http://ignoregon.com/rss/aloha Aggregated Blog Posts From Aloha Tue, 7 Feb 2012 07:00:55 +0000 en http://www.bulletinsfromaloha.org/weekly/2012/2/4/pug-to-see-the-guv.html http://www.bulletinsfromaloha.org/weekly/2012/2/4/pug-to-see-the-guv.html Sat, 4 Feb 2012 19:44:00 +0000 A DAY AT OREGON’S CAPITOL Pug Goes Wandering with Occupy Portland     Pug’s camera shots were in black and white.  For some reason Pug was focused on the bronze statue of The Pioneer that sits on top of the Oregon Capitol Building.  The current iteration of Oregon’s political mecca was  built circa 1938 after the former structure burned in 1935.  The  year of these black and white photos of Oregon’s capitol was 1957 and Pug was on a field trip  with his seventh grade class.   Pug’s last trip to Salem was on February 1, 2012.  This time it was an Occupy Portland field trip to talk with the Guv.  The trip began with Uta’s beaming smile as she handed plates of a delicious hot breakfast through the open bus windows while it was parked in front of Mayor Sam Adam’s place of business.  The bus was full, the occupants eager.  With Joe at the wheel we were ready for our mission.  Weather favorable. Unloading directly in front of the capitol building an hour later, the site was at once redolent and contrasting.  On one side were our fellow Occupiers who had assembled from around the state and locally to support the Occupier mission.   Then on the other side of the parking mall there were massive motorcycles of a conclave of bikers there on a similar lobbying mission.  Of course, there stood the obligatory Oregon State Police in groups of three everywhere with muscular folded arms crossed in front of their flak tested chests.  Later, I learned from an unsuspecting (that I was an Occupier) capitol employee that they put on the extra flat hats for us.  They were anticipating a violent intrusion of Occupiers at the 8:30 a.m. gaveling of the new legislative session in the stately chambers, not realizing we were just loading onto our bus in Portland about then.   Upon the Salem arrival, the Occupiers disbursed in all directions in the sophisticated surroundings.  Pug had a mission on the subject of  an Occupier Issue Report he had compiled from Occupier protest signs. Pug was also there on the subject of foreclosure, a legislative favorite.  So, Pug went dutifully to his representative’s offices which are conveniently located in floors one thru four inside.  Happily, Pug was waved into the Senator Mark Hass office with nary an introduction by his staff.  He was distractedly welcoming and cheerfully accepted Pug’s handouts.  It is now several days later, and he has not called Pug on the rich material Pug provided him regarding the above subjects.  Do you suppose he will read the twenty pages?  And act on them without further prodding? Pug got the same welcoming treatment from Senator Betsy Johnson’s and Representative Jeff Barker’s staffs.  Each has an ‘IN’ basket located immediately outside their office, so it is convenient to drop off any message one wants to at any state politician office in the building.  Then the rule is, never send out a flyer without following it up with a telephone (or personalized E-mail) call.  That is the wisdom Barry Menasche, local real estate mogul, taught Pug many years ago.   In the pleasant afternoon, there was a gathering with the Guv who gave Occupy a brief seance.  Then Pug went off to a GA in a nearby coffee shop with the surrounding town Occupiers.  Pug’s conversation with one Salem Elder revealed the same boom and bust pattern is happening there as in Portland. Joe then piled us on the bus about 7 p.m. for our return to Sam’s place.  Whereupon, as we pulled up to the vigil, we were entertained with a lengthy mesmerizing poem by an Occupier who then released us into the night.  Mission accomplished.  O.K., O.K., it is a start anyway.  Follow-up is the key.   What a pleasant day.   Lauren Paulson laurenjpaulson@gmail.com   bulletinsfromaloha.org.          February 4, 2012     http://www.bulletinsfromaloha.org/weekly/2012/1/28/table-of-contents.html http://www.bulletinsfromaloha.org/weekly/2012/1/28/table-of-contents.html Sat, 28 Jan 2012 21:13:00 +0000 1. Welcome To A New Blog Site for Oregon Lawyers(2/4/07)2. Opening Page -- Purpose of This Blog Site (2/4/07)3. Update -- The Oregon State Bar's Confused Organization( 2/6/07)4. Feedback and Leadership at the Oregon State Bar(3/28/07)5. Packing the Court -- The Oregon State Bar is an Oligarchy(4/5/07)6. A Monumental Failure of Leadership(4/28/07)7. Our Judicial Emperors Have No Clothes(5/22/07)8. Oregon's Court of Appeals Has No Clothes(5/29/07)9. Lawyer Advertising -- Not!(6/4/07)10. Attorneys With Kind Hearts(6/10/07)11. To Tell You The Truth(6/19/07)12. Judicial Emperors With Clothes of Gold(6/23/07)13. The "F" Word(6/25/07)14. The Strange Case of Judge Michael McElligott(6/29/07)15. A Simple Proposal for Judicial Accountability(7/11/07)16. Legal Malpractice Got Me To Mt. Hood(7/19/07)17. How Much Would You Spend to Shut Me Up?(7/31/07)18. Erased -- By the Oregon State Bar(8/13/07)19. They Rule, But Do Judges Read What You Send Them?(8/22/07)20. Finally, A Solution to Divorce in America(8/27/07)21. Silence is an Accomplice to Injustice(9/4/07)22. Oregon Lawyers and the Oregon Media(9/16/07)23. The Oregon Federal Court -- Evaluated(9/24/07)24. The Oregon State Bar House of Delegates Meeting(10/3/07)25. Oregon State Bar's Member Services--The Black Hole(10/5/07)26. Whoever Has the Biggest Megaphone Wins(10/5/07)27. Reality Overcomes Hope at the Oregon State Bar(10/10/07)28. Common Law Does Not Make Common Sense(1/1/08)29. Everybody is Looking the Wrong Way for Legal Help(1/9/08)30. Does the Oregon State Bar Make Common Sense?(1/10/08)31. You Are Not Entitled to a Jury Trial(1/23/08)32. Roadmap To Improve Our Legal System(1/28/08)33. Minority ‘Rites' of Passage in Oregon(2/1/08)34. Our Legal System Has It Exactly Backwards(2/13/08)35. In Defense of Your Local Lawyer(2/19/08)36. One Year Anniversary of This Blog(2/22/08)37. A ‘Subprime' Odyssey(2/26/08)38. Rogue's Gallery is Too Good For Some(3/6/08)39. An Open Letter to Justice Sandra Day O'Connor(3/13/08)40. So You Want To Be A Blogger(3/19/08)41. The Death of Ivan Ilych(4/1/08)42. The New Oregon State Bar Center(4/8/08)43. Theories for Legal Improvement -- And For Revolution(4/16/08)44. Judicial Elections -- and Judicial Evaluations(4/23/08)45. The Real Estate Auction -- The New Kid on The Block(4/30/08)46. The Good Lawyers Do!(5/7/08)47. The Power at The Oregon State Bar -- Practical Magic(5/14/08)48. Report Card on The Oregon Supreme Court(6/10/08)49. An Open Letter to Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.(7/30/08)50. Structured Settlements(8/7/08)51. America, The Rule of Law and Torture(8/12/08)52. Confessions of a Court-Appointed Criminal Defense Attorney(8/29/08)53. Yes, Virginia The Sky IS Falling(9/19/08)54. The Master Litigator(9/23/08)55. A Model Legal System(10/1/08)56. The Iconoclast(10/4/08)57. A Model Legal System -- Subpart #1(10/7/08)58. Legal Reading Lite(10/10/08)59. A Model Legal System -- (Subpart #2(10/15/08)60. Legal Reading Lite(10/16/08)61. Viewer Comments(10/18/08)62. A Model Legal System -- Subpart #3(10/21/08)63. Judicial Elections Anyone!(10/27/08)64. Redistribution Anyone?(10/30/08) 65. A Model Legal System #4 -- The Judiciary 66. A Model Legal System #5 -- The Money 67. So, I Inquired Further 68. A Model Legal System #6 -- Bar Associations 69. Reuben Lenske -- On Attorney Fees 70. Civil Rights -- Before 71. Something's 'Askew' at the Bar 72. Civil Rights -- After 73. A Cry From The Wilderness 74. The Bar's Board of Director's Meeting (2008) 75. Lawyer Discipline in Oregon is Unconstitutional 76. Landlord/Tenant Litigation in Oregon 77. Oregon Courts Close Again (2009) 78. Oregon Secret Law Societies 79. Downtown Law Firms and Money 80. House of Delegates Unite! 81. Money, Minutes and the Oregon State Bar 82. Do Judges Tell the Truth? 83. Health Care Reform and You 84. Oligarchy or Democracy? 85. Impact Women! 86. Those Wonderful Supremes 87. Judicial Performance Evaluations 88. Judicial Accountability 89. Judicial Accountability - Federal 90. Civil Rights at the Street Level 91. May U.S. Presidents Legally Kill? 92. May It Please the U.S. Supreme Court 93. Race Relations Pure and Simple 94. Health Care Reform - Part Deux 95. A Broken Legal System 96. Impact Women and Quality of Life 97. Harry Truman Liked Medicare 98. Judges Pay and You 99.  Police, Power and the Public 100. Chumming the Judiciary 101. The Tort Reform Shibboleth 102. State Judicial Conference 103. Closed Judicial Meetings 104. State Lawyer Leaders Meet 105. An Ode to the Corporate Lawyer 106. Law and Justice at the Movies 107. Why are Lawyers Evil? 108. Impact Women with Courage 109. Merry Holidays from 'Bulletins' 110. An Idle Mind in the New Year 111. Bulletins v Supreme Court I 112. Bulletins v. Supreme Court II 113. Bulletins v. Supreme Court III 114. Bulletins v. Our Legal System IV 115. ADR and Supreme Court V 116. Do Judges Read...? 117. A Jury Trial...Not! 118. The Killing Fields 119. Your Appeal 120. A Bar Sinking 121. Starve the Beast 122. Shane and Police 123. Little Lawyers 124. Judicial Disqualification 125. Throw Away Lawyers 125. The Client in a Box 126. Judicial Performance Evaluations III 127. Law Schools in Training 128.  Financial Fraud in America (Bank of America) 129. Foreclosure Fraud 130. A Supreme Court Scam 131. Plato Meets Bill Haley and The Comets 132. Truth and Justice Fail -- Again 133. eCourt (Electronic Filing) Oregon Disaster 134. Hon. Donald Ashmanskas 135. Troy Davis Dies in Broken Legal System 136. Dollar Love 137. Legal Help for Self-Represented 138. Let's Occupy Wall Street 139. The 'WHY' to Occupy Wall Street