Lessons learned from Measure 88

Oregon’s Democratic legislators learned two important lessons from the November 2014 election — one they’ve ignored, and the other they’ve taken to heart.

Lesson No. 1, from the defeat of Measure 88 (driver cards), was they’re badly out of touch with the electorate on government assistance for illegal immigrants.

Lesson No. 2 was that neither that, nor the astounding arrogance of their misguided and failed attempt to change the Measure 88 ballot title, matters. Oregon has swung so far to the left politically their jobs are secure.

Accordingly, the introduction of Senate Bill 932 (state-funded scholarships for illegal immigrants) was predictable. Also predictable was the addition of an “emergency” clause, an all-too-common abuse, to prevent it from being referred to the voters. Illegal immigrants and their supporters can rest assured that as long as Democrats rule the state, SB 932 won’t be the last effort on their behalf.