On this day, January 1, 1921, During the boom times of the 1920s, the Montgomery Ward building opened in NW Portland. It has since been converted to office space and is now known as Montgomery Park.
Also on this day, January 1, 2002, No. 2 Oregon defeated No. 3 Colorado 38-16 in the Fiesta Bowl.
Also on this day, January 1, 2013, ten states kicked off the new year with a minimum wage rise of between 10 and 35 cents. The rises went into effect in Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Missouri, Montana, Ohio, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont and Washington.
Possible changes in leadership structure on the agenda
The
Oregon Sunshine Committee is holding an electronic meeting on September 22, 2021 from 1:00 to 3:00 PM.
The public can attend by telephone or via Webex, although there is no further information provided by the Committee at this time. Meeting links and call-in numbers are available upon request sent to
SunshineCommittee@doj.state.or.us.
The Oregon Sunshine Committee was created in 2017 with the passage of
HB 2101 in the Oregon State Legislature.
Like the name suggests, it's job is to make sure that Oregon’s sunshine laws are working. A large part of that task involves reviewing the hundreds of exemptions that can keep government information out of public hands, with the goal of creating a more transparent government.
A D V E R T I S E M E N T
A D V E R T I S E M E N T
The agenda of the meeting on September 22nd will be to recap where things stand with the Sunshine Committee’s work and discuss the path forward from, including possible changes in the leadership, and leadership structure, of the Committee. Discussion on these issues could lead to votes on leadership and structure questions and possibly also on how the Committee will prioritize its work going forward.
The meeting materials that have been provided to the members include the
draft report the Committee worked on in early 2020, and the
2011 proposed re-organization of public records exemptions.
An archive of past committee meetings can be found
here.
Written comments to the Oregon Sunshine Committee about its work and requests for accommodation can be sent to
SunshineCommittee@doj.state.or.us.
Regular meetings of the Oregon Sunshine Committee are currently scheduled on the third Wednesday of every odd-numbered month (January, March, May, etc.). The Sunshine Committee generally meets in Hearing Room C of the Oregon State Capitol at 1:30 PM.
--Ben Fisher| Post Date: 2021-09-12 09:44:24 | Last Update: 2021-09-12 18:58:04 |
