Ms Holman is quite right.  Commissioners, like all residents of Lane County, are free to support or oppose any initiatives which have reached the ballot.  However, Commissioners Bozievich, Stewart and Leiken's proposal to subject Lane County voter initiatives to Board review and Board authority to either approve or deny an initiative's presentation on the ballot, is an egregiously undemocratic measure.  

The initiative specifically provides citizens the ability to place a measure on the ballot WITHOUT the legislative body's permission or approval.  That is the underlying purpose of the process.  It is a protect against an overbearing, overcontrolling government.  These Commissioners would remove that protection and grant themselves a "preemptive veto" over the initiative process.  

Their proposal is a terrible, anti-democratic measure which must be stopped.  We can, and often will, disagree on specific initiatives; but, I hope we all agree on the importance of the initiative process.