By Taxpayers Association of Oregon OregonWatchdog.com The Oregon State Penitentiary welcomed award winning singer-songwriter and country rapper Jelly Roll for a live performance, its first in over 20 years at the prison. Jelly Roll, AKA Jason DeFord, brought his honest and raw music to Oregon inmates with the goal of bringing them hope.  He knows […]

By Taxpayers Association of Oregon OregonWatchdog.com WTF Portland shows how so many things in Fred Meyers are locked up, watch video here.   Here is Target …   Here is Home Depot flashlights:

Representatives Call on Legislature to Hold PacificCorp Accountable After Federal Government Files Negligence Lawsuit By Oregon State Representative Jami Cate,   SALEM, Ore – The U.S. government has filed a lawsuit against PacifiCorp, accusing the utility company of negligence related to the 2020 Archie Creek Wildfire in Douglas County. According to the lawsuit, the company […]

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 […]

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By Taxpayers Association of Oregon OregonWatchdog.com Portland General Electric is raising your electric rates up 5% next month. This will bring the average utility bill to $160 a month according to OPB. This comes as Oregon is predicting more mass blackouts on an annual basis in the next few years. This comes as Oregon is […]