Eugene:  The Chamber of Commerce people ALL SMOOZE the Politicians.  WHY?   Because they know the Politicians can SWING money their way for whatever.   The Chamber of Commerce does some insider trading.  Ask a Chamber member  about their weekly "HOT SHEET" which lists information about business's and people, which is  NOT available to the public.

As  far as business, I owned and operated  a Extremely successful business  here in EuGreen for 30 years.  I saw all of the A * &   K * ^ $ # @ ! Hooey going on.  I did not have to  belong to such a outfit.  Ask them about their weekly Hot Sheet that contains confidential,  personnel information on business's and people and it is not released to the public.