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I am concerned about the lack of opportunity for public engagement in the task force process. The task force has scheduled ten outreach workshops around the state to solicit reactions to their recommendations. Of those ten meetings, only one will be in the Portland area, yet roughly half of all Oregonians live in the Portland metropolitan area. Eugene is the only other workshop site in the Willamette Valley. Two-thirds of all Oregonians live in the Willamette Valley, yet only two outreach meetings will be held in the region. It's important that the task force involve Oregonians from all parts of the state, but the current schedule hardly gives most Oregonians a chance to show up and have a say.

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