claim: knopp says he upheld a campaign promise not to join the public employees retirement system (pers).
author: tim knopp
evidence_1: knopp says he upheld a campaign promise not to join the public employees  retirement system (pers). ... says "today unemployment has been running near  12 percent or more for the last four years" and the legislature hasn't done much  to ...
evidence_2: recent statements made by tim knopp. mostly true ... knopp says he upheld a  campaign promise not to join the public employees retirement system (pers).
evidence_3: feb 20, 2013 ... knopp honors pledge not to take pers. i took the oath ... along with being  sworn in, i upheld a campaign promise not to join the state retirement program  known as the public employees retirement system (pers). it is very ...
evidence_4: we have made some exciting progress in the campaign this past week. ... along  with many other volunteers and campaign staff not pictured below, we were able  to .... one of the reasons i chose to be a public servant was to become a voice for  the ..... with spiraling public employees retirement system (pers) expenses.
evidence_5: apr 24, 2018 ... voters who are not affiliated with a political party to participate in the ... as your  secretary of state, i encourage every eligible oregonian to register ... voting  information | county elections officials .... however, by joining a political party .....  public integrity in 2015 ranked oregon's campaign finance system as ...