Empowering Oregon Citizens
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Lowering Income Taxes, no more unclear Bills
Lowering the cost of living
Improving Police, Protection, Crime Response & Criminal Justice
Oregon Healthcare Plan (OHP)- Policy Improvements, Bringing Top Providers
Fair & Equitable Hiring for Oregonians-adjusting hiring standards & providing access to free Spanish courses.
Fire Forest Training and Fire Reduction Support
Logging Support
-Improving our City Councils Production
-Teacher, Instructor protections, incentives, appropriate pay, smaller classrooms, more assistants, consistent policies, better support.
-More Public Announcements made to Oregoninans - Transparency long before decisions are decided from your Governor,
'I believe in giving citizens time to show up and speak'
-Supporting single parents with various tax credits or DHS improvements.
Lowering Commercial Rental Space fees per sq. ft.
'If we make more possible, more will be possible and
business' can't 'start anything if pushed up against a wall.'
Supporting our Farmers Land owners, lowering zoning walls & loosening rules on growth in developing thier land and/or business.
Allow in person voting & Mail-in voting, 'Since so many citizens trust both there can be something for everyone legally allowed to vote.'
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Words from Wen
"Investing in Oregon's current citizens, for future generations isa good investment."
"I will produce jobs, I will expand our opportunities in manufacturing all over the state. Creating good workforce partnerships, training our citizens in 8-12 week ( tuition free ) short programs is a good investment for Oregon. Tech, healthcare, construction, logistics, business, forestry and other trades, should be offered. Offering tax credits, incentives or hiring grants to all Oregon companies for hiring locals, graduates, in large numbers will all drive up employment, opportunity, productivity, and shared success' across our state."
Schools
Wen advocates letting the Instructors and Districts control what is taught in schools, while providing new skills that last a lifetime for the next generation of student and previous generations. To build a stronger Oregon and economy, students need skills for a global future. Adjusting our budget for education, is a smart idea. Bringing opportunities in various courses and trades back, and more, will build confidence in our students again.
“Across our K–12 schools, we are seeing serious challenges that demand attention: teacher shortages and burnout, large class sizes, growing student mental health needs, uneven school funding, gaps in special education support, academic learning loss, technology disparities, classroom behavior and safety concerns, excessive administrative burdens on educators, and persistent inequities between rural and urban districts. Addressing these issues will require strengthening support for teachers, investing in counselors and classroom resources, improving funding stability, and ensuring every student has access to a safe and effective learning environment where they can succeed.”
Public Safety, Accountability, Support.
As Governor, I will prioritize strengthening Oregon's public safety. Yes, that means also 'low income' apartments and various locations in the public eye not just the response time to our homes. I care about all Oregonians including Portlanders trying to be a part of this new rental frontier and having an open mind through constant turmoil. I will ensure our communities have the officers and resources they need to be protected and supported. This currently means expanding recruitment and training to bring more qualified police officers and probation officers into Oregon's service, while also improving coordination, accountability, and the community's trust. Public safety works best when it is well-staffed, well-trained, and well supported.
Building Apartments, pricing them right, & lowering standards to obtain them.
Aren't you tired of shrinking spaces?
Tired of seeing veterans and elderly, single moms with 1-3 kids homeless?
Me too!
I am also not satisfied watching housing continue to shrink for our lowest and/or single income earners. While our leaders on both sides research and feel it isn't a good investment and are too scared to say why they won't build apartments to fit a large majority of single citizens and small families here. I think people are a good investment and I think one single person is worth investments, I am not scared to build the homes you need.
Across Oregon, we have both the land and abilities to build permanent, affordable housing on a large scale. The goal is not just to build faster, but to build smarter: housing designed for real families, with dignity, privacy, and access to basic amenities that support long-term stays and stability. I believe that stable, affordable housing is not just a, very real, social need, it is a good long-term economic investment that strengthens communities, supports many workforces, commutes and reduces the pressure on our public systems. That is why I support expanding development, improving access through fair qualification standards, and prioritizing long-term affordability through responsible planning and policy oversight.
With Oregon standards, integrity and long-term stability in mind, we can create housing that allows people not just to live, but to build their lives here and settle.”
Healthcare In Oregon (OHP)
Ensuring every Oregonian has access to better healthcare, finally.
I don not believe in replacing our citizens, I believe in caring for whats here.
Redefining State Healthcare & Dental Care for Oregon Citizens
-Oregonian recipients of O.H.P., know there are small benefits that keep it appealing, yet more features make it nearly unbearable and unrealistic for the average citizen. I plan to expand Oregon Health Care coverage, its doctors and oversight. As someone who knows, first hand, what citizens recieve and do not recieve, it is easy for me to get right into improving OHP for all Oregonians. Kinder reception, Perscription costs lowered and/or vacated for those making under a certain amount. Higher-end healthcare is a right, not a privilege. By expanding what medical / dental services are provided within Oregon's State Health Plan, better care can be provided to Oregon citizens. Many doctors will not accept this insurance, due to its limitations, and a strong desire to give quality care. Let us make the changes that encourage new Doctors and Physicians to move to Oregon not from Oregon, applying their skills to OHP and the growing number of citizens in need.
-Simple changes and better care can broaden the hiring fields for many Oregonians who have previously, had no choice but to have front teeth pulled, due to unfair insurance restrictions. Your smile gets you hired, and the lack thereof discriminated. Implants should not be an Oregonians only option for teeth. Treatments such as crowns, bonding, vaneers, bridges, and front ten teeth preservation are not 'vanity' treatments. One current policy is 'OHP says that you Oregonians do not need your front ten teeth to chew'- Dentist at Lents Office, Portland. Policies like these discriminate 46% of our citizens. The same citizens we spend much of our budget on around health and social services. Its time we spent money more wisely, and brought new legislature to build stronger state health care, that demonstrates Oregon's genuine care for eachother.
Mental Health Resources
Recognizing Oregon's growing mental health crisis', Wen will increase the funding needed for mental health services and resources. This takes constant oversight and work. Wen will push for permanent housing and care using meetings, funding, travel to Washington D.C. to discuss our states current issues with the right people. Wen knows where to find private donors, grants and policies that help people while working with people who want to be a part of building something that helps Oregon thrive. Oregonians need support for community clinics and programs that provide essential care for those in need, temporarily and for the long term. We need to allow our Police Officers to pick up citizens and check them into a hospitals and homes for their own good if they cannot agree to check themselves in for the sake of Oregon's safety. We are going to prioritize mental health, and thats when we begin creating more compassionate, supportive and enouraging environments for all Oregonians.
More Affordable Elderly Housing and Care
Wen advocates for policies that make aging with dignity, with ammenities, affordable for all residents. This includes workers, visits, volunteers and paid activities in cleaner atmospheres. We need to have a State Standard of Elderly Care and stick to it statewide. When we come together and find the right individuals for each individual task that Oregon citizens need, we find lasting solutions and not empty promises. Supplying homecare to our loved ones should be easier, trusting and making sure things are healthy and safe for them should not be so difficult. By ensuring that payments are fair, housing is affordable, and quality of life is existent, for our seniors and elderly, we ensure they are living their best and 'Golden' years. It seems that too many homes drain the last funds from so many seniors before they pass away, they deserve to feel valued, and these retired hard working Oregonians deserve loads of our attention. 'I see all people needing the same things, all ages, all people, are equally important to me' -Wen Waddell
Traveling Together - TriMet - Highways
Better Public Transportation Systems for all Oregonians.
Support for our commuters
Wen would like reward those citizens, in various ways, who do the hard work of walking, biking, driving and riding any of our public transportation systems as a way to get to work, or school. Watching violence and chaos unfold on public buses, trains, freeways near our children, citizens and seniors is no way to live. We need to hire more Public Safety Officers, trained more in trauma informed care, to help defuse possibly dangerous situations on or around our public transit systems. This can be done tactfully and without feeling like their presence is an invasion. If you want to break laws, you won't take the Trimet. I feel that when hiring new Police officers, that having them in their usual night shifts, as well as riding withand surveying public transportation, could give them valuable exposure and a learning platform to grow better with their community.
'In California, we had people shoot each other in traffice, over traffic, assaulting each other on the trains to L.A., and, its only a matter of time before this arrives in Portland, lets prevent it before it starts.' -Wen Waddell
Small Business & Infastructure
Wen believe the importance of modernizing Oregon's infrastructure to support economic growth, but starting where theres most need. This may not mean building costly freeways but fixing and expanding the right ones safety. This also includes investing in small and new businesses, making it easier for these business owners to enhance or expand their business' without rising costs. I believe in fair trade, capitalism, free markets, economic growth, small business support, innovation, some of America's best things, but lets enhance the quality of life around owning business' in Oregon again. Let us bring access back for funds needed and low interest loans for expand or sustain operations. We are losing people because their are no rewards in some major cities for paying the fees and toughing it out.
'I would try to start a food cart, I need the money but, its too expensive. It feels like my state wants money for my idea, and, it feels like my leaders want me to barely get by'. -A concerned citizen
Fishing & The Outdoor Activities in Oregon
Free Fishing licenses for 12-18yr old children whose parents or legal guardians recieve DHS benefits, SSI or Disability. This is one idea for Oregon minors who love to fish. Some cities can have volunteer run, free fishing courses taught at Boys & Girls Clubs or Boy Scouts & Girl Scouts of America meetings to ensure quality animal care and treatement while learning how to fish. If we make more activities available for our students, they pick these activities instead of video games and residing indoors. I would work with our communities to form more group excercise, painting and activities course for young people in Oregon as proactive way to motivate our youth to stay productive and remember to enjoy our scenic state. How about passes to the local pools in summer? Ways to get funding for week long and two week long adventure camps fully paid for. Our Zoo and other activities are still a bit too expensive, even with discounts, for our poorest citizens. I would like to work on making permanent price adjustments so that everyone in Oregon can enjoy the same things consistently.
'I like fishing... but my dad says we can't afford to do
it' - Juvenile
Preserving Oregon
Ensuring a Sustainable Future for Oregon's Environment and its Citizens
Cleaning Up. Better Trash Disposal Options for Oregonians
Oregonians enjoy preserving our homes and properites. We all, on some scale, want to help keep our State clean. To reduce our carbon footprint, we as leaders need to show that we are also willing to make efforts, providing the best for our cities. This means providing weekly trash services, more inexpensive fees for these services, and, dumping. So many people cannot afford one trip to a dump to drop off a dishwasher properly or otherwise. Lowering fees for these services and temporary dumpsters will help citizens better manage the ongoing trash accumulating. We need to find ways control our waste before it is too late for Oregon. Dumping trash should not be a priviledge, it should be a basic thing that anyone can do, up to certain weight for a small fee, and, its for the greater health of our State. I will work with my districts to make Leglislation for this need.
Conservation our Natural Resources
Wen believes in the importance of conserving Oregon's natural resources for future generations. This includes protecting our forests, rivers, hatcheries, wildlife habitats and conservancy zones through effective management and conservation programs. By limiting building close to these zones, prioritizing sustainability, we can ensure that Oregon remains a beautiful and vibrant place to live. We can teach our public school students again, to maintain our forests, and, learn about marine biology. They can learn how to preserve and protect our coasts and wildlife, taking overnight trips, or camping in the Deschutes woods, learning about forest restoration. I believe that spreading around options, ideas and opportunities for our students and state citizens who want to help, only benefits Oregon's future. Oregonians can keep Oregon beautiful, and want to, themselves, with a few better options.
Civilian Safety, Growing Better Together
Whether you are shopping, eating, walking, camping, working your small business, at Blazer's game, a park, lake or a mall, Oregon citizens want to feel safe. Oregonians would like their leaders getting into better habits, not rewarding crimes against small business' or releasing people quickly who repeatedly harm others. You would prefer to call the Police Dept. or '911', in any emergency, and see the police arrive between 10 to 30 minutes of your call, and regardless of your assumed appearance get treated with dignity. That is not much to ask for. I want to give you a chance to survive in Oregon longer than you thought you were going to. I would like to give you motivation to stay and enjoy the natural beauty of this state again. You want your stores and people to feel safe and that is fair. I appreciate you, your ideas, and your innovations. Any citizen causing damage will face the courts and anyone apprehended is the States responsibility, so making sure every citizen is treated fairly and justly, will be my concern, no matter the agencies involved. You as citizens want more transparency.
Taxes and Tax Credits
Less taxes arriving at doorsteps, that you do not understand, ( Art tax, Raised property taxes...). Also I will fight to bring tax credits back for common families. Leaders in our Federal Government need to understand that due a lack of dual language courses, jobs being unavailable, less employers wanting to train employees in skills, many young adults struggle to find the basic things in life: a job, home and savings. Many young adults aged 18-40 live with their parents as dependants due to a lack of jobs and housing, now, and for decades. Families should be able to claim tax credits longer for their children at home. I will work hard to help you to receive addtional tax credits for taking care of parents, your children, and your properties large amounts of garbage, giving motivation to my citizens to get up and care again for what is theirs. I will put in place, state workers to check on the elderly being cared for by family, on a consistent basis, until benefits are no longer needed, to avoid fraud. This additonally supplies new and more jobs to citizens in Oregon who want to train in social services, helping families manage their options and needs.
