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• OR the Biggest Employer to Hold Job Fair.   (Peter Wong, SJ) [This is the only way Kulongoski & Dems know how to create jobs. They do next to nothing for the private sector so that the state can truly be economicly successful.]
• Rasmussen Polls/Oregon:  Merkley Moves a Little Ahead Of Smith, Obama In Clear Lead.
• Bradbury To Join Rep. Betty Komp to Discuss Gov't Accountbility.   [Bradbury interested in gov't acountability? Since when?]
• Environmental Whacko, Steve Pedrey of Oregon Wild Thrilled with New Wyden/DeFazio Forest Legislation Blocking Old Growth Logging.   Accuses BLM of not being up to the [environmental-whacko] times.(SJ)
• GOP Delegates Consist of McCain and Ron Paul Delegates.   (SJ)
• If Gordon Smith Can Do It, Then So Can Obama.   Obama ad highlights crossing the isle to work with Senator Lugar. Like Hagel, there has been speculation that Lugar could play a role in an Obama administration, and the Indianapolis Star reported on speculation of an Obama-Lugar ticket, to which Lugar’s chief of staff Marty Morris offered a succinct, “No. Hell no.” (WSJ)
• Democrats Say Senator Gordon Smith's Wealth Makes Him "Out Of Touch."   (Harry Esteve, Oregonian) [Smith is out of touch because, like Merkley, he is a liberal. All liberals are out of touch.]
• FEC Tuesday:   Congressional Roundup   All but two congressional candidates have turned in their second quarter fundraising numbers; Erickson & Schrader. The deadline is tonight. (PolickerOR)
• Did Walden's Chances Of Being Governor Disappear with His Timber Vote?   (Politickeror) [Don't underestimate the intelligence of Oregon's rural citizens. What former Timber workers want...]
• Silverton:   Officer Involved In Shooting Of Irishman Accused Of Sex Abuse.   (Oregonian)
• God Bless America If You Have a Permit.   (Flash Report)     Video:   Illegal Singers.
• Walden, More and More, The Lone Conservative Legislator.  Wants to drill while Smith indicates he won't change his mind against drilling in ANWR. "The executive branch today took a decisive step toward progressing from America's outdated and economically destructive energy lock-up policy," Walden said. "Congress should follow suit as soon as possible.'' Merkley sang the same old environmental-whacko song. (Oregonian) [This is why he'll never beat Smith. He COULD steal Republican votes on this issue if he wanted to.]
• Portland Law Firms Aligns with Chinese Law Firm.   (Portland Tribune)
• Oregonian Consolidating Bureaus.   (Portland Tribune)
• WA GOP Poll Shows Rossi Favored, But Not McCain.   (Jeff Mapes, Oregonian)
• Fundraising Heats Up In OR.   (KATU)
• Fundraising Heats Up In OR Senate Race.   (Oregonian)
• Oregonian Doom & Gloom Headline:   "An OR County Could Vanish Along with Timber Payments.   Nearby counties don't want to absorb Josephine either. [Kill the timber industry with false environmental claims and this is what happens. How much longer counties supposed to be U.S. gov't subsidized in order to exist? Why do voters keep voting in office the very same politicians who killed their timber industry?]
• Merkley Campaign:   Best Quarter Ever   (Politickeror) [It doesn't matter how much Merkley raises. He won't do what will beat Gordon Smith.]
• Oregon Will Pay for Euthanasia, But Not for Chemo Treatment?   (Capitol Resource)
• Jeff Mapes, Oregonian:  "Smith and His Odyssey On Corporate Kicker."   ...he accuses Democratic rival Jeff Merkley of supporting more than $2 billion in tax increases as a legislator. When I asked Smith's campaign for documentation, they sent me a list (shown after the jump) that looked particularly designed to get a large figure...The irony is that when Smith was Senate president in 1995, he also tried to divert the corporate kicker...
• Salem Man Sentenced In Child Internet Porn Case.   (Oregonian)
• Portland:   Man Gets 25 Years In Internet Sex Case.   Crossed state lines to have sex with five year-old. (Oregonian)
• 9th Circuit Court Rules BLM Should Consider More Wilderness...   ...even if they haven't been designated as wilderness areas...The suit was brought in 2003 by the Oregon Natural Desert Association. It involves land in three counties, Malheur, Grant and Harney, where the bureau leases extensive tracts of grazing land to ranchers. (Oregonian) [Oh hey. This will allow our legislators to ride in like knights in shining armor and with federal welfare $$ to save the ranchers just as they have the timber workers and Klamath farmers. Who wants any vestiges if capitalism left when a legislator can instead have all these people come begging to them annually for funding?]
• Julia Silverman, Oregonian:   For Smith, Bipartisanship -- Except On Taxes."
  
  
• I'm Gordon Smith and I Approve Working Across Party Lines.   (YouTube)
• Gordon Smith Ad:   Common Ground for the Common Good.   (YouTube) [What a nice Marxist ring.]
• Yamhill County Cancel Jail Pact; Cites Timber Money.  (Oregonian) [Remember when "Timber Money" meant money EARNED that was then given to the community? Now it means forced welfare, but the legislators don't have the honesty to call it that.]
• Yet Another Bike vs. Car Clash In Portland.   (Oregonian)
• Lack of Signatures Dooms Two Initiatives that Target Attorneys.  ...submitted more than 19,000 additional unverified signatures for each measure by the July 3 deadline, officials disqualified many of the signature sheets as a result of the new restrictions... Walker is proceeding with a federal lawsuit against the 2007 state law. The law requires paid signature-gatherers to register in advance, obtain photo identification, submit a signature sample and undergo training provided by the state Elections Division. (SJ)
• Harvard Claims English Immersion No Better Than Bilingual Education.   (SJ) [Why don't they also report the results of studies which have concluded differently?]
• Initiative 19:   Bilingual Debate.   (Thelma Guerrero-Huston, SJ)
• OR Jobless Rate Deemed Essentially Unchanged.   (Oregonian)
• OR Overtime Case Might Finally Be Over.   Court of Appeals rules about 1,850 state mgrs., professional & tech workers not entitled to additional interest on top of overtime pay. (Oregonian)
• Senate Fight Gets Taken Out Of Town.   "Time and again when it comes to rural issues, Jeff Merkley has been on the other side," Smith said of the Portland Democrat. "He does not represent all of Oregon."
• OR Man Sues Couple Over "Humiliating" Rumors He's a Sex Offender.   (Oregonian)
• Chavez Blvd. Effort Renewed In Portland.   (Oregonian)
• When Is An Ad Starring a Candidate Not about the Candidate?  OR Dems run Merkley Ad. "It's not a coordinated expenditure," Merkley spokesperson Matt Canter told Election Central. "It's an expenditure that's coordinated." (TP Electric Station)
• The Red Guards Says "Those Were Merkley Ads."