Oregon Attorney Lawyer

John Kroger, a course of two Democrats for Oregon Attorney General said, it is really disappointed not Republicans are in the race.

Either he or Greg Macpherson will be composed of 20 major May, replacing Attorney General Hardy Myers is, step-down after 12 years within the Office.

“It is quite remarkable that a large office with national Republican candidate has not. Personal perspective, it is fantastic,” said Kroger Wednesday, in an interview with the News-Review editorial. “But, quite honestly This is not good for the democratic state and just to have the choice of voters next Attorney General. ”

Kroger, 41, is a former federal prosecutor, won convictions against New York mafiosos Enron and coaching in Texas. Previously, he wrote a strategy paper for Bill Clinton during his first presidential race. He also ready for Al Gore, the vice-president debate with Republican Dan Quayle.

Since 2002, the Houston native has taught science legal Lewis & Clark Law School in Portland, where the student has named the best teacher.

If checked, Kroger wants to put more emphasis on the fight against Oregon’s methamphetamine problem. He proposed two pillars of an approach emphasizes the implementation harder against cartels shipping methane in the state of the language with greater emphasis on treatment programs for addicts.

“The No. 1 priority for me in the office, it is a better offer fight against Oregon’s methamphetamine problem. The reason that means a lot on methods lies in the fact that this is the No. 1 cause of national ownership, crime, “said Kroger.” The biggest problem for me is that methane is the leading single cause of child abuse. ”

The vast majority of cases in which children are away from their parents with methods of abuse, he said.

While the decision a few years ago cold move with pseudoephedrine medicines to save the shelves of pharmacies almost eliminated home established procedure, it simply been that larger quantities of the drug from Mexico worms. Many of them trucked east to Interstate 5, with illegal emissions also filed on the boat with isolated parts of Oregon and Washington coasts, Kroger said.

“Our model of execution must change. We spend less time driving neighborhoods trying to determine methane houses and spend more time studying these drugs sophisticated organizations immersion and sell most of our methods, “said Kroger.

He said more money must be spent under consideration. Addicts who help often can not afford to treat their own. In return, they lose their jobs, distances and their families and friends can be arrested. Kroger said it wants to ensure that aid people, before reaching this point.

As Attorney General, Kroger, said his goal would be the leader in Oregon Federal Environment. In a recent report by Business Week, Portland was considered the third most toxic in the city of the nation. He said all major power in the state, he ignored the standards of water quality for at least a pollutant and that the progress made 10 years ago in improving the water quality is breathless.

He said, a Portland company was cited 61 times over a period of three years for dumping in connections very toxic, chromium, a sewer system, flows into the Columbia River. The company was fined about $ 151 per offence but was never prosecuted for illegal dumping.

“Each competitor of that company, that compliance with the rules can not compete with someone, it’s fraud,” said Kroger. “One of the objectives is it only here a level playing field, as well as businesses compliance with the rules of fair competition on the market and stop people from cheating.

Kroger said he would be aggressive attack fraud and abuse in the home mortgage industry, and abuse of credit card undisclosed taxes and create a crime on the Internet Task Force to fight against Crime online identity theft by fraud on crimes of sexual abuse.