Read before signing.Byline: The Register-Guard News that Loren Parks has already given $1.1 million to bankroll bank·roll n. 1. A roll of paper money. 2. Informal One's ready cash. tr.v. bank·rolled, bank·roll·ing, bank·rolls Informal initiatives on Oregon's 2008 ballot brings to mind the words spoken before decisions were made in the Roman Senate: Beware, consuls Public officials stationed in a foreign country who are responsible for developing and securing the economic interests of their government and safeguarding the welfare of their government's citizens who might be traveling or residing within their jurisdiction. , that the republic is not harmed. Parks, now living in Nevada, is Oregon's biggest individual political donor. Much of his money has supported the work of Bill Sizemore Bill Sizemore (born June 2, 1951 in Aberdeen, Washington) is a political activist in Clackamas, Oregon, United States. Sizemore has never held elected office, but has nonetheless been a major political figure in Oregon since the 1990s. , the state's most prolific sponsor of ballot measures. The partners' efforts are usually bent toward limiting the power of unions and cutting taxes. Parks promises Oregonians "a lot of choices" on the 2008 ballot. The power to choose is what the initiative is all about. It permits citizens to bypass the Legislature and make laws by majority vote. It's a small-d democratic process for superseding superseding taking over a case of a patient under treatment by another veterinarian. In general terms this is poor professional etiquette unless the other veterinarian has been consulted and agrees to the change. small-r republican institutions. Democracy rests on the presumption that citizens can be trusted to govern themselves. When they take lawmaking law·mak·er n. One who makes or enacts laws; a legislator. Also called lawgiver. law  mak power into their own hands,
however, citizens acquire the obligation to be as cautious, fair and
prudent as they expect legislators to be. That means reading initiative
petitions with care, and taking time to understand their effects. When
asked to sign initiative petitions, citizens, take care that the state
is not harmed.
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