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"A moderate by definition is one of three things; somebody who sits around and waits for a majority to form and then joins it, a conservative who is pro-choice, or a liberal."
-- Rush Limbaugh, June 5, 2001
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- If Dr. No Were to Become Oregon's Gov. Again...
- Kitzhaber Scheduled to Make Announcement Today.
- Former Lawmaker, Dan Doyle, Cannot Practice Law In OR. (Statesman J)
- Two Lawmakers Seek Special Session on DHS Budget Gap. Sen. Vicki Walker & Rep. Bob Ackerman of Eugene .
- Deadline Saturday for MX Voters to Vote, from OR, In Mexican Elections. Oregonians and other U.S. residents who retain citizenship in MX make up 15% of the country's electorate.
- Portland: Council Funes as Tram Tale Unfolds. Commissioners want to know why city staff knowingly relied on flawed estimates, which have tripled.
- Ashland: Affluent Beggars, With Kids, Surprised By Angry Public Attention.
- SEE! BUSH IS TO BLAME FOR EVERYTHING! Just U of O Student Bogdana Georgieva. Bush behind her being impregnated with her uncle's baby, named Jesus, and she let an airplane full of people know it.
- Surprise: Despite Oregon's Reduced Hunger/Food-Insecurity Rates, Requests for Emergency Food Boxes Have Gone Up. But, no fear, Kulongoski is here.
- OR Will Get Almost $1.4-M To Prepare for Bird-Flu Emergency.
- Jack Roberts Third Person to Enter Top Court Race.
- Roberts Must Reactivate Status With OR State Bar.
- TriMet Sued In MAX Accident that Killed Man In Wheelchair.
- Roseburg Nurses Vote to Join Private Union.
- Education Reforms Trigger Fears of Competition Between School Districts? Or just hype?
- KOIN's Purchaser Plans to Cut Staff.
- Future Brighter for Electronics Display Industry. Beaverton startup has landed $13-M in venture capital financing.
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- TUES. LAND-USE HEARING WAS A HOT TICKET. (Oregonian)
- Skepticism Greets Land-Use Challenge. (Statesman J)
- OR Supreme Court Hears Arguments On Measure 37. Ross Day, of Oregonians In Action, isn't taking bets on which way the court will decide.
- PERS to Bill Some for Excess Payments.
- Lake Oswego District Rejects Student Condom Survey.
- Colin Fogarty of OPB Writes that Republicans Put Sen. Gordon Smith On the Spot with Environmentalists. [No, Smith put himself there by being a disingenuous RINO.]
- Confirmation Hearing Inspires Alito Critics, Allies In OR.
- Judge Sides With Environmentalists, Stops Logging Projects. Says species surveys required under 1994 Northwest Forest Plan.
- Lars Larson On the Tryon Life Community Farm.
- Committee to Review Legislative Hiring.
- Portland: Superintendents Work On School Funding. "...no longer willing to leave to our legislators or our organizations to carry water on this message," Ken Noah [Blah, blah, blah. But, Ron Saxton has all the answers -- somewhere -- anywhere. At least he knows Kulongoski's and Minnis' plans are not good. Isn't that brilliant? Wants more 'sustainable' funding? As in more taxes?
- NIKE LAWSUIT -- Beaverton, To Hire Extra Help to Comb Estimated 1-M Documents. City has hired 24 works to comb through files without knowing who will have to foot the bill.
- Salem Legislators Turn Up Heat On Willamette Edu. Service District Board.
- Family Tries to Understand Police Shooting. Young was shot after following a short skirmish in which Young hit a tree and then placed his car in reverse and accelerated toward police, who fired two shots. One shot killed Kaer. placing his car in hitting Police said Young then placed the car in reverse and accelerated toward Kaer, who fired two shots from his 9 mm handgun. One shot hit Kaer in the upper torso; the other struck the car, police said.
- OR DRIVES AHEAD WITH ROAD-PRICING PILOT SCHEME. (Financial Times)
- Port Tightens Rules for Using Credit Cards Following Findings of Fraud.
- Families of Railroad Victims File Lawsuits.
- KULONGOSKI Picks Campaign Chief, New Treasurer.
- Clackamas: County Board Abruptly Gives Up Plan to Close Sewage Plant.
- School District Will Replace 20 Gym Floors.
- Two Rise to Top of List for Cornelius Job.
- Beaverton: School District Considering New Health Curriculum. Would give kindergartners through 12th-graders more decision-making skills. The changes are required to meet revised state standards adopted earlier this year. Top choices for lesson materials available for public viewing at district's administration center Wed. & Mon, 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. ATTN PARENTS.
- "We Left as Eight Soldiers, and We Returned as Eight Brothers." A Company, 249th Aviation unit carried cargo in Iraq.
- Salem: City Will Study Wireless Access to High-Speed Internet Service.
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- OR Flags to Be at Half-Mast -- for U.S. Army Specialist Ryan Doran Walker.
- No Taxes, No Cuts, No Plan to Fill Gap. (Oregonian)
- 140 State Initiatives Have Been Filed for Nov. Ballot.
- The Way Kitzhaber See It... a crisis is coming.
- Kitzhaber Testing Degree of Support.
- More Crisis Talk from Ochoco Health Director.
- Oregon's Greg Walden Outlines 2006 Agenda.
- Columbian Editor Attacks Walden-Baird Salvage Timber Plan.
- RG Opinion Maintains (the liberal) OSU Has Study "Felling Salvage Myths." [Fells source of funding for schools too.]
- News Review Editorial: Post-Fire Restoration: New Study Should Not Harm Effort To Allow More Salvage Logging, Replanting.
- Clackamas Judge: Jail Funding Gap Threatens Entire System.
- Oregonian Endorsing Today's Oregon Leadership Summit.
- Scio School District: Oregon's First Online Charter School.
- Wyden Intends to Change Medicare Prescription Bill, Says "Smith meets me more than half way."
- Tuesday; State Supreme Court Petition Filed Against Measure 37 By 1000 Friends of Oregon.
The court hearing can be heard live over the internet at: www.leg.state.or.us/listen It airs January 10 at 1:15 PM. It is scheduled to last 90 minutes.
- Farmer Claims Measure 37 Will Hurt His Livelihood.
- Salem Former Farmer Baffled By Limits Placed On His Land.
- Eugene: Lawsuit Challenges City's Use of Levy.
- RG Editorial: Bypassing Vote of the People on Measure 5.
- Wide Areas of Northwest Under Flood Watch.
- 'Affluent Beggars' Ashland couple supports family through panhandling; Ashland merchants fear negative impact on customers.
- Marion County Dems to Hold Forum.
- State Objects to Dan Doyle's Bankruptcy Plan.
- Karen Minnis Press Release: Statement on the State Police's E-Board Request.
- State Treasurer, Randall Edwards, Call for More School Spending, No More Kicker Refunds. [You just know it has been pure hell on earth for liberals in gov't to keep their hands of that $$.]
- Headline: Snowy Owls Making Rare Appearance In Western OR. “Every few years big numbers of them...", "...birders have been flocking to...", "...they often travel here in winter...", “It used to be thought that the birds who got down here were starving,” Gleason said. “That is probably not true.
- Socialist 'Bus Project' Co-Founder Seeks Re-Engineering Gov't Enforced Schedules. No more summer breaks based on families working on the farm.
- PCP Filing Dates.
- Rwandan Convicted of Killing Tourists, Including OR Couple.
- NFRA: TOP 10 RINOS (Republicans in Name Only).
- Body Armor Debate Swirls After Pentagon Report. DOES IT SAVE SOLDIERS' LIVES OR JUST INCREASE CHANCES OF GETTING THEM KILLED?
- CA: Alameda County Wants to Copy OR.
- Dow Finishes Above 11,000.
- 15 Cubans, Who Made It to FL Bridge, Sent Back To Cuba According to 'Wet Land, Dry Land' Policy. [Yet laws regarding millions of MX illegals ignored.]
- Cheney Leaves Hospital with Diuretic Prescription.
- TX Court Won't Dismiss DeLay Charges.
- Boehner, Blunt Vie to Replace DeLay.
- Rep Boehner Outlines Plan for Reform, Renewal, and Changing the Status Quo. Press Release from congressman's web site. [Why is he promising to restore a sense of trust and who is it in the GOP who has made this necessary?]
- Schwarzenegger Back At Work Following Motorcycle Accident.
- Austria: No More Arnold Schwarzenegger Stadium.
- Russert Revived False Claims to Buffer Argument Against Alito.
- Supreme Court Refuses Tobacco Co. Tax Case. Would have considered whether foreign gov'ts can file civil lawsuits in U.S. courts to collect taxes from American companies.
- Sen. Rockefeller 'Significant Person of Interest' in NSA Leak Case?
- Illegal Invaders: Frontpage Interview of AZ Rep. Russell Pearce.
- David Horowitz's $10,000 Challenge.
- The Marxist Language Association.
- Abramoff Used WA 'Toward Tradition' Org.
- Seattle, WA: Gov't Recycling Spies On Citizen's Garbage. Editorial, Seattle Times.
- Senate Selling American Jobs to Close Federal Budget Deficit.
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