Read Carefully

The Register-Guard runs an article on voter distrust:

Judy Bonn, a Walterville-area retiree, voted for measures 41 and 48, calling them fair controls on how state government spends taxes. She has scant trust in government - be it the local, state or federal level.

"There's a good percentage of them that can just go away at all levels," she said. "We are taxed and taxed and taxed, and there's never an attempt by government to explain why the taxes happen, or to try to live within its means."

Bonn directs particular ire at the Lane County income tax measure, which she called "totally deceptive."

The ballot language states that a "yes" vote would limit the government's taxing authority. Voters must read an accompanying informational insert to learn that voting "yes" also enacts the tax.

Jackson County tried the same slimeball trick on Measure 15-67.