During a recent County Board meeting Sonya Fischer announced she has only supported sustainable budgets during her time as a Commissioner. The claim is not true. In spite of record revenue Fischer knowingly approved unsustainable budgets in 2017 and 2018, leaving the taxpayers millions upside down. Managing a $1 billion budget is the most important […]
Metro’s Transportation Tax Will Overspend on Underused Projects What could you do with $7 billion? That’s the question on a lot of people’s minds as the Metro regional government pushes a permanent transportation tax this November. The tax will be paid by employers at workplaces with 26 or more workers, including nonprofit organizations. Metro, however, […]
Willamette Week recently reported that, sadly, Oregon now has the third-lowest graduation rate in the country, according to the National Center for Education Statistics. Oregon’s four-year adjusted public high school graduation rate was 74.8% in 2015-16. Only Nevada and New Mexico have lower graduation rates. The Oregon Education Association, a teachers union, blames this abysmal […]
The homosexual agenda is the greatest threat to religious liberty in our nation’s history. That’s why the Masterpiece Cakeshop case, being heard this week by the Supreme Court, is so important. It’s an opportunity for the Court to stand athwart moral anarchy and yell “Stop!” If the Court fails in its constitutional duty, the light […]
