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Bill Sizemore was born on 2 June, 1951 in Aberdeen, Washington, U.S., is an American activist. Discover Bill Sizemore's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 72 years old?

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Age 72 years old
Zodiac Sign Gemini
Born 2 June, 1951
Birthday 2 June
Birthplace Aberdeen, Washington, U.S.
Nationality United States

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1951

Bill Sizemore (born June 2, 1951) is an American political activist and writer in Redmond, Oregon, United States.

Sizemore was born in Aberdeen, Washington on June 2, 1951.

He graduated from Montesano High School in Montesano, Washington where he played varsity basketball and was voted by his teammates as the best defensive player and most inspirational player.

1976

He earned a degree in theology from Portland Bible College in 1976.

After graduating, Sizemore taught Old Testament History and Systematic Christian Theology at Portland Bible College and ran a series of businesses, including a retail carpet business, a toy manufacturing company, and two Portland radio stations.

For four years he hosted the Bill Sizemore Show, a two-hour daily news/talk program on Great Talk 1150 AM.

1990

Sizemore has never held elected office, but has nonetheless been a major political figure in Oregon since the 1990s.

He is considered one of the main proponents of the Oregon tax revolt, a movement that seeks to reduce taxes in the state.

1993

Oregon Taxpayers United, a political action committee he founded in 1993, has advanced numerous ballot initiatives limiting taxation, and has opposed spending initiatives.

In 1993, Sizemore founded Oregon Taxpayers United and became its executive director.

He is noted as the author and driving force behind a number of ballot initiatives in Oregon.

One of the first measures Sizemore was involved in was a referendum which stopped Portland's $3.4 billion light rail expansion.

1995

The measure rolled back property taxes to 1995 levels.

Measure 47 also mandated a double majority for ballot measures increasing taxes.

1996

Sizemore's most notable success was passing Measure 47 in 1996.

1997

With Sizemore's assistance, the Oregon Legislative Assembly amended some of the provisions of Measure 47 in 1997, and referred the amendments back to the voters as Measure 50, which also passed.

1998

Sizemore made an unsuccessful run for Governor of Oregon in 1998.

Sizemore ran for Governor of Oregon as a Republican in 1998.

He won his party's primary, defeating the Republican Party Chairman and three other candidates who had little or no name recognition.

During the general election, The Oregonian ran three major articles detailing Sizemore's alleged shady business practices, both in private business and in the operation of his political action committee and non-profit educational foundation.

These included one about a "Trail of Debt" he had allegedly left behind, one of which involved an outstanding loan from a fellow church member, which Sizemore says was eventually repaid; one about a fishing club on a private lake, to which he tried to sell memberships before obtaining state permission; and one about an apparently falsified loan application on which he claimed not to have declared bankruptcy when, in fact, he had done so.

Sizemore said he did not check the boxes on the loan application relating to bankruptcy and that the loan officer who submitted the application did that on his own.

Sizemore lost the November general election to incumbent Governor John Kitzhaber, a Democrat.

Sizemore won 30% of the vote, to Kitzhaber's 64%.

2000

In 2000, Sizemore drafted and placed on the ballot Measure 7, which required governments to pay just compensation to property owners when a government-imposed regulation reduced the fair market value of their property.

Oregon voters approved Measure 7, but the Oregon Supreme Court later nullified it.

In July 2000, the Oregon Education Association and the American Federation of Teachers filed a civil racketeering lawsuit against two of Sizemore's organizations: Oregon Taxpayers United and the OTU Education Foundation.

Sizemore was not named personally as a defendant or party to the case.

During the trial Becky Miller, Sizemore's top aide, under protection of state and federal immunity deals, testified in detail about allegedly unethical and illegal practices of Oregon Taxpayers United.

These included alleged money laundering involving both Sizemore and Americans for Tax Reform founder Grover Norquist, as well as falsification of federal tax returns and state campaign finance reports.

Additional testimony reported financial deals allegedly designed to disguise or hide the sources of funding for campaigns, as well as to allow Sizemore to personally profit from the campaigns.

After three weeks of testimony and a million dollars in union legal fees, the jury found Sizemore's organizations guilty of racketeering, and the organizations were fined approximately $2.5 million.

Sizemore refused to pay the fines and attempted to continue doing business by changing the name of his organizations to Oregon Taxpayers Association and carrying on with business as usual.

After a post-trial hearing in which no evidence was submitted Sizemore was found personally liable for his organization's civil racketeering liability, and the judge shut down his 501(c)(3) education foundation.

On appeal both sides claimed victory, as the Oregon Taxpayers United organizations were found liable for the judgments but the personal judgment against Sizemore was nullified by the Oregon Supreme Court.

The judge handling the case, Judge Jerome LaBarre, recused himself three years later, informing attorneys that his son was a teachers union member and had been recently elected union president of the Woodburn local.

2004

A similar measure, 2004's Measure 37, subsequently passed, and was amended by 2007's Measure 49.

2008

Sizemore added several initiatives in 2008.

2010

He also announced his intention to run for governor in 2010, but was indicted by the state on charges of tax evasion.

The charges were later amended to failure to file tax returns.