Feeney v. Roberts

This is an original proceeding challenging a ballot title for a measure referred to the people by the 1989 legislature. ORS 250.085(2). The measure, Senate Joint Resolution (SJR) 12, authorizes counties and certain special districts to utilize motor vehicle ownership, operation, or use taxes for the purpose of constructing, improving, maintaining, operating, and using highways, roads, streets, and mass transit facilities and vehicles, including light rail facilities and busses. Petitioner, one of the advocates of the measure, submitted comments concerning the Attorney General’s earlier,…