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Oregon Senate Republicans (The Leadership Fund)
Oregon Senate Republicans (The Leadership Fund)
stated on January 20, 2011 in a press release:
In September, the Department of Business and Consumer Services enacted a sudden 39% workers' compensation premium assessment by rule with little notice to the public.
Mostly False
By Janie Har • January 31, 2011
Suzanne Devlin
Suzanne Devlin
stated on January 19, 2011 in a letter to the editor:
The Republican Party raffled off an AR-15 assault rifle at the 2010 Oregon State Fair.
Mostly True
By Janie Har • January 29, 2011
Jefferson Smith
Jefferson Smith
stated on January 13, 2011 in an article in The Oregonian:
A test last month at the MAX station at 162nd Avenue and East Burnside saw crime down 41 percent compared with December 2009
Mostly True
By Janie Har • January 22, 2011
Victoria Taft
Victoria Taft
stated on December 22, 2010 in a website posting:
Portland spent nearly $1 million in federal stimulus money to install bike path signs where they already existed.
False
By Janie Har • January 8, 2011
Mary Olson
Mary Olson
stated on December 8, 2010 in in Clackamas County Board of Commissioners hearing :
Says "there is a plan formulated by Chair (Lynn) Peterson and the cities in Clackamas County to further increase this fee in three years and split it up on projects between the county and cities."
Half-True
By Janie Har • December 31, 2010
Rees Lloyd
Rees Lloyd
stated on December 10, 2010 in a website posting:
Portland Public Schools invites "well-paid, well-fed school bureaucrats, administrators, teachers, other staff, non-needy students, affluent parents of students, and other adults, including on the other extreme the adult homeless, illegal aliens, fanatical Muslim terrorists, or drug addicted street people, to enjoy cheap breakfasts in taxpayer-paid school facilities amidst school children."
Mostly False
By Janie Har • December 25, 2010
Sam Adams
Sam Adams
stated on December 1, 2010 in a city council meeting:
Four out of 10 homicides are committed by gun in this city.
True
By Janie Har • December 23, 2010
Mt. Hood Community College
Mt. Hood Community College
stated on December 9, 2010 in the college's website:
Mt. Hood Community College is No. 1 on average and top faculty pay and benefits. 
Mostly True
By Janie Har • December 15, 2010
Randy Leonard
Randy Leonard
stated on December 1, 2010 in a city council meeting:
Cities like Seattle have decided to ban food carts.
Mostly False
By Janie Har • December 9, 2010
Beaverton
Beaverton
stated on November 17, 2010 in a press release:
Last year, Beaverton School District had the highest number of homeless students ever recorded in Oregon. 
False
By Janie Har • December 4, 2010
Carole Smith
Carole Smith
stated on November 8, 2010 in a press briefing:
Rebuilding three high schools will benefit 40 percent of Portland Public School students. 
Pants on Fire!
By Janie Har • November 23, 2010
Safe Routes to Schools
Safe Routes to Schools
stated on November 10, 2010 in a mailer:
Half of children struck by cars near schools are hit by parents driving children to school.
False
By Janie Har • November 11, 2010
Friends of Voter Owned Elections
Friends of Voter Owned Elections
stated on November 3, 2010 in a statement:
It’s hard to get people in Portland to vote yes on ballot measures, especially when there’s opposition.
Mostly False
By Janie Har • November 10, 2010
Democratic Party of Oregon
Democratic Party of Oregon
stated on November 2, 2010 in a doorknob flier:
"In fact, 85 percent of Oregonians voted in 2008."
False
By Janie Har • November 5, 2010
Taxpayer Association of Oregon
Taxpayer Association of Oregon
stated on October 29, 2010 in a campaign mailer:
Says "Richard Devlin raised your taxes by $1 billion in a single day."
Half-True
By Janie Har • October 30, 2010
Promote Oregon Leadership PAC (Oregon House Republicans)
Promote Oregon Leadership PAC (Oregon House Republicans)
stated on October 27, 2010 in a campaign mailer:
Says Will Rasmussen falsely claimed he had lived in the West Linn district for about a year.
True
By Janie Har • October 29, 2010
Jeff Merkley
Jeff Merkley
stated on September 17, 2010 in a fundraising letter:
Says Scott Bruun supports allowing corporations to secretly funnel millions of dollars to front groups to finance attack ads. 
Half-True
By Janie Har • October 27, 2010
Concerned Taxpayers of America
Concerned Taxpayers of America
stated on October 25, 2010 in a television ad:
Says Peter DeFazio votes with Nancy Pelosi 86 percent of the time.
Half-True
By Janie Har • October 26, 2010
Chris Dudley
Chris Dudley
stated on October 14, 2010 in a television ad:
Says John Kitzhaber wants a sales tax so people without jobs pay taxes.
Pants on Fire!
By Janie Har • October 23, 2010
Bruce Starr
Bruce Starr
stated on October 22, 2010 in a television ad:
Bruce Starr was the only senator to vote for stronger ethics laws and greater accountability.
False
By Janie Har • October 22, 2010
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