Oregon is in dire need of a law that requires ballot measures to say where the money is coming from. At least Measure 97 states this loud and clear. I happen to think Measure 98 is a great idea and that vocational courses are part of what we need to address our hellish dropout rate. But I'm a little uncomfortable with millionaires and their organizations funding measures that the rest of us will have to pay for. The money has to come from somewhere. Somewhere else in the budget for schools? Roads? Health care? College tuition? Fish and wildlife? Law enforcement? Prisons?

If we don't know, it's hard to know what we're voting for.