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Healthy Kids Oregon
The pro Measure 50 campaign.
The ?YES on the Healthy Kids Plan Campaign? is a bi-partisan coalition of your neighbors as well as civic and community groups who support Measure 50 on the November 6, 2007 statewide ballot.
2236 SE 10th Avenue
Portland OR 97214
503-239-8800
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Oct 21, 2007Oregon Public Broadcasting
This week, campaigners for Healthy Kids Oregon are encouraging voters to say Yes to Measure 50. Their proposal would raise state tobacco taxes to pay for the Healthy Kids Program.
Oct 23, 2007Oregon Public Broadcasting
About 230,000 kids from low-income families get their health insurance from the state of Oregon. This fall, Healthy Kids Oregon-Yes on 50 aims to extend that coverage to another 117,000 children, by raising tobacco taxes about 84-cents per pack.
Healthy Kids Oregon put out a press release today, noting the obscene amount of money that has already been spent by tobacco companies opposing Measure 50. The campaign asks for Oregonians to respond to the advertising blitz by making "three clicks": Big Tobacco is headed toward setting a spending record in Oregon. R.J. Reynolds and Philip Morris have already spent $4.5 million on television and radio, potentially the largest media buy in the history of the state of Oregon for a ballot measure. The American Cancer Society, the American Heart Association and the American Lung Association joined with Healthy Kids...
Aug 22, 2007Blue Oregon
They may not have the most money, but bipartisan Measure 50 supporters--Healthy Kids Oregon--are getting the drop on Big Tobacco with the first ad. The tobacco companies don't like taxes, and they don't like being pitted as the heavies against kids or health care. Expect the campaign to be ugly and dishonest. The American Cancer Society, which supports Measure 50 and has battled tobacco many times in the past, confirms this: Big tobacco will do, say, and spend anything to protect their profits. Their tactics in other states were consistently deceitful and negative, and Oregonians have the right to know...
Sep 18, 2007OregonLive.com: Everything Oregon
Backers of a proposed increase in Oregon's cigarette tax said today the tobacco industry has spent $4.5 million on radio and TV ads so far to defeat the increase.
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Before we go any further let me say that I wish cigarette smoking went away, Now!
Not made illegal but just went away.
But the logic to increase the taxes on cigarettes in Oregon, Measure 50, to fund a children's health care program is idiotic.
While blowing their smoke, the morning Fishwrapper reports; "The Healthy Kids Oregon coalition couldn't have asked for a better headline than the one Friday in USA Today: "Smoking declines as taxes increase."
Rhetorically, why would you pin your future hopes of funding a sustainable program on Declining revenues?
You wouldn't unless you are an Idiot or perhaps you were just putting up a temporary "smokescreen" while conniving on other future funding methods,
IE: TAX INCREASES.
Idiots or conniving? I vote the former & the latter........rw
Measure 50 ---- VOTE NO!
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Oct 19, 2007News4Neighbors
Not made illegal but just went away.
But the logic to increase the taxes on cigarettes in Oregon, Measure 50, to fund a children's health care program is idiotic.
While blowing their smoke, the morning Fishwrapper reports; "The Healthy Kids Oregon coalition couldn't have asked for a better headline than the one Friday in USA Today: "Smoking declines as taxes increase."
Rhetorically, why would you pin your future hopes of funding a sustainable program on Declining revenues?
You wouldn't unless you are an Idiot or perhaps you were just putting up a temporary "smokescreen" while conniving on other future funding methods,
IE: TAX INCREASES.
Idiots or conniving? I vote the former & the latter........rw
Measure 50 ---- VOTE NO!
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JWilson writes "League of Women Voters and National Council of Jewish Women Presents Ballot Measure Forum Public Invited October 25 at 7 p.m.Supporters and opponents of Ballot Measures 49 and 50 will appear in a forum moderated by the League of Women Voters of Portland on Thursday, October 25, at 7 p.m. in the Board Room of the Multnomah Building, 501 S.E. Hawthorne, Portland. The event is free, and the public is invited to attend.Following a short presentation by each speaker, the moderator will ask questions submitted by audience members. Former Governor Barbara Roberts will speak in favor of Measure 49 (legislative revision of Measure 37) and Bill Moshofsky of Oregonians in Action will speak in opposition to the measure. A representative from Healthy Kids Oregon will speak in favor of Measure 50 (amends the Oregon Constitution to provide dedicated funding for children’s health care through an increase in the tobacco tax) and J. L. Wilson of Oregonians Against the Blank Check will speak against it.Linda Jefferson, Administrator of the City of Portland Fire and Police Disability and Retirement Fund, will make a short presentation of Portland Ballot Measure 26-39 (charter amendment to change fire and police disability members’ medical benefits).Portland Community Media will broadcast the forum live on Channel 30. Repeat broadcasts will be aired on Channel 30 on Saturday, October 27 at 10 p.m.; Sunday, October 28 at 6 p.m.; Wednesday, October 31 at 8 p.m.; Thursday, November 1 at 7:30 p.m.; and Sunday, November 4 at 6 ...
Oct 6, 2007Loaded Orygun
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