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edited by: Mike Landfair,
Oregon Editor
Milau Viaduct, France, designed by Norman Foster
The Columbia River Crossing, Portland and Vancouver’s planned new bridge over the Columbia, could be the great symbol of this generation: an affirmation of how the Portland metro area has risen to become one of the world’s foremost creative capitols.
Instead, [...]
Milau Viaduct, France, designed by Norman Foster
The Columbia River Crossing, Portland and Vancouver’s planned new bridge over the Columbia, could be the great symbol of this generation: an affirmation of how the Portland metro area has risen to become one of the world’s foremost creative capitols.
Instead, [...]
By Ron Beasley
If we Dirty Fucking Hippies have an anthem this is it. I smile each time I listen to it.
[...]Hispanic Democratics are going for the "plan". They didn't like the part that supposedly bans illegal aliens from accessing the exchanges, and they still don't. But they'll go for it anyway, in part because Obama has promised to push for an amnesty plan that would cover the roughly 20' [...]
Commentary By Ron Beasley
I discussed the apparent deterioration of US-Israel relations here, here and here. But this puts it all in a new light.
Obama blocks delivery of bunker-busters to Israel
WASHINGTON — The United States has diverted a shipment of bunker-busters designated for Israel.
Officials said the [...]Through intrepid reporting (read: text messaging) I’ve learned that at Senate last night, the ACFC benchmark was increased from 5.6% to 6.41%, allowing for an extra $28,196 to go to LTD, and ridding the ASUO of having to allocate surplus funds to cover the budget.
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Rep. Greg Smith, R-Heppner
BY SARAH ROSS
SALEM- Rep. Greg Smith, R-Heppner, recently announced that he has drafted legislation for the upcoming 2011 legislative session to ban pornography for inmates in the state’s prisons.
“I believe prisoners should be focused on rehabilitation, rather than on personal gratification,” stated Rep. [...]
Simon and Helen Director Park is only a block from Pioneer Courthouse Square, but it resonates to a completely different vibe. Quieter, and somehow more private, sunlight shines down [...]
(With apologies to John Lennon)
In her latest piece, Oregonian columnist Anna Griffin makes the case that Oregonians benefit from John Huffman's U.S. Senate run:
I am going to risk my liberal credentials and say that Jim Huffman's run for U.S. Senate is a good thing for the Republican Party [...]The Colbert ReportMon - Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30cUnited States Census 2010www.colbertnation.comColbert Report Full EpisodesPolitical HumorHealth Care reform
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Grade: FreshmanPosition: 1B/OFOther Sports: Cross Country, BasketballFavorite Player: Ichiro Suzuki
[...] Geez, I wanted to be a good citizen and mail in my 2010 Census form today. The cover message, dated March 15, said in bold type "Please complete and mail back the enclosed census form today."
OK. I tried. But then I saw that my answers have to reflect the people [...]
BY SARAH ROSS
PORTLAND- The Oregon Business Association made their decisions Tuesday to endorse gubernatorial candidates Chris Dudley and John Kitzhaber in their respective primary races.
The chair of the OBA’s political action committee, Scott Bolton, spoke on each of the candidates’ qualities for the position of governor.
“Governor Kitzhaber earned the OBA [...]
During a SXSW panel on startups in smaller metropolitan areas, I spent some time talking about how venture capital was a bit more difficult to come by in towns like Portland. But I’ll be darned if some awesome Portland startups—like [...]
Learn why Oregon's and Washington's governors recently received a letter from fourteen public interest groups, including the BTA, addressing serious concerns with the Columbia River Crossing Project.
Local elected officials from Portland and Vancouver have made several specific requests to address major flaws in the project, but Governors Kulongoski and Gregoire [...]
By Dave Anderson:
Nuclear weapons are not particularly useful weapons. They are expensive and they are not used. They are not used in order to make sure that other nation states don't use their nuclear weapons either. It looks like the US may be making a bid to dramatically lower the' [...]
A couple of guesses... Ok time's up.
First of all it should come as no surprise to folks that the liberal Republican Ron Saxton is supporting Democrat Ron Wyden over Republican Jim Huffman. Saxton...
[...] The Tribune is reporting that Fred Hansen will leave TriMet this summer when his current contract ends.
This leaves me with three thoughts:
Obviously Fred has had a tremendous and overwhelmingly positive impact on the region. For those of us who worry that TriMet's agenda has become overbalanced toward Light Rail at [...]
Wow, this is simply one of the best interviews with a politician you have ever seen. Baier is polite, fair and firm.
Watch the latest news video at <a...
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Bill Containing Tax Breaks and Other Hiring Incentives Headed to President’s Desk For Signature
Barran Liebman LLP
Oregon Law Firm,
The U.S. Senate passed President Obama’s so-called “jobs bill,” a package of economic incentives designed to spur hiring and job growth in the midst of [...]
Governor simultaneously requests a federal natural resource disaster determination
By Governor Ted Kulongoski,
(Salem) — Governor Ted Kulongoski issued Executive Order No. 10-03, determining a state of drought emergency in Klamath County as well as all bordering counties which includes Jackson, Douglas, Lane, Deschutes and Lake [...]
WASHINGTON — A growing body of research suggests that the habitual use of pornography — especially Internet pornography — can damage people of all ages and both sexes, negatively impacting their relationships, productivity, happiness and their ability to function in society. [...]
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JulieChats Blog
Oregon’s Scrapbook Expert
OK…I’m a scrapbooker. I don’t think that makes me all that different from any other mom. But, for some reason, my husband disagrees. I just thought I’d take a quick poll and see if maybe there are a few people [...]
"Soccer won't ever reach the height of baseball or [American] football and it probably won't be as popular as ice hockey," suggests Wangerin. "But it will find its place. One analogy I've read is that soccer will be more like a boutique coffee shop, rather than a massive'" [...] Maybe Portland will wind up looking like this.
Sanyo has built a series of solar-powered e-Bike charging stations around Tokyo.
Locally, they've donated an e-Bike to the Mayor and have suggested piloting a solar charging station.
Hmmm...
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In the comments to this post I was asked if the grant was for the entire Innovation Quadrant program, or if it applied to the Moody component only.
I learned last week that in fact the grant amount awarded is only for Moody. We'll need to keep looking for funding' [...]
