It's not easy being green: OLCV releases 09 legislative scorecard
Carla Axtman
Keeping track of how our legislators vote on issues that are important to us can be a daunting task. They vote on hundreds of bills that run the gamut from compelling to silly to downright dull. It can be very helpful when interest groups track the votes and let us know how we're being represented.
The Oregon League of Conservation Voters is one such interest group. OLCV's mission is "To pass laws that protect Oregon’s environmental legacy, elect pro-environment candidates to office, and hold all of our elected officials accountable." Today, OLCV released their 2009 Legislative Scorecard, revealing individual legislator votes on legislation important to OLCV.
If environmental issues are one of your priorities, this is an important piece of the perspective puzzle.
As demonstrated by today's OLCV press release, it's not that easy being green, even with more progressives in the group:
The Oregon League of Conservation Voters’ 2009 Environmental Scorecard for the Oregon Legislature, released today, scores votes on 21 key bills addressing clean energy, water management, transportation, land use and public health. The average score in the House was 60 percent and in the Senate was 61 percent. These averages represent a nine-point and a 12-point drop respectively from 2007.
The only legislator to receive a 100% score is Ben Cannon (D-Portland).
*One final note: This post is not a set-up to revisit global climate change. This is a post to discuss the OLCV 09 Legislative Scorecard. Comments that attempt to take us away from the topic at hand will be deleted.
Final final note: Ray Charles is awesome.
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Sep 22, '09
I'd like to say how proud I am that all the East Multnomah County legislators recieved a score over the average.
And a special "Yea!" for my Representative, Nick Kahl (95%) and Senator, Laurie Monnes Anderson (90%). Wooohoo!
Sep 22, '09
I read an article in The Oregonian that Rep. Schaufler was the only Democrat who scored below 70%. He scored 52%.
Does anyone know if that is really in line with Happy Valley voters?
Sep 22, '09
Komp scored a 50. She's a D as well. She and Schauf are the big outliers from the entire rest of the party.
Sep 22, '09
Komp actually got a 58%, probably in part because she was sick for a variety of pretty easy votes for Democrats.
Sep 22, '09