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Petitions Slide Through Legal Loophole
Category: Bill Sizemore · State: Oregon · Source: The Oregonian
A coalition of labor groups says it has found evidence of widespread use of illegal practices to gather signatures for several conservative initiatives aimed for the November general election ballot. But the practices in question, including the use of carbon paper to duplicate printed names and addresses on multiple signature sheets for different initiatives, were not illegal until Jan. 1, when a new law governing Oregon's initiative system went into effect. The signature sheets examined by the labor coalition were all dated before Jan. 1. As a result, Secretary of State Bill Bradbury, who has scheduled a news conference on the subject today, has concluded that no action can be taken against the petition sponsors.
Initiative Set for Ballot Would Curb Bilingual Ed
Category: Bill Sizemore · State: Oregon · Source: Oregon Statesman-Journal
An initiative to end bilingual education in Oregon has qualified for the November ballot, officials with the secretary of state's office said. If approved by voters, Initiative No. 19 — sponsored by Bill Sizemore — would ban bilingual education for all children in public schools learning English as a Second Language after two years of instruction. The proposed statutory amendment does allow for instruction of a foreign language to English-speaking students.
Pair Propose ‘Juries’ to Aid Voters
Category: Bill Sizemore · State: Oregon · Source: Eugene Register-Guard
The jury — 12 ordinary citizens gathered to weigh the facts and determine a defendant’s guilt or innocence — has served Oregon’s legal system since statehood. Now, a political reform group wants juries to help Oregon voters judge ballot initiatives. A pair who met in graduate school at the University of Oregon, Tyrone Reitman and Elliot Shuford, have formed Healthy Democracy Oregon, which plans to recruit citizens of various ages, party affiliations, education levels and geographic regions to serve on a 24-member citizens’ jury this fall. According to their plan, the jurors will spend several days at Salem’s Chemeketa Community College studying and discussing a yet-to-be-selected initiative and issue their independent assessment and recommendation to voters.
Crusade against Sizemore smacks of revenge
Category: Bill Sizemore · State: Oregon · Source: Albany Democrat Herald
Bill Sizemore isn’t the potent political force in Oregon he once was, but the teachers’ union is still after him. It smacks of retribution. In the 1990s Sizemore sponsored initiatives to limit public spending, and the Oregon Education Association and another union went to court to fight him with a lawsuit charging racketeering. In 2002 they won a $2.5 million judgment against his political organization, Oregon Taxpayers United. More recently they also won a court order for attorney fees in another case. Now they’ve sued him again, charging that he was getting money indirectly and hiding assets in his wife’s name.
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