Sponsors say it's needed to control runaway spending.
But critics say the state budget has grown because of voter-mandated spending requirements, and that Measure 8 would require cuts in current services offered by the state. Colin Fogarty has this profile. Don McIntire's acerbic wit is well known to Oregonians. He's the author of 1990's ballot Measure 5, which cut property taxes and upended the way Oregon pays for schools. That measure, and his latest effort are aimed at limiting the size and scope of government.