Political Coffee 9-10-25: Dem who voted no on tax increase feels bullied and not running again, gas prices jump 16 cents and bad timing for Kotek's big gas tax increase, Dems soft on crime hurts people

Political Coffee with Jeff Kropf · Sep 10, 2025 · 43m

Who bullied Dem Rep who isn’t running for re election, especially after being only Dem to vote no on Tina’s massive cost of living increase bill? https://www.opb.org/article/2025/09/09/oregon-democrat-rep-annessa-hartman-transportation-politics-gladstone/

Bad timing for transportation tax increase: gas up 16 cents per gallon. https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/oregon-gas-prices-rise-refinery-pipeline-outage/283-4feb1015-ea71-45be-8283-3cfe61247cbc

Gamechanger? Dems Soft on crime policies hurt people…