In today's letter section of the O, Oregon Senate Republican leader, Ted Ferrioli (R-John Day) wrote a letter (scroll down to Left uses personal attacks) where he slings mud at the supposed "mud slingers" who are working on a campaign to defeat Oregon House Speaker Karen Minnis (R-Wood Village) in the 2006 mid-term elections. If you haven't noticed yet, Oregon's conservatives are trying to make it seem as if "extremists" on the left are victimizing poor Karen. Sigh...
Ferrioli postulates that Oregonians are becoming more conservative and that the "get Karen Minnis" people are simply resorting to "personal attacks" on Minnis out of desperation. He tries to convince readers that because Oregonians voted to ban gay marriage and overturn Oregon's land use system in the '04 elections that Oregon is leaning to the right. Is it really, Ted?
Let's talk about the gay marriage issue. What if such a measure had been on the Oregon ballot twenty years ago? Would have more Oregonians supported gay marriage at that time? Probably not. In fact, it's likely that even a higher percentage of people in the state would have opposed gay marriage then than they do now. And when it comes to civil unions more Oregonians are in support of them than they are opposed. Had such a poll been taken twenty years ago, you can bet your life on it that the numbers would be reversed. So, Ted, that's one for those of us who believe in equality and fairness for all and zero for you and your buddy Karen Minnis who don't.
Let's talk about land use conservation. True, Oregonians did vote "yes" on your property rights initiative (Measure 37) last November, but it's becoming clear that many voters didn't understand the implications of what they were voting for. A recent analysis by the bipartisan Oregon Business Association demonstrates that Oregonians are opposed to the kind of uncontrolled development and urban sprawl that M37 allows. Furthermore, a recent online poll by the Portland Business Journal showed that respondents would overwhelmingly vote to rescind M37 by a 64% majority. Based on the OBA analysis, Oregonians want a balance between property rights and land conservation, not M37. I would assume that is what Oregonians have always wanted, even thirty years ago when Oregon's first land use laws were enacted as an experiment. So again, Ted, that's two for progressives and zero for you and Minnis.
Let's talk about the Oregon Senate. Oregonians, as a result of the '04 election, are represented by more Democrats in the state senate. That's three for us and still zero for you and Minnis.
Let's talk about the Oregon House. Although Republicans still held a majority of the seats in the state house, Democrats gained two seats in the '04 election. That's four for us and zero for you and Minnis.
We could keep playing this game and I'm not sure if you and Karen Minnis would score any points because when it comes to things that matter like equality, health care, education, conservation, renewable energy, air and water quality, choice, end of life issues, minimum wage, etc. Oregonians are without a doubt more progressive.
Now let's be honest, Ted. Is Oregon really becoming more conservative as you claim in your letter today?
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