Greg Macpherson’s recent Attorney General ads have been misleading. The most recent ad points out quite tactlessly that John Kroger has only recently passed the Oregon Bar Exam. What Macpherson fails to acknowledge is that prior to passing the Oregon Bar, Kroger was a federal prosecutor, attended Yale, graduated from Harvard Law School and prosecuted Enron. He is also a law professor at Lewis and Clark Law School. He only recently took the Oregon Bar Exam because he has not needed to be licensed in Oregon until now, and it has nothing to do with his knowledge of or ability to practice law. Kroger plans to increase environmental protection, end the meth epidemic and protect the civil rights of Oregonians. Currently, Oregon has a child welfare score of “D,” because too many children are living with drug-addicted parents. Furthermore, more than 100,000 single parents do not get paid full child support for which they are entitled. This leads to hungry and unhealthy children. Kroger will make protecting children a top priority when he takes office. He is ready.
Annette Smith
University law student