Pot, casinos and real reform: Somehow, Oregon fixates on all the wrong questions

Oregonian (editorial):

State Treasurer Ted Wheeler didn't mention pot or gambling during a recent talk with the newspaper's editorial board about the future of Oregon. But he did ask one thing: What kind of state do you want to live in?

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    The initiative process belongs to those that have the where-with-all to put an issue before the voters. Sometimes that where-with-all is the mega dollars provided by an out of state/'out of country casino mogul or a Nevada porn producer. Sometimes the where-with-all is provided by a broad and dedicated army of volunteers dedicated to doing anything thay can to provide improved public education for all Oregon kids (IP 35 - Corp. kicker 4 defered to K-12)

    Either way, any one initiative question will never answer Oregon Ethics 101 for which Neilsen opines. By law, it can't; each initiative must only apply to a single issue.

    It is Oregon voters, in aggregate, through their rejection or acceptance of the batch of measures, that determine Oregon's path forward.

    Not coincidentally, it is also their aggregate vote on the candidate portion of the ballot that even more clearly determines Oregon's path.

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