Officers of construction and industrial unions turned out Oct. 24 to support a controversial coal export terminal proposed for a former industrial site in Longview.
After decades of legislative failure to solve the state’s revenue problem, union-sponsored Measure 97 will make a better Oregon —by asking giant corporations to pay their fair share. And that could lead to similar efforts around the country.
$18.3 million in mostly out-of-state corporate money buys a lot of ads and spreads a lot of disinformation, doubt and fear about Measure 97. Don’t be fooled.