoint McPherson.

Posted by Nonny Mouse | March 8, 2010 7:24 PM

What does Ted care what the unions want? He'd probably like to appoint himself.

Posted by Jack Bog | March 8, 2010 8:02 PM

An intriguing possibility would be to appoint Allen Alley. I loved Westlund, but Alley was at least as qualified for the job in the last election.

Some questions, though:

Does the appointee have to be a Democrat?

Would Alley accept the job, since he's running for governor?

If he did, would he have to get out of the governor's race?

Posted by Gil Johnson | March 8, 2010 9:28 PM

I think Alley would be crazy to pass this up, if offered. It would increase his name recognition and incumbents do well in this state. My conspiratorial side says this would be an excellent chance for Kulongoski to take out a nearly viable GOP candidate (rimshot) in the near term.

This state will buck any trend towards the GOP that may sweep through the country in the near future. The only GOP member that has a shot is Ron Wyden.

Posted by recovering conservative | March 9, 2010 1:34 AM

It's our guy Ted Wheeler. It was just announced.

Hopefully Wheeler brings some of the fiscal responsibility he showed with the county to the state.

Posted by MachineShedFred | March 9, 2010 7:31 AM




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