Ron, the grift is up.
You and Tina have now been exposed for not protecting our kids.
After the October 15, 2026 Silver Rail Elementary shooting in Bend, parents have rightfully pushed for more on-site officers.
Local officials have noted cost (one additional SRO can run roughly $90k–$125k+ annually) and police staffing shortages as barriers.
Gov. Kotek has not committed to a statewide one-per-school requirement.
She says it’s an issue of “funding”.
How can that possibly be when the SIA funds has $22 million?
Bend has 8 SRO’s across 32 schools.
Ronald loves to point out how much republicans fail us at every point but inthe 2025 session, HB 2179 (sponsored by Rep. Jeff Helfrich, R) would have directed every district school board to adopt a policy providing an SRO or other law enforcement coverage for each school and authorized State School Fund money to help cover costs.
It died in committee. Other school safety bills died in committee as well.
City of Bend has an “Equity and inclusion manager”- salary range $126,000-$161,000 per year.
Community sponsorships (FY 2024-25): The “Cultural and Diversity Celebrations”category totaled about $58,200. Bend Pride Inc received $10,000 for the Central Oregon Pride Festival.
That’s just a handful of examples that democrats are choosing priority over kids safety.
Vote Kotek OUT!— Red Wave (@RedWaveOR) October 26, 2026
She says it’s an issue of “funding”. How can that possibly be when the SIA funds has $22 million?
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