Anyone who votes according to the way a tabloid newspaper tells them to vote should lose their right to vote.

I've been a loyal reader for a long time and while I don't always agree, your Voting Cheat Sheet aligns perfectly with the ballot I just dropped off.

I'm against Measure 99 simply because it's just another cosmetic waste of school funding. Unless Portland really does want to dreigroschenoper its way into a Weimar Republic state of artsy pauperdom it would behoove us to tackle our abysmal maths and sciences. Art and nature are great for bus shelters and the urban chicken revolution, but it's maths and sciences that ensure intellectual creativity in a global economy.