http://ignoregon.com/rss/carlton Aggregated Blog Posts From Carlton Mon, 6 Sep 2010 16:29:25 +0000 en http://blog.scottpaul.com/events/oregon-wine-country-half-marathon/ http://blog.scottpaul.com/events/oregon-wine-country-half-marathon/ Mon, 6 Sep 2010 01:20:00 +0000 Yes, believe it or not, Scott has registered and is training for this event, Sunday, September 5th, staged by Destination Races.  Oregon Wine Country Half Marathon will wind its way through breathtaking scenery from Stoller Vineyard in Dundee to the finish line in Carlton with a wine-country style after-party (for race participants only), where along [...] http://www.ridenbaugh.com/index.php/2010/09/05/watch-list-the-idaho-legislature/ http://www.ridenbaugh.com/index.php/2010/09/05/watch-list-the-idaho-legislature/ Sun, 5 Sep 2010 19:54:00 +0000 Not much of up for grabs, really, in the Idaho Legislature this year – certainly nothing resembling control of either chamber. The Democrats nearly ceded that by keeping blank their line for most of the 105 seats, all up for election, if little else, this year. Of those contested with major party candidates, not a [...] http://www.ridenbaugh.com/index.php/2010/09/04/disagreeing-with-yourself/ http://www.ridenbaugh.com/index.php/2010/09/04/disagreeing-with-yourself/ Sat, 4 Sep 2010 18:17:00 +0000 This has started to pick up some traction on Facebook and elsewhere. Oreong gubernatorial candidate Chris Dudley offered last week an interesting idea for boosting the state’s commitment to higher education: full-ride scholarships to the state’s higher ed institutions, for the top-scoring high school students in the state. A lot of people probably like the [...] http://blog.scottpaul.com/scott/running-on-one-leg/ http://blog.scottpaul.com/scott/running-on-one-leg/ Fri, 3 Sep 2010 14:49:00 +0000 … and other fun endeavors! I’ve been training for this weekend’s Wine Country half-marathon since it was first announced last December. Before that, I wasn’t capable of running around the block. Now I easily do 8-10 mile training runs, and have been doing 35 miles a week for the last few weeks to build stamina [...] http://www.ridenbaugh.com/index.php/2010/09/02/checking-out-a-challenger/ http://www.ridenbaugh.com/index.php/2010/09/02/checking-out-a-challenger/ Thu, 2 Sep 2010 21:16:00 +0000 Hans Zeiger If 2010 does turn out to be a year when a lot of incumbents get tossed out, it’s also likely to be a year when a number of problematic – poorly vetted, little-understood – candidates get elected, or come close. Today’s case study is in Washington’s District 25 (eastern Pierce County), where incumbent [...] http://www.ridenbaugh.com/index.php/2010/09/02/priority-measurement/ http://www.ridenbaugh.com/index.php/2010/09/02/priority-measurement/ Thu, 2 Sep 2010 20:27:00 +0000 In the Slog, writer Dominic Holden writes about numbers and what they indicate, or don’t, about public priorities. In 2003, Seattle voters passed (59% in favor) a ballot issue declaring marijuana enforcement the lowest priority for city police. In the years since, the number of arrests on pot busts declined, and fr years stayed well [...] http://www.ridenbaugh.com/index.php/2010/09/01/from-where-the-misinformation/ http://www.ridenbaugh.com/index.php/2010/09/01/from-where-the-misinformation/ Wed, 1 Sep 2010 13:41:00 +0000 Listeners at KBIO radio in Boise were asked to participate in a (self-selecting) online survey about President Barack Obama. Results on which they think describes the president best: A foreign born Muslim – 49% A foreign born Christian – 3% An American born Muslim – 7% An American born Christian – 22% A president with [...] http://www.ridenbaugh.com/index.php/2010/08/31/this-week-in-the-digests-8/ http://www.ridenbaugh.com/index.php/2010/08/31/this-week-in-the-digests-8/ Tue, 31 Aug 2010 13:28:00 +0000 weekly Digest The Washington primary election week before last continues to r4everberate, but so does the impact of the tough economy. All three Northwest states reported some downer economic news during the week, cut however but some bright indications of new business announcing opening shop. More went on around the region as well. Gubernatorial debates [...] http://www.ridenbaugh.com/index.php/2010/08/30/data-site-with-ease-of-use/ http://www.ridenbaugh.com/index.php/2010/08/30/data-site-with-ease-of-use/ Mon, 30 Aug 2010 20:38:00 +0000 A good site for general data – demographic, economic and so on – around the Northwest: Co-backed by the Community Action Partnership and the University of Idaho, the site Indicators Northwest is well worth a look. It describes itself as “a one-stop source of up-to-date information on states, counties, reservations, and tribes. Whether you work [...] http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/squarespace/CpLt/~3/sruLnyvYtN4/tweet-from-james-suckling-jamessuckling-sent-via-seesmic-des.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/squarespace/CpLt/~3/sruLnyvYtN4/tweet-from-james-suckling-jamessuckling-sent-via-seesmic-des.html Mon, 30 Aug 2010 00:18:00 +0000 In what must be one of the more ironic Tweets of the year, ex-Wine Spectator critic James Suckling criticizes California wine for not aging well after almost three decades spent personally destroying the aging potential of many Italian wines. Tweet from James Suckling (@JamesSuckling): "The 1995 Ridge Montebello is sensational and the 1991 is not far behind. Who says Calif. reds don't age gracefully and wonderfully?" http://twitter.com/JamesSuckling/statuses/22485572503 (posted Sun Aug 29 18:43:09 GMT-0700 2010) Sent via Seesmic Desktop - http://seesmic.com Posted via email from The Wine Camp Blog http://www.ridenbaugh.com/index.php/2010/08/29/want-one-of-those/ http://www.ridenbaugh.com/index.php/2010/08/29/want-one-of-those/ Sun, 29 Aug 2010 23:53:00 +0000 The gas budget for our vehicles travelling roughly from Portland to Boise is about $60, each way. Craig Henderson, originally of Tacoma, plans to drive about twice as far – from the Canadian to the Mexican borders, on Interstate 5 – for $42. Or less. It has to do with the way his car is [...] http://www.ridenbaugh.com/index.php/2010/08/27/federal-wind/ http://www.ridenbaugh.com/index.php/2010/08/27/federal-wind/ Fri, 27 Aug 2010 19:15:00 +0000 It’s worth noting once again, just because so much anti-federal wind comes from Idaho, especially in this campaign season. One of the biggest and best single pieces of economic development in Idaho in the last few years has been a massive wind power project that stands to take advantage of the often fierce winds blowing [...] http://www.ridenbaugh.com/index.php/2010/08/26/how-many-opposers/ http://www.ridenbaugh.com/index.php/2010/08/26/how-many-opposers/ Thu, 26 Aug 2010 21:02:00 +0000 A question. This comes out of news today that Conoco-Phillips, which has sought and gotten permits to run mega-sized trucks down the narrow and winding Highway 12 between Lewiston and Missoula, is appealing a decision by 2nd District Judge John Bradbury which blocks those trips, at least for now. The appeal, of course, goes to [...] http://blog.scottpaul.com/martha/okra-make-over/ http://blog.scottpaul.com/martha/okra-make-over/ Thu, 26 Aug 2010 15:17:00 +0000 Okra just might win the award for most maligned, or slimed, vegetable!  But this method of preparation changes everything and results in a perfect finger food! I grew up on the stuff and can happily eat okra sautéed, stewed or fried (my mother made a delicious dish of sliced okra and tomatoes baked with strips of [...] http://www.ridenbaugh.com/index.php/2010/08/25/a-shift-elsewhere/ http://www.ridenbaugh.com/index.php/2010/08/25/a-shift-elsewhere/ Thu, 26 Aug 2010 00:08:00 +0000 This has a feel of significance to it: Two months ago, in an effort to boost the candidacy of its 1st U.S. House district nominee Raul Labrador, the Idaho Republican Party said it was hiring two staffers that would be assigned directly to help in that race. (Here’s the release about one of them.) It [...] http://www.ridenbaugh.com/index.php/2010/08/24/comparing-the-states/ http://www.ridenbaugh.com/index.php/2010/08/24/comparing-the-states/ Tue, 24 Aug 2010 17:33:00 +0000 Most people who track the news at all see a good deal of news about their own state, but little about others. That allows a particular sort of dishonesty to spread: Making all sorts of claims that one’s state is (depending on the agenda of the speaker) doing a whole lot better or worse than [...] http://blog.scottpaul.com/scott/09s-in-the-bottle-10-on-the-vine/ http://blog.scottpaul.com/scott/09s-in-the-bottle-10-on-the-vine/ Tue, 24 Aug 2010 15:29:00 +0000 Final prep is done for the bottling of the lush and succulent 2009s. Kelley will hand bottle the Magnums today, and then we’ll run all the 750s on the line tomorrow. Bottling will only be a one day affair this year, as we sadly have very little of these gorgeous 2009s to bottle. We lost [...] http://www.ridenbaugh.com/index.php/2010/08/23/closer-to-even/ http://www.ridenbaugh.com/index.php/2010/08/23/closer-to-even/ Mon, 23 Aug 2010 17:51:00 +0000 Just how much we should make of the results in Washington’s primary election last week – beyond the determination of who will be on the ballot in November – won’t be clear until after the general election voting is done: Only then will we be able to do some conclusive matchups. But if you operate [...] http://www.ridenbaugh.com/index.php/2010/08/23/this-week-in-the-digests-7/ http://www.ridenbaugh.com/index.php/2010/08/23/this-week-in-the-digests-7/ Mon, 23 Aug 2010 17:16:00 +0000 weekly Digest The results of the Washington primary election on Tuesday – or rather, ending on Tuesday – surprised new one particularly. The state’s top-rank race, the Senate contest between Democratic incumbent Patty Murray and Republican Dino Rossi, materialized about as pundits had figured, and the Tea Party-backed candidates did not get far. Elsewhere, prospective [...] http://www.ridenbaugh.com/index.php/2010/08/22/a-shift-in-the-churches-of-central-seattle/ http://www.ridenbaugh.com/index.php/2010/08/22/a-shift-in-the-churches-of-central-seattle/ Mon, 23 Aug 2010 02:11:00 +0000 A Crosscut piece definitely worth the read: About the shift of ownership of one of the key churches, University Baptist Church near the University of Washington – a landmark among liberal churches in the area. Now the Mars Hill Church, an Evangelical church known for its conservative stances and its criticism of the region’s dominant [...]