issac the dragon
11-07-2007, 09:35 AM
Measures: 49 passes, 50 fails
by The Oregonian
Tuesday November 06, 2007, 8:13 PM
Oregon voters split over the two statewide measures in Tuesday's election, passing Measure 49, which scales back land development, and defeating Measure 50, which would have raised tobacco taxes to pay for children's healthcare and other programs.
To read the full story on Measure 49, click here. To read the full story on Measure 50, click here.
The margins on both measures were resounding. Measure 49, which rolls back major provisions of the property rights measure approved by voters in 2006, won by a 3-to-2 vote.
Measure 50 was defeated by a nearly the same margin. The measure, which would have raised the tax on a pack of cigarettes by 85 cents, only won in Multnomah County. It was the most expensive campaign in Oregon history. Tobacco sellers poured more than $12 million into campaign advertising.
www.oregonlive.com/politics
I was amazed when I woke up to this news. This is the first time in my life that voters have failed to stick it to smokers. Oregonions must be in the worlds worst anti-tax mode. This does not bode well for the politicians in Washington DC, because Oregon is supposed to be very representiie of what is going on in the rest of the country.
by The Oregonian
Tuesday November 06, 2007, 8:13 PM
Oregon voters split over the two statewide measures in Tuesday's election, passing Measure 49, which scales back land development, and defeating Measure 50, which would have raised tobacco taxes to pay for children's healthcare and other programs.
To read the full story on Measure 49, click here. To read the full story on Measure 50, click here.
The margins on both measures were resounding. Measure 49, which rolls back major provisions of the property rights measure approved by voters in 2006, won by a 3-to-2 vote.
Measure 50 was defeated by a nearly the same margin. The measure, which would have raised the tax on a pack of cigarettes by 85 cents, only won in Multnomah County. It was the most expensive campaign in Oregon history. Tobacco sellers poured more than $12 million into campaign advertising.
www.oregonlive.com/politics
I was amazed when I woke up to this news. This is the first time in my life that voters have failed to stick it to smokers. Oregonions must be in the worlds worst anti-tax mode. This does not bode well for the politicians in Washington DC, because Oregon is supposed to be very representiie of what is going on in the rest of the country.