Talk:Tina Kotek/Archive 1

Archive 1

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Building out the page

I'm working on fleshing this page out and getting it organized. As the longest-serving speaker, she's got quite a record of notable successes and failures. Also, if she ends up Governor, it'll be good to have gotten a head start. Would love your help! —Karichisholm (talk) 05:52, 3 September 2022 (UTC)

Minor edit war discussion

In reviewing this page's history, I noticed that there was some copy about an allegation that Kotek had violated House rules in 2007. Three times (July 14, August 25, August 26) that copy was removed -- and then reverted.

Before I noticed the revert history, I made an edit to the copy to ensure that it matched the cited source. To wit, that the allegation of a rule violation was against Kotek's spouse, not Kotek.

The copy is now accurate -- or at least, it matches the cited source. But now I'm wondering if it should be here at all. After all, this is an article about Kotek, not Kotek's spouse. (Perhaps if she wins the governorship, and her spouse becomes Oregon's first lady, there will be an article about her -- and this copy would be appropriate there.)

But, given the previous edit war, I want to be cautious. Anyone object to removing this copy? I'm going to circle back here in a week to remove if I hear no objections. Thanks! —Karichisholm (talk) 06:58, 3 September 2022 (UTC)

OK, hearing no objections, I'm going to remove that copy. I've pasted it here for posterity. Should Aimee Kotek Wilson get her own Wikipedia entry, it may be appropriate there. Karichisholm (talk) 18:52, 12 September 2022 (UTC)

In April 2007, Kotek's spouse, Aimee Kotek Wilson, was accused by the Republican leader, Wayne Scott, of violating Oregon House rules when she joined Kotek on the House floor during the debate on marriage equality legislation.

— Preceding unsigned comment added by Karichisholm (talk • contribs) 18:53, 12 September 2022 (UTC)

References

Stray copy

The following copy was inserted into the middle of a reference markup, causing the reference to blow up. It strikes me as NPOV and unsourced, but I'm adding it here in case whoever put it in (an anonymous IP user) wants to clean it up and try again. Karichisholm (talk) 18:27, 16 October 2022 (UTC)

Kotek’s redistricting plan over political boundaries was criticized as among the most biased in the nation. Even lawmakers of her own political party engaged in a lawsuit to stop it. Rural Oregonian lawmakers were shut out of the process and therefore new political boundaries gave disproportionate voting power to big cities over rural Oregon and voting power to a single political party over every other political party. https:Kotek pushed through the largest tax in Oregon history (Corporate Activities tax) which forced NW grown Bi-Mart to close all of its pharmacy stores. They even took a full page newspaper ad blaming the tax (see below.//oregoncatalyst.com/62310-koteks-cowboy-hat-stunt-betrays-rural-oregon-values.html

— Preceding unsigned comment added by Karichisholm (talk • contribs) 18:27, 16 October 2022 (UTC)