I have previously posted HERE about the shortcomings of retrieving grouped data from the electronic filing system used to post statements of economic interest for the more than 5,000 Oregon public officials required to provide those annual statements.
In time for the short legislative session on Monday, I managed this weekend to bulldog my way though the on line 2020 SEI's filed for Oregon's 30 Senators and convert them into a single PDF file that now:
- Is searchable by keyword.
- Includes bookmarks to ALL pages where "Rental" appears. [These bookmarks appear at the top of the bookmark panel to the left of the document]. You may need to download the file to be able to view the bookmark panel in the left side of the document that has direct links to SEI's with "rental" keyword.
The PDF file is HERE and opens to SEI's for individual Senators, starting with Baertschiger.
As a result of this search I identified and bookmarked links to the rental properties listed for 9 Senators-30% of all Senators:
- BURDICK
- GESLER
- GIROD
- GOLDEN
- HAAS
- MONNES ANDERSON
- JOHNSON
- THATCHER
- WAGNER
There may be other Senate members who own residential property other than their personal residence and that do not show up under the "rental" keyword search.
While I am pleased I was able to create this 1st of its kind searchable PDF file it is not a reasonably replicable process for other groups of office holders.
I hope the Ethics Commission will be receptive to simpler group data downloads that can help increase the transparency of this important information; SEI postings for 2021 are scheduled by April 15th.
Originally created and posted on the Oregon Housing Blog.
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