Interesting comment there 'Anonymous'... this guy is an honest politician... perhaps you are just not yet used to seeing that! His father is honest as well.. and explain how either are 'whacked out'? You sound like a moron.

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Kroger made this proclamation while announcing that Oregon supports the EPA in declaring that plant food is a dangerous pollutant. What is clear in this power grab by the Fed and the simultanious move by seven western states to “save the planet” by controlling C02 will only destroy jobs, vastly escalate h

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With an unemployment rate of 10.3%, nearly $100 million in long term debt, the county has a “vegetation management coordinator”, and he is busy with this kind of vital service: “Protected area. No activities permitted between posted signs.” Read the new signs along some of the county’s roads.

As long as you work for government. The top three downtown employers are the state of Oregon, the city of Portland and the federal government. According to the Portland Tribune public administration gained 1,144 jobs since 2008, at the expense of jobs in the private sector.  The arts, entertainment and recreation se

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On the heels of the June directive prohibiting drivers from recording video while on the job, another bus driver is in hot water over his blog. Trimet made that call after receiving complaints about Al Margulies, who runs the Rantings of a TriMet Driver blog. Now Dan Christensen, author of the Trimet Confidential blog,

Great. His Datsun can do 0 to 60 in 2.95 sec. My stock Vette will do it in 4.3. But can he turn around and do it again without causing a brown out with all the amps required to recharge?  I think not. I was a tech for a large newspaper a decade ago and worked with some pretty impressive DC motors. Lots of torque

Now they can drop a dime on your over grown lawn via the Internet. From KGW.com  PORTLAND — You can now rat out your neighbors online for neglecting basic lawn care.The Portland Bureau of Development Services started the Tall Grass and Weed Complaint Pilot Project for neighbors to file online complaints.

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Supporters of a ballot initiative that would put retired judges in charge of legislative redistricting say they will sue the Oregon secretary of state for throwing out signatures unfairly. It does seem odd that initiatives that the left embraces like pot legalization or usurping property rights get a pass, while those t

I marvel at the audacity of the “Urban Green” movement who think that raising a couple of tomatoes and owning a laying hen makes them “real farmers”. How quaint. Take the example of one couple this week in Northwest Portland. From KPTV.com: “Dana Jazwinski and her husband heard a commotion

The Washington state governor announced Monday the launch of a website that allows people to suggest, comment and vote on budget ideas. The most popular ideas will be considered by the state’s budget writers. Either these elected officials and their high paid experts just plain don’t know what they are doing

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With wind power generation expected to reach total grid capacity of 6,000 megawatts by 2013, operators will be forced to curtail the green power more often as stable hydro power must be held in reserve.   The problem lies with both the existing grid and the need to protect fish on the Columbia River. As pointed

In Portland “your trees are not your property”. A letter to the Oregonian Friday 7/16/10: I am one of the owners of an office building on Southwest First Avenue in Portland. The City Urban Forester has ordered us to cut down seven mature, healthy ash trees because they were pruned last fall without a

$150 million in Recovery Act dollars funded approximately 5800 jobs in third quarter. Notice Kulongoski did not say created jobs. In fact during the third quarter according to the press release: Governor Kulongoski, hat in hand, asks for more money while showing off the latest in green transportation. ̶

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And brings the debate to a whole new level of stupidity. “Minutes before he addressed the crowd, five “bag monsters” — people dressed up in plastic bag costumes — had been dancing with a furry Sasquatch and an upright fish.” We just can’t make this stuff up folks. Click fo