Ron ain't no farmer

With a baby about to pop, I've had little time for tending to this blog and I doubt I'll have time after she's born.  But this whole "Ron Saxton is a farmer" thing just got my goat to the point that I had to sit down and defend the real farmers out there (like my mom) because when someone like Ron claims he's a farmer he insults farmers and the back breaking, sunrise to sunset work they do.  Sitting in a downtown Portland law office, while being a shareholder of a farm operation does not make someone a farmer, as Ron seems to believe and misleadingly states in our voters' pamphlets. 

Of course all farmers are shareholders in their operations, but the converse is not necessarily true, even if they do supposedly show up "once a month" to shovel some dirt.  Hey, I show up at my mom's apple farm to help her several times a month.  Am I a farmer?  My fingernails look too good for me to even consider such a claim.  When I told my mom over the phone that Ron has "farmer" listed as his first item under "occupational background" in the voters' pamphlet, I swear I heard the coffee she just took a sip of spray through her nose as she nearly choked on it.  For those of you who know my mom and have been out to her farm, you know she's what we all would call a farmer, a real one.  She's even got a stub of a thumb from a farm accident to prove it.

If you're not sure what a real farmer looks like, just head down to the Portland Farmers' Market on a Saturday morning and you'll spot them out.  I doubt you'll see any of them looking as clean cut, polished and trimmed as Ron.  Even if they do take the rare opportunity to polish themselves up, their hands are a dead give away.  Sorry, Ron, but farmers don't have manicurists.

But lo and behold, suddenly Ron wasn't so involved in "his farm" after all.  With new information surfacing about the substandard migrant labor facilities at "Ron's farm" during the 80s and 90s, suddenly Ron "was a pretty distant partner" according to a shareholder and actual farm operator who gave an interview to the big O to defend Ron.  Little did he know he was exposing Ron as the faux farmer he is.  The shareholder added that Ron was "never really a factor" in the farm's operations.  If Ron was a distant partner and never really a factor, then I say Ron is not and never was a farmer.  And that fact certainly shouldn't take him off the hook for being part owner of an illegal migrant labor camp, even if he was owning it from his downtown Portland law firm.

Comments

[Don Saxton]

I agree TOTALLY with your sentiments!! I am Ron's older Cousin, and virtually all his claims should be suspect. Since early adulthood, his only goal has been to be a politician. He never was and never will be from a modest hardworking background, though his parents were no better off than mine. He claims he worked at Smokecraft in Albany. He did--One summer, as temp help to raise living money for College. His Position on the Portland School Board was done merely as a way to gain public exposure for greater political aspirations later on- He never truly gave a Damn about your, or my kid's Education!! I was so disgusted by his handling of the School Board under his Presidency, I moved my family out of Portland.(mind you, I had lived in Portland for over 30 years!)
His using the Occupation of "Farmer" on his Voter pamphlet page isn't surprising to me. It's just another convienient political item to bamboozle ignorant Voters into voting for him. What he hasn't learned yet is to make sure his Credentials are squeeky clean, because using such claims opens up the claim to public scrutiny.
I've said it all throughout his Campaign to as many peole who will listen- HE IS A PHONY!! He is NOT worthy of anyone's Vote. Just look to his Campaign Contributors to see Who he will represent, because it sure as HELL isn't going to be You or Me!!
So far as Ron AS Governor??--- He would be a do nothing Governor because his real interest is in National Politics, not State Politics- Another Stepping stone to greater power. His use of Mark Hatfield as a Model of who he wants to emulate is not a wrong one, in the same way Mr. Hatfield used his Tenure as Governor to move on to the U.S. Senate. One only needs to look to Mr.Hatfield's accomplishments while Governor of Oregon to see what path Ron would take.
His also including Tom Mc Call as a Model is pure Bullshit!! Tom was a Progressive Republican who did many great things for Oregon as Governor. First and foremost, Tom was an environmentalist. Ron takes over $2,000,000.00 in Campaign contributions from Corporate interests that have a record of environmental crimes, and wants to paint himself as evironmentally friendly?? GIVE US A BREAK!!!
Sad thing is People from east of the Cascades and down in Southern Oregon will give him a break because of what he says he is-- Not look into whether any of his claims are true. A word to wise: if you live in either area and think Ron will spend more time in your area listening to your Concerns;FORGET IT!!! He's STILL essentially a Slick Corporate Lawyer from Portland, and that is where his loyalties lie.

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