Was there any doubt that this would pass? AFSCME and other labor interests have donated hundreds of thousands to Gov. Kate Brown's campaign accounts. Fast-tracking this bill was nothing more than a quid pro quo. Of course, when corruption becomes as common as it is among Oregon Democrats it hardly registers any more when special interests purchase legislation. When government employees decide simply to buy themselves a raise by corrupting the legislative process we are absolutely doomed as a state and as a society.