Spokesman-Review's Richard Roesler is reporting that I-1000, the death with dignity initiative, is a real cash cow. The supporters of the initiative have raised $900,000 with contributors from all fifty states, $215,000 of which came from Oregon's Death with Dignity interest group. But they seem to need all that money given that they have spent nearly $600,000 on consultants, fundraising and signature-gatherers.

The article also provides copies of fundraising letters from former Gov. Booth Gardner, who is a leading spokesman for the I-1000 group, and from opposition leader Chris Chandler of Spokane.