Update: October 10, 2011

Measures 66 and 67 Are a Guide for Nation

On Saturday, the Statesman Journal published an op-ed by OCPP executive director Chuck Sheketoff explaining why Oregon Measures 66 and 67 are a guide for the nation -- a response to a deeply flawed editorial published days earlier. OCPP's op-ed begins:

Policymakers across the nation and the Obama administration are rightly looking at Oregon Measures 66 and 67 as a guide for how to deal with revenue shortfalls that threaten deeper cuts to education, health and human services and public safety -- contrary to the unsupported and misguided claims in the Statesman Journal's Oct. 5 editorial.

The measures -- which modestly raised taxes on those best able to afford the increases, wealthy households and corporations -- have done their job. They've raised hundreds of millions in revenue that has averted even deeper cuts to public services that Oregonians rely upon each day.

Sadly, the Statesman Journal editorial set up a straw man argument, bemoaning that Oregon faces the risk of another recession. But no proponent of the measures ever claimed, nor could they, that the measures would prevent further economic troubles.

Read the rest of Measures 66, 67 averted deeper cuts in state.

Fall Internship Opportunity

OCPP is now accepting applications for a policy analysis intern for fall of 2011. This position is open to both undergraduate and graduate students. See the job description and information on how to apply (PDF).

November 5: Workshop on Building Nonprofit Capacity for Public Policy Engagement

Nonprofit executive and management leaders, as well as Board of Directors members, are invited to learn how to build a strategic advocacy plan that doesn't overload your organization.

Learn how to create a realistic advocacy agenda at the seminar Building Nonprofit Capacity for Public Policy Engagement.

Details:

Date: November 5, 2011 Time: 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Place: Salem Conference Center Cost: $ 45

For more information and to register for this seminar or the full Oregon Civic Engagement Conference (November 3-5), please click here.

This workshop is presented by the Oregon Center for Public Policy and Center for Lobbying in the Public Interest in partnership with the Nonprofit Association of Oregon and the Oregon Civic Engagement Conference.