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MARC ABRAMS
Marc Abrams is a former Chair of the Democratic Party of Oregon who was paroled from the Portland School Board after eight years, with no time off for good behavior. When he left the PPS Board, he swore he would take a year off from politics. He lasted five weeks. He can be heard every Sunday morning from 9 to 11 on Newsradio 750 KXL,agonizing
CARLA HANSON
Carla Hanson. Carla "KC" Hanson describes herself as a CalavadaKansaGonian: Western raised, Midwestern educated and Oregon politicized. KC's Oregon political immersion began shortly after her arrival; she jumped into LGBT activism in the early 90's when the Oregon Citizen's Alliance was attacking all things gay. JET SKIS IN CRATER LAKE? Jet Skis in Crater Lake? Kari Chisholm Over at New Frames, Sid brings the blogosphere alert about our national parks right home to Oregon.. That's right! Get your Jet Ski ready to rip up some waves on Oregon's Crater Lake, the state's only national park. MANY CLARK COUNTY RESIDENTS WORK Many Clark County residents work – and pay income taxes – in Oregon Chuck Sheketoff A new paper by economist Amy Vander Vliet of the Oregon Employment Department notes that for many workers in Clark and Skamania counties in Washington, Oregon is a great place to work and pay the Oregon income tax:. In 2008, about 60,000 workers who lived in Clark and Skamania counties along the Columbia NICK BUDNICK & BETH SLOVIC TO MARRY; ALSO, BOTH JOIN We've been reporting all kinds of news about local media people quitting and joining different papers recently so, hey, here's some more scuttlebutt. The Oregonian hired two well-known local reporters today, Nick Budnick and Beth Slovic. Nick Budnick used to work at Willamette Week and did some great cops reporting for the Tribune, but quit in 2009 to cover Salem for the Bend Bulletin. THE 50 MOST INFLUENTIAL POLITICOS IN OREGON The 50 most influential politicos in Oregon Kari Chisholm Over at PolitickerOR, they've posted their own ranking of the top 50 most powerful hacks, lobbyists, staffers, consultants in Oregon.(They excluded elected officials.) Lists like this are designed to generate argument and debate. OREGON TAX DOLLARS: WHERE DO THEY COME FROM AND WHERE DO To see where your property taxes go, look at your latest property tax statement usually issued from your County Elections Office. I live in Lane County, which has one of the lowest property tax rates in Oregon -- $1.279 per $1000 assessed value of taxed property. (Bear in mind that this level was set by OREGON VOTERS. CRISCO VS. BUTTER. IT'S PIE SEASON! 100% butter. The flavor is the best, and Crisco and other manufactured shortenings are a sin against cooking. Toughness in pie crusts is caused by allowing your fat to melt and chemically bind with the flour. Crisco and other transfat based products have a ONE REASON THE OREGONIAN IS DYING. Kari Chisholm. Yesterday's announcement of first-ever newsroom layoffs at the Oregonian included this statement: The Oregonian, like all newspapers, has endured declining revenues the past few years, the result of the recession and the migration of advertising to WILL OREGON PICK UP A SIXTH CONGRESSIONAL SEAT? DON'T BE Will Oregon pick up a sixth congressional seat? Don't be so sure. Kari Chisholm The post earlier this week about redistricting touched off another round of speculation about whether Oregon will pick up a 6th congressional district.. Now, this is something I've been watching for quite a few years now.MARC ABRAMS
Marc Abrams is a former Chair of the Democratic Party of Oregon who was paroled from the Portland School Board after eight years, with no time off for good behavior. When he left the PPS Board, he swore he would take a year off from politics. He lasted five weeks. He can be heard every Sunday morning from 9 to 11 on Newsradio 750 KXL,agonizing
CARLA HANSON
Carla Hanson. Carla "KC" Hanson describes herself as a CalavadaKansaGonian: Western raised, Midwestern educated and Oregon politicized. KC's Oregon political immersion began shortly after her arrival; she jumped into LGBT activism in the early 90's when the Oregon Citizen's Alliance was attacking all things gay. JET SKIS IN CRATER LAKE? Jet Skis in Crater Lake? Kari Chisholm Over at New Frames, Sid brings the blogosphere alert about our national parks right home to Oregon.. That's right! Get your Jet Ski ready to rip up some waves on Oregon's Crater Lake, the state's only national park. MANY CLARK COUNTY RESIDENTS WORK Many Clark County residents work – and pay income taxes – in Oregon Chuck Sheketoff A new paper by economist Amy Vander Vliet of the Oregon Employment Department notes that for many workers in Clark and Skamania counties in Washington, Oregon is a great place to work and pay the Oregon income tax:. In 2008, about 60,000 workers who lived in Clark and Skamania counties along the Columbia NICK BUDNICK & BETH SLOVIC TO MARRY; ALSO, BOTH JOIN We've been reporting all kinds of news about local media people quitting and joining different papers recently so, hey, here's some more scuttlebutt. The Oregonian hired two well-known local reporters today, Nick Budnick and Beth Slovic. Nick Budnick used to work at Willamette Week and did some great cops reporting for the Tribune, but quit in 2009 to cover Salem for the Bend Bulletin. THE 50 MOST INFLUENTIAL POLITICOS IN OREGON The 50 most influential politicos in Oregon Kari Chisholm Over at PolitickerOR, they've posted their own ranking of the top 50 most powerful hacks, lobbyists, staffers, consultants in Oregon.(They excluded elected officials.) Lists like this are designed to generate argument and debate. OREGON TAX DOLLARS: WHERE DO THEY COME FROM AND WHERE DO To see where your property taxes go, look at your latest property tax statement usually issued from your County Elections Office. I live in Lane County, which has one of the lowest property tax rates in Oregon -- $1.279 per $1000 assessed value of taxed property. (Bear in mind that this level was set by OREGON VOTERS. CRISCO VS. BUTTER. IT'S PIE SEASON! 100% butter. The flavor is the best, and Crisco and other manufactured shortenings are a sin against cooking. Toughness in pie crusts is caused by allowing your fat to melt and chemically bind with the flour. Crisco and other transfat based products have a ONE REASON THE OREGONIAN IS DYING. Kari Chisholm. Yesterday's announcement of first-ever newsroom layoffs at the Oregonian included this statement: The Oregonian, like all newspapers, has endured declining revenues the past few years, the result of the recession and the migration of advertising to WILL OREGON PICK UP A SIXTH CONGRESSIONAL SEAT? DON'T BE Will Oregon pick up a sixth congressional seat? Don't be so sure. Kari Chisholm The post earlier this week about redistricting touched off another round of speculation about whether Oregon will pick up a 6th congressional district.. Now, this is something I've been watching for quite a few years now. OREGON: I CAN'T GO HOME Inspired by the front page stories of Jo Ann McDaniel’s horrific plight, a struggling band from around the Salem area, Blackhawk County, led by lead singer Bill Coleman, wrote a song entitled “Oregon; I can’t go Home”. Imagine a young, frightened woman unjustly jailed in a THE 50 MOST INFLUENTIAL POLITICOS IN OREGON The 50 most influential politicos in Oregon Kari Chisholm Over at PolitickerOR, they've posted their own ranking of the top 50 most powerful hacks, lobbyists, staffers, consultants in Oregon.(They excluded elected officials.) Lists like this are designed to generate argument and debate. BERNIE GIUSTO: IN DEEP TROUBLE Bernie Giusto, the ethically challenged sheriff of Multnomah County and Gresham resident, needs to shed his self-imposed public silence just long enough next week to utter three simple words: “I resign immediately.”. This kind of behavior describes someone who is morally deficient — not someone we want as county sheriff. GAS PRICES, STATISTICS AND THE MINIMUM WAGE But to put the rise of gas prices in perspective we should be using $1.50/gallon in today’s dollars as an historical baseline price from 1972 through 2002, and compare that to the price increases of the past four years. Using that baseline the cost of gas has trended up significantly since 2002. From about $1.30/gallon to its current $3.00 BUYING LOCAL AND THE CIRCULATING DOLLAR Buying locally as an individual is always a good thing. Buying locally as a business is even better. Back in the early 80s, when Oregon was mired in a terrible recession, a non-profit in Eugene started a program called "Buy Oregon" that linked primarily businesses withlocal suppliers.
TROUBLING TAX BREAKS FOR DATA CENTERS Troubling tax breaks for data centers By Bill MacKenzie. Bill is a former PR practioner and Oregonian reporter. One. That’s how many jobs LinkedIn had to promise it would create to get five years of big property tax breaks for the new data center it opened in Hillsboro inmid-November.
COAST GUARD RESCUE 1705: A FAMILY GRIEVES Coast Guard Rescue 1705: A family grieves T.A. Barnhart I am watching the memorial service for Coast Guard Rescue 1705, being streamed from Air Station Sacramento, the home base for that lost C-130. IS THE OREGONIAN NEWSROOM TILTING TO THE RIGHT? Is the Oregonian newsroom tilting to the right? Kari Chisholm Eighteen months ago, here at BlueOregon, Carla Axtman called out the new publisher of the Oregonian.N. Christian Anderson, she noted at the time, was also the CEO of another company "based on the principles of voluntaryism and the libertarian philosophy". THE MORALS AND ETHICS BEHIND 'ZERO DARK THIRTY' This entry instead will focus on the moral and political controversy of Zero Dark Thirty that has occurred recently in the media. Even in its as-yet limited release, the film has strongly reverberated throughout the national political sphere. Senators Feinstein, Levin, and McCain have signed onto a letter to the film's producers lastDecember
BREAKING NEWS: CHARLIE RINGO IS OUT Breaking News: Charlie Ringo is Out According to a statement today, State Senator Charlie Ringo will decline to run for re-election. Ringo represents parts of Washington County, and his 2002 campaign against right-winger Bill Witt was one of the hardest-fought and most-expensive legislative campaigns in state history. BLUEOREGON: PROGRESSIVE POLITICS, NEWS, AND COMMENTARY FORABOUTCONTACTCONTRIBUTORSGUEST COLUMNSBLUEOREGON ACTIONKAROLCOLLYMORE
A history of radical and racist Portland Lawrence J. Maushard a journalist and author who lived in Portland, Oregon for 17 years until 2017 before relocating back to Peoria, Illinois where he was born and raised. Read more of his work at Maushard.com.. My late wife Fay Maushard and I lived in Portland from 1999 until she passed in 2017 from heart failure and other complications fromMARC ABRAMS
Marc Abrams is a former Chair of the Democratic Party of Oregon who was paroled from the Portland School Board after eight years, with no time off for good behavior. When he left the PPS Board, he swore he would take a year off from politics. He lasted five weeks. He can be heard every Sunday morning from 9 to 11 on Newsradio 750 KXL,agonizing
OREGON TAX DOLLARS: WHERE DO THEY COME FROM AND WHERE DO To see where your property taxes go, look at your latest property tax statement usually issued from your County Elections Office. I live in Lane County, which has one of the lowest property tax rates in Oregon -- $1.279 per $1000 assessed value of taxed property. (Bear in mind that this level was set by OREGON VOTERS. BUYING LOCAL AND THE CIRCULATING DOLLAR Buying locally as an individual is always a good thing. Buying locally as a business is even better. Back in the early 80s, when Oregon was mired in a terrible recession, a non-profit in Eugene started a program called "Buy Oregon" that linked primarily businesses withlocal suppliers.
MANY CLARK COUNTY RESIDENTS WORK Many Clark County residents work – and pay income taxes – in Oregon Chuck Sheketoff A new paper by economist Amy Vander Vliet of the Oregon Employment Department notes that for many workers in Clark and Skamania counties in Washington, Oregon is a great place to work and pay the Oregon income tax:. In 2008, about 60,000 workers who lived in Clark and Skamania counties along the Columbia JET SKIS IN CRATER LAKE? Jet Skis in Crater Lake? Kari Chisholm Over at New Frames, Sid brings the blogosphere alert about our national parks right home to Oregon.. That's right! Get your Jet Ski ready to rip up some waves on Oregon's Crater Lake, the state's only national park. CRISCO VS. BUTTER. IT'S PIE SEASON! 100% butter. The flavor is the best, and Crisco and other manufactured shortenings are a sin against cooking. Toughness in pie crusts is caused by allowing your fat to melt and chemically bind with the flour. Crisco and other transfat based products have a ONE REASON THE OREGONIAN IS DYING. Kari Chisholm. Yesterday's announcement of first-ever newsroom layoffs at the Oregonian included this statement: The Oregonian, like all newspapers, has endured declining revenues the past few years, the result of the recession and the migration of advertising to ROSS DAY: THE SIGNATURE-FORGING JUDGE CANDIDATE Measure 37 activist Ross Day is running against Judge Paul Lipscomb. As the Salem Statesman Journal wrote: Day, who graduated from law school six years ago, may be a fine advocate for the property-rights organization. He is ill-qualified to serve as a judge in one of the busiest, most important courts in the state. 2010: DESARI STRADER FOR GOVERNOR? 2010: Desari Strader for Governor? Kari Chisholm Earlier this week, the Oregonian's Jill Rehkopf Smith reported (buried deep in the Washington County local section) the news that Washington County Commissioner Desari Strader is considering a run for Governor:. Strader, who is also executive director of Oregon Solar Energy Industries Association, said she is being heavily recruited to run for BLUEOREGON: PROGRESSIVE POLITICS, NEWS, AND COMMENTARY FORABOUTCONTACTCONTRIBUTORSGUEST COLUMNSBLUEOREGON ACTIONKAROLCOLLYMORE
A history of radical and racist Portland Lawrence J. Maushard a journalist and author who lived in Portland, Oregon for 17 years until 2017 before relocating back to Peoria, Illinois where he was born and raised. Read more of his work at Maushard.com.. My late wife Fay Maushard and I lived in Portland from 1999 until she passed in 2017 from heart failure and other complications fromMARC ABRAMS
Marc Abrams is a former Chair of the Democratic Party of Oregon who was paroled from the Portland School Board after eight years, with no time off for good behavior. When he left the PPS Board, he swore he would take a year off from politics. He lasted five weeks. He can be heard every Sunday morning from 9 to 11 on Newsradio 750 KXL,agonizing
OREGON TAX DOLLARS: WHERE DO THEY COME FROM AND WHERE DO To see where your property taxes go, look at your latest property tax statement usually issued from your County Elections Office. I live in Lane County, which has one of the lowest property tax rates in Oregon -- $1.279 per $1000 assessed value of taxed property. (Bear in mind that this level was set by OREGON VOTERS. BUYING LOCAL AND THE CIRCULATING DOLLAR Buying locally as an individual is always a good thing. Buying locally as a business is even better. Back in the early 80s, when Oregon was mired in a terrible recession, a non-profit in Eugene started a program called "Buy Oregon" that linked primarily businesses withlocal suppliers.
MANY CLARK COUNTY RESIDENTS WORK Many Clark County residents work – and pay income taxes – in Oregon Chuck Sheketoff A new paper by economist Amy Vander Vliet of the Oregon Employment Department notes that for many workers in Clark and Skamania counties in Washington, Oregon is a great place to work and pay the Oregon income tax:. In 2008, about 60,000 workers who lived in Clark and Skamania counties along the Columbia JET SKIS IN CRATER LAKE? Jet Skis in Crater Lake? Kari Chisholm Over at New Frames, Sid brings the blogosphere alert about our national parks right home to Oregon.. That's right! Get your Jet Ski ready to rip up some waves on Oregon's Crater Lake, the state's only national park. CRISCO VS. BUTTER. IT'S PIE SEASON! 100% butter. The flavor is the best, and Crisco and other manufactured shortenings are a sin against cooking. Toughness in pie crusts is caused by allowing your fat to melt and chemically bind with the flour. Crisco and other transfat based products have a ONE REASON THE OREGONIAN IS DYING. Kari Chisholm. Yesterday's announcement of first-ever newsroom layoffs at the Oregonian included this statement: The Oregonian, like all newspapers, has endured declining revenues the past few years, the result of the recession and the migration of advertising to ROSS DAY: THE SIGNATURE-FORGING JUDGE CANDIDATE Measure 37 activist Ross Day is running against Judge Paul Lipscomb. As the Salem Statesman Journal wrote: Day, who graduated from law school six years ago, may be a fine advocate for the property-rights organization. He is ill-qualified to serve as a judge in one of the busiest, most important courts in the state. 2010: DESARI STRADER FOR GOVERNOR? 2010: Desari Strader for Governor? Kari Chisholm Earlier this week, the Oregonian's Jill Rehkopf Smith reported (buried deep in the Washington County local section) the news that Washington County Commissioner Desari Strader is considering a run for Governor:. Strader, who is also executive director of Oregon Solar Energy Industries Association, said she is being heavily recruited to run for BLUEOREGON: PROGRESSIVE POLITICS, NEWS, AND COMMENTARY FOR A history of radical and racist Portland Lawrence J. Maushard a journalist and author who lived in Portland, Oregon for 17 years until 2017 before relocating back to Peoria, Illinois where he was born and raised. Read more of his work at Maushard.com.. My late wife Fay Maushard and I lived in Portland from 1999 until she passed in 2017 from heart failure and other complications fromNOVA NEWCOMER
She has been active behind the scenes as a volunteer and contributor to local campaigns and organizations that advocate for women. Nova is also a member of the 2010 Emerge Oregon class. Nova is a loyal fan of the Trail Blazers (from birth), a baseball fanatic and a proud resident of North Portland with her husband and young son. Published.Title.
932 ACTIVE HATE GROUPS IN THE UNITED STATES The militia groups are growing along side of the 10 hate groups in Oregon identified by the Southern Poverty Center. Most of the groups are located in the Portland area. SPC listed the following groups: Aryan Nations Revival - Portland. Blood and Honour American Division - Portland. Knights of the Nordic Order. National Knights of the Ku LuxKlan.
JET SKIS IN CRATER LAKE? Jet Skis in Crater Lake? Kari Chisholm Over at New Frames, Sid brings the blogosphere alert about our national parks right home to Oregon.. That's right! Get your Jet Ski ready to rip up some waves on Oregon's Crater Lake, the state's only national park. THE MORALS AND ETHICS BEHIND 'ZERO DARK THIRTY' This entry instead will focus on the moral and political controversy of Zero Dark Thirty that has occurred recently in the media. Even in its as-yet limited release, the film has strongly reverberated throughout the national political sphere. Senators Feinstein, Levin, and McCain have signed onto a letter to the film's producers lastDecember
RICHIE ROBB: THE MOST POWERFUL MAN IN AMERICA? Richie Robb is the the mayor of South Charleston, West Virginia. And if the electoral map falls just so, he may turn out to be the most powerful man in America. You see, he's one of the five GOP electors for West Virginia. But, he's already served notice that he won't be voting for George W. Bush. ONE REASON THE OREGONIAN IS DYING. Kari Chisholm. Yesterday's announcement of first-ever newsroom layoffs at the Oregonian included this statement: The Oregonian, like all newspapers, has endured declining revenues the past few years, the result of the recession and the migration of advertising to REGARDING NIKE: MICHAEL MOORE WAS RIGHT. (BUT IT'S SO MUCH Regarding Nike: Michael Moore was right. (But it's so much worse.) Kari Chisholm In his 1997 movie The Big One, Michael Moore challenged Nike CEO Phil Knight to personally tour one of his own Nike factoriesin Southest Asia.
GOOD DEMS HATE CORRUPTION Good Dems Hate Corruption Jeff Alworth Inevitably, in comments to my nomination of Bill Sizemore for a Golden Duke, someone noted: Why are we still talking about this jackass and there are no articles about the corrupt Illinois governor or a question as to why there was a perception that Jesse Jackson Jr. could be bought? LAKESIDE, OREGON DECIDES THAT THE 4TH AMENDMENT DOESN'T Lakeside, Oregon decides that the 4th Amendment doesn't apply here. By Jessica Lloyd-Rogers of Lakeside, Oregon. Jessica is the editor and publisher of the Coast Lake News, a weekly print newspaper that serves Lakeside and the surrounding area. With unintended irony, the Lakeside City Council unanimously voted in their July meeting to violateMARC ABRAMS
Marc Abrams is a former Chair of the Democratic Party of Oregon who was paroled from the Portland School Board after eight years, with no time off for good behavior. When he left the PPS Board, he swore he would take a year off from politics. He lasted five weeks. He can be heard every Sunday morning from 9 to 11 on Newsradio 750 KXL,agonizing
CARLA HANSON
Carla Hanson. Carla "KC" Hanson describes herself as a CalavadaKansaGonian: Western raised, Midwestern educated and Oregon politicized. KC's Oregon political immersion began shortly after her arrival; she jumped into LGBT activism in the early 90's when the Oregon Citizen's Alliance was attacking all things gay. JET SKIS IN CRATER LAKE? Jet Skis in Crater Lake? Kari Chisholm Over at New Frames, Sid brings the blogosphere alert about our national parks right home to Oregon.. That's right! Get your Jet Ski ready to rip up some waves on Oregon's Crater Lake, the state's only national park. OREGON TAX DOLLARS: WHERE DO THEY COME FROM AND WHERE DO To see where your property taxes go, look at your latest property tax statement usually issued from your County Elections Office. I live in Lane County, which has one of the lowest property tax rates in Oregon -- $1.279 per $1000 assessed value of taxed property. (Bear in mind that this level was set by OREGON VOTERS. BUYING LOCAL AND THE CIRCULATING DOLLAR Buying locally as an individual is always a good thing. Buying locally as a business is even better. Back in the early 80s, when Oregon was mired in a terrible recession, a non-profit in Eugene started a program called "Buy Oregon" that linked primarily businesses withlocal suppliers.
MANY CLARK COUNTY RESIDENTS WORK Many Clark County residents work – and pay income taxes – in Oregon Chuck Sheketoff A new paper by economist Amy Vander Vliet of the Oregon Employment Department notes that for many workers in Clark and Skamania counties in Washington, Oregon is a great place to work and pay the Oregon income tax:. In 2008, about 60,000 workers who lived in Clark and Skamania counties along the Columbia NICK BUDNICK & BETH SLOVIC TO MARRY; ALSO, BOTH JOIN We've been reporting all kinds of news about local media people quitting and joining different papers recently so, hey, here's some more scuttlebutt. The Oregonian hired two well-known local reporters today, Nick Budnick and Beth Slovic. Nick Budnick used to work at Willamette Week and did some great cops reporting for the Tribune, but quit in 2009 to cover Salem for the Bend Bulletin. ONE REASON THE OREGONIAN IS DYING. Kari Chisholm. Yesterday's announcement of first-ever newsroom layoffs at the Oregonian included this statement: The Oregonian, like all newspapers, has endured declining revenues the past few years, the result of the recession and the migration of advertising to THE MORALS AND ETHICS BEHIND 'ZERO DARK THIRTY' This entry instead will focus on the moral and political controversy of Zero Dark Thirty that has occurred recently in the media. Even in its as-yet limited release, the film has strongly reverberated throughout the national political sphere. Senators Feinstein, Levin, and McCain have signed onto a letter to the film's producers lastDecember
WILL OREGON PICK UP A SIXTH CONGRESSIONAL SEAT? DON'T BE Will Oregon pick up a sixth congressional seat? Don't be so sure. Kari Chisholm The post earlier this week about redistricting touched off another round of speculation about whether Oregon will pick up a 6th congressional district.. Now, this is something I've been watching for quite a few years now.MARC ABRAMS
Marc Abrams is a former Chair of the Democratic Party of Oregon who was paroled from the Portland School Board after eight years, with no time off for good behavior. When he left the PPS Board, he swore he would take a year off from politics. He lasted five weeks. He can be heard every Sunday morning from 9 to 11 on Newsradio 750 KXL,agonizing
CARLA HANSON
Carla Hanson. Carla "KC" Hanson describes herself as a CalavadaKansaGonian: Western raised, Midwestern educated and Oregon politicized. KC's Oregon political immersion began shortly after her arrival; she jumped into LGBT activism in the early 90's when the Oregon Citizen's Alliance was attacking all things gay. JET SKIS IN CRATER LAKE? Jet Skis in Crater Lake? Kari Chisholm Over at New Frames, Sid brings the blogosphere alert about our national parks right home to Oregon.. That's right! Get your Jet Ski ready to rip up some waves on Oregon's Crater Lake, the state's only national park. OREGON TAX DOLLARS: WHERE DO THEY COME FROM AND WHERE DO To see where your property taxes go, look at your latest property tax statement usually issued from your County Elections Office. I live in Lane County, which has one of the lowest property tax rates in Oregon -- $1.279 per $1000 assessed value of taxed property. (Bear in mind that this level was set by OREGON VOTERS. BUYING LOCAL AND THE CIRCULATING DOLLAR Buying locally as an individual is always a good thing. Buying locally as a business is even better. Back in the early 80s, when Oregon was mired in a terrible recession, a non-profit in Eugene started a program called "Buy Oregon" that linked primarily businesses withlocal suppliers.
MANY CLARK COUNTY RESIDENTS WORK Many Clark County residents work – and pay income taxes – in Oregon Chuck Sheketoff A new paper by economist Amy Vander Vliet of the Oregon Employment Department notes that for many workers in Clark and Skamania counties in Washington, Oregon is a great place to work and pay the Oregon income tax:. In 2008, about 60,000 workers who lived in Clark and Skamania counties along the Columbia NICK BUDNICK & BETH SLOVIC TO MARRY; ALSO, BOTH JOIN We've been reporting all kinds of news about local media people quitting and joining different papers recently so, hey, here's some more scuttlebutt. The Oregonian hired two well-known local reporters today, Nick Budnick and Beth Slovic. Nick Budnick used to work at Willamette Week and did some great cops reporting for the Tribune, but quit in 2009 to cover Salem for the Bend Bulletin. ONE REASON THE OREGONIAN IS DYING. Kari Chisholm. Yesterday's announcement of first-ever newsroom layoffs at the Oregonian included this statement: The Oregonian, like all newspapers, has endured declining revenues the past few years, the result of the recession and the migration of advertising to THE MORALS AND ETHICS BEHIND 'ZERO DARK THIRTY' This entry instead will focus on the moral and political controversy of Zero Dark Thirty that has occurred recently in the media. Even in its as-yet limited release, the film has strongly reverberated throughout the national political sphere. Senators Feinstein, Levin, and McCain have signed onto a letter to the film's producers lastDecember
WILL OREGON PICK UP A SIXTH CONGRESSIONAL SEAT? DON'T BE Will Oregon pick up a sixth congressional seat? Don't be so sure. Kari Chisholm The post earlier this week about redistricting touched off another round of speculation about whether Oregon will pick up a 6th congressional district.. Now, this is something I've been watching for quite a few years now.NOVA NEWCOMER
She has been active behind the scenes as a volunteer and contributor to local campaigns and organizations that advocate for women. Nova is also a member of the 2010 Emerge Oregon class. Nova is a loyal fan of the Trail Blazers (from birth), a baseball fanatic and a proud resident of North Portland with her husband and young son. Published.Title.
A CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT TO PROTECT THE ENVIRONMENT A constitutional amendment to protect the environment Nicholas Caleb By Nick Caleb of Eugene, Oregon. Nick describes himself as "a third year law student at the University of Oregon with a bachelor's degree in Molecular Biology from Concordia University in NE Portland. OREGON: I CAN'T GO HOME Inspired by the front page stories of Jo Ann McDaniel’s horrific plight, a struggling band from around the Salem area, Blackhawk County, led by lead singer Bill Coleman, wrote a song entitled “Oregon; I can’t go Home”. Imagine a young, frightened woman unjustly jailed in a THE 50 MOST INFLUENTIAL POLITICOS IN OREGON The 50 most influential politicos in Oregon Kari Chisholm Over at PolitickerOR, they've posted their own ranking of the top 50 most powerful hacks, lobbyists, staffers, consultants in Oregon.(They excluded elected officials.) Lists like this are designed to generate argument and debate. GAS PRICES, STATISTICS AND THE MINIMUM WAGE But to put the rise of gas prices in perspective we should be using $1.50/gallon in today’s dollars as an historical baseline price from 1972 through 2002, and compare that to the price increases of the past four years. Using that baseline the cost of gas has trended up significantly since 2002. From about $1.30/gallon to its current $3.00 COAST GUARD RESCUE 1705: A FAMILY GRIEVES Coast Guard Rescue 1705: A family grieves T.A. Barnhart I am watching the memorial service for Coast Guard Rescue 1705, being streamed from Air Station Sacramento, the home base for that lost C-130. BERNIE GIUSTO: IN DEEP TROUBLE Bernie Giusto, the ethically challenged sheriff of Multnomah County and Gresham resident, needs to shed his self-imposed public silence just long enough next week to utter three simple words: “I resign immediately.”. This kind of behavior describes someone who is morally deficient — not someone we want as county sheriff. IS THE OREGONIAN NEWSROOM TILTING TO THE RIGHT? Is the Oregonian newsroom tilting to the right? Kari Chisholm Eighteen months ago, here at BlueOregon, Carla Axtman called out the new publisher of the Oregonian.N. Christian Anderson, she noted at the time, was also the CEO of another company "based on the principles of voluntaryism and the libertarian philosophy". SOBRIETY CHECKPOINTS FOR OREGON: YES OR NO? SJR 7 would refer the issue to Oregon voters during the state’s next primary election in 2010. “Checkpoints are an important tool to keep our streets safe from dangerous impaired drivers,” said Sen. Rod Monroe (D-Portland), chief sponsor of the bill. “It’s time for the voters of Oregon to decide whether they support sobriety 2010: DESARI STRADER FOR GOVERNOR? 2010: Desari Strader for Governor? Kari Chisholm Earlier this week, the Oregonian's Jill Rehkopf Smith reported (buried deep in the Washington County local section) the news that Washington County Commissioner Desari Strader is considering a run for Governor:. Strader, who is also executive director of Oregon Solar Energy Industries Association, said she is being heavily recruited to run forNOVA NEWCOMER
She has been active behind the scenes as a volunteer and contributor to local campaigns and organizations that advocate for women. Nova is also a member of the 2010 Emerge Oregon class. Nova is a loyal fan of the Trail Blazers (from birth), a baseball fanatic and a proud resident of North Portland with her husband and young son. Published.Title.
MARC ABRAMS
Marc Abrams is a former Chair of the Democratic Party of Oregon who was paroled from the Portland School Board after eight years, with no time off for good behavior. When he left the PPS Board, he swore he would take a year off from politics. He lasted five weeks. He can be heard every Sunday morning from 9 to 11 on Newsradio 750 KXL,agonizing
CARLA HANSON
Carla Hanson. Carla "KC" Hanson describes herself as a CalavadaKansaGonian: Western raised, Midwestern educated and Oregon politicized. KC's Oregon political immersion began shortly after her arrival; she jumped into LGBT activism in the early 90's when the Oregon Citizen's Alliance was attacking all things gay. TROUBLING TAX BREAKS FOR DATA CENTERS Troubling tax breaks for data centers By Bill MacKenzie. Bill is a former PR practioner and Oregonian reporter. One. That’s how many jobs LinkedIn had to promise it would create to get five years of big property tax breaks for the new data center it opened in Hillsboro inmid-November.
A CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT TO PROTECT THE ENVIRONMENT Clearly, we need to think of a more permanent solution to the problem. One possible solution is an amendment to the U.S. Constitution that somehow codifies a guarantee of environmental protection. Article V of the U.S. Constitution, reads, in relevant part: "The Congress, whenever two thirds of both houses shall deem it necessary, shallpropose
MANY CLARK COUNTY RESIDENTS WORK Many Clark County residents work – and pay income taxes – in Oregon Chuck Sheketoff A new paper by economist Amy Vander Vliet of the Oregon Employment Department notes that for many workers in Clark and Skamania counties in Washington, Oregon is a great place to work and pay the Oregon income tax:. In 2008, about 60,000 workers who lived in Clark and Skamania counties along the Columbia THE MORALS AND ETHICS BEHIND 'ZERO DARK THIRTY' This entry instead will focus on the moral and political controversy of Zero Dark Thirty that has occurred recently in the media. Even in its as-yet limited release, the film has strongly reverberated throughout the national political sphere. Senators Feinstein, Levin, and McCain have signed onto a letter to the film's producers lastDecember
ONE REASON THE OREGONIAN IS DYING. Kari Chisholm. Yesterday's announcement of first-ever newsroom layoffs at the Oregonian included this statement: The Oregonian, like all newspapers, has endured declining revenues the past few years, the result of the recession and the migration of advertising to ROSS DAY: THE SIGNATURE-FORGING JUDGE CANDIDATE Measure 37 activist Ross Day is running against Judge Paul Lipscomb. As the Salem Statesman Journal wrote: Day, who graduated from law school six years ago, may be a fine advocate for the property-rights organization. He is ill-qualified to serve as a judge in one of the busiest, most important courts in the state. SOBRIETY CHECKPOINTS FOR OREGON: YES OR NO? SJR 7 would refer the issue to Oregon voters during the state’s next primary election in 2010. “Checkpoints are an important tool to keep our streets safe from dangerous impaired drivers,” said Sen. Rod Monroe (D-Portland), chief sponsor of the bill. “It’s time for the voters of Oregon to decide whether they support sobrietyNOVA NEWCOMER
She has been active behind the scenes as a volunteer and contributor to local campaigns and organizations that advocate for women. Nova is also a member of the 2010 Emerge Oregon class. Nova is a loyal fan of the Trail Blazers (from birth), a baseball fanatic and a proud resident of North Portland with her husband and young son. Published.Title.
MARC ABRAMS
Marc Abrams is a former Chair of the Democratic Party of Oregon who was paroled from the Portland School Board after eight years, with no time off for good behavior. When he left the PPS Board, he swore he would take a year off from politics. He lasted five weeks. He can be heard every Sunday morning from 9 to 11 on Newsradio 750 KXL,agonizing
CARLA HANSON
Carla Hanson. Carla "KC" Hanson describes herself as a CalavadaKansaGonian: Western raised, Midwestern educated and Oregon politicized. KC's Oregon political immersion began shortly after her arrival; she jumped into LGBT activism in the early 90's when the Oregon Citizen's Alliance was attacking all things gay. TROUBLING TAX BREAKS FOR DATA CENTERS Troubling tax breaks for data centers By Bill MacKenzie. Bill is a former PR practioner and Oregonian reporter. One. That’s how many jobs LinkedIn had to promise it would create to get five years of big property tax breaks for the new data center it opened in Hillsboro inmid-November.
A CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT TO PROTECT THE ENVIRONMENT Clearly, we need to think of a more permanent solution to the problem. One possible solution is an amendment to the U.S. Constitution that somehow codifies a guarantee of environmental protection. Article V of the U.S. Constitution, reads, in relevant part: "The Congress, whenever two thirds of both houses shall deem it necessary, shallpropose
MANY CLARK COUNTY RESIDENTS WORK Many Clark County residents work – and pay income taxes – in Oregon Chuck Sheketoff A new paper by economist Amy Vander Vliet of the Oregon Employment Department notes that for many workers in Clark and Skamania counties in Washington, Oregon is a great place to work and pay the Oregon income tax:. In 2008, about 60,000 workers who lived in Clark and Skamania counties along the Columbia THE MORALS AND ETHICS BEHIND 'ZERO DARK THIRTY' This entry instead will focus on the moral and political controversy of Zero Dark Thirty that has occurred recently in the media. Even in its as-yet limited release, the film has strongly reverberated throughout the national political sphere. Senators Feinstein, Levin, and McCain have signed onto a letter to the film's producers lastDecember
ONE REASON THE OREGONIAN IS DYING. Kari Chisholm. Yesterday's announcement of first-ever newsroom layoffs at the Oregonian included this statement: The Oregonian, like all newspapers, has endured declining revenues the past few years, the result of the recession and the migration of advertising to ROSS DAY: THE SIGNATURE-FORGING JUDGE CANDIDATE Measure 37 activist Ross Day is running against Judge Paul Lipscomb. As the Salem Statesman Journal wrote: Day, who graduated from law school six years ago, may be a fine advocate for the property-rights organization. He is ill-qualified to serve as a judge in one of the busiest, most important courts in the state. SOBRIETY CHECKPOINTS FOR OREGON: YES OR NO? SJR 7 would refer the issue to Oregon voters during the state’s next primary election in 2010. “Checkpoints are an important tool to keep our streets safe from dangerous impaired drivers,” said Sen. Rod Monroe (D-Portland), chief sponsor of the bill. “It’s time for the voters of Oregon to decide whether they support sobrietyNOVA NEWCOMER
She has been active behind the scenes as a volunteer and contributor to local campaigns and organizations that advocate for women. Nova is also a member of the 2010 Emerge Oregon class. Nova is a loyal fan of the Trail Blazers (from birth), a baseball fanatic and a proud resident of North Portland with her husband and young son. Published.Title.
THE OREGON DEAD ZONE Aquatic life dies. For the last five years, researchers have discovered suffocated fish and crabs off the Oregon coast. The “dead zone,” first observed in 2002, has quadrupled in size and is now as large as Rhode Island -- about 1,235 square miles. The dead zone lastsa
JET SKIS IN CRATER LAKE? Jet Skis in Crater Lake? Kari Chisholm Over at New Frames, Sid brings the blogosphere alert about our national parks right home to Oregon.. That's right! Get your Jet Ski ready to rip up some waves on Oregon's Crater Lake, the state's only national park. BUYING LOCAL AND THE CIRCULATING DOLLAR Buying locally as an individual is always a good thing. Buying locally as a business is even better. Back in the early 80s, when Oregon was mired in a terrible recession, a non-profit in Eugene started a program called "Buy Oregon" that linked primarily businesses withlocal suppliers.
OREGON TAX DOLLARS: WHERE DO THEY COME FROM AND WHERE DO To see where your property taxes go, look at your latest property tax statement usually issued from your County Elections Office. I live in Lane County, which has one of the lowest property tax rates in Oregon -- $1.279 per $1000 assessed value of taxed property. (Bear in mind that this level was set by OREGON VOTERS. RICHIE ROBB: THE MOST POWERFUL MAN IN AMERICA? Richie Robb is the the mayor of South Charleston, West Virginia. And if the electoral map falls just so, he may turn out to be the most powerful man in America. You see, he's one of the five GOP electors for West Virginia. But, he's already served notice that he won't be voting for George W. Bush. NICK BUDNICK & BETH SLOVIC TO MARRY; ALSO, BOTH JOIN We've been reporting all kinds of news about local media people quitting and joining different papers recently so, hey, here's some more scuttlebutt. The Oregonian hired two well-known local reporters today, Nick Budnick and Beth Slovic. Nick Budnick used to work at Willamette Week and did some great cops reporting for the Tribune, but quit in 2009 to cover Salem for the Bend Bulletin. IS THE OREGONIAN NEWSROOM TILTING TO THE RIGHT? Is the Oregonian newsroom tilting to the right? Kari Chisholm Eighteen months ago, here at BlueOregon, Carla Axtman called out the new publisher of the Oregonian.N. Christian Anderson, she noted at the time, was also the CEO of another company "based on the principles of voluntaryism and the libertarian philosophy". GOOD DEMS HATE CORRUPTION Good Dems Hate Corruption Jeff Alworth Inevitably, in comments to my nomination of Bill Sizemore for a Golden Duke, someone noted: Why are we still talking about this jackass and there are no articles about the corrupt Illinois governor or a question as to why there was a perception that Jesse Jackson Jr. could be bought? BREAKING NEWS: CHARLIE RINGO IS OUT Breaking News: Charlie Ringo is Out According to a statement today, State Senator Charlie Ringo will decline to run for re-election. Ringo represents parts of Washington County, and his 2002 campaign against right-winger Bill Witt was one of the hardest-fought and most-expensive legislative campaigns in state history.NOVA NEWCOMER
She has been active behind the scenes as a volunteer and contributor to local campaigns and organizations that advocate for women. Nova is also a member of the 2010 Emerge Oregon class. Nova is a loyal fan of the Trail Blazers (from birth), a baseball fanatic and a proud resident of North Portland with her husband and young son. Published.Title.
MARC ABRAMS
Marc Abrams is a former Chair of the Democratic Party of Oregon who was paroled from the Portland School Board after eight years, with no time off for good behavior. When he left the PPS Board, he swore he would take a year off from politics. He lasted five weeks. He can be heard every Sunday morning from 9 to 11 on Newsradio 750 KXL,agonizing
CARLA HANSON
Carla Hanson. Carla "KC" Hanson describes herself as a CalavadaKansaGonian: Western raised, Midwestern educated and Oregon politicized. KC's Oregon political immersion began shortly after her arrival; she jumped into LGBT activism in the early 90's when the Oregon Citizen's Alliance was attacking all things gay. TROUBLING TAX BREAKS FOR DATA CENTERS Troubling tax breaks for data centers By Bill MacKenzie. Bill is a former PR practioner and Oregonian reporter. One. That’s how many jobs LinkedIn had to promise it would create to get five years of big property tax breaks for the new data center it opened in Hillsboro inmid-November.
A CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT TO PROTECT THE ENVIRONMENT Clearly, we need to think of a more permanent solution to the problem. One possible solution is an amendment to the U.S. Constitution that somehow codifies a guarantee of environmental protection. Article V of the U.S. Constitution, reads, in relevant part: "The Congress, whenever two thirds of both houses shall deem it necessary, shallpropose
MANY CLARK COUNTY RESIDENTS WORK Many Clark County residents work – and pay income taxes – in Oregon Chuck Sheketoff A new paper by economist Amy Vander Vliet of the Oregon Employment Department notes that for many workers in Clark and Skamania counties in Washington, Oregon is a great place to work and pay the Oregon income tax:. In 2008, about 60,000 workers who lived in Clark and Skamania counties along the Columbia THE MORALS AND ETHICS BEHIND 'ZERO DARK THIRTY' This entry instead will focus on the moral and political controversy of Zero Dark Thirty that has occurred recently in the media. Even in its as-yet limited release, the film has strongly reverberated throughout the national political sphere. Senators Feinstein, Levin, and McCain have signed onto a letter to the film's producers lastDecember
ONE REASON THE OREGONIAN IS DYING. Kari Chisholm. Yesterday's announcement of first-ever newsroom layoffs at the Oregonian included this statement: The Oregonian, like all newspapers, has endured declining revenues the past few years, the result of the recession and the migration of advertising to ROSS DAY: THE SIGNATURE-FORGING JUDGE CANDIDATE Measure 37 activist Ross Day is running against Judge Paul Lipscomb. As the Salem Statesman Journal wrote: Day, who graduated from law school six years ago, may be a fine advocate for the property-rights organization. He is ill-qualified to serve as a judge in one of the busiest, most important courts in the state. SOBRIETY CHECKPOINTS FOR OREGON: YES OR NO? SJR 7 would refer the issue to Oregon voters during the state’s next primary election in 2010. “Checkpoints are an important tool to keep our streets safe from dangerous impaired drivers,” said Sen. Rod Monroe (D-Portland), chief sponsor of the bill. “It’s time for the voters of Oregon to decide whether they support sobrietyNOVA NEWCOMER
She has been active behind the scenes as a volunteer and contributor to local campaigns and organizations that advocate for women. Nova is also a member of the 2010 Emerge Oregon class. Nova is a loyal fan of the Trail Blazers (from birth), a baseball fanatic and a proud resident of North Portland with her husband and young son. Published.Title.
MARC ABRAMS
Marc Abrams is a former Chair of the Democratic Party of Oregon who was paroled from the Portland School Board after eight years, with no time off for good behavior. When he left the PPS Board, he swore he would take a year off from politics. He lasted five weeks. He can be heard every Sunday morning from 9 to 11 on Newsradio 750 KXL,agonizing
CARLA HANSON
Carla Hanson. Carla "KC" Hanson describes herself as a CalavadaKansaGonian: Western raised, Midwestern educated and Oregon politicized. KC's Oregon political immersion began shortly after her arrival; she jumped into LGBT activism in the early 90's when the Oregon Citizen's Alliance was attacking all things gay. TROUBLING TAX BREAKS FOR DATA CENTERS Troubling tax breaks for data centers By Bill MacKenzie. Bill is a former PR practioner and Oregonian reporter. One. That’s how many jobs LinkedIn had to promise it would create to get five years of big property tax breaks for the new data center it opened in Hillsboro inmid-November.
A CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT TO PROTECT THE ENVIRONMENT Clearly, we need to think of a more permanent solution to the problem. One possible solution is an amendment to the U.S. Constitution that somehow codifies a guarantee of environmental protection. Article V of the U.S. Constitution, reads, in relevant part: "The Congress, whenever two thirds of both houses shall deem it necessary, shallpropose
MANY CLARK COUNTY RESIDENTS WORK Many Clark County residents work – and pay income taxes – in Oregon Chuck Sheketoff A new paper by economist Amy Vander Vliet of the Oregon Employment Department notes that for many workers in Clark and Skamania counties in Washington, Oregon is a great place to work and pay the Oregon income tax:. In 2008, about 60,000 workers who lived in Clark and Skamania counties along the Columbia THE MORALS AND ETHICS BEHIND 'ZERO DARK THIRTY' This entry instead will focus on the moral and political controversy of Zero Dark Thirty that has occurred recently in the media. Even in its as-yet limited release, the film has strongly reverberated throughout the national political sphere. Senators Feinstein, Levin, and McCain have signed onto a letter to the film's producers lastDecember
ONE REASON THE OREGONIAN IS DYING. Kari Chisholm. Yesterday's announcement of first-ever newsroom layoffs at the Oregonian included this statement: The Oregonian, like all newspapers, has endured declining revenues the past few years, the result of the recession and the migration of advertising to ROSS DAY: THE SIGNATURE-FORGING JUDGE CANDIDATE Measure 37 activist Ross Day is running against Judge Paul Lipscomb. As the Salem Statesman Journal wrote: Day, who graduated from law school six years ago, may be a fine advocate for the property-rights organization. He is ill-qualified to serve as a judge in one of the busiest, most important courts in the state. SOBRIETY CHECKPOINTS FOR OREGON: YES OR NO? SJR 7 would refer the issue to Oregon voters during the state’s next primary election in 2010. “Checkpoints are an important tool to keep our streets safe from dangerous impaired drivers,” said Sen. Rod Monroe (D-Portland), chief sponsor of the bill. “It’s time for the voters of Oregon to decide whether they support sobrietyNOVA NEWCOMER
She has been active behind the scenes as a volunteer and contributor to local campaigns and organizations that advocate for women. Nova is also a member of the 2010 Emerge Oregon class. Nova is a loyal fan of the Trail Blazers (from birth), a baseball fanatic and a proud resident of North Portland with her husband and young son. Published.Title.
THE OREGON DEAD ZONE Aquatic life dies. For the last five years, researchers have discovered suffocated fish and crabs off the Oregon coast. The “dead zone,” first observed in 2002, has quadrupled in size and is now as large as Rhode Island -- about 1,235 square miles. The dead zone lastsa
JET SKIS IN CRATER LAKE? Jet Skis in Crater Lake? Kari Chisholm Over at New Frames, Sid brings the blogosphere alert about our national parks right home to Oregon.. That's right! Get your Jet Ski ready to rip up some waves on Oregon's Crater Lake, the state's only national park. BUYING LOCAL AND THE CIRCULATING DOLLAR Buying locally as an individual is always a good thing. Buying locally as a business is even better. Back in the early 80s, when Oregon was mired in a terrible recession, a non-profit in Eugene started a program called "Buy Oregon" that linked primarily businesses withlocal suppliers.
OREGON TAX DOLLARS: WHERE DO THEY COME FROM AND WHERE DO To see where your property taxes go, look at your latest property tax statement usually issued from your County Elections Office. I live in Lane County, which has one of the lowest property tax rates in Oregon -- $1.279 per $1000 assessed value of taxed property. (Bear in mind that this level was set by OREGON VOTERS. RICHIE ROBB: THE MOST POWERFUL MAN IN AMERICA? Richie Robb is the the mayor of South Charleston, West Virginia. And if the electoral map falls just so, he may turn out to be the most powerful man in America. You see, he's one of the five GOP electors for West Virginia. But, he's already served notice that he won't be voting for George W. Bush. NICK BUDNICK & BETH SLOVIC TO MARRY; ALSO, BOTH JOIN We've been reporting all kinds of news about local media people quitting and joining different papers recently so, hey, here's some more scuttlebutt. The Oregonian hired two well-known local reporters today, Nick Budnick and Beth Slovic. Nick Budnick used to work at Willamette Week and did some great cops reporting for the Tribune, but quit in 2009 to cover Salem for the Bend Bulletin. IS THE OREGONIAN NEWSROOM TILTING TO THE RIGHT? Is the Oregonian newsroom tilting to the right? Kari Chisholm Eighteen months ago, here at BlueOregon, Carla Axtman called out the new publisher of the Oregonian.N. Christian Anderson, she noted at the time, was also the CEO of another company "based on the principles of voluntaryism and the libertarian philosophy". GOOD DEMS HATE CORRUPTION Good Dems Hate Corruption Jeff Alworth Inevitably, in comments to my nomination of Bill Sizemore for a Golden Duke, someone noted: Why are we still talking about this jackass and there are no articles about the corrupt Illinois governor or a question as to why there was a perception that Jesse Jackson Jr. could be bought? BREAKING NEWS: CHARLIE RINGO IS OUT Breaking News: Charlie Ringo is Out According to a statement today, State Senator Charlie Ringo will decline to run for re-election. Ringo represents parts of Washington County, and his 2002 campaign against right-winger Bill Witt was one of the hardest-fought and most-expensive legislative campaigns in state history.MARC ABRAMS
Marc Abrams is a former Chair of the Democratic Party of Oregon who was paroled from the Portland School Board after eight years, with no time off for good behavior. When he left the PPS Board, he swore he would take a year off from politics. He lasted five weeks. He can be heard every Sunday morning from 9 to 11 on Newsradio 750 KXL,agonizing
NOVA NEWCOMER
She has been active behind the scenes as a volunteer and contributor to local campaigns and organizations that advocate for women. Nova is also a member of the 2010 Emerge Oregon class. Nova is a loyal fan of the Trail Blazers (from birth), a baseball fanatic and a proud resident of North Portland with her husband and young son. Published.Title.
CARLA HANSON
Carla Hanson. Carla "KC" Hanson describes herself as a CalavadaKansaGonian: Western raised, Midwestern educated and Oregon politicized. KC's Oregon political immersion began shortly after her arrival; she jumped into LGBT activism in the early 90's when the Oregon Citizen's Alliance was attacking all things gay. REMEMBERING ROY LIEUALLEN Roy Lieuallen was arguably the best Chancellor of the State System of Higher Education since the office was created by the Legislature in the 1920s. He certainly served the longest -- 1961-82 -- and during the most trying times. Lieuallen presided over the greatest enrollment boom in the history of the state’s four-year colleges anduniversities.
A CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT TO PROTECT THE ENVIRONMENT Clearly, we need to think of a more permanent solution to the problem. One possible solution is an amendment to the U.S. Constitution that somehow codifies a guarantee of environmental protection. Article V of the U.S. Constitution, reads, in relevant part: "The Congress, whenever two thirds of both houses shall deem it necessary, shallpropose
TROUBLING TAX BREAKS FOR DATA CENTERS Troubling tax breaks for data centers By Bill MacKenzie. Bill is a former PR practioner and Oregonian reporter. One. That’s how many jobs LinkedIn had to promise it would create to get five years of big property tax breaks for the new data center it opened in Hillsboro inmid-November.
MANY CLARK COUNTY RESIDENTS WORK Many Clark County residents work – and pay income taxes – in Oregon Chuck Sheketoff A new paper by economist Amy Vander Vliet of the Oregon Employment Department notes that for many workers in Clark and Skamania counties in Washington, Oregon is a great place to work and pay the Oregon income tax:. In 2008, about 60,000 workers who lived in Clark and Skamania counties along the Columbia THE MORALS AND ETHICS BEHIND 'ZERO DARK THIRTY' This entry instead will focus on the moral and political controversy of Zero Dark Thirty that has occurred recently in the media. Even in its as-yet limited release, the film has strongly reverberated throughout the national political sphere. Senators Feinstein, Levin, and McCain have signed onto a letter to the film's producers lastDecember
ONE REASON THE OREGONIAN IS DYING. Kari Chisholm. Yesterday's announcement of first-ever newsroom layoffs at the Oregonian included this statement: The Oregonian, like all newspapers, has endured declining revenues the past few years, the result of the recession and the migration of advertising to ROSS DAY: THE SIGNATURE-FORGING JUDGE CANDIDATE Measure 37 activist Ross Day is running against Judge Paul Lipscomb. As the Salem Statesman Journal wrote: Day, who graduated from law school six years ago, may be a fine advocate for the property-rights organization. He is ill-qualified to serve as a judge in one of the busiest, most important courts in the state.MARC ABRAMS
Marc Abrams is a former Chair of the Democratic Party of Oregon who was paroled from the Portland School Board after eight years, with no time off for good behavior.NOVA NEWCOMER
Nova Newcomer's first political opus was a short essay (which she still has in her possession) in 4th grade on Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech.CARLA HANSON
Carla "KC" Hanson describes herself as a CalavadaKansaGonian: Western raised, Midwestern educated and Oregon politicized. KC's Oregon political immersion began shortly after her arrival; she jumped into LGBT activism in the early 90's when REMEMBERING ROY LIEUALLEN Remembering Roy Lieuallen Russell Sadler Roy Lieuallen was arguably the best Chancellor of the State System of Higher Education since the office was created by the Legislature in the 1920s. A CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT TO PROTECT THE ENVIRONMENT A constitutional amendment to protect the environment Nicholas Caleb By Nick Caleb of Eugene, Oregon. Nick describes himself as "a third year law student at the University of Oregon with a bachelor's degree in Molecular Biology from Concordia University in NE Portland. TROUBLING TAX BREAKS FOR DATA CENTERS Troubling tax breaks for data centers By Bill MacKenzie. Bill is a former PR practioner and Oregonian reporter. One. That’s how many jobs LinkedIn had to promise it would create to get five years of big property tax breaks for the new data center it opened in Hillsboro inmid-November.
MANY CLARK COUNTY RESIDENTS WORK Many Clark County residents work – and pay income taxes – in Oregon Chuck Sheketoff A new paper by economist Amy Vander Vliet of the Oregon Employment Department notes that for many workers in Clark and Skamania counties in Washington, Oregon is a great place to work and pay the Oregon income tax:. In 2008, about 60,000 workers who lived in Clark and Skamania counties along the Columbia ONE REASON THE OREGONIAN IS DYING. Yesterday's announcement of first-ever newsroom layoffs at the Oregonian included this statement: The Oregonian, like all newspapers, has endured declining revenues the past few years, the result of the recession and the migration of advertising THE MORALS AND ETHICS BEHIND 'ZERO DARK THIRTY' To Republicans in Congress and in state capitals across the country: It's time to refuse the NRA's support and their money. And donations received in the past should be donated to organizations supporting the survivors of gun violence. ROSS DAY: THE SIGNATURE-FORGING JUDGE CANDIDATE Interesting. There's some controversy over some other campaign mail in the race -- this time, sent by an "independent" group calling itself Judicial Integrity Coalition (ha!) funded by national right-wing group FreedomWorks.. Local judicial candidates tend to run low-key, high-minded campaigns. But fliers vilifying Presiding Judge Paul Lipscomb have pulled a Marion County race down to theNOVA NEWCOMER
She has been active behind the scenes as a volunteer and contributor to local campaigns and organizations that advocate for women. Nova is also a member of the 2010 Emerge Oregon class. Nova is a loyal fan of the Trail Blazers (from birth), a baseball fanatic and a proud resident of North Portland with her husband and young son. Published.Title.
REMEMBERING ROY LIEUALLEN Roy Lieuallen was arguably the best Chancellor of the State System of Higher Education since the office was created by the Legislature in the 1920s. He certainly served the longest -- 1961-82 -- and during the most trying times. Lieuallen presided over the greatest enrollment boom in the history of the state’s four-year colleges anduniversities.
REMEMBERING GEORGE MCGOVERN Remembering George McGovern By Grant Schott of Portland, Oregon. Grant is a union organizer and political activist. Previously, he contributed "Joe Miller, Oregon's first Democratic media consultant".. While our attention was focused on the 2012 election, former Senator George McGovern might not have received the remembrances that he deserved following his death on October 21st. BUYING LOCAL AND THE CIRCULATING DOLLAR Buying locally as an individual is always a good thing. Buying locally as a business is even better. Back in the early 80s, when Oregon was mired in a terrible recession, a non-profit in Eugene started a program called "Buy Oregon" that linked primarily businesses withlocal suppliers.
SAVING SUN'S FUNDING FROM THE MEAN GIRLS Saving SUN's Funding From the Mean Girls. By Gil Johnson of Dundee, Oregon. Gil describes himself as a "part-time chicken farmer and full-time martial arts instructor, and a former political hack." Previously, he contributed "Pay as you grow" and "Oregon Inc.: Educate, Medicate, Incarcerate." OREGON TAX DOLLARS: WHERE DO THEY COME FROM AND WHERE DO To see where your property taxes go, look at your latest property tax statement usually issued from your County Elections Office. I live in Lane County, which has one of the lowest property tax rates in Oregon -- $1.279 per $1000 assessed value of taxed property. (Bear in mind that this level was set by OREGON VOTERS. JET SKIS IN CRATER LAKE? Jet Skis in Crater Lake? Kari Chisholm Over at New Frames, Sid brings the blogosphere alert about our national parks right home to Oregon.. That's right! Get your Jet Ski ready to rip up some waves on Oregon's Crater Lake, the state's only national park. NICK BUDNICK & BETH SLOVIC TO MARRY; ALSO, BOTH JOIN We've been reporting all kinds of news about local media people quitting and joining different papers recently so, hey, here's some more scuttlebutt. The Oregonian hired two well-known local reporters today, Nick Budnick and Beth Slovic. Nick Budnick used to work at Willamette Week and did some great cops reporting for the Tribune, but quit in 2009 to cover Salem for the Bend Bulletin. IS THE OREGONIAN NEWSROOM TILTING TO THE RIGHT? Is the Oregonian newsroom tilting to the right? Kari Chisholm Eighteen months ago, here at BlueOregon, Carla Axtman called out the new publisher of the Oregonian.N. Christian Anderson, she noted at the time, was also the CEO of another company "based on the principles of voluntaryism and the libertarian philosophy". GOOD DEMS HATE CORRUPTION Good Dems Hate Corruption Jeff Alworth Inevitably, in comments to my nomination of Bill Sizemore for a Golden Duke, someone noted: Why are we still talking about this jackass and there are no articles about the corrupt Illinois governor or a question as to why there was a perception that Jesse Jackson Jr. could be bought? Home | Menu | Sign Up* Home
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Donald Trump votes by mail. He did in 2018 in the New York election. And he did it earlier this spring in the Florida primary election (after he "moved" to the Sunshine State.) But now he claims that voting by mail causes fraud. Right here in Oregon, we know Trump's just plain wrong. Vote by mail is easy, it's convenient, it's secure, and it makes our democracy accessible to more people. Which is sort of the point of democracy, right? Here in Oregon, we've voted by mail in general elections for 20 years. We know it works. AND THAT'S WHY BLUEOREGON ACTION IS PROUD TO LEAD THE NATIONAL VOTE BY MAIL FOR ALL MOVEMENT.
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THIS UPCOMING ELECTION IN GEORGIA IN WILL SET THE TONE AND PACE OF HOW OUR LIVES GO FOR THE NEXT 2 YEARS. IF WE WIN THE 2 SENATE SEATS WE'LL HAVE A LITTLE BETTER CHANCE TO GET SERIOUS ABOUT THE CLIMATE CRISIS. SO MANY THINGS WILL BE POSSIBLE THAT WILL BE BLOCKED BY MITCH MCCONNELL AND FRIENDS IF GEORGIA VOTES REPUBLICAN IN THESE RACES. LET'S ALL HELP GET OUT THE VOTE IN GEORGIA FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS. THE DAY AFTER I WAS AWARE THAT THERE WERE TO BE TWO SENATE RUNOFF SEATS IN GEORGIA I DECIDED TO DO SOME THINGS TO WIN THESE SEATS FOR DEMOCRATS. HERE'S WHY AND SOME GUIDANCE ABOUT WHAT YOU CAN STILL DO TOHELP.
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A HISTORY OF RADICAL AND RACIST PORTLAND _LAWRENCE J. MAUSHARD_ _a journalist and author who lived in Portland, Oregon for 17 years until 2017 before relocating back to Peoria, Illinois where he was born and raised. Read more of his work atMaushard.com. _
My late wife Fay Maushard and I lived in Portland from 1999 until she passed in 2017 from heart failure and other complications from Scleroderma, a rare autoimmune disease. A proud feminist native of Iran, Fay lived a brave existence dealing with a too-often racist Portland which made it a daily battle just to interact with mainstream natives that would never let a naturalized Middle Eastern woman with an accent forget her otherness. White women especially would weaponize the phrase _"I don't understand you!"_ with hateful vindictiveness. Nevertheless, we found some solace during our years there among wonderful neighbors in the Holgate-Foster neighborhood, along with the Scleroderma patient support, Persian diaspora, and international human rights communities. Fay truly loved everyone, and anyone who knew her felt the same. So I don't have any romanticized views of the Rose City, just a heightened understanding of its place in the world. Once you get past its history as a terrible hotbed of exclusionary racism against Chinese and Japanese immigrants, a northern outpost for the Ku Klux Klan, open segregation against its tiny black population, and enthusiastic support for its very own WWII concentration camp roundups and ethnic cleansing of the entire Japanese population in 1942, Portland somehow finally began to grow up. Portland's place as America's greatest antifa city was confirmed long before the nationwide BLM rallies and marches scorched the national conscious in the wake of the May 25 police torture-murder of George Floyd in broad daylight on the streets of Minneapolis. Well before President Trump sent in terrifying anonymous federal agents that have snatched protesters off the streets into unmarked vehicles like Central American death squads coordinated by US forces in the 1980s. READ THE REST: A history of radical and racist PortlandAug. 04, 2020
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FINAL PRE-CENSUS ESTIMATE: OREGON'S GETTING A SIXTH CONGRESSIONALSEAT
KARI CHISHOLM
Well, here we are. We've completed our last trip around the sun before the 2020 census gets underway. And once again, as we do every December, we take a look at the latest population estimates for each of the 50 states from Census Bureau -- and your friendly neighborhood reapportionment nerd is ready to roll. For over a decade, I've been tracking Oregon's progress toward a sixth congressional seat. And you know what? In 2016, we projected a sixth seat for the first time, and it's looking safer than ever. Our sixth seat this year ranks #427, it's definitely happening. (Thelast seat is #435.)
The big news this year? For the first time in history, it seems that California is poised to lose a congressional seat. Right now, they're at 53. But based on this final population estimate, California's 53rd seat is at outer edge of the bubble, ranked #439. What else? If the 2019 census estimates are right, Texas will pick up two seats. States picking up one are: Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Montana, North Carolina, and Oregon. States losing one are: California, Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and West Virginia. Right on the bubble? Ohio could lose one. Florida could pick up a second. Maybe Montana doesn't get the +1 and Minnesota dodges losing one. (And the potential out-of-nowhere surprise? A third seat forIdaho.)
The decades-long population shift from the midwest and northeast to the south and far west continues unabated (excepting California.) READ THE REST: Final pre-census estimate: Oregon's getting a sixthcongressional seat
By Kari Chisholm
Dec. 23, 2019
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POLLUTED BY MONEY - HOW CORPORATE CASH CORRUPTED ONE OF THE GREENESTSTATES IN AMERICA
ALBERT KAUFMAN
"IN THE LAST FOUR YEARS, OREGON’S MOST POWERFUL INDUSTRIES HAVE KILLED, WEAKENED OR STALLED EFFORTS TO DEAL WITH CLIMATE CHANGE, DISAPPEARING BIRD HABITAT, CANCER-CAUSING DIESEL EXHAUST, INDUSTRIAL AIR POLLUTION, OIL SPILL PLANNING AND WEED KILLERS SPRAYED FROM HELICOPTERS. WHAT CHANGED OREGON? MONEY. LOTS AND LOTS OF MONEY." The Oregonian had a great 4-part+ series recently about Money in Politics. Here is a linkto the articles -
required reading for all Oregonians who care about our future. READ THE REST: Polluted by Money - How corporate cash corrupted one of the greenest states in AmericaBy Albert Kaufman
June 09, 2019
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ENSURING ACCESS TO OREGON'S 2020 DNC DELEGATE PROCESS _BY JEANNE ATKINS OF PORTLAND, OREGON._ _Jeanne is the former chair of the Democratic Party of Oregon and former Secretary of State ofOregon._
On April 1st, a proposed Delegate Selection Plan for Oregon’s participation in the 2020 DNC Convention was released to the public for comment . This Plan was the combined work of a Committee made up of 11 volunteers and supported by hardworking staff from the party office. The group was led by our three elected DNC Committee members and included DPO volunteers such as caucus leaders and representatives of county party organizations. I’d like to emphasize the volunteer nature of this work. Such a plan is required by the DNC and has complex requirements. Because of concerns coming off the 2016 primary process, state parties are required to provide the greatest possible openness to participation, and are encouraged to find new ways to include more people in the choice of delegates. A separate affirmative action committee also has to be set up to assure diversity in the delegation sent forward to the convention. There’s more, but I’ll spare you. _Some 26 days_ after the plan was posted, a “Press Release” was issued by the Chair of the 1st Congressional District Committee of the DPO. The release was not sent to the DPO or its officers, but of course through the magic of Facebook it was brought to their attention; and since it included my name, it was forwarded to me. The release is headlined “Malfeasance Plagues the Democratic Party of Oregon”. It says the plan was “illegally developed” because it wasn’t the work product of the DPO Rules Committee, and warns that as a result of this, the plan is fatally flawed and may lead again to what the author claims was a “near riot” at the 2016 state convention. Here’s a link to the release lest I be accused of misrepresenting its content. READ THE REST: Ensuring access to Oregon's 2020 DNC delegate processApril 29, 2019
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