Fact Check Posts – Page 7

Can system development charges be spent on capital projects and maintenance?

By Janie Har

May 5, 2012

Say that under state law, "systems development charges can only be spent on capital investment."

Is Eileen Brady co-owner of Celilo Group Media?

By Janie Har

May 5, 2012

Says she is co-owner of Celilo Group Media.

Is Amanda Fritz saving water ratepayers $6 million every year?

By Janie Har

May 4, 2012

Says she is "saving ratepayers $6 million/year."

Did Amanda Fritz inaccurately claim an endorsement from NARAL?

By Janie Har

May 2, 2012

Says "Amanda Fritz publicly claimed to be endorsed by NARAL Pro-Choice Oregon, both on her website and in the voter’s guide."

Did Charlie Hales help negotiate a one-time deal with Portland teachers that saved the school year?

By Janie Har

April 27, 2012

Says "I worked with our Mayor and other commissioners to help save the school year when a budget crisis in Salem threatened to cut four…

Is Amanda Fritz responsible for dropping the number of parks workers on contract from over 100 to under 40?

By Janie Har

April 26, 2012

Says "my advocacy questioning contracting out in Parks … delayed and altered the renewal of the Brooks contract, and reduced the number of contracted employees…

Can Portland City Council candidate Mary Nolan count 8,000 supporters?

By Janie Har

April 24, 2012

Says more than 8,000 people have supported her campaign as volunteers, donors and advisors and endorsers.

Has Dwight Holton ‘never set foot’ in an Oregon courtroom?

By Janie Har

April 20, 2012

Says Dwight Holton has never set foot in an Oregon courtroom.

Did Ellen Rosenblum say 80 percent of the attorney general’s job is being a government lawyer?

By Janie Har

April 19, 2012

Says Ellen Rosenblum "has said over and over again that this is a job where 80 percent of the job is being the government’s lawyer."

Did Ted Wheeler’s office actually save $39 million in management costs?

By Janie Har

April 12, 2012

Says the treasurer’s office has "saved $37 million in management costs for the oversight of public investments."

How much is the Oregon Legislature to blame for Deschutes County’s 12 percent unemployment rate?

By Janie Har

April 2, 2012

Says "today unemployment has been running near 12 percent or more for the last four years" and the Legislature hasn’t done much to lower it.

Are you 15 percent more likely to die in a car that’s 300 pounds lighter?

By Janie Har

March 29, 2012

"Every time the weight of that vehicle is reduced by a hundred pounds, your chances of dying are going to go up by about 5…

Latest Fact Checks By Janie Har

Can system development charges be spent on capital projects and maintenance?

Is Eileen Brady co-owner of Celilo Group Media?

Is Amanda Fritz saving water ratepayers $6 million every year?

Did Amanda Fritz inaccurately claim an endorsement from NARAL?

Did Charlie Hales help negotiate a one-time deal with Portland teachers that saved the school year?

Is Amanda Fritz responsible for dropping the number of parks workers on contract from over 100 to under 40?

Can Portland City Council candidate Mary Nolan count 8,000 supporters?

Has Dwight Holton ‘never set foot’ in an Oregon courtroom?

Did Ellen Rosenblum say 80 percent of the attorney general’s job is being a government lawyer?

Did Ted Wheeler’s office actually save $39 million in management costs?

How much is the Oregon Legislature to blame for Deschutes County’s 12 percent unemployment rate?

Are you 15 percent more likely to die in a car that’s 300 pounds lighter?