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Here’s the Upper Left Edge article.
www.upperleftedge.com/2026/06/02/reverend-billy-wants-oregon-to-legalize-potlucks/
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Barbara McLaughlin
Nehalem
From Watt
June 10
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Yesterday Jennifer and I made the 4 hour round trip to Salem to give Governor Kotek a homemade pie. June 9 was National Strawberry Rhubarb Pie Day!
On the way we also dropped one off with Representative Cyrus Javadi in Tillamook, which felt a bit rascally because I’d never left a pie at a dentist office before.
These weren’t just any toothsome treats. They were cosmic delights made by Jennifer Childress and Libby Golden, loving works of art full of fresh rhubarb grown by Marie Scovell plus soulful Oregon strawberries. Mojo mammas baked these beauties as kitchen offerings on behalf of communities who want Oregon’s leaders to legalize potlucks.
Jennifer had visited the state capitol once before, in high school, but I’d never set foot in those massive quarters. As we sent the pie through the metal detector I thought of all those westerns where someone bakes a file into the desert in order to spring an inmate. And indeed we were bringing something inside to help activate freedom.
Folks at the information desk instructed us to go up the second floor and use a “side-door” into the governor’s office. I immediately flashed on a historic sign at Bill’s Tavern in Cannon Beach. “Hippies Use Side Door.”
We did, and felt the glorious groovy sun break through clouded hearts when we were greeted by a living breathing human being named Valerie. It was uplifting to speak with someone after weeks and weeks of fruitless communication, trying to engage with the corporate machinery of government.
We left the pie for her to share with Governor Kotek and her staff, along with information about the need for Oregon to legalize potlucks. Stay tuned, fellow participants in this homemade revolution of kitchen community.
State representatives
David Gomberg District 10
Rep.DavidGomberg@oregonlegislature.gov
Cyrus Javadi District 32
Rep.CyrusJavadi@oregonlegislature.gov
State Senator District 16
Suzanne Weber
Sen.SuzanneWeber@oregonlegislature.gov
Governor
Tina Kotek
www.oregon.gov/gov/pages/contact-us.aspx
