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• Republicans Nominate Democrat, Kroger, for Attorney General.   (Tony Green, Oregonian)
• Wyden, DeFazio Resume Push for Gov't Funding to Make Up for Environmental-Whacko Killing of Timber Industry.   (News Review) [These two legislators have done everything to kill the timber industry and then they have the gall to act like heroes bringing home pork to keep formerly employed timber workers on permanent welfare. If Wyden, DeFazio REALLY gave a hoot about the timber workers they wouldn't be fighting to kill all old growth logging. Sickening.]
• Wyden Drafts Bill to END Old-Growth Logging In Oregon.   (AP/Oregonian)
• Democrat Herald Editorial:   Why Are Dems Making a Fuss Over Smith's Pro-Gay Remarks?   ..."what he said is unremarkable, even if it was a bit on the murky side."
• Hooley, DeFazio, Blumenauer, and Wu Respond to Gordon Smith's Latest Ad.  In a rare joint statement, Oregon's Democratic members of Congress issued a blistering response to Gordon Smith - and to Elizabeth Furse, the former Congresswoman who endorsed Smith in his latest ad. (Blue Oregon) [Gee, where is the gratefulness for all the kissup to liberals from Smith? Tsk, tsk.]
• Jeff Mapes, Oregonian:   Former Dem Colleagues Hit Furse for Pro-Smith Remarks.
• U.S. Senate Candidate, Dave Brownlow:   Boeing Has Earned the Right to Air Force Tanker Contract.   ...Sending a $100 billion military contract to France is bad for the American taxpayer...
• 19 Year-old Springfield Man Admits Abuse of 11 Children In Mother's Day Care Center.  (AP/Oregonian)
• Excessive Strip Searches of Juveniles?   The people of Yamhill County's youth correctional facility subjected two children accused, but not convicted, of sexually deviant behavior to strip searches up to eight times in five days ("McMinnville boys sue over strip-searches," June 18). (Letter to Ed., Oregonian)  
• Letters to Ed., Oregonian:   Drill Now.
• Steve Novick Slams Sizemore/Mannix Petition.   (Oregonian)
• Gresham:   City Does Poll Before Recruiting Police Chief.   (Brad Schmidt, Oregonian)
• Milwaukie:   City's Budget to Grow, But Library In Doubt.   (Peter Zuckerman, Oregonian)
• N. Plains:   Traffic Ticket Meanness to Add 1/5 of City Income or Just People Hating to Be Caught?   North Plains's annual traffic citation income jumped from roughly $255,000 in fiscal year 2005-06 to $353,000 in 2006-07. Judge Leskin's compensation rose too, from $2,100 to $5,100 a year...North Plains is also the only city in Washington County that almost never reduces fines for moving violations.
• Hillsboro:   Two Former Councilors to Join Nov. Ballot.   (Eliz. Suh, Oregonian)
• Hearing Set On Tualatin's $95-M Budget Plan.   (John Foyston, Oregonian)
• Credit Crisis Yet to Crest?   Banks may lose up to $1-Trillion. (Joe Bel Bruno, AP/Oregonian)
• GAO Audit Calls Tanker Deal Flawed.   Contract - Boeing deserves a new bid, the watchdog says. (Aamer Madhani, Oregonian)
• Hillsboro OKs New Fee for Transportation Needs.   (Roger Gregory, Oregonian)
• Ex-Sherwood Officer Found Guilty of Misdemeanor Prostitution.   Results of Craigslist sting. (Aimee Green, Oregonian)
• Portland:   Council Gets Earful On Urban Renewal Controversy.   New school - An opponent says the city wants to use downtown funds as "a bucket of money" for other areas. (Mark Larabee, Oregonian)
• Judge Orders City Of Harrisburg to Dismantle Well Built On Wrong Property.   (AP/Oregonian)
• Eugene Register-Guard Newspaper Cutting 30 Positions.   (AP/Oregonian) [Reasons cited don't include that many in the Eugene/Springfield area don't subscribe because they are fed up with the politically biased reporting.]
• Oregonian Headline:   Legislation Seeks Protection for Threatened OR "Treasures."   (Charles Pope, reporter) DeFazio:   "I would hope to move these as noncontroversial bills," he said. ["Noncontroversial?" Maybe that is because not all the information on these bills and what they really do is being reported. WHO said this land needed "protection" and why? -- See info in news headline.]
• Wyden Web Site Boasts Introduction Of Legislation Protecting Rogue River, OR Caves Monument.   Companion legislation introduced in House by DeFazio, Hooley, Blumenauer and Wu. Wyden cites the American Rivers as the valid source of information claiming the Rogue River and its tributaries as the second most endangered river in the U.S. [The American Rivers is a far-left, one-world oriented organization working to turn as much private property as possible to government land under the guise of environmental necessity. Taxpayers pay for their supposedly expert advice. It was created by Executive Order 13061 by Pres. Bill Clinton in 1997 & designated by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
• Teen's Death Renews Scrutiny Of Faith-Healing Group.   OR law may protect followers of Christ members. (Rick Bella, Oregonian)
• OR Students Set to Get Choice Of Graduation Test.   (AP/Oregonian) [A copout to avoid dealing with the high dropout rates resulting from a good test?]
• Two Teens In MAX Attack Will Be Tried As Adults.   (Stuart Tomlinson, Oregonian)
• Gordon Smith Apologizes for Remarks Linking Same-Sex Marriage, Polygamy.   (WSJ blog)
• TMP Electronic Central Gets More Comment Traffic Than The Oregonian on Smith's Same-Sex/Polygamy Remark.
• Harry Esteve, Oregonian:   Gordon Smith Apologizes for Comment Seemingly Linking Polygamy, Same-Sex Marriage.   [Oh dear. What has been the dirty little Mormon secret for years has had a leak.]
• Senator Wyden Says Iran Sanctions Legislation Strikes the Right Balance.   (VOA) [Smith uses bill to advertise his new anti-war status.] ...Smith... believes sanctions will be more effective in pressuring Iran than the threat of military action. [Duh] "I believe in diplomacy," said Smith. "I would rather withhold dollars and Euros than spend bullets and lives." The bill...would continue to allow food, medicine and other humanitarian assistance to be sent to Iran. [Continued mere bribery instead of tough policy? Is there any historical evidence that this method works, especially in a timely manner without costing Americans millions?]
• National Journal Blog Says Smith Strategy Common Among Republican Incumbents This Election Cycle.
This legislation takes the first step to designating the Rogue River as an American Heritage site which makes the river a "national" as opposed to state owned and run area. American Heritage sites are increasingly being designated as "World Heritage Sites" (UNESCO) in collusion with our liberal legislators and the UN. The UN oversees 20 U.S. National Parks including Yellowstone National Park, the Statue of Liberty and Independence Hall. The park has a United Nations plaque for visitors to see. The Convention stipulates the obligation of States Parties to report regularly to the World Heritage Committee on the state of conservation of their World Heritage properties.

Wyden also praised his Oregon colleagues in the House for today introducing companion legislation to S. 647, the Wyden-Smith legislation creating 128,000 additional acres of wilderness around Mt. Hood. These are not good bills]
• Responses to Sen. Smith Remarks.   (Oregonian, letters to editor)
• Smith Ad Touts Dem Support.   (Oregonian, Harry Esteve) [Interesting comments from readers]
• Senator Smith Bill Would End Cell Phone Spam.   (KOHD-TV)
• Same-sex Site, Southern Voice:   Smith Apologizes for Remark Made at "Gay-Rights" Forum.   [Smith has no regret for his kiss-up remark. It was calculated. The apology is calculated.]
• Wyden, Patty Murray, Feinstein, Others Send Letter to NTIA Requesting Extension for Digital TV Coupons.   (Iowa Politics)
• Talk Radio News Staff Says Domestic Partners Discriminated Against.   Refer to Sen. Smith:  Smith (R-Ore.), also speaking at the discussion, pointed out that to an employee, health benefits are second in importance only to salary. Smith described how, in order to keep the best and brightest Americans working in the public sector, equal health benefits should be afforded to all. Also, Smith discussed his theory that a key to reducing health care costs is to widen the pool of those eligible, even if the “paradigms of families get shifted”. [And this means!?]
• Oregon's VC of Democratic Party Says Gordon Smith Owes Explanation of Polygamy Remarks to Him & His Partner.   (Politicker OR) [Posturing. Pure posturing. Most likely Mr. Frank could care less if polygamy was legal. The truth? Everyone knows that legitimizing same-sex marriage will also legitimize polygamy.]
• Merkley Notes Another Smith Remark.   "Merkley's campaign spokesman, Matt Canter, noted that Smith began last week's remarks by saying, "My campaign people will kill me for saying this, but ..." -- "What was he trying to say that his campaign people would kill him for?" Canter said. "Voters are going to have to make their own determination about what Sen. Smith really thinks. He is saying different things to different audiences."(Brad Cain, Oregonian) [Newsflash:   Smith's "campaign people" were in on it. It was no accident. It was the usually Smith calculations as to how to throw crumbs to both sides and, once again, sound like the "convicted maverick." It's the same melodramatic rot-gut.]
• Wyden, Smith & Senate Summit On the Health of the Economy and the Economy of Health.   (New America, [politically left-wing]).
• Gordon Smith Has the Right Answer for Everything.   (Politicker OR, cartoon)
• West Linn-Wilsonville Schools Going for Two Tax Measures.   (Wendy Owen, Oregonian)
•   Poll Indicates 71% In Portland-Vancouver Area Favor Bridge Extension -- 62% In Clark County Favor.   A big turnaround from 1995. (Dylan Rivera, Oregonian)
• Tax, ESL Initiatives Qualify for November Ballot.   (Ed Walsh, Oregonian)
• Pro-Same-Sexers' Petition to Court Halts Petition Efforts Opposing Same-Sex Marriages.   Basic Rights Oregon, the state's largest gay rights group, challenged ballot titles for the initiatives in April and May with petitions to the Oregon Supreme Court. -- The court has yet to rule, and until it does, initiative supporters cannot collect signatures. With the July 3 deadline less than three weeks away, initiative supporters concede they will not have time to collect the 82,769 signatures they need for each initiative...Rep. Sal Esquivel, R-Medford, a chief petitioner for the initiative to repeal the domestic partnership law, said he was discouraged by the Oregon Supreme Court's lack of action. "We are not authorized to pick up one signature yet," he said. "Something is not quite right with that." (Bill Graves, Oregonian)
• Douglas County:   News Review Says DeFazio Outdoes Himself For County.   [He brought home the timber $$ bacon, he's anti-oil. Republicans don't have a spine unless the vote for DeFazio's bill. Got that?]
• City Deal Might Keep Universal Health Care Measure Off Ballot.   (Portland Tribune)
• Merkley's Tour Of 100 Towns Has Begun.   (KPIC News)
• Kulongoski Outlines Energy Goals for OR Session.   (AP/Oregonian)
• Independent Group Launches Anti-Smith TV Ad.   (KGW-TV)
• Multnomah County Cuts Some Contracts with Cascadia.   The struggling mental health provider will keep control of three clinics. (A.G. Sulzberger, Oregonian)
• Incumbent Smith Still Below 50% Support, But Ahead Of Merkley.   (Rasmussen)
• Smith Spokeswoman, Lindsay Gilbride:   Commercials Not Credible, "Slimy, Distorted..."   (KVAL)
• Reedsport:   Traps Still Out for Nuisance Bears.   (News Review)
• Wyden On Health Care:   "You Have to Cover Everybody."   (NY Times)
• Hillsboro:   New Planning Process to Examine Downtown Neighborhoods.   (Susan Gordanier, Oregonian)
• Judge Says Gonzales Guilty Of Murder.   Family wails in agony after judge decrees Hillsboro [gang member] promoted fatal stabbing. (Kurt Eckert, Oregonian)
• ORGOP:   Merkley Has Taken Campaign $$ from Oil Companies.   (Politicker OR)
• Portland:   Day Laborer Center Opens.   (Anna Griffin, Oregonian)
• Lars Larson Among Talk Show Hosts Who Have Participated In United Nations Talk Radio Day.   This year's TRD was June 4th & 5th. (Talk Radio News)
• Register Guard On Peter DeFazio.   [Hints on how he also gets Republican votes as well as Democrat.]
                                              

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