Tuesday, October 26, 2010

Elect "Governor Mulligan" for Oregon!

Oregon is known for it lush green Willamette Valley and the golf courses that dot the state (well, the western part of the state, not too many on the east side) and Oregon has its own "Governor  Mulligan" in the race this year.
He spent 8 years setting up the current mess Oregon is in, and the follow-on Governor who is leaving largely followed the same policies "Mulligan" did, and now "Mulligan" - aka Governor John Kitzhaber -wants a "do over" -- a "Mulligan" -- to again go with his vision, which he never had the first time and lead the state down the same previous path and he of course expects totally different results in following the same policies he did the first time.
He got elected during a boom time for the state: personal income was up; people were moving to the state and working so income tax revenues were up; building was great so property taxes were up - and he ensured that every single dime was spent and also ensured that additional money - programs and "entitlements" that were never funded was obligated to lots of people based on the current income that the state had forever into the future to provide "benefits" to people who often never pay any taxes without ever ensuring that those obligations could be met in the future.
And now he wants to again do the same thing and get different results.
Governor Mulligan - a do over that we can do without!
 
 

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