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Latest Fact-Checks In Oregon

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Tom Hughes
Tom Hughes
stated on November 2, 2011 a guest column
Twenty percent of housing in Portland’s Pearl District is ‘affordable.’
Mostly True
By Janie Har • November 18, 2011
Rob Cornilles
Rob Cornilles
stated on November 14, 2011 a statement on his website
Says "51 percent of federal tax filers paid zero federal income tax."
True
By Charles Pope • November 17, 2011
Rob Cornilles
Rob Cornilles
stated on November 9, 2011 a speech.
Says Suzanne Bonamici "supports the $500 billion cut to Medicare passed last year."
False
By Ian K. Kullgren • November 14, 2011
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on November 9, 2011 tweet and blogs
Obama creates new tax on Christmas trees, fees get passed on to consumers.
Mostly False
By Janie Har, Louis Jacobson • November 10, 2011
Jefferson Smith
Jefferson Smith
stated on November 1, 2011 a press release
Says if elected, he would be the first Mayor who lives east of 82nd.
True
By Ian K. Kullgren • November 4, 2011
Taxpayer Association of Oregon
Taxpayer Association of Oregon
stated on October 31, 2011 a newsletter
Says "the City of Portland alone has 84 public relation representatives on payroll which cost taxpayers over $6.2 million (a year)."
False
By Ian K. Kullgren • November 4, 2011
Ann Lininger
Ann Lininger
stated on October 22, 2011 in campaign literature
Says Measure 3-386 will cost a fortune for elections while Measure 3-388 will cost less.
False
By Janie Har • November 2, 2011
John Lee
John Lee
stated on September 28, 2011 in a press release
Says "Clackamas County has more urban renewal debt than all the other Oregon counties combined."
Half-True
By Janie Har • November 1, 2011
Kate Brown
Kate Brown
stated on October 15, 2011 a speech at the Oregon Summit.
Says for every dollar the state spent on audits last year, it delivered $64 in cost savings.
True
By Ian K. Kullgren • October 29, 2011
Sam Adams
Sam Adams
stated on August 12, 2011 in a speech
Says there's $4 billion in private investment along the streetcar. 
Mostly False
By Janie Har • October 22, 2011
Eileen Brady
Eileen Brady
stated on September 8, 2011 in a speech
Says "Many people I’ve talked to are angry that because of City Hall inaction we may have to spend a needless $500 million to cover and treat our pure drinking water."
False
By Janie Har • October 21, 2011
Sam Adams
Sam Adams
stated on October 13, 2011 in a press conference
Says "There are now Occupy Wall Street camps in hundreds of cities across the United States."
Mostly False
By Janie Har • October 15, 2011
Amanda Fritz
Amanda Fritz
stated on October 3, 2011 in campaign literature
Says that "In 2009, I saved ratepayers around $500 million by persuading the Council to pursue a less expensive compliance mechanism if the City is required to treat Bull Run drinking water."
Mostly True
By Janie Har • October 11, 2011
Earl Blumenauer
Earl Blumenauer
stated on September 23, 2011 a House floor speech
Says "Every year air pollution protections are delayed, another 34,000 people will die prematurely."
Mostly True
By Charles Pope • October 3, 2011
Mary Nolan
Mary Nolan
stated on September 21, 2011 campaign literature
Says she helped lead the launch of curbside recycling.
Half-True
By Janie Har • October 1, 2011
Brent Barton
Brent Barton
stated on August 13, 2011 a guest column
Says credit rating agencies realize that our instability stems in large part from Oregon’s kicker system.
Mostly False
By Janie Har • September 23, 2011
Brad Avakian
Brad Avakian
stated on September 12, 2011 a radio interview
Says "We do about 300 investigations a year into housing discrimination and in recent years have put about $150,000 of damages into the pockets of individuals who have been treated unfairly."
False
By Janie Har • September 20, 2011
Ted Piccolo
Ted Piccolo
stated on September 14, 2011 an online comment
Says that three of these five Republicans -- Ben Westlund, Rob Patridge, Max Williams, Lane Shetterly, Lynn Lundquist -- later became Democrats.
False
By Janie Har • September 17, 2011
Matt Wand
Matt Wand
stated on August 28, 2011 guest column
Says "Every time the Legislature 'suspended' the kicker, most recently the corporate kicker in 2007, Salem spent every penny and failed to stabilize the state's revenues."
Mostly False
By Janie Har • September 10, 2011
Dennis Richardson
Dennis Richardson
stated on June 30, 2011 a press briefing
Says Oregon state employees received a "catch-up" pay raise in 1981 -- just two years after they agreed not to take a raise in exchange for a retirement benefit.
False
By Janie Har • September 2, 2011
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