Governor Kate Brown’s administration has made a point of rewarding their friends and punishing their enemies. After a secret plan to smear a Portland health care provider became public, the Governor asked the director of the Oregon Health Authority to resign, but at least five of the key employees involved in crafting the plan were given a pass for their misconduct. In fact, one of the culprits is now making $97,000 a year working directly for Governor Brown.
Despite claiming to defend Oregon's public records laws, Governor Brown failed to report $165,000 in lobbying costs in "flagrant violations of Oregon’s lobbyist disclosure laws" - paid for by taxpayer dollars.
Ten years after Sponsoring a bill to prevent legislators from becoming lobbyists right after leaving office, Governor Brown broke her own rule and hired former Representative Peter Buckley. Her spokesperson defended the hire, saying the “revolving door” law didn’t apply…