Democratic leaders tell John Kitzhaber: It's time to resign
Source: The Oregonian
Senate President Peter Courtney and House Majority Leader Tina Kotek met with Gov. John Kitzhaber on Thursday morning and told him it was time to resign.
At a 1 p.m. press conference to discuss the meeting, Courtney said the discussion with Kitzhaber was difficult.
"He was upset," Courtney said. "He was defiant. He was struggling."
"This thing is evolving by the second."
Read more: http://www.oregonlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2015/02/democratic_leaders_tell_john_k.html#incart_maj-story-1
I'm guessing he'll be out by Saturday.
KamaAina
(78,249 posts)And who's the Lt. Gov.?
Bluenorthwest
(45,319 posts)She's great. Some background on the Kitz story
http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-23957-murmurs_what_john_kitzhaber_can_still_do.html
KamaAina
(78,249 posts)I thought that was all a bunch of repuke hooey. To think, if the repukes had pushed it harder, and fielded a candidate who wasn't dipping into Rush's stash of Oxy, they might have won.
marble falls
(57,831 posts)GOPish: Its OK to end run the voters, cause after all its only a game, right?
hack89
(39,171 posts)http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2015/02/12/the-long-strange-and-dumbfounding-saga-of-oregon-gov-john-kitzhaber/
And the Secretary of State Kate Brown will take over - Oregon has no Lt Gov position.
marble falls
(57,831 posts)be worth more than a quarter million. I hope he married for love. Do these two deserve each other?
hack89
(39,171 posts)marble falls
(57,831 posts)develops a viable third party, we ought to require a more parliamentary system where Governors and Presidents might have to call for votes of confidence to remain in power or to stay in office for a full term or to step down and call new elections. Proven incompetence ought to be a recall-able offense. But we would not want it easy to do what Grayson had done to him as Governor of California.
marble falls
(57,831 posts)brooklynite
(95,157 posts)marble falls
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