Remember Loren Parks, the Nevadan money man behind a long list of local conservative causes? You may better remember him as the 80-something online sex hypnotist. Last we heard, Parks mysteriously cut off the cash tap, leaving Republican activist Kevin Mannix high and dry. Turns out, he’s not finished yet (at least in the political realm — Parks hasn’t posted a new sex advice video since 2010 — for shame!).
As the Oregonian reports this afternoon, Parks has donated a hefty $15,000 to the Clackamas Rail Vote, the group petitioning to get an anti-light rail measure on the September ballot.
The measure, which will find a spot on the ballot if 9,378 of the group’s collected signatures are validated, will require a vote by Clackamas County residents before the county hands off $25 million towards the $1.5 billion Portland- Milwaukie line. Will Parks’ boost be the ticket to the ballot?
Don’t do it for just Clackamas, do it for the whole state and include any project costing more than $300 million.
The group does not need to gather 9,378 more signatures according to the linked article. It just needs to have that 9,378 of the approximately 12,000 signatures already submitted validated under the signature certification process.
@Babygorilla, oops, you’re right — corrected it. Thanks for the heads up.
I thought this was about LOCAL control, Crackinmyassians! Don’t go taking out-of-town money to advance your anti-rail point of view, then turn around and say “The People Have Spoken.”
“This man doles out as much as as he does orgasms.”
What exactly does he dole as much as orgasms? Sigh… yet another typo from Alex. Proof read, my darlin’! And have a co-worker proof read too. Isn’t that standard practice?
Hey, Strunk & White, did you mean “proofread?” No biggie, typos happen. We all know what you meant.
Strunk & White apparently hasn’t read the Oregonian recently. It’s evidently become de rigueur to skip proofreading.