PolitiFact Oregon | Lynn Howe says Sal Esquivel wants to
tax milk October 5, 2010
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Yet more sales tax shenanigans! In
Southern Oregon, Rep. Sal
Esquivel, R-Medford, is campaigning for his fourth term representing House
District 6.
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Howe takes first shot at Esquivel
Esquivel says Howe's mailer is misleading; she says it calls
attention to his record October
01, 2010 Mail Tribune, Damian Mann
State Rep. Sal Esquivel denounces what he views as a
misleading hit piece mailed to voters that signals the start
of a negative campaign by his opponent in the Nov. 2
election, Lynn Howe.
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| See Related InfoMediation bill proposed to address manufactured park
issues
September 20, 2010 Upper Rogue Independent, Margaret Bradburn
Well over 100 residents from manufactured home parks in both
Jackson and Josephine Counties learned that the proposed
Manufactured Home Community Preservation Act of 2011is about
rent justification, not rent control. At a meeting on
September 11 at the Medford main library, a panel educated
and answered audience questions about the upcoming
legislation.
Read moreNew PAC slams government spending
Rep. Esquivel and group call for fiscal responsibility and
will highlight like-minded candidates
August 23, 2010 Mail Tribune, Damian Mann
State Rep. Sal Esquivel, R-Medford, has co-founded a new
political-action group aimed at galvanizing local residents
worried about government spending.
Read moreStrict new cell phone laws, especially for teens
Jan. 11, 2010 Upper Rogue Independent
As of January 1, 2010, you are not allowed to "operate a
motor vehicle while using a mobile communication device" if
you are under 18 years of age.
Read moreRep. Esquivel to serve as “Principal
for a Day” at Medford’s Madrone Trail Charter School
November 22, 2009 Oregon House of Representatives
SALEM— Rep. Sal Esquivel (R-Medford) announced that he will
serve as “Principal for a Day’ at Medford’s Madrone Trail
Charter School on December 1. The visit will give Rep.
Esquivel the opportunity to learn more about the public
school and the education it provides to local students.
Read moreEsquivel, Howe, will go at it again in Medford
October 23, 2009 The Oregonian, Jeff Mapes
I don't know what kind of prospects Democrat Lynn
Howe has in the rematch she announced this week
against Oregon State Rep. Sal Esquivel, R-Medford.
After all, Howe fell 2,000 votes short in 2008,
about as good a Democratic year as you can get.
Read moreState works to relieve mortgage nightmares
June 15, 2009 The Oregonian, Melissa Repko
Rep. Sal Esquivel, R-Medford, said one of his
constituents -- a family of 11 -- faced threatening
calls, and he strongly supports HB3004 and hopes it
stops mortgage companies that "bully people."
Read more Bill restricting talking, texting and driving headed
to House floor
April 20, 2009 The Oregonian, Janie Har
SALEM -- Drivers of all ages would be prohibited
from texting or talking on a hand-held cell phone
under a bill approved in committee on Monday. Oregon
House Bill 2377 would allow police to stop any
driver caught with a phone. There are exceptions for
drivers working in public safety, one-way radio
operators and others who need to use a cell phone,
briefly, for work.
Co-sponsor Rep. Sal Esquivel, R-Medford, cradled an
imaginary phone to his left ear. "Put your hand
right here. Try to look back at traffic. That's what
we're trying to avoid here," he said to members of
the House Transportation Committee.
Read moreOregon Gun owners oppose release of permit info
March 12, 2009 KDRV-TV
MEDFORD — A new bill before the Oregon Legislature
would prevent the public release of information
about concealed weapons permit holders.
A slew of Southern Oregon representatives are
co-sponsoring the bill, including Sal Esquivel,
Dennis Richardson and Jason Atkinson.
Vote for Esquivel
With AARP's assistance, a Democratic majority in Oregon's
Legislature once defeated a bill that would have brought
Oregon in line with an increasing number of states that
require mandatory retesting of older motorists.
As then, when State Rep. Sal Esquivel introduced that bill,
Esquivel still is a minority party member, but I hope others
today, such as Esquivel, could put principle above
partisanship and pass such a measure.
Families too often do not accept the responsibility of
taking automobile keys away from an age- or
otherwise-impaired member. Such was the case with the
92-year-old who struck my wife in a parking lot, leaving her
with irreparable brain damage. She's now in a memory-care
facility.
A preventable accident such as happened to my wife could
happen to someone in your family. I hope you'll join me in
voting for Sal Esquivel, a principled representative, to
help restore sensibility in our government. — Kurt
Austermann, Medford
October 1, 2010
A wise choice for Oregon
There isn't any doubt in my mind that we should re-elect Sal
Esquivel for another term as state representative.
He is a lifelong resident, and has dedicated his entire life
making the Rogue Valley a better place to live. His
determination, sincerity and honesty is evidence that he is
a man we can trust to represent us in Salem.
I have personally experienced his compassion, willingness to
listen and the interest he takes in the people. He certainly
is the statesman we need to take back Oregon. — Rita M.
Hassiepen, Medford
Sept. 22, 2010
Campaign mailer defamatory
How disappointing to discover, when reviewing a brochure
delivered to my mailbox on Friday, that the moral bar for
the 2010 political campaign has been set so disgustingly
low!
The attack mailer by Lynn Howe, candidate for incumbent Sal
Esquivel's seat in the state Legislature, is unbelievable
given Sal's proven record as a perennial champion for
governmental accountability and fiscal restraint. One can
only hope that an enlightened electorate will recognize this
style of campaigning for what it is: a desperate attempt to
grovel for votes in the gutter of defamation. — Bill
Leever, Medford
September 18, 2010
Esquivel deserves support
If you read the names — Barragan-Salazar, Garcia-Zuniga,
Cardenas-Madriz, Chipres-Zamora, Solorio-Barragan, Vargas,
Rosales-Garcia, Pardo-Soto, Pardo-Silva, Nieto-Casas,
Saniago-Sanchez, Martinez, Soto-Valencia, Pascasio-Ruiz —
you might think somebody handed you a page out of the Mexico
City telephone directory. But these are the surnames of the
perpetrators arrested in the $120 million marijuana raid in
the Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest last month.
Authorities report these detainees are low-level workers —
doing work American citizens refuse to do, presumably — and
that the operation was bankrolled and engineered by an
international drug cartel. These people and their employers,
however, are the very folks whom the recent Arizona
immigration law was designed to keep out of the country.
State Rep. Sal Esquivel recently announced his intention to
pass legislation in Oregon similar to the Arizona law.
Esquivel deserves all the support the public can give him,
and more. — Robert Bennett, Grants Pass
August 08, 2010
Bully for Esquivel
In a recent "Cheers and jeers" editorial there were three
cheers and one jeer. The jeer was so clear it was loudest to
hear.
It said that Rep. Sal Esquivel will be "introducing
legislation in the 2011 session" similar to Arizona's law
and now is not the "time for Oregon to join that fight,"
which of course is borders, culture and language.
Bully for Esquivel. We need principled policy people in
Salem to overcome the drowning flood tide of silliness
passing for deliberative legislation. Arizona's law is
nothing more or less than a fight against illegal
immigration and sustaining a sovereign state's borders like
the federal law.
At this time the assault on Arizona's security rests with
law enforcement. The federal government has a responsibility
to control the issue of immigration legal or illegal and has
been inept. Arizona is in grave danger of severely damaging
its culture, laws and boundaries.
Before 1914 immigration was easy, smooth and the envy of the
world. The main difference today is the FDR welfare state,
which has destroyed initiative and should not be afforded to
amnesty illegals.
"Give us your tired, your poor, your huddled masses," that
legally "breathe free." God bless America. — Joel Marks, Medford
