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Each m on th it is possible th a t v e w ill fa il to
fin is h the Edge on tim e o r v o n l have th e m oney
to p r in t Each election it is possible th a t the folks
v e vole fo r and the ballot measures we support
w ill lose For years we voted fo r fo lks w ho just
couldn t w in
The polls te ll us M easure 13 could possibly w in
th a t the R epublicans w ill possibly w in the
Senate and the House Polls have told us a lot o f
th in g s th a t tu rn e d out w ro n g But w h a t o ur
h ead lin e re a lly means is th a t p o litics can o n ly do
the possible not the impossible tike make
e v e r y th in g p e rfe c t And the a rt is to fin d out
w h a t it is possible to do at a n y g iv e n lim e I I is
possible th a t we can do a lot to im p ro v e o u r
c o u n try State county and Cities It is possible
th a t we w ill fa il and h u r t o urselves badly I f we
fa il to vote we have failed as citizen s and
n eig h b o rs
So fo lks let s lake u fro m the top You kn ew
you would have to deal w ith it sooner o r la te r so
h e re we go Ballot M easure tim e " We w ill tr y to
make th is as painless as possible We know it w ill
be tough but dam m it dem ocracy isn t easy o r
p re tty so do y o u r duty and we can get th ro u g h
th is w ith a m in im u m o f damage
S tra n g e ly en o u g h the Ballot M easures beg in
w ith
• 3 YES It is a h o u sekeep in g m easure th a t
changes deadlines fo r f illin g vacan cies at
G en eral Election b ip artisan sup p o rt Me C ast
• 4 YES Creates a vacan cy i f a State le g is la to r is
co n victed o f a F elony (D u h 1) Me C ast
• 3 MO Bars New o r Increased Taxes w ith o u t
V o ter a p p ro v a l Coat l l 7 3 m i l l i o n p e r
y e a r Sounds good we get to vote on how much
we pay but it is a sim plistic solution We are a
re p re s e n ta tiv e fo rm o f g o v e rn m e n t we elect
guys to do th is We would be taxed by p o p u la rity
polls No th a n k s
• A MO Candidates may use o n ly c o n trib u tio n s
fro m d is tric t residents C ost $ 1 0 0 .0 0 0 p e r
year
A g ain sim plistic solution to a serious
problem PACs T ry again
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• 7 MO Amenda C onstitution
G uarantees
Equal P rotection Lists P ro h ib ite d Grounds o f
D is c rim in a tio n Mo C ast W h a t7 A re we against
equal p ro te c tio n 7 No we are ag ain st incom plete
lists Oregon has the strongest pro tectio n in the
c o u n try a g a in s t'd is c rim in a tio n This am endm ent
w eakens not s tre n th e n s the C onstitution of
Oregon
• 1 MO Public Employees pay p a rt o f salary fo r
pension C ast R e d u c tio n o f $ 2 3 2 m i l l i o n
p a r y e a r T h is is a C o n stitu tio n al A m endm ent
d ealin g w ith em ployee pensions W hat s next
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d escrip tio n o f la m to rs d u ties7 T h is is a
co llective b a rg a in in g problem best le ft to the
U nions and the Em ployers o u r re p resen tativ es
We pay people to do th is and i f we don t like how
th ey do the job we vote them out we don t take
on the iob ourselves T h is is a bad exam ple of
L eg islatio n by In itia tiv e w h ic h is causing us to
vote on so m any questions
• 9 YES Adopts c o n trib u tio n and spending
lim its o th e r fin a n c e law changes C ost, o n e
lim o o x p o n s o f o r c h a n g e s . $ 1 1 3 0 0 8
r e v e n u e in c r e a s e $2 I m i l l i o n p e r y e a r
T h is is a long legal docum ent th a t is a gyod
e ia m p le of the use o f the In itia tiv e process used
to re s tra in o u r p o litic ia n s I I w ill allow poor folks
to be elected to o ffic e 1 T h in k o f i t 1 Someone
re p re s e n tin g the m a jo rity fo r a c h a n g e 1
* 10 MO Leg islatu re can n o t reduce vo ter
approved sentence w ith o u t a 2 /3 vote No Coat.
A n o th e r attem pt to do the |ob th a t is not being
done by the folks we elected (T h in k about it )
T h e re is a place to solve th a t problem on a n o th e r
p a rt o f y o u r ballot
• 1 1 MO M andi lo ry sentences C ost $ 4 6 1 8
m i l l i o n o v e r f i v e y e a r s M a n d ito ry almost
a n y th in g rubs us the w ro n g way The House of
Um oja who knows m ore about c rim e p re v e n tio n
th at a n y Judge Police O ffic e r. P robation O ffic e r,
o r an yo n e else you can nam e is against it and so
are we
• 1Z MO Repeals p r e v a ilin g wage rale
re q u ire m e n t fo r w o rk e rs on public w o rks Cost,
s a v in g s o f $ 9 2 .0 0 0 a n n u a l l y A gain
M icro m an ag em en t by the voters
• 13 MO Amends C onstitution G o v e rn m e n t
can n o t ap p ro ve create classificatio ns based on
Hom osexuality Me C oat Bastard son o f 9" from
the Oh C h ris t A g a in fo lks We don t care i f you
w o rsh ip false gods, don t pay p ro p e rty ta le s and
refuse to w o rk on Sunday You have y o u r God
on o ur m oney and in the pledge o f a lle g ia n c e to
o ur flag but now you w an t io come in the
bedroom It is to lau g h The o n ly cool th in g
about the OCA is th a t th e y b rin g out th e tr u ly
w o n d e rfu l folks fro m the Special Rightousness
Committee the best re a d in g in the Oregon Voter
P am p h let two electio n s r u n n in g '
• 1 4 YES Amends C hem ical process m in in g
laws ads re q u ire m e n ts , p ro h ib itio n s standards
fees C ast, p o t e n t i a l in c r e a s e a f r e v e n u e s
$ 2 m i l h a n a n n u a l l y We have the toughest
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BASEBALL
Baseball
What can we say?
The Cy Youngs have been awarded,
the MVPs et at But what do they
mean? This w ill always be the
year that Baseball failed the fans
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