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I remember those campaign promises too. Not many Oregonians can recall the "it will go to Oregon's schools" promises.

What I thought was most intriguing about that earlier article was it let slip information about the lottery's financing. It seems that the lottery takes in about $ 1.5 billion a year. Under contracts with the state, only about $ 380 billion goes directly to the State of Oregon. I was suggesting that the entire Lottery Commission be abolished and a new system set up to guarantee 33% of the total or $ 500 million be held in trust to fund Oregon Schools and improve higher education.

At the end of the first year alone, this would generate more than $ 400 million to fund Oregon schools. Having saved the schools in the state in one year, the state could look at other options. Wow! A financial miracle! And not need to raise taxes to save the schools!

Only God know how much waster and fraud is hidden by the books of the Oregon Lottery Commission. How much "economic aid" is actually resulting in "economic development?" DUH!!

Bet most of the millions is being funneled off in sweet heart deals for Democratic Party insiders who are making BIG promises but not delivering.

a bit off the subject at hand here but the promises about lottery $ for the schools got me thinking about something. Iam a fourth generation oregonian,and there's not many of us left. before the enviro-nut jobs and people who moved in here that do not understand how the state worked ,then got jobs in state goverment and forced things down everyones throat,our schools were completly funded with timber$$$.

the state had no property tax to pay for school funding because timber reciepts paid all school funding for every school in the state.
then the knowitalls from back east moved in with thier fancy diplomas in enviromental BS and created a firestorm with the spotted owl BullSh-t and the oregon i used to know was screwed.
from that point on i watched my dad ,uncles,brother,friends lose their jobs,some their wives ,some took thier lives,most had to file bankruptcy,the state has been in a form of recsion ever since,it's never fully recoverd from the freaks who took over at the end of the 70's.
my parents live on prime timber property thats been in our family for over a hundred yr's and the hoops and crap they had to through just for a small harvest back in the 80's was enough to make you scream.
then we had eco freaks sneaking on our property trying to plant those damn owls to prevent my dad from logging,they spiked trees which would have severly injured or could have killed my dad or my brother if they were to have cut into one of those tree's.
my point is this i do not feel a lick of pain for school districts or the state over the funding problem for schools, not one bit.
i vote no on every tax increase that comes down and i will not be bullied by the state or put on a guilt trip by my local school district over all the money woes they seem to have .
they killed the goose that laid thier golden egg in the 80's and they all act like they didnt. i have kids in school so i get to hear about it a lot.
my kid's school is always whining about $shortages ,as i told the principle one day suck it up ,our household had too.
iam now done with my rant .i dont think ive ever talked so long about something but this really sticks in my craw.