Nice try Dave. However, you never know unless you ask. My wife and I gave to Jessie Cornett, and the DNC. We couldn't afford to give the full tax credit amount, but have in years past. It really is great that our tax system can provide incentives that acutally promotes the common good. I would like to see the cap raised to $250 for couples or $125 per individual. But, this could pretty much be done away with if Oregon had a publicly financed system like the Voter Owned Election system we have in Portland. I would keep the tax credit with the raised limits to help fund other cuases like the DPO or the Bus Project.

Please consider giving your tax credit to the Multnomah County Democratic Party. We've done a lot in the past year to work on the infrastructure of our county party, developing a plan to support and train up-and-coming candidates, support those running for local offices, and more.

Part of the reason we were successful this year was because we were able to have paid staff for the first time. By having Blaine and myself on staff, we were able to keep the office open more often, oversee more canvasses and phone banks, develop a voters guide and door hangers, and more. We worked together with Justin, Jesse, Jared, and others at the DPO to implement the plan for the county.

Now that we're in an "off year," we have 60 local races up this coming May. Races that the state party does not get involved with because they're non-partisan. But these races are important, as it's where many of the people who will be running for larger offices (Portland City Council, state legislature, Congress, state-wide office, etc.) in the future will come from. But there has been very little support structure for people running for these local special boards (school boards, community college boards, water boards, etc.). We'd like to change that.

Please consider giving to the county party and helping us to continue with our plans to strengthen the party, our members, and our candidates.

You can give at: http://www.multdems.org/donate

Also, be sure to mark down January 26th on your calendars. It's our annual Caffe Democratica-- spaghetti dinner, silent auction, and democracy fair. You may remember our standing room only dinner in 2004 with Congressman Dennis Kucinich. This year we're bringing in fellow Texan Jim Hightower.

Details and tickets are available at: http://www.multdems.org/spaghetti

So, Cinderella, if you haven't already made $50 in political contributions this year, get on those glass dance slippers and dance your way to the Jackson County Democrats to make an end of year contribution. The best thing you can do for democracy in the Rogue Valley is to make a contribution to the Jackson County Democrats and forward this message to any of your friends and family who share your values but may not have taken advantage of the Oregon political tax credit.

Make your checks payable to JCDCC and send to PO Box 4474, Medford, Oregon 97501. Please include your name, address, occupation and employer. The State requires us to collect this information on all donors.

All the Best, Paulie Brading Chair, Jackson County Democrats

Anna:

No, Kari said:

"To put it another way: By donating $50 to a political campaign of your choice, you can reduce your taxes or increase your refund by that same $50... The bottom line? By contributing $50 to a progressive political campaign, you can make Oregon a better place - and it won't cost you a dime."

So you can get the credit by donating to Republicans. You can get the credit AND make Oregon a better place by donating to progressive campaigns.

Anna, I think you're lost. Try this blog.