Jeff Merkley Takes His 100 Towns for Change Tour to Southern Oregon!

Posted by Ben DuPree on August 7, 2008
100 Towns Tour for Change

U.S. Senate candidate Jeff Merkley is bringing his 100 Towns for Change tour to Southern Oregon!

Starting on Tuesday, August 12, Jeff will begin his tour of Southern Oregon! He'll begin by meeting community members in Oakridge before heading over to a town hall in Chiloquin. He'll finish the day with a stop over in Klamath Falls. On Wednesday, he'll go to Jacksonville and Ashland before going to Medford for a Health Care Leaders Round Table and a veteran's rally. On Thursday Jeff will start off in Rogue River and Central Point before attending the Josephine County Fair in Grants Pass. He'll finish the tour by meeting with local business owners in Canyonville.

Please check out the specific locations below.

Oregon families are ready to change the direction of America by changing the priorities in Washington D.C. and putting Oregonians before the powerful special interests. And people are taking notice.

For too long politicians like George Bush and Gordon Smith have served only the lobbyists and most powerful special interests, ignoring the needs of hardworking families in every corner of the state. Jeff is committed to putting Oregonians first again.

Tuesday, August 12th

9:30 am
Oakridge
The Trailhead
47434 Highway 58
Health care discussion with local city officials and community members

12:30 pm
Chiloquin
Chiloquin Community Center
140 S First Street
Town Hall meeting to discuss Merkley's Rural Economic Development Plan

2:15 pm
Klamath Falls
Plaza at 9th and Main St
Discussion with community members about Merkley's Plan to Lower Gas Prices

Wednesday August 13th

9:00 am
Jacksonville
Location: Doc Griffen Park
Pine and Fourth Street
Jacksonville, OR 97530
Coffee with local community leaders to discuss Merkley's Middle-Class Tax Cut Plan

10:30 am
Ashland
Brothers' Restaurant
95 N. Main Street
Main Street Walk with Community Leaders

12:15 pm
Medford
Jackson County Library
Carpenter Meeting Room
205 South Central
Health Care Roundtable with Community Health Care Leaders

5:30 pm
Medford
Veteran's Memorial Park
Hwy 99 and W Stewart Ave
BBQ with Veterans

Thursday August 14th

9:00 am
Rogue River
Karen's Kitchen
9001 Rogue River Hwy
Coffee with community members about Merkley's Plan to Public Safety Plan

10:00 am
Central Point
Central Point Labor Council
4480 Rogue Valley Hwy
Meeting with community members to discuss Merkley's Plan to Create Quality Jobs

11:05 am
Central Point
242 Aurora Lane
Habitat for Humanity Site Visit

12:00 pm
Grants Pass
1451 Fairgrounds Road
Grants Pass, OR 97527
Josephine County Fair

3:30 pm
Canyonville
Commonwealth Garden Shoppe
452 North Main Street
Main Street Walk

Comments

Posted by Luanna M. Neal at August 8, 2008 11:07 AM

Thank you for coming to Southern Oregon - - especially Grants Pass - - we so often get treated as an unwanted stepchild, even by those in Medford and Ashland. In the primaries, I was leaning your direction, but your appearance at the Basic Rights Oregon rally in Portland in support of the domestic partnership law made me know you are the man for our State! I hope to be able to get off work on Thursday and meet you at the fairgrounds. Thank you for taking on Gordon Smith - - he's been here for far too long!

Posted by Barry Snitkin at August 12, 2008 3:48 PM

It would be great to see Jeff in Cave Junction.

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Jeff Merkley was born in the small town of Myrtle Creek, Oregon, the son of a sawmill worker. He's fought hard for working families in Oregon and he's ready to help lead America.

As Oregon's Speaker of the House, Jeff Merkley led one of the most effective, efficient and progressive legislative sessions in Oregon's history - with big achievements for schools, ethics, health care, jobs, alternative energy, and protections for working families.

Discover why Jeff Merkley is ready to lead.

From the Oregonian:

Merkley raced [quarter-midget cars] as a child, and once owned -- and crashed -- a Harley. He roomed with an impoverished family in Ghana as a teen, hitchhiked across Israel as a young man and went on, as he puts it, to help shut down one of Portland's worst crack alleys.

"I've lived," he says, "a pretty unconventional life."

Read the Oregonian profile of Jeff Merkley's life before politics.

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