WE DON’T DO THIS for the accolades, but holy shit should you be thankful that we sat through a debate over Measure 101 so you don’t have to.
As the President of the USA discovered, like, a week ago, health care is extremely complicated, and the folks pushing both sides of the debate over how Oregon should fund coverage for its poorest residents are doing nothing to solve that. State Rep. Cedric Hayden—one of Measure 101’s central opponents, a Roseburg Republican, and a dentist—sort of tried by bringing a hand-drawn chart to our endorsement interview. Your chart is garbage, Cedric. Everyone who touched it should wash their hands for an hour.
But as godawful as it is, Measure 101 is also extremely important. It will be the lone item on a ballot that will show up, unbidden and Jacob Marley-esque, at your front door any day now, and you should make absolutely sure you turn it in by the January 23 special election.
We think you should vote yes.
But first: Why are we voting on something in January? Because of sore feelings left over from the 2017 legislative session.