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Charlie Hales
Charlie Hales
stated on April 30, 2012 a debate
Say that under state law, "systems development charges can only be spent on capital investment."
True
By Janie Har • May 5, 2012
Eileen Brady
Eileen Brady
stated on April 30, 2012 a debate
Says she is co-owner of Celilo Group Media.
True
By Janie Har • May 5, 2012
Amanda Fritz
Amanda Fritz
stated on April 19, 2012 campaign material
Says she is "saving ratepayers $6 million/year."
False
By Janie Har • May 4, 2012
Mary Nolan
Mary Nolan
stated on April 24, 2012 a campaign press release
Says "Amanda Fritz publicly claimed to be endorsed by NARAL Pro-Choice Oregon, both on her website and in the voter’s guide." 
Half-True
By Janie Har • May 2, 2012
Charlie Hales
Charlie Hales
stated on March 28, 2012 campaign material
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 weeks of the school year," including  negotiating with teachers to work for free.
False
By Janie Har • April 27, 2012
Amanda Fritz
Amanda Fritz
stated on April 12, 2012 a questionnaire
Says "my advocacy questioning contracting out in Parks … delayed and altered the renewal of the Brooks contract, and reduced the number of contracted employees in Parks from over 100 to fewer than 40."
Mostly False
By Janie Har • April 26, 2012
Mary Nolan
Mary Nolan
stated on April 18, 2012 a campaign website
Says more than 8,000 people have supported her campaign as volunteers, donors and advisors and endorsers.
Half-True
By Janie Har • April 24, 2012
Ellen Rosenblum
Ellen Rosenblum
stated on April 11, 2012 a news story
Says Dwight Holton has never set foot in an Oregon courtroom.
Mostly False
By Janie Har • April 20, 2012
Dwight Holton
Dwight Holton
stated on April 4, 2012 a radio interview
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."
Half-True
By Janie Har • April 19, 2012
Peter DeFazio
Peter DeFazio
stated on April 13, 2012 his congressional website
Says the Pentagon has never passed a financial audit. In fact,  the Pentagon is exempt from a federal law that requires all federal agencies to complete annual audits.
True
By Charles Pope • April 13, 2012
Ted Wheeler
Ted Wheeler
stated on April 3, 2012 campaign website
Says the treasurer’s office has "saved $37 million in management costs for the oversight of public investments."
Mostly False
By Janie Har • April 12, 2012
Jefferson Smith
Jefferson Smith
stated on March 10, 2012 a candidates' forum.
Says "at the state level we're spending more on tax expenditures than we are on public safety, health care and education combined."
Mostly True
By Ian K. Kullgren • April 10, 2012
Charlie Hales
Charlie Hales
stated on February 12, 2012 an interview.
Says "streetcars carry more people than buses … you attract more riders who don't ride transit now, and actually the operating costs are not any greater than the bus."
True
By Ian K. Kullgren • April 3, 2012
Tim Knopp
Tim Knopp
stated on March 6, 2012 campaign website
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. 
Half-True
By Janie Har • April 2, 2012
Jeff Kruse
Jeff Kruse
stated on February 29, 2012 a newsletter.
Says "for the duration of this recession not a single person in government middle management has lost (a) job or taken a pay cut."
Pants on Fire!
By Ian K. Kullgren • March 30, 2012
Lars Larson
Lars Larson
stated on March 20, 2012 an online post
"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 percent. Peel three hundred pounds off – you’re 15 percent more likely to die in that car."
Mostly False
By Janie Har • March 29, 2012
Peter DeFazio
Peter DeFazio
stated on February 22, 2012 an online blog
Says only seven percent of 2009’s stimulus bill went toward transportation projects, yet they created over one-third of the bill’s total jobs.
Mostly False
By Janie Har • March 23, 2012
Jefferson Smith
Jefferson Smith
stated on November 21, 2011 an interview.
Says "we got a chance to pass what I think is Oregon's first human trafficking bill which has increased by 66 percent the calls to the human trafficking hotline."
Mostly False
By Ian K. Kullgren • March 22, 2012
Oregon Lottery
Oregon Lottery
stated on March 15, 2012 a website
"However, it took $19.5 million in Oregon Lottery funds for the Port of Newport to eventually land the new NOAA Marine Operations Center-Pacific."
Half-True
By Janie Har • March 21, 2012
Rod Monroe
Rod Monroe
stated on March 1, 2012 a floor speech.
Says "the No. 2 cause of death in the U.S. (for) women under 50 is being killed by their spouse or domestic partner."
False
By Ian K. Kullgren • March 19, 2012
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