Taxpayer Voter Guide 2010

Taxpayer Voter Guide –
By Taxpayer Association of Oregon PAC

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Governor: Chris Dudley
U.S. Senate: Jim Huffman
State Treasurer: Chris Telfer

Congress District 1: Rob Cornilles
Congress District 2: Greg Walden
Congress District 3: Delia Lopez
Congress District 4: Art Robinson
Congress District 5: Scott Bruun

— Ballot Measures, state races below —Ballot Measures:

No on 71: Annual Sessions
– The Oregon Constitution stipulates regular legislative be held every other year. Amending it to allow the legislature meet every year will predictably double the amount of laws, regulations and taxes which are proposed every time the rascals get together in Salem.

No on 75: Casino Measure
– It is wrong for government to create a special exemption for the benefit of one single private gaming company, guaranteed to harm to varying degrees the 2,000 other smaller, taxpaying Oregon businesses which have come to depend on and built their business around lottery revenue to meet their overhead (and all live under the same set of rules without special exemptions).

No on 76: Lottery for wildlife
– We hold that it is very bad policy to dedicate any revenue stream to expenditures which are not related to the source. Much of Oregon’s current budget problems are a result of “dedicated spending” in which the hands of legislature are tied. Revenue for wildlife is indeed a discretionary expenditure and should come under periodic review during regular legislative sessions.

County Commissioner:
Benton – Jerry Jackson
Clackamas – Paul Savas, Jim Needham
Josephine – Simon Hare
Marion – Patty Milne
Lane – Jay Bozievich, Sid Leiken
Washington – Mike Niehuser, Bob Terry
Yamhill – Mary Starrett

Senate-House Races: (Targeted races)

State Senate
District 3 – Dave Dotterrer
District 4 – Marilyn Kittelman
District 7 – Karen Bodner
District 8 – Frank Morse
District 10 – Jackie Winters
District 11 – Michael Forest
District 13 – Larry George
District 15 – Bruce Starr
District 16 – Bob Horning
District 19 – Mary Kremer
District 20 – Alan Olsen
District 24 – Rob Wheeler
District 26 – Chuck Thomsen

Oregon House Races:
District 1 – Wayne Krieger
District 2 – Tim Freeman
District 3 – Wally Hicks
District 4 – Dennis Richardson
District 6 – Sal Esquivel
District 7 – Bruce Hanna
District 8 – Simone Gordon
District 9 – Scott Roberts
District 10 – Becky Lemler
District 11 – Kelly Lovelace
District 13 – Bill Young
District 14 – Dwight Coon
District 15 – Andy Olson
District 16 – Rose Cook
District 17 – Sherrie Sprenger
District 18 – Vic Gilliam
District 19 – Kevin Cameron
District 20 – Vicki Berger
District 22 – Kathy LeCompte
District 23 – Jim Thompson
District 24 – Jim Weidner
District 25 – Kim Thatcher
District 26 – Matt Wingard
District 27 – Dan Lucas
District 29 – Katie Eyre Brewer
District 30 – Shawn Lindsay
District 31 – Ed DeCoste
District 32 – Lew Barnes
¬District 34 – Tyler Hill
District 35 – Gordon Fiddes
District 36 – Diane Schendel
District 37 – Julie Parrish
District 38 – Rob Gardier
District 39 – Bill Kennemer
District 41 – Hugo Schulz
District 44 – Kitty C. Harmon
District 47 – Dee Flowers
District 49 – Matthew Wand
District 50 – Andre Wang
District 51 – Patrick Sheehan
District 52 – Mark Johnson
District 53 – Gene Whisnant
District 54 – Jason Conger
District 55 – Mike McLane
District 56 – Bill Garrard
District 59 – John E Huffman
District 60 – Cliff Bentz

Lake Oswego City Council:
Mike Kehoe
Jeff Gudman
Dan Williams

The key factor affecting our endorsement selections was whether or not a legislator had backed measures to increase taxes in the face of a recession. Therefore, we endorse no candidate who voted for Measures 66 and 67 (HB 3405, HB 2649).

Provided by the Taxpayer Association of Oregon PAC, PO Box 23573, Tigard, OR, 97281.

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