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No on Canby’s Measure 3-636. Tax hike to fund 10% fewer students?

Taxpayers Association recommends No on Canby’s Measure 3-636 By Taxpayers Association of Oregon OregonWatchdog.com Canby’s property tax increase  (Measure #3-636) for schools that is too high. At $1.5...

2026-05-15

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Yes on Wilsonville’s measure 3-632. A Right to Vote on Urban Renewal projects

Taxpayers Association recommends Yes on Wilsonville’s measure 3-362 By Taxpayers Association of Oregon OregonWatchdog.com Many citizens do not know that hundreds of millions of tax dollars is diverted...

2026-05-15

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No on Measure 14-83. Hood River’s $40M pool

By Taxpayers Association of Oregon OregonWatchdog.com Hood River’s local Ballot Measure 14-83 raises $40 million in taxes over the life of the bond to rebuild the Hood River Aquatic Center and similar...

2026-05-15

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(4 polls) Kotek down, Gov. race close, Blazer $$ backlash

By Taxpayers Association of Oregon OregonWatchdog.com Here are four polls that have come out this week: #1. Republican Governor poll Predict Oregon put this poll out: 40% – Christine Drazan 37% – Ed D...

2026-05-15

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Yikes! Only 4% voter turnout

By Taxpayers Association of Oregon OregonWatchdog.com Only 4% of Oregon eligible voters have turned in their ballot as of May 14th. Ballots Counted: 122,909 Active Registered Voters:3,057,494 That app...

2026-05-15

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What is an unserious office holder?

Willamette Week deserves some credit in reporting on the Oregon Democratic Party’s U.S. Senate primary like it’s a real race. The incumbent, Jeff Merkley, is widely loved by his party’s base. Yet, ret...

2026-05-15

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Poll puts Drazan and Diehl within 3%

By Oregon Campaign Watch, Predict Oregon just released a poll showing a close race for Governor, with Drazan at 40.5%, Dielh at 37.5% and Dudley at 17%. ———————– Drazan-Diehl Race a Statistical Dead H...

2026-05-15

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Sec-of-State should take a pledge to be nonpolitical, nonpartisan

By Taxpayers Association of Oregon OregonWatchdog.com As the Taxpayers Association raised earlier this week, the state’s highest election official is the Secretary of State and Tobias Read has been us...

2026-05-15

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(6 memes) Picture perfectly explains Capitalism vs. Socialism

By Guest Submission Meme, More memes below:The post(6 memes) Picture perfectly explains Capitalism vs. Socialismfirst appeared onOregon Catalyst.

2026-05-15

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Sing the No Tax Claw back petition today!

By Taxpayers Association of Oregon OregonWatchdog.com Last year, President Trump and Congress passed the Big Beautiful Bill and cut over 20 taxes. This year, the liberal politicians and Governor Kotek...

2026-05-15

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Lars Larson: Multnomah liberals get worried about taxes

By Lars Larson NW and national radio host, The Northwest Nonsense If you want to run for Governor in Oregon, the rule has long been, lose Multnomah County and you lose the race. Now a new poll shows t...

2026-05-14

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Oregon postal worker caught stealing mail

By Taxpayers Association of Oregon Foundation, A former U.S. Postal Service worker admitted to stealing cash, checks, money orders, and a credit card while working in Tillamook County. Jessica Alires,...

2026-05-14

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Deserted factory now a homeless kingdom (video)

By NW Spotlight, Independent journalist and homeless advocate Kevin Dahlgren shows a video on an abandoned Portland factory turned into a homeless refuge.  View the post below, then follow Dahlgren an...

2026-05-14

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England adopts photo ID for voting

By Taxpayers Association of Oregon OregonWatchdog.com Oregon Independent journalist Andy Ngo reports that he is witnessing England embrace photo ID for voting.  Read below and then follow Andy Ngo her...

2026-05-14

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Did Sec-State violate electioneering laws?

By Taxpayers Association of Oregon OregonWatchdog.com With 11 days before election night, Oregon’s top election official, Secretary of State Tobias Read, is using government resources to promote town ...

2026-05-13

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Kotek called Dudley to ask him not to run

By Oregon Campaign Watch, OPB reports, “In social media videos, Dudley is telling voters, “There is a reason why Tina Kotek called me to try and convince me not to run for governor because she knows I...

2026-05-13

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Portland passes road fee. Joins 30 other Oregon cities

By Taxpayers Association of Oregon OregonWatchdog.com Portland just passed a transportation utility fee which will hit people on their sewer bill.  For homes it will cost $12 a month or $144/year.  Fo...

2026-05-13

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Diehl video: What makes him different

By Oregon Campaign Watch, Oregon Republican Governor candidate, Ed Diehl, answers the big question on what makes his race different.The postDiehl video: What makes him differentfirst appeared onOregon...

2026-05-13

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(5 memes) I give you permission to laugh at Portland rioters

By Guest Submission Meme, More memes below:The post(5 memes) I give you permission to laugh at Portland riotersfirst appeared onOregon Catalyst.

2026-05-13

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Unique, historic national prayer event in DC on May 17th

Jason Williams Writer, researcher and Founder of the Taxpayers Association of Oregon. There could be as many as a million people gathering this Sunday May 17th, at the State Capitol Mall to honor a ve...

2026-05-13