Startled me too when I found this out: I was looking up how the Oregon legislature could initiate impeachment proceedings against recalcitrant Democratic Governor John Kizthaber, only to discover that apparently they cannot. It seems that there’s no provision in the state constitution for such a thing – the only state in the Union that doesn’t have that, in fact. So it’s either Kitzhaber resigns, or they try to do a recall. Continue reading Quick note: Oregon cannot impeach governor John Kitzhaber (D).
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Kitzhaber Meltdown Watch: there goes his Chief of Staff!
Oregon is having a moment, isn’t it?
BREAKING Capitol source tells me @GovKitz Chief of Staff and his legislative liaison resigned today.
— Anna Canzano (@AnnaCanzanoKATU) February 12, 2015
I know, I know: Kitzhaber’s replacement will be worse. But on the other hand, Oregon’s been managing to avoid having open progressives – open the way that Kate Brown is open about it – formally run its state government for quite a while now. Looks like they’re gonna get three years of precisely that…
“John Kitzhaber says he ‘has no intention of resigning’.” …Oooh.
That’s the title to this Oregonian piece, and I hope that my readers are catching the nuance to it. In case some of you have not, let me provide a visual aid:
‘No intention.’ …Hee.
Corrupt Governor John Kitzhaber (D, Oregon) MUST be recalled.
And not a moment too soon, either.
Two leaders of Republican Dennis Richardson’s failed gubernatorial campaign last fall have filed a prospective petition with the state seeking to launch a recall of Gov. John Kitzhaber.
It’s the second recall effort filed this week, yet potentially the more viable. Richardson has a vast email database that could help achieve the 220,000 signatures necessary to get a recall on the ballot.
…Are you a legal voter of Oregon? Then it behooves you to sign this petition, when it becomes available in July. John Kitzhaber is so self-evidently corrupt that even the Oregonian – a paper that endorsed Kitzhaber – is calling for his resignation. This is a known thing; few dispute it. In fact, it should have been the Democrats who started the recall process. Continue reading Corrupt Governor John Kitzhaber (D, Oregon) MUST be recalled.
The @Oregonian wants John Kitzhaber to resign… now that he can be safely replaced with a Democrat.
And this is how corruption works on the Pacific Coast.
https://twitter.com/Heminator/status/563125239731990530
Oracle claims John Kitzhaber killed eventually-functional Cover Oregon site for political purposes.
@BrianFaughnan calls this story ‘Flaming Skull’-worthy, and I am inclined to agree:
Software vendor Oracle provided information last week to the U.S. House and Energy Committee claiming the website was operational in February, but that the state of Oregon pulled the plug on it for political reasons.
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“Cover Oregon executives have stated to Oracle that the application functionality is sufficient to support individual enrollment,” Oracle president Safra Catz wrote in a letter addressed to Cover Oregon interim director Clyde Hamstreet and state CIO Alex Pettit. “However, Cover Oregon has not agreed to give individuals direct access to the application. Thus Cover Oregon, not Oracle, made the decision to keep the exchange closed to individuals even though the functionality has been delivered by Oracle.”
The allegation here – and it’s unusually blunt, too – from Oracle is that they were given the boot despite their allegedly eventually having a working system because: a, competitor Deloitte Consulting provided a self-serving analysis of the situation; and b, Governor John Kitzhaber is planning to run for a fourth term on how shocked, shocked! he is that there was incompetence going on at this establishment. Katu.com says that the presentation didn’t point any fingers, but it’s hard how you define this: Continue reading Oracle claims John Kitzhaber killed eventually-functional Cover Oregon site for political purposes.
Report: it will take $45M and almost two years to ‘fix’ Cover Oregon.
That’s under current conditions (keep the database, keep current vendor Oracle), at least according to the Deloitte Development report that the state of Oregon commissioned on how to get from under the horrible state exchange disaster inflicted on Oregon by Governor John Kitzhaber and his fellow Democrats. Reading the report, it looks like Deloitte’s recommendation would be that Oregon simply cut Cover Oregon loose and join the federal exchange. As the Oregonian noted:
Oregon could hook up to the federal exchange far sooner and for a fraction of the cost, according to the report obtained by The Oregonian. A hybrid solution mixing the federal exchange and an unfinished Oracle-based small-business section of the exchange would also be faster than sticking with the current plan, as well as cheaper.
Continue reading Report: it will take $45M and almost two years to ‘fix’ Cover Oregon.
Cover Oregon: “SAUVE QUI PEUT! HOME! HOME! PICKUP AND HOME!” #obamacare
“Any beacon you can hear. Six minutes! All hands, save yourselves, pick up your mates. Home on any beacon! Sauve qui* -”…
Oregon’s troubled health insurance exchange began robocalling applicants Friday, warning them that if they don’t receive enrollment confirmation by Monday, they should seek coverage elsewhere for Jan. 1.
“If you haven’t heard from us by Dec. 23, it is unlikely your application will be processed for Jan. 1 insurance coverage,” a woman’s voice on the pre-recorded call from Cover Oregon says. “If you want to be sure you have insurance coverage starting Jan. 1, you have other options.”
…Heckuva job, John Kitzhaber. Heck of a job.
Moe Lane (crosspost)
Via @Herminator.
**If you inexplicably don’t want to read a classic science fiction novel that makes the Activist Left spit, fine: ‘sauve qui peut’ means ‘every man for himself.’
If you are an Oregonian who has lost your health insurance, make private arrangements NOW.
The (Democratic-controlled) Oregon state government will not have its website up and running in time. I repeat: the Oregon state government will not have its website up and running in time. Rely on the website, and you will have gaps in coverage.
People who want health coverage beginning in January through Oregon’s troubled insurance exchange need to act fast.
State officials said Wednesday they don’t expect to have the online enrollment system working in time for people to enroll in plans that begin on the first of the year. They also announced that paper applications, their backup system, must be mailed within just two weeks, by Dec. 4.
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[Exchange Director Rocky] King said the latest projections show the system should be ready for individuals to enroll online beginning Dec. 16, which would mean people who enroll on the first day would get coverage beginning in February.