A Lot to Vote NO on.
ROP 2008 Oregon Ballot Measure Guide

Each election season, The Rural Organizing Project (ROP) provides Oregonians a voter guide – a guide that puts the ballot measures to a criteria test based on the principles of democracy. This year’s ballot based on democratic criterion will require lots of NO votes. However, we have the opportunity to vote YES on 56R, eliminating the “double majority”, thereby returning power to the voters, who turn out to vote for local funding in their communities. read more>>

Measure 4-133: College Bond, Take 4 (They Finally Got It Right)
“You can’t afford not to vote for this one”
by Bob Goldberg

Clatsop Community College is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year, and hoping for a kick start for the next 50 years with a $5 million bond measure to upgrade and renovate the main campus in Astoria. After three unsuccessful tries, the college seems to have a bond measure that most factions in Clatsop County can support. read more>>

NO ON MEASURE 65
The Top 2 Primary Will Shut Out Third Parties and Lessen Choices in November
by Bob Goldberg

Measure 65 would set up a "top two" primary system, similar to that used in Washington and Louisiana. In this system, in the state-wide primary in May, voters would be able to choose from the total slate of candidates, regardless of their party affiliation, and the top two vote-getters would advance to the general election in November. read more>>

Real Solutions: Vote Yes on Measure 57 and NO on Measure 61
Address effective sentences and expand drug treatment; reduce future crime without wasting millions of tax dollars
by Bob Goldberg

Sacagawea and her son, or at least the statues of them, were recently returned to their places in Lewis & Clark National Historic Park, after being kidnapped, chopped up and melted for their metal value. The sentence for the crime? Twenty days in prison. read more>>

Columbia County Voters Decide On Two Immigration Measures
The first on a local level , and many citizens hope that it will be the last.
by angela fairless

One would think that a country, which is made up almost entirely of immigrants would be known for having the absolute best immigration process. However in America this is not the case. In fact most Americans will agree that our Federal Immigration policy has completely failed, but that is as far as the agreeing goes. Our society is at odds with itself over where to go from here with immigration reform. read more>>