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OR: Measure 62 may take a bite out of crime as well as school budgets

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

Measure 62 may take a bite out of crime as well as school budgets by Janie Har, The Oregonian Thursday October 02, 2008, 12:07 AM Oregon voters will have to choose between public safety and public schools on the November ballot. Under Measure 62, a yes vote would set aside 15 percent of state lottery profits for district attorneys, sheriffs and state police investigations that measure co-sponsor Kevin Mannix says get short shrift by Oregon lawmakers. The 15 percent amount would be carved into the state constitution. A no vote would allow lawmakers to continue to spend that money on schools. At stake is about $200 million every two years. Because roughly half of Oregon's lottery money is tied up by state law or the constitution, most of the $200 million would come from schools...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on October 05, 2008 (boomark / email).