{"id":503,"date":"2023-09-28T18:28:39","date_gmt":"2023-09-28T18:28:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/knotts4multco.com\/?page_id=503"},"modified":"2024-03-13T21:49:59","modified_gmt":"2024-03-13T21:49:59","slug":"positions","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/brianknotts.com\/index.php\/positions\/","title":{"rendered":"Issues"},"content":{"rendered":"

Basic Philosophy<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n

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I believe good legislation:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. addresses a quantifiable problem<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. is tailored as narrowly as possible<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. is likely to be effective in its objective<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. is at the appropriate level of government<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n

    Here are a few of my positions on issues facing the county:<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n

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    Animal Control<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

    The review and revamp of Animal Services should continue, and while a new facility is needed, this will take time to build. In the meantime, the county should explore a temporary, leased facility, to allow more efficient operations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Emergency Services<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

    The two-paramedic rule, unique to Multnomah County, should be repealed, which will allow improved response times, especially in rural areas of the county.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Non-profits<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

    I call for an audit of every non-profit receiving more than $20,000 per annum from the county. We must make sure we, the taxpayers, are getting value for our money.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Hard Drugs<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

    Measure 110 was a mistake. Voters were misled into passing this by outside groups with lots of money, and the results have been disastrous. It must be repealed. While I generally side with individual choice and responsibility, these drugs remove the consent of the user through rapid addiction or worse. This is a state issue, but the board has a voice, and should use it, just as Coos County’s board did.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Graffiti\/Vandalism<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

    We need to work with the Sheriff’s Office to aggressively combat this, and punish the vandals, instead of its victims (often small businesses) as it results in a general increase in the sense of lawlessness that has permeated our county.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Corrections<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

    We must fully fund existing jail beds to provide the court system with a place to send criminals, as needed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Basic Philosophy I believe good legislation: Here are a few of my positions on issues facing the county: The review and revamp of Animal Services should continue, and while a new facility is needed, this will take time to build. In the meantime, the county should explore a temporary, leased facility, to allow more efficient operations.… Read More »Issues<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_regular_price":[],"currency_symbol":[],"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"_ti_tpc_template_sync":false,"_ti_tpc_template_id":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-503","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"post_slider_layout_featured_media_urls":{"thumbnail":"","post_slider_layout_landscape_large":"","post_slider_layout_portrait_large":"","post_slider_layout_square_large":"","post_slider_layout_landscape":"","post_slider_layout_portrait":"","post_slider_layout_square":"","full":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brianknotts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/503","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brianknotts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brianknotts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brianknotts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brianknotts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=503"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/brianknotts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/503\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":580,"href":"https:\/\/brianknotts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/503\/revisions\/580"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brianknotts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=503"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}