4x Gov’t stuck nose where it doesn’t belong (awards)

GOLDEN SCHNOZ AWARD
(Government sticking its nose where it doesn’t belong)

For 24 years, the Taxpayers Association of Oregon has given Taxpayer Awards to honor

(#1) Oregon’s worst political figures
(#2) Worst example of government waste
(#3) worst example of bureaucratic bungle of 2024 and
(#5) Golden Schnoz which is worst example of government sticking its nose where it doesn’t belong.

Here are the 4 nominees for Golden Schnoz award

• State TV ad tries to publicly shame people into stop drinking wine.The Oregon Health Authority created a TV ad where a child shames her dad in a grocery store for buying wine with the message that “wine is not good for you.” The ad was pulled over the outcry. (Willamette Week, 7/25/24)

• Portland bans leaf blowers. Portland banned gas-powered leaf blowers on all public and private property by 2026. (OPB 3/13/24)

• District Attorney tries to ban oil. Multnomah County District Attorney Michael Schmidt joined a $50 billion (not a typo) lawsuit against 17 oil companies and then paraded on the streets waving a no oil placard. Using law enforcement to bankrupt legal companies that one does not like is an abuse of power. The same DA, also dropped nearly 1,000 riot charges, showing that he lets violent criminals go free while making criminals out of energy companies. (OPB 6/22/24)

• Lawmakers tried to ban gas generators. Senate Bill 525 would have banned gas-powered generators that people use in emergencies/disasters. Senators saw it as a way to reduce gas despite their emergency use. (2023 Legislature)

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