FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Anthony Smith, NFIB Oregon State Director, [email protected]
or Tony Malandra, Senior Media Manager, [email protected]
SALEM, Ore., April 29, 2026—Oregon’s leading small business association announced today the launch of digital ads and a landing page aimed at educating voters on the urgent need to vote no on Ballot Measure 120 in the May Primary Election.
“Small businesses are urging Oregonians to vote no on Ballot Measure 120 to protect our state’s small businesses from unmanageable rising costs,” said Anthony Smith, NFIB’s state director in Oregon.
In legislative testimony against House Bill 3991, which included the transportation tax and fee increases voters will approve or reject in the May 19 election, Smith told members of the Special Session Committee on Transportation Funding that, “For small businesses, the cost pressures of transportation fuel far outweigh challenges relating to transportation infrastructure. The 6-cent per gallon tax increase proposed by HB 3991 would add to that pressure significantly …
“There is broad agreement across the political spectrum that transportation is a legitimate purpose for spending taxpayer dollars, but the Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) has been plagued by financial mismanagement and has repeatedly failed to deliver on promises the Legislature made to Oregonians in 2017. ODOT should be held accountable and earn back the trust of Oregonians before being entrusted with new revenue, especially when transportation-related cost pressures are an increasing challenge for small businesses.”
The Power of the Small Business Voice is one of the most effective in the nation. According to NFIB research, the most common public affairs and political activities in which small employers appear to engage include initiating discussion(s) with an employee(s) regarding the impact of a policy issue on the firm and membership(s) in an organization(s) with a policy/political bent. The landing page announced today is small businesses’ Townhall on the Ballot Measure 120 issue. The official No on 120 campaign website can be viewed here.
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