In article rizzoe@FASECON.ECON.NYU.EDU (Emily Rizzo) writes: >Heard on the radio this morning that we lost big in Oregon -- seems all the >local municipalities approved the anti-gay referenda. Does anyone have any >more information? >Emily Canby (city) YES: 1,961 NO: 1,556 Douglas County 21,663 7,812 Josephine County 13,830 8,923 Junction City 631 628 Klamath County 6,427 3,678 Linn County 18,197 8,153 Snippets from The Oregonian: "Herb Christensen, sponsor of the Junction City measure, said the final tally wasn't all that important. 'This is merely a skirmish,' he said. 'The battle is going to go on until it comes to another statewide initiative.'" "Elections officials in the six communities said voter turnout was high for a mail election, in some cases exceeding 60 percent." The four counties involved are rural in nature, and all but Linn are in the southern part of the state, where the voters are very conservative and unemployment is high. ****************************************************************************** ROBERT HANSEN * "I'm like the little boy who knew how to OR Health Sciences University * spell banana, but never knew when to stop." Portland, Oregon USA * Hubert H. Humphrey ******************************************************************************