Despite credentials like "former White House press secretary" and "host of own TV show", veteran PBS caballero Bill Moyer's opinion piece on Measure 26-108 is a bit sloppy.
With awkward metaphors like—
John would have fit well in Portland because he was a radical middle-of-the-roader who believed in widening the road into a broad highway so more people could travel it.
—you can see why the Oregonian neglected to publish the article in its print edition.
- wikipedia.org
- Scrappy.
HOWEVER, buried in Moyer's long and boring sentences is a very good point: Portland is one of the only cities in the country that has voter-owned elections, and seeing as how they're totally empowering and sensible, we Portland citizens should vote to protect them.
He has good company. Including some folks who make the point more articulately. The measure is endorsed by the ACLU, which provides a much more coherent argument for its passage. Also, on Thursday night, Harvard professor Larry Lessig came to Portland to speak in defense of the measure, both at the First Unitarian Church and at an event sponsored by the Mercury and the Bus Project.
Even Moyer's friend, John, has something to say. Keep reading.