By Taxpayers Association of Oregon OregonWatchdog.com Two election cycles ago, the petition to ban hunting, fishing (even rodent control), failed to make the ballot.  This election cycle, the campaign tried a second time and raised over 140,000 signatures.  They narrowly lost due to poor signature verification. The IP 28 campaign issued this statement, “Given the […]

By Taxpayers Association of Oregon OregonWatchdog.com As gas prices rise across the nation, it is the West Coast that is hurt the most, as seen by the AAA chart from 7/26/26. With the red zone as seen above it represents not just high gas prices but high prices for everything we buy.  This is why […]

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By NW Spotlight, Independent journalist and homeless advocate Kevin Dahlgren shows a video tour of a vacant home overrun by squatters.  View the post below, then follow Dahlgren and financially support him. A tour through a squatter house pic.twitter.com/01AMfh2BfS — Kevin Dahlgren 🥾 🥾 (@kevinvdahlgren) July 17, 2026

By NW Spotlight, This Jefferson County photo shows how wide one of the Oregon fires has become as it advances towards you.   Photo from Jefferson County Sheriff.

By Taxpayers Association of Oregon OregonWatchdog.com The petition to ban hunting and fishing (IP #28) has failed the second verification step and will not be on the Oregon November General Election ballot as noted by Willamette Week. Only 73% of the signatures were valid which zapped their 142,000+ submitted total and the need to obtain […]