Oregon Secretary of State Bill Bradbury Wears Chacos!
A public official’s choice in footwear probably isn’t the best way to evaluate them, but Chacos just happen to be the footwear of choice for myself and many of my friends, so I couldn’t help noticing.
Aside from staring at his feet, I also got the chance to meet with Mr. Bradbury for over an hour yesterday. Once again, Tom Chester managed to wrangle a visit to OREC from an elected official, this time Oregon’s Secretary of State, who is in town for the Oregon Sustainability Board meeting taking place in Klamath Falls today.
As with previous visits, the individuals on campus involved with Tom Chester and renewable energy got the chance to present what they’re working on and answer questions. In my case I first presented Greenfinery, my senior project this last year, and then Jim and I talked about the Seed Core Processor we’re developing after receiving an Oregon BEST grant.
Mr. Bradbury asked several questions throughout the day, and while some of the material we presented didn’t seem to be in his area of expertise he also had no problems interrupting and asking questions – something I view as a particularly valuable trait. (My classmates who wanted to get out of lecture early might have disagreed.)
After the presentations a more in-depth discussion of renewable energy began primarily between Mr. Bradbury and Tom Chester, but unfortunately I wasn’t able to stay for all of this. In general I felt it was a productive visit and came away with a positive impression of Mr. Bradbury. Interestingly, he seemed like a bit less of a politician than Gordon Smith or Greg Walden, but I don’t imagine working at the state level is THAT much different than the national level.
My thanks to Mr. Bradbury for taking the time to visit OIT and OREC, and I hope we impressed upon him the innovative and productive things we’re doing down here.
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