
Smoke & Mirrors
June 07, 2002
Keywords:
Oregon, borrow, spend, legislature, measure, 13, cigarette, smoke, mirror, tax, budget-
News Item
Despite the voters' rejection of the "borrow and spend" Measure 13, the GOP controlled Oregon Legislature is still trying to narrow the almost $1 billion state budget gap with a re-hashed Measure 13 alongside a whopping increase in the cigarette tax.