News & Updates
Vote No on Measures 58 to 64
October 28, 2008
ABC World News takes a look at Bill Sizemore, a man who's made a living by filing dozens of initiatives every two years.
October 8, 2008
Yamhill News-Register: Three Initiatives Just Warmed-Up Leftovers
"We don’t want to seem like we’re picking on Bill Sizemore. On second thought, yes, we do – he’s such an easy target. His philosophy seems to be: If at first a ballot measure doesn’t succeed, try, try again ... We say No to three of Sizemore’s measures on the November ballot – 59, 60 and 64..."
October 6, 2008
Medford Mail Tribune: Measure 63 - If It Sounds Too Good to be True...
October 5, 2008
The World - Coos Bay: Building Permits
"America has been watching the effects of ill-considered deregulation on Wall Street. A badly drafted initiative on the November ballot could bring a different kind of havoc to your street. Measure 63 would exempt any home improvement project from building permit requirements, as long as the total value is under $35,000. That may sound like getting the government off the back of the little guy, but it’s a bad idea for lots of reasons."
October 3, 2008
Daily Journal of Commerce: Business Associations Look at Ballot Measures
"Wde Mosby, a board director with the Oregon Business Association, expressed the organizations’ stance that unlimited federal income tax deductions, as outlined in Measure 59, would set the state back in terms of spending on infrastructure."
October 3, 2008
Albany Democrat Herald: Anyone Upset over Permits?
"If there’s been a groundswell of public concern about the need to take out building permits, we have missed it. So why would Bill Sizemore have gone to the trouble of putting Ballot Measure 63 on the ballot for the general election?... Like everything ol’ Bill writes, it sounds good. But it is baloney."
October 3, 2008
Medford Mail Tribune: Measure 62 Comes at the Wrong Time
"In the current two-year budget, school got $634.1 million, economic development $108.5 million. If Measure 62 had been in effect, it would have diverted $201 million of that."
October 1, 2008
Eugene Register-Guard: Measure 63 - No
"...voters should think twice about supporting [Measure 63], one of five on the Nov. 4 ballot sponsored by Bill Sizemore, the human initiative jukebox who specializes in badly worded measures that are packed with unintended consequences."
October 1, 2008
Medford Mail Tribune: An Elixir for Millionaires - No on 59
"If you make between $30,000 and $83,000 annually, Bill Sizemore’s Measure 59 would save you an estimated $50 a year. If you make $1 million, you stand to save about $16,000 in taxes. What’s not to like about that deal (as long as you’re a millionaire)?"
September 24, 2008
Gresham Outlook: (Editorial) 2008 Measures “deepen our distrust of a system gone awry.”
The Gresham Outlook includes Measure 58 in its list of measures they won’t be supporting. “What Sizemore’s measure would do is complicate a system that’s working to move children from their native tongue to English as quickly as possible. He would segregate these children into English-immersion classes and then cut off any additional help after two years. Plus, the measure will cost the state up to $250 million at a time when it is likely to be short of money anyway.”
September 23, 2008
Bend Bulletin Editorial: No on Measure 62
Ballot Measure 62 further slivers the way state lottery funds are spent, peeling off a chunk for a variety of feel-good schemes.
September 17, 2008
Oregon Public Broadcasting: Advocates for Children Voice Opposition to Measure 59 Advocates for children spoke at Portland's Washington Park Tuesday in opposition to Ballot Measure 59 … Children First for Oregon, Stand for Children and the Defend Oregon Coalition have joined with others to rally against the measure they say will drastically harm the state’s critical programs, like education and programs to help uninsured and foster children.
September 14, 2008
Oregonian: (Editorial) Like a bad penny, Sizemore is back.
“It's discouraging, frankly, that one man has set so much of the agenda for an Oregon election. He did it just as he has before, by manipulating the state's treasured initiative system in cynical ways never dreamed of by its founders 106 years ago."
