The Oregonian, Salem Statesman-Journal, Eugene Register-Guard, Medford Mail-Tribune, The Willamette Week, Corvallis Gazette-Times, Daily Astorian, Ashland Daily Tidings, Beaverton Valley Times, Clackamas Review, Forest Grove News-Times, Gresham Outlook, Local News Daily, Portland Metro Parent, Portland State University Daily Vanguard, Portland Tribune, Tigard Times, and the University of Oregon Daily Emerald have all endorsed Measure 50. Here are just a few reasons why these newspapers agree that a Yes vote on Measure 50 is the most important thing you can do on November 6:
The true face of Measure 50
The Oregonian
Confused about Measure 50?
The tobacco industry is counting on it. The makers of Camels and Marlboros have spent a staggering sum in a cynical bid to keep voters from passing the cigarette tax increase Oregon needs to provide health care for more than 100,000 uninsured children.
Cigarette makers in faraway states have jammed Oregon airwaves with a $10 million barrage of increasingly disingenuous ads. They show adult actors pretending to fume about constitutional amendments and “unsustainable government programs,” while carefully avoiding what Measure 50 is really about.