Multnomah Libertarians on Ballot Measures

 

We polled our membership at our last in-person meeting, and while we did not cover every ballot measure, we covered what the body deemed as high priority  to evaluate:

State Measure 111: Creates a Constitutional Requirement to Fund Healthcare “Balanced against requirement to fund schools”
  • No Position

Sate Measure 112: Eliminate Forced Labor as Criminal Punishment
  •  No Position
Initiative Measure 113: Punish Legislators for Session Boycott by making them  ineligible
  • Oppose
Multnomah County 26-231: Noncitizen Voting Rights
  • No Position
City of Portland 26-228: Changes Commission form of Government to City Manager
  • Oppose

 Measure 26-224 ($450,000,000 PCC bond)
  • Oppose and read our ballot measure argument against it here.

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Draft Measure Argument Opposing Measure 26-224

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  DATES FOR THIS MEASURE     1 Draft Measure Argument opposing Measure 26-224:     2 Measure information                 Fri, Aug 19, 2022 - Deadline to file measure notice Thur Sept 8, 2022 - Deadline to file noticed measure Mon. Sept 12, 2022 - County Voters' Pamphlet measure argument filing deadline Above info is from this website: https://www.multco.us/elections/elections-calendar Draft Measure Argument opposing Measure 26-224: PCC provides valuable services but let's take a closer look at this proposal: It's a bad bond. Make no mistake, a bond is a tax with the bulk of funds going to big Wall Street banks. This vague proposal mostly funds small non-capital items and routine maintenance better addressed though the annual budgeting process. It makes no sense to tax ourselves on the credit card for 16 years to purchase office computers (what they call “classroom technology”) that will last only three.  PCC has seen a 23% decline in enrollment and has no medium-term needd
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Multnomah Libertarians Against Measure 26-224 ($450,000,000 PCC bond)

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Multnomah Libertarians - news, notes & events

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