Sign Petition 50 before it's too late

June 17, 2010 | By Elizabeth Hovde | www.oregonlive.com

Initiatives aren’t always the best way to create new laws. But when lawmakers fail to act on a good idea and a measure is well written, sign me up.

You should sign yourself up with Petition 50 if you want someone other than self-interested politicians deciding which batch of people gets to vote for or against them in future elections. Oregon needs a redistricting panel committed to creating compact, contiguous districts that do not consider the addresses of current lawmakers. That's not the case today. [ Read More ]