The Neighborhood Preservation Committee is a

political action committee In the United States, a political action committee (PAC) is a tax-exempt 527 organization that pools campaign contributions from members and donates those funds to campaigns for or against candidates, ballot initiatives, or legislation. The l ...

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, United States. It was founded by Kate Scheile, a 2002 candidate for President of

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. The Oregon Secretary of State's web site lists two committees with identical names; their committee numbers are 5043 and 5148. Neighborhood Preservation Committee published an argument in support of

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, opposing

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. NPC supported

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, though its financial contributions to the campaign were negligible. NPC financed Initiative Petition Drive 57 in 2006, which placed

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on the ballot. In the first half of 2006, NPC contributed $55,000 to

Oregonians In Action Oregonians in Action (OIA) is an organization in Oregon, United States, that seeks to reduce land use regulation. There are four legal entities that have used this name, but the one that is most active as of 2006 is the political action committee. ...

,{{Cite web , title=State of Oregon: Oregon Secretary of State - That Trail's Gone Cold! , url=http://egov.sos.state.or.us/division/elections/elec_images/2793_2006_G100_1STPRE.pdf , access-date=2025-05-17 , website=egov.sos.state.or.us a political action committee that is known for having passed Measure 37 in 2004, as well as supporting Measure 39 and Republican candidates for the

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in 2006.

References

United States political action committees Organizations based in Portland, Oregon