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Latest Fact-Checks By Ian K. Kullgren

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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
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
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
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
Sam Adams
Sam Adams
stated on February 28, 2012 a commentary article.
Says "traffic fatalities have fallen dramatically, even as population has risen. You are more likely to stay alive biking, walking and driving around Portland than you were before" he took over the Portland Bureau of Transportation.
Half-True
By Ian K. Kullgren • March 9, 2012
Laurie Monnes Anderson
Laurie Monnes Anderson
stated on February 24, 2012 a Senate floor speech
"In 2010 about 75 percent of child abuse and neglect reports in Oregon were made by those required to report by law."
True
By Ian K. Kullgren • March 2, 2012
Alissa Keny-Guyer
Alissa Keny-Guyer
stated on February 21, 2012 a floor speech.
Says "in Oregon only 41 percent of adults have ever been tested" for HIV.
True
By Ian K. Kullgren • February 24, 2012
Alan Bates
Alan Bates
stated on February 14, 2012 a floor speech.
Says "80 percent of the health care dollars are spent by 20 percent of the population."
True
By Ian K. Kullgren • February 23, 2012
Doug Thomas
Doug Thomas
stated on February 11, 2012 an Oregonian article.
Says "there are homes for sale on and around (Oswego Lake) right now for under $150,000 that anyone is welcome to buy."
Half-True
By Ian K. Kullgren • February 17, 2012
Yes on 79
Yes on 79
stated on December 28, 2011 an ad and on their website
Says constitutional amendment would "help to stop unfair, double taxation on real estate."
Half-True
By Ian K. Kullgren • December 30, 2011
Creative Advocacy Network
Creative Advocacy Network
stated on December 1, 2011 a tweet
Says 77 percent "of Portland's students finish elementary school without taking even one art class."
Mostly True
By Ian K. Kullgren • December 16, 2011
Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife
Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife
stated on December 12, 2011 a news story
Says there have been no cases of wolves killing people in Rocky Mountain states.
True
By Ian K. Kullgren • December 16, 2011
Joshua Marquis
Joshua Marquis
stated on November 27, 2011 a blog comment
Says 25 percent of Oregonians oppose the death penalty.
Half-True
By Ian K. Kullgren • December 6, 2011
Eileen Brady
Eileen Brady
stated on November 15, 2011 in a campaign ad
Says she "brought together business, labor and hospitals to give 94,000 Oregon children health care."
Mostly True
By Ian K. Kullgren • November 26, 2011
Our Oregon
Our Oregon
stated on November 14, 2011 a statement on their website
Says "we’re losing one voter every 13 minutes."
Mostly True
By Ian K. Kullgren • November 23, 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
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
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
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
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