2012 Oregon Taxpayer Awards Winners & Losers!

2012 Thomas Jefferson Award
The 2012 Thomas Jefferson Award is being awarded to two outstanding lawmakers State Representative Kim Thatcher and State Representative Dennis Richardson. Representative Thatcher has a pioneer at government transparency efforts. Thatcher is also recognized for her work on citizen privacy issues and for a bill to repeal the failed and destructive Measure 66 &67 taxes. Dennis Richardson is being recognized for his budget leadership which helped to eliminate hundreds of millions of wasteful tax dollars so that the 2011 season could end without tax increases that liberals were demanding. Thatcher will be awarded the Thomas Jefferson Award at the 2012 Lazy-Fair on July 29th, Barton Park)
WIENER POLITICIAN AWARD
Most obnoxious, cowardly, or reckless elected official.
*** WINNER: Sam Adams, Portland Mayor: Sam let Occupy Wall Street protesters illegally camp out without a permit for about 40 days (among the longest in the nation) which created chaos costing taxpayers $1.4 million in police overtime and $86,000 in park damages.

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