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Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on August 12, 2011 web pages
Say Oregon Reps. Peter DeFazio and Earl Blumenauer are "socialists who are openly serving in the U.S. Congress."
Pants on Fire!
By Charles Pope • August 29, 2011
Michael Schrunk
Michael Schrunk
stated on July 23, 2011 a guest column for The Oregonian
Says "under our current sentencing laws, about 75 percent of all convicted felons in Oregon do not go to prison."
Mostly True
By Ian K. Kullgren • August 23, 2011
Jeff Merkley
Jeff Merkley
stated on August 3, 2011 letter to a constituent
Says allowing the payroll tax holiday to expire would end up "costing another estimated 900,000 jobs in 2012."
Mostly True
By Charles Pope • August 19, 2011
Sam Adams
Sam Adams
stated on August 10, 2011 an article on his website
Says "of the 2,000 Portland households in the year-long (composting) pilot, 87 percent of participants reported being satisfied with the overall system."
Half-True
By Ian K. Kullgren • August 14, 2011
Charlie Hales
Charlie Hales
stated on May 31, 2011 Posted at charliehales.com
"When I served as City Commissioner, we made great strides …we successfully fought for, and won, adding women and people of color to the Fire Bureau."
True
By Janie Har • July 29, 2011
Jack Bogdanski
Jack Bogdanski
stated on July 6, 2011 in a blog post.
Says "in the Legislature, (Mary Nolan) has been a party-line Democrat, showing a 100% track record in harmony with the American Civil Liberties Union."
True
By Ian K. Kullgren • July 22, 2011
Bruce Hanna
Bruce Hanna
stated on July 1, 2011 a statement during OPB's Think Out Loud
Says this House processed and approved as many bills as previous Legislatures.
Mostly False
By Janie Har • July 20, 2011
Oregon Education Association
Oregon Education Association
stated on July 1, 2011 a blog posting
House Bill 2301 never had a public hearing
Mostly True
By Janie Har • July 14, 2011
Roxanne Ross
Roxanne Ross
stated on May 15, 2011 an online posting
Multnomah County’s food action plan "clearly plans to disrupt the free market system in terms of food choices making it harder and more expensive for many residents to eat their food of choice." 
Pants on Fire!
By Janie Har • June 24, 2011
National Republican Congressional Committee
National Republican Congressional Committee
stated on May 18, 2011 a press release
"As the Democrats finally maxed out their government spending credit card Monday, Kurt Schrader continued to stand with his party leaders in failing to offer any viable long-term solution."
False
By Charles Pope • June 22, 2011
Doug Whitsett
Doug Whitsett
stated on June 3, 2011 a legislative hearing
The Medford Water Commission was fined $279,000 for dumping plain drinking water into a stream.
Half-True
By Janie Har • June 18, 2011
John Kitzhaber
John Kitzhaber
stated on April 19, 2011 a press release
"Creating 25 jobs in Umatilla County has the same impact as 500 jobs in the metro region."
Mostly True
By Ian K. Kullgren • June 17, 2011
Ted Ferrioli
Ted Ferrioli
stated on April 26, 2011 an opinion column
"The Public Employee Retirement System is making more millionaires than the Oregon state lottery."
Half-True
By Janie Har • June 16, 2011
Jeff Kruse
Jeff Kruse
stated on May 25, 2011 on the Oregon Senate floor
Michigan and Massachusetts raised their bottle deposit and "could no longer afford the program because the redemptions were so high there was no profit in there."
Pants on Fire!
By Ian K. Kullgren • June 6, 2011
Jeff Merkley
Jeff Merkley
stated on June 16, 2011 a speech on the Senate floor
Oil companies are able to sell oil that costs no more to produce today than it did one year ago.
Mostly True
By Charles Pope • June 4, 2011
Sam Adams
Sam Adams
stated on May 18, 2011 a City Council meeting
The city’s 30 percent set aside for affordable housing in urban renewal areas is calculated citywide -- not district by district
False
By Ian K. Kullgren • June 2, 2011
Charlotte Lehan
Charlotte Lehan
stated on March 29, 2011 an opinion column
If the Sellwood Bridge is not replaced, it will have to be shut down within eight years.
Mostly False
By Janie Har • May 14, 2011
Matt Wingard
Matt Wingard
stated on May 4, 2011 a House floor session
Increasing the bottle deposit to 10 cents on a case of water bottles could literally double the price of that product in the store.
Mostly False
By Janie Har • May 13, 2011
John Lee
John Lee
stated on May 17, 2011 May 17 election voters pamphlet
The study that states that more than 70 percent of the traffic on the Sellwood Bridge is to/from Clackamas County has been thoroughly debunked by The Oregonian. 
False
By Janie Har • May 7, 2011
David Wu
David Wu
stated on April 15, 2011 a press release
House Republican plan would increase costs for Oregon seniors by $6,000 with health care vouchers instead of Medicare
Mostly True
By Charles Pope • May 6, 2011
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