Latest Fact-Checks By Janie Har

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Mary Nolan
Mary Nolan
stated on September 21, 2011 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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
Charlie Hales
Charlie Hales
stated on May 31, 2011 in 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
Bruce Hanna
Bruce Hanna
stated on July 1, 2011 in 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 in 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 in 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
Doug Whitsett
Doug Whitsett
stated on June 3, 2011 in 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
Ted Ferrioli
Ted Ferrioli
stated on April 26, 2011 in 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
Charlotte Lehan
Charlotte Lehan
stated on March 29, 2011 in 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 in 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 in 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
Victoria Taft
Victoria Taft
stated on April 25, 2011 in a tweet:
"A $250 fine if you're caught with a plastic bag coming out of a store. Plastic bag police anyone?"
False
By Janie Har • April 29, 2011
Jeff Cogen
Jeff Cogen
stated on February 4, 2011 in a speech:
Multnomah County has faced "11 straight years" of cuts
Half-True
By Janie Har • April 16, 2011
Michael Denbrow
Michael Denbrow
stated on April 4, 2011 in a website posting:
Undocumented students who qualify for in-state Oregon tuition are "actively working toward U.S. citizenship."
Mostly False
By Janie Har • April 9, 2011
Dan Lucas
Dan Lucas
stated on February 2, 2011 in a website:
"Governor’s proposed budget raids K-12 school funds to grow DHS again."
Mostly False
By Janie Har • February 14, 2011
Mark Daniels
Mark Daniels
stated on February 8, 2011 in a legislative hearing:
A 5-cent charge on paper bags is a tax.
False
By Janie Har • February 13, 2011
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