Outstanding revelation! It's exactly what I thought...having been there/through there at times in the past decades...Your plight is so similar to my own within the state you live.
The numbers are a little different but your intentions are the same.
Outstanding revelation! It's exactly what I thought...having been there/through there at times in the past decades...Your plight is so similar to my own within the state you live.
The numbers are a little different but your intentions are the same.
a m e r i c a n p r a v d a
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Oregon Administrative rules:
Quoted in part:
"OAR 918-282-470
The division may issue a provisional general journeyman electrician license to an applicant who meets the requirements of this rule.
(E) Applicants from the State of Colorado must provide:
(i) A copy of a valid journeyman electrician certification issued by the State of Colorado Department of Regulatory Agencies. This certificate must be current and in good standing with no history of violations;
(ii) Proof of passing the State of Colorado Department of Regulatory Agencies journeyman electrician examination; and
(iii) A copy of certificate of completion from an approved apprenticeship program.
Effective Dates
(1) Applications for a provisional general journeyman electrician license issued under OAR 918-282-0470 must be submitted to the division prior to July 30, 2017. Applications will not be accepted after this date.
(2) All provisional general journeyman electrician licenses issued under OAR 918-282-0470:
(a) Are valid from the date of issuance;
(b) Expire effective February 1, 2020; and
(c) Are not eligible for renewal."
Oregon has established a method where applicants from selected states and provinces in Canada can apply for a provisional license in the state of Oregon. The deadline for applying is July 30. No applications will be accepted after this time. You'll have to pass a four-hour "Oregon Rule and Law" course, I'm completing an online course for my continuing education requirements for my Oregon license at this time. No big deal. If you can meet the application requirements, this will get you licensed in the state and you'll have about three years to prepare to take your Oregon Journeyman exam before your provisional license expires. If you're interested, google OAR 918 and read the requirements, contact the Oregon Building Codes Division, (google OregonBCD), for more information. If I can help, PM me.
Oregon's not so bad. You can find something wrong with anywhere you live. If you can get the electrical license, there are a lot of jobs available.
P.S. dale2242 is correct about Ashland, it's "different". I live there, but prefer to tell everyone I live "west of Klamath Falls".
Last edited by GL49; 06-29-2017 at 01:37 AM.
Good luck with your choice. We lived in Colorado for a little over 3 years and moved out before taxes and fees ate us alive and the dems ruined everything we liked. It was/is the only state we lived in that both the wife and I absolutely hated.
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There is work for electricians - my wife runs a electrical contractor company..union shop. They are always looking for electricians that stay put....
There is that 9% income tax though and if the Political class can find a way to get rid of the property tax cap they will skyrocket. Many of the rural counties that depended on timber revenue are going broke since they haven't been allowed to cut down any trees. The whole state is facing bankruptcy over PERS.
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Semper Fi!
Currently casting for .223, .308, .30-06, .30-40 Krag, 9mm, .38/.357, 10mm, 44 Mag and 45 ACP.
I like strange looking boolits!
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Having lived in Oregon my whole life, I'm heartbroken over where this state is going politically. It's always been a little different, not traditionally conservative or liberal, more libertarian maybe? The rural areas are all "red", but the Portland area is hard-core deep blue. They are absolutely nuts up there, and the population of Portland absolutely rules the state.
It reached a tipping point just a few years ago, to where they now have their unbeatable majority. They are now starting to run roughshod over everyone else, like they do in California.
That said, bash on Oregon politics all you want, but please don't bash on Oregonians in general. We're not all radical leftists. It always bugs me a little when people get going on Californians. Sure, the politicians in charge in Sacramento may be raving lunatics, but there's still a lot of good people left in the state.
No, not even close. Not by a long shot. It could go that way I'm sure (the loons in Salem openly idolize California) but I sure hope not.the gun laws are getting as bad if not worse than Kalifornia.
Wyoming would welcome you. We have more guns than people, NO gun laws, NO income tax, LOW sales/property tax .....need I go on ?
I am so glad I don't have to go back to Oregon anymore. Was working on a project there since last August. The state is beautiful. But the weather sucks just as bad as the politics. I would only move there if I absolutely had to for some reason. I got to see a good bit of the state and everything was expensive compared to home. Even w/ no sales tax. It's a real shame because the state is gorgeous.....when it's not raining.
Been living in Colorado for 26 years now. On the Western side of the state. Would hate the Denver area
Thank you kindly for the comments and suggestions. Life is full of choices and although some are driven by spouses, some are concessions to find balance. Sure there are other places in the country that I have considered, but with the last name I have,color of my skin and being American Indian the prejudice and discrimination is also a factor. Thus why Wyoming, Montana, and Idaho is off the list. Sad I have to think that way, but after all the schooling I have under my belt the reality is that the minority of society still can make existing a private hell. I have it where I am at and choose to be alone on the plains to avoid the bull ****. I am fully capable of protecting and defending but by choice I choose peace. I know that I will have **** no matter where I go but I can limit the number of ******* people and choose the flakes over the hatred. Pointing out political **** does not help because unless you are privy to what I know here then going to another state with similar but different **** is still **** but a different smell. I have been here all my life and never left except to Fort lost in the woods. My skin and sinuses need the moisture and the inside of my nose is all scar tissue from years of dryness. The wife is from the pacific northwest and so I seek to find my little area that I can go home to and live with new experiences while I work to live and enjoy my wife and daughter. I am leaving more than political bull **** and this is not an easy decision. I am leaving family and truth is that only my parents and one grand daughter is a regret. I am choosing to do this while I still can and have a chance to start over. As far as kalifornia and the disease spreading across the country it is a national crisis and not just Colorado or Oregon.
BullFrog
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Like I said earlier, I hope you find what your looking for.
Most every post seemed sincere to me, just wanting the best for you.
God Speed.
Well, having spent my whole life here racial discrimination is something I've never seen much of. I have been told that as an average white guy I probably wouldn't notice, so maybe that doesn't count for much. I've known plenty of people of various ethnicities over the years and never known it to be an issue.
Bullfrog--that last post of yours is very interesting. I'll second fatelk's statement that discrimination and prejudice in Oregon is something I haven't seen much of either. I'm pretty certain, though, that American Indians don't necessarily get along well with themselves either, different tribes and groups. But, economically, which is what your original post seemed most about, you might be interested to know (if you don't already) that there are a number of smallish, wealthy tribes here that own Indian Gaming Casinos. Among them would be the Cow Creek Band of the Umpqua Indians who have The Seven Feathers Casino on I-5, the Selitz (sp?) Indians who have a casino in Coos Bay, several on the coast owned by different tribes. There is some reservation land left and they might have their own police agencies. Also, casinos use security, usually employees of the casino, and prior police experience is a big leg up on getting one of those fairly well paying jobs.There are many Klamath Indians and their descendants in the Klamath Falls area, and they have a casino on Hwy. 97 in Chiloquin. Bet those casinos hire electricians..........this is what you call using lemons to make lemonade.
Best wishes.
DG
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We just moved from the Portland area down to the New Braunfels, TX a little over a year ago. There's things we miss about Oregon, but pretty much every post I read is accurate. I know you've likely made up your mind, and I'm not one to try to persuade a guy in either direction anyway. But, there is wisdom in a multitude of counselors and I hope you count the cost before going. Easy side is high desert, brush, junipers...west side is dense pine forest, rain, gray skies...I lived in both areas at one time or another.
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I live in a very red state, thankfully, but I live in the state capital. State capitals tend to be liberal because of public employee unions and other features of big government. I go to moving sales often. Whenever the people moving are lesbians they are invariably moving to Portland, OR. I don't have any idea why that might be but Americans now tend to cluster together along philosophical lines. That seems more and more to translate into state politics. Possibly the best those of us with views that tend toward rural values of self-reliance and freedom can do is continually work for reducing the size of government; admittedly we haven't been successful for the past 75 years or so.
If you are comparing Oregon as a positive move from urban California you do have a small chance to find something positive.
You have been warned. If you go ahead, you're only a few steps ahead of an old, unarmed white guy, with Franklins falling out his pocket, deciding that a night time walk thru Watts is a fine idea.
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