Find Truth: You are ever-so-right.  It's truly hard to imagine a Board of Commissioners considering passing an ordinance which is so patently anti-democratic.  Yet it's actually happening "right here in RiverCity".  

  Regardless of our positions on specific social, economic, or religious issues, we, in my view, should all always work together to defend the foundation of democracy.  The initiative process is a key part of  that foundation.  The idea of a governmental  body, in this case, the Lane County County Board of Commissioners, granting itself the veto power over otherwise-qualifying initiative proposals is anathema to all values our democracy.