They're baaaaaaaaaaack!

Jeebus, the corpse of the last election isn't even cold yet and petition gatherers for the next cycle are already on-campus hawking their wares. Or at least the right-wing ones are. Taking one for the team, I answered in the affirmative to the question, "Are you a registered voter in Oregon" so that you, dear reader, know what's coming down the pipe:

• A measure to extend the list of mandatory minimum sentences to other (non-drug offense related) crimes like forgery, identity theft, etc. Like we didn't already have a hard enough time keeping truly dangerous folks locked up
• Another anti-immigrant measure, this one aimed at children who "refuse to learn English" (according to the petitioner) in school
• A measure to waive building permits for "minor home repairs" - I'm sure "minor home repairs" means "property improvements under $50K," but color me mildy interested if it truly is for minor home repairs
• And, the one that really caught my attention, a measure mandating performance-based raises for teachers

The odiousness of the measures aside, couldn't have they given us a couple of months to recover from election fatigue?