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Protect Our County

Vote NO on
Measure 20-373

We all want clean water, a healthy environment, and a strong Lane County. But Measure 20-373 would cost taxpayers millions, cut critical services, and open the door to endless lawsuits.

It’s unconstitutional. It’s extreme. And it could cost us all millions and millions of dollars every year.

Organizations, businesses, and individuals from across Lane County are coming together to Protect Our County and OPPOSE MEASURE 20-373. Here are just some of the reasons we must defeat this extreme ballot measure:

1

This measure would force cuts to critical services. At a time when health care funding and public safety budgets have been slashed, we simply can’t afford any more cuts.

2

There’s no limit to what this could cost local governments and taxpayers. There’s no process to estimate damages, so it’s basically just a blank check to whoever files a lawsuit.

3

This measure is vague and poorly written. It was written without public hearings, and it establishes no process for determining how much Lane County residents must pay if they are sued.

4

Good public policy should rely on good science. But this measure says “no scientific certainty” or “full evidence of risk” is needed to file and win a lawsuit. That’s ridiculous, and not the right way to make laws.

5

Legal experts have called this measure “dangerously unclear” and likely “unconstitutional.” Similar laws have already been struck down by federal judges after expensive court fights. We must protect the constitutional rights of Oregonians.

Our growing coalition of community organizations and local businesses, Democrats and Republicans, are all uniting to say Measure 20-373 goes too far!

Join the Coalition