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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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- HB 2702: "Plain-Language" Bill Wins Final Approval. (SJ)
- Cyberbullying Bill Sails Through OR House, Moves To Senate. (SJ)
- Goli Ameri Is Back. She is a key fundraiser for Senator Gordon Smith, who spearheads legislation in the Senate to impose new sanctions on Iran. Currently sits on Sen. McCain's Fundraising committee. She raises the majority of her funds from the Iranian-American community. (Payvand.com)
- HOUSE OKs BILL TO REWRITE M-37. "If Approved in the Senate, voters would get final say." [Voters already DID say. Now they just hope voters will be tricked into changing their minds.] Also passing the House on a party-line vote Friday was House Bill 3546, which extends by one full year the six-month deadline for state and local governments to process claims under Measure 37. If a claim is not processed within 180 days under the 2004 law, a landowner can go to court to seek compensation. Five Republicans were absent from the vote. (SJ)
- SENATE PASSES Medication Legislation for Schoolchildren. (SJ)
- Statesman Journal Claims Immigration Debate Is Pointless In Oregon. Say a D.C. issue and claims the growth is numbers is because of the very laws intended to reduce their number. [Pure nonsense. They are either woefully uninformed or willfully anti-U.S.]
- Today At the Capitol. (Oregonian)
- Strip-Club Initiative Effort Seeks Volunteers To Gather Signatures. Need 110,000 by June 2008 to put on Nov. ballot. (SJ)
- Bill To Establish "Open Primaries" Heads To Full Senate. Political parties would no longer get to choose their own candidates to represent their own parties. SB 630
[They already tried this in California and realized what a mistake it was and voted to return to the original system. Neither Democrats or Republicans wanted to keep open primaries.](SJ)
- Drugs Turn Up In 10% Of Truckers Tested During State Police Sweep. [Kind of puts an emphasis on why the state police should have top priority in the budget, doesn't it.](SJ)
- Oregon Sodomite-Marriage Bill Heads To Governor for Signing. (SJ)
- Surprise, Surprise. Democrats for Smith. And who organized this group? Oh guess. (OPB)
- SB 117 Allows State Attn'y Gen'l To Go After Telemarketers In a New Way. Democrats support, Republicans are concerned the bill is written to over-reach and unnecessarily hurt small business. Violators would be targeted under the state's Unlawful Trade Practices Act, which carries a potential fine of $25,000 per violation. Some Republicans think that price is too steep. Sen. Larry George, R-Sherwood. "They are asking for a ton of power and could put small businesses out of business." (SJ) [The attn'y gen'l is overlooking that the majority of the telemarketing calls are done from overseas with people who have foreign accents. They won't be touched by this law in any way and the businesses who almost never make such calls could be open to being unfairly targeted, less much open to unfair competition from those who cannot be stopped.] SB 177
- Grocers Tell House Legislators Vague Wording Of Bottle Bill Will Create Burden for Retailers. (SJ) SB 707 Bottle Bill
- Post-Crackdown, Lobbyists Report Spending. The most expensive of those trips was a trade mission to Taiwan, attended by Kulongoski, along with Reps. John Lim, R-Gresham, Tom Butler, R-Ontario and Dave Hunt, D-Gladstone. Airfare and lodging for most attendees topped $2,000 apiece. (Julia Silverman, SJ/AP)
- SB 621, On the Docket Today. Tighter Restrictions On Charter Schools.
- House Votes for Police Uniform Policy. One lone Republican broke ranks and voted with the Democrats; Karen Minnis. (Oregonian) [It's not fair for a police officer uniform to convey more gravitas than anyone else when off-duty?] HB 3406
- Hillsboro: Teacher Accused Of Stealing Coat from 3rd-Grader. Allegedly tried to sell jacket online. (Oregonian)
- Taxpayers Asso. Of OR Marks Tax Freedom Day. (SJ)
- John Edwards, In OR, Calls for U.S. Exit from Iraq. (Oregonian)
- PERS May Drop "Break-In-Service" Rule. Workers who leave & return wouldn't forfeit pension status. HB 2623. (SJ) HB 2623
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National/International News
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- France Faces Clear Left/Right Choices. But Sarkozy and Royal, nicknamed Sarko and Sego, have radically different formulas for how to revive France‘s sluggish economy, reverse its declining international clout... One is capitalist, one socialist; one like America & Israel, Chirac does not. (White Rock Reviewer)
- "Immigrant-Rights" Backers Plan Citizenship Rally On Tuesday. (SJ)
- Misleading Statesman Journal Headline: "Voters Might Get Opportunity To Retool Measure 37." [Newsflash to the SJ: The voters overwhelming voted for M-37. They don't want it changed. This House bill is intended to thwart what the voters voted for and want.]
- Monday, April 30th, Capital Rally Will Call for Taxpayers To Fund More for Culture-Funding. New interest group calls self "Cultural Advocacy Coalition." (Ron Cowan, SJ)
- Badly Made Medicine Ends with Three Dead. Overdose - A pharmacy not licensed in OR mixed a special blend of a deadly drug too strong. (Oregonian)
- Lawmaker Sponsors Bill Allowing Dogs In Restaurants. State health officials oppose HB 3521) (SJ)
- McMinnville, OR: Nude Man In High Heels Cause Lockdown. (AOL news)
- Newly Formed "Cultural" Coalition Arranging Monday Rally for Tax-Funded Arts. Will put on all kinds of artsy performances. (SJ)
- Rep. Cameron Plans Two Town Hall Meetings In May. (SJ)
- Kulongoski Signs "So-Called" "Drug-Discount" Expansion Plan. (SJ)
- IDENTITY THIEVES Face Stiffer Penalties. SB 464 pass Senate without dissent. (Peter Wong, SJ)
- Cigarette Tax Increase Proposal Falls Short In House. (SJ)
- LIBERAL LAWMAKERS WANT TO WATER DOWN M-11. M-11 requires judges to sentence people convicted of serious crimes, including young offenders, to fixed prison terms with no possibility of parole or probation for the most serious crimes, such as murder, assault, robbery or kidnapping. A new House measure would give youths a "second look" after they have served half their sentences. (Brad Cain, SJ).
- Salem Finalizes Deal for Red-Light Cameras. (SJ)
- Californian Hired To Lead Salem-Keizer Transit. (SJ)
- Salem Church To Hold Mexican Event. Say event honors children. (SJ)
- Good Grief! Far-Lefty Maureen Down Is Right for a Change. "Slam Dunk" Offers More Of An Air Ball." [Comments on traitor Geo. Tenet.]
- Tenet's Memoirs Draw Heated Backlash. (AP)
- Giuliani Counts Backers Who Aren't Fans. (AP)
- U.S. Senate Considers Bill To Overhaul FDA. (AP)
- SB 329 -- Universal Health Care: State Medical Plan Would Enroll the Uninsured. A Senate committee approved the legislation even though no plan would materialize for more than a year... (Peter Wong, SJ)
- OR Supreme Court Rules Police Can Search Trash. (SJ)
- Cigarette Tax Stalls In House. (Peter Wong, SJ)
- Legislators Consider More Oversight On Subprime Home Lenders. (Aaron Clark, SJ)
- Senate Judiciary Panel OKs HB2007-A for Same-Sex Marriage Rights. "Nancy Frantz-Geddes later said she was sad to hear people still opposing domestic partnerships on moral grounds..." [Sodom & Gomorrah piece complete with photos of lesbians being affectionate.] (Steve Law, SJ)
- GOP Plan for State Police Funding Killed By Democrats. (Julia Silverman, SJ) [Silverman leaves a lot out of this story. The OR Conservative hopes to report later on what was left out.]
- House Votes, Along Party Lines, On Union-Backed Campaign-Finance Bill. Rep. Dennis Richardson said the bill would unfairly hamper private companies that get state $$, such as road contractors and hospitals...the bill will lead to an "unbalanced playing field" in labor's contests with management. (HB 2892) (SJ)
- [Anti-property Rights] HB 2735-A Passes Out of Committee Making Mobile-Home Landlord Very Unhappy. HB 2735-A passed on a 4-3 vote, with Democrats in favor and Republicans opposed. It would require mobile-home park landlords to grant aid of $5,000 to $9,000 to mobile-home owners displaced from their parks. (SJ)
- Compromise Reached In Debate Concerning Young ATV Riders. Not banned from riding, but safety classes mandatory. (SJ)
- Lawmakers Consider Increase In Liability Caps In Lawsuits Against State Gov't. (SB 280) (Peter Wong, SJ)
- Violent Actions Aren't Surprising In Our Death Culture. Bill L. Goddard, Salem (SJ)
- Oregon's U.S. Legislators Angry Over Annual Limitation On So-called Timber Payments. (SJ)
- Opinion: SB 672 Requiring 24-Hour Check On Traps Is Good Idea. (SJ)
- Senate Approved Bill Would Require Tow-Truck Price Disclosure. )(SJ)
- Bill Purports to Crack Down On Cyberbullying. (Julia Silverman, SJ)
- It's An Old Story: Neighbors Often Don't Like Nearby Development Plans. Aaron Clark of the SJ writes an anti-measure 37 article as news. [Says M-37 poses headaches for lawmakers. That is only because they are so determined to undermine it instead of accepting the will of Oregonians who voted for it. Any headache is their own making.]
- Christian Democrat: That's An Oxymoron. Rholin LaDuke, Salem (SJ) [The way the GOP is going, the same is going to be true for them before long. Many are thinking they are already there as well and have already "had it." The GOP needs to wise up before it is too late.]
- Former Legislator Thinks Weak Religious Exemption In Same-Sex Right Law Is Special Right to Wrong Discriminate. Thinks Christians should be forced to hire despite beliefs. (SJ)
- Welfare Funding Bill (HB2469)Intended to Skirt Federal Requirements. Once Oregonians work more than 19 hours on minimum wage, they earn too much to qualify for welfare. SB2469 would allow the state to refer to those folks as non-workers in order for OR to continue receiving federal funding.(SJ)
- Micro-management Pedestrian-Bill Puts Onus On Drivers, Not Pedestrians. Drivers would have to look out for any pedestrians raising their arm or hand indicating intention to cross while still on curb. (SJ)
- "Congress Cuts Funding Which Could Leave OR Counties In Ruin." (Christopher Rizo - AHN Staff Writer)
- Sens. Dorgan, Wyden News Conference On GSA Administrator. (WA Post)
- Change Of Heart Over Iraq Or Change Of Stripes for Smith? (Diane Dietz - Red Guard)
- Republicans Say Lesbian Lobbyist Violated House Rules. (KGW)
- Senators Gordon Smith, Ted Kennedy Hope To Force Bush To Sign Hate Crimes Bill. (WSTV)
- Oregonian Write-up On Two Doctors Who Disapprove Of Supreme Court Decision Banning Partial Birth Abortion [Infanticide]. "The problem that a lot of us have is that . . . we discover that the dilation of the cervix has gone faster than we'd thought," Nichols said. When that happens, the fetus can emerge part-way from the birth canal before the surgeon can dismember and remove it. To fully remove the fetus under those circumstances, he said, the doctor must crush the skull. -- "That would end the life of the fetus and break the law even though I wasn't intending to do that," he said. (Oregonian)
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