By Brad Cain
Associated Press Writer
 
November 24, 2009
 
SALEM, Ore. -- Anti-tax activist Bill Sizemore has filed to run again for the Republican nomination for Oregon governor in 2010.
 
It's a surprise political comeback attempt by Sizemore, who was trounced when he ran for governor in 1998. He's been the author of dozens of ballot measures over the years seeking to curb the power of public employee unions and to limit government and taxes.
 
In a statement Monday on the NW Republican blog site, Sizemore said he might have to run his campaign "from inside a jail cell."
 
In 2002, a Multnomah County jury found that Sizemore's former political action committee had engaged in a "pattern of racketeering." He has since been found in contempt of court three times for violating restrictions placed on his political activities.