Regarding Oregon Legislature’s “Stupid Lawmaking Spree” (WTF, 4-6) Last fall, the Source Weekly supported Measure 71, which mandated that the Oregon Legislature meet every year instead of every other year. So we increase state government by a factor of two and end up with what? A hell of a lot more W.T.F’s.

Was that what the editors of the Source were hoping for? Because it sure as hell was predictable.

– D. Sinclair.

Editor’s note – Measure 71 allows the legislature to convene in even numbered years for a maximum of 35 days, which, by the way, is not a factor of two. Meantime, we’re waiting until next year to decide whether or not the additional sessions are a waste of time. We suggest you do the same.

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Starve the Beast!

by Source Weekly, The Source - Bend, Oregon
April 13, 2011

<h1>Starve the Beast!</h1> <p class="byline">by Source Weekly, The Source - Bend, Oregon <br />April 13, 2011</p> <p>Regarding Oregon Legislature's "Stupid Lawmaking Spree" (WTF, 4-6) Last fall, <em>the</em> <em>Source Weekly</em> supported Measure 71, which mandated that the Oregon Legislature meet every year instead of every other year. So we increase state government by a factor of two and end up with what? A hell of a lot more W.T.F&apos;s.</p> <p>Was that what the editors of <em>the Source </em>were hoping for? Because it sure as hell was predictable.</p> <p> </p> <p align="right"><em> - D. Sinclair. </em></p> </p> <p><em>Editor&apos;s note - Measure 71 allows the legislature to convene in even numbered years for a maximum of 35 days, which, by the way, is not a factor of two. Meantime, we&apos;re waiting until next year to decide whether or not the additional sessions are a waste of time. We suggest you do the same.</em></p> <p>This &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/opinion/starve-the-beast-2137984/&quot;&gt;article&lt;/a&gt; first appeared on &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com&quot;&gt;The Source - Bend, Oregon&lt;/a&gt; and is republished here under a &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/&quot;&gt;Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;img src=&quot;https://i0.wp.com/www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/cropped-Untitled-design-4.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;amp;ssl=1&quot; style=&quot;width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;&quot;&gt;</p> &lt;img id=&quot;republication-tracker-tool-source&quot; src=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/?republication-pixel=true&amp;post=12800&quot; style=&quot;width:1px;height:1px;&quot;&gt;&lt;script&gt; PARSELY = { autotrack: false, onload: function() { PARSELY.beacon.trackPageView({ url: &quot;https://www.bendsource.com/opinion/starve-the-beast-2137984/&quot;, urlref: window.location.href }); } } &lt;/script&gt; &lt;script id=&quot;parsely-cfg&quot; src=&quot;//cdn.parsely.com/keys/bendsource.com/p.js&quot;&gt;&lt;/script&gt;

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