Add Your Name To Save Preschool for All!
BACKGROUND:
Tina Kotek spent weeks pressuring County Chair Jessica Vega Pederson to freeze collection of the preschool tax for 3-4 years and is now stealthily ramming a last-minute bill to kill PFA outright, SB 106, through the Legislature at the end of session.
We have worked too hard to develop, win, and create the best preschool program in the country to let this happen. Preschool for All will have 3,800 spots in the Fall, ahead of schedule to reach all the County’s children whose families want to enroll them by Fall 2030.
We cannot allow this capitulation to the demands of the richest residents who are using false data to claim the tax is driving the wealthy out of Multnomah County and who are attempting to overturn democratic process and the will of the people. We will save Preschool for All, but we need your help!
TAKE ACTION:
1) Click here to send an updated letter to say NO ON S.B. 106! So far over 25,000 people signed onto the original petition to protect PFA.
2) Call the Senators voting on this bill to tell them you strongly oppose it!
Kathleen Taylor, sen.kathleentaylor@oregonlegislature.gov, 503-986-1721
Mark Meek, Sen.MarkMeek@oregonlegislature.gov, 503-986-1720
Deb Patterson, Sen.DebPatterson@oregonlegislature.gov, 503-986-1710
Mike McClane, Sen.MikeMcLane@oregonlegislature.gov, 503-986-1730
Bruce Starr, Sen.BruceStarr@oregonlegislature.gov, 503-986-1712
3) Check to see if you can submit testimony opposing SB 106, by by clicking this link, then clicking the “Register to Testify” menu item. Outraged opposition at the power grab against Multnomah County voters who approved Preschool for All by 2 to 1 is enough, but if you want more to say to legislators, friends, or family, check out Friends of PFA’s website, especially the Mythbusting page!
4) Join the Friends of Preschool for All email list.
5) Share this with your friends!