text: Bailey unambiguously voted to fund and build the Oregon only version of the CRC. Even ignoring the huge environmental problems with that project, the Oregon only proposal was extremely fiscally irresponsible.
  But Wheeler's hands are not very clean either in terms of fiscal responsibility. He easily could have issued a much stronger statement against the Oregon only proposal. Instead, his attempt to straddle the issues, meant that the CRC's proponents continued to spend money on the proposal ( tens of millions of dollars) for several more months. I think it is fair to at least partly blame Wheeler for those wasted millions of dollars in taxpayer money.
  
  So take your pick--neither is good on the environment on this issue--they both want to build a new much larger bridge, and both seem willing to either waste lots of money pursuing that plan or to commit the state of Oregon to billions of dollars in debt to build it. I won't vote for either man.