Tell our TV stations what you think about the "vote no on Measure 42" advertisements paid for by the insurance industry.

• Call and email the TV stations listed below. Demand they either stop running insurance industry ads against measure 42 or give equal time free to supporters of measure 42. Demand they do an investigative report into measure 42 to provide the public with unbiased facts. They have a civic duty to do this, this is why we have a constitional admendment to protect our free press. There is no democracy without it. Free press doesn't mean large corporations with tons of money to pay for advertisements dominate what information the public hears and sees.
• KOIN 6 TV: Advertising Manager: Bob Singer (503) 464-0692; email KOIN News 6 Assignment Desk at: . Or write KOIN-TV: 222 S.W. Columbia St. Portland, OR 97201, Phone: (503) 464-0600
• KATU-TV Channel 2: 153 N.E. Sandy Blvd., Portland, OR 97232; Main Phone (503) 231-4222; News Desk (503) 231-4265; News Desk Email:
• KGB News Channel 8 TV: 1501 SW Jefferson St.; Portland, OR 97201; Main Phone: (503) 226-5000; News: 503-266-5111; News Desk Email:
• KPTV FOX 12 TV: 14975 NW Greenbrier Parkway, Beaverton, OR 97006-5731; Phone (503) 906-1249; News Hotline: (503) 548-6550; News Email:
• Go to this link (http://abcnews.go.com/WNT/story?id=1927431) and request ABC NEWS do a story about the insurance industry pouring millions of dollars into deceptive advertising in Oregon to defeat measure 42.

You can also complain to your State representatives. Use this link to find your representatives

Most state governments are opposed to insurance companies using credit score information to determine consumer insurance rates because it is dicriminatory. Read what our neighboring state thinks: Washington State Office of the Insurance Commissioner, Questions and Answers on Credit Scoring and How Insurers Use Credit Information

The article sited below shows how the insurance industry skews the results of the studys the insurance industry advertisements refer to as proof that credit scores indicate risk. Read this information about the Virginia Bureau of Insurance Report, the Maryland Department of Insurance Report & The Washington Study The Truth Behind Insurance Credit Scoring, Income vs. Insurance Credit Scores

Did you know that California, Hawaii and Massachusetts have already passed laws to ban insurance companies from using credit scores to determine insurance rates? Read this Consumer Reports Article: Caution! The secret score behind your auto insurance

Summary: An analysis by Consumer Reports found that scoring could cost many consumers hundreds of extra dollars. Here’s a typical example of how scores can hurt: a 28-year-old single male from Orlando, Fla., with a clean driving record and no accidents would normally pay State Farm Mutual $1,251 a year for a new policy. With one at-fault accident, his premium would rise to $1,447. If the same driver instead fell into the lowest ranking in State Farm’s credit-scoring system, however, his premium would shoot up to $2,600.