Sizemore wants second chance for Oregon governor

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http://www.oregonlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2009/11/sizemore_wants_second_chance_f.html

Bill Sizemore, the veteran initiative activist who has had a series of well-publicized legal and political setbacks, is once again running for Oregon governor.

Sizemore filed Monday to seek the Republican nomination for governor, to the surprise of GOP political insiders. Sizemore didn't return a call for comment, but he did release a statement to NW Republican saying he was willing to challenge a court order enjoining him from raising or spending money in politics.

"I may have to run my campaign from inside a jail cell," Sizemore said in his statement, "but either we break the stranglehold the public employee unions have on this state or the future of Oregon will be a grim one."

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What a stunning commentary on the state of Republicans in Oregon.

ROTFLMAO!

This is going to be entertaining!

:bounce: :rofl:

But he was convicted in a civil racketeering trial on charges filed by the teacher's unions. He has made no attempt to pay the fines imposed on him for fraud in signature gathering.

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Sizemore#Racketeering_case

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In July 2000, the Oregon Education Association and the American Federation of Teachers filed a civil racketeering lawsuit against two of Sizemore's organizations: Oregon Taxpayers United and the OTU Education Foundation. During the trial Becky Miller, Sizemore's top aide, under protection of state and federal immunity deals, testified in detail about the unethical and illegal practices of Oregon Taxpayers United. These included alleged money laundering involving both Sizemore and Americans for Tax Reform founder Grover Norquist, as well as falsification of federal tax returns and state campaign finance reports. Additional testimony reported financial deals designed to disguise or hide the sources of funding for campaigns, as well as to allow Sizemore to personally profit from the campaigns

After three weeks of testimony and a million dollars in union legal fees, the jury found Sizemore's organizations guilty of racketeering, and the organizations were fined approximately $2.5 million. Sizemore refused to pay the fines and attempted to avoid the liability by changing the name of his organizations to Oregon Taxpayers Association and carrying on with business as usual.<8> After a post-trial evidentiary hearing Sizemore was found personally liable for his organization's civil racketeering liability, and the judge shut down his 501(c)(3) education foundation. Nearly a million dollars were added to the fine as a result of Sizemore's resistance to earlier court orders/decisions. On appeal both sides claimed victory.

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A creep of the highest order, Bill Sizemore has never been elected to anything. If this state's Republicans turn to him as their candidate, they might as well wave the white flag for another generation.

An Independent candidate stands a much better chance than a Republican in any statewide race here.

Here comes Sizemore, ready to run his campaign from a jail cell. Great fodder for the comedy mill, but of course he'd get lots of votes from the wackos who have lost all touch with reality. Plus Bill would doubtless get Palin's endorsement...

Sorta makes one long for Kevin Mannix...well, almost!

Sheesh!

Just has to be in the spotlight.

what a snake in the grass he turned out to be.

How about Florida? Alaska?