January 7th, 2009
Estate Of Denial | Think prosecuting elder abuse will be easy under Newly passed Measure 57? Maybe not.3 comments
December 31st, 2008
From Academia To Zetamania | WW revisits three cover stories from 2008.0 comments
December 24th, 2008
The Big Turnoff | Can’t pay for heat or other utilities this winter? Expect a cold, cold response.0 comments
December 10th, 2008
Snow Job | A Molalla couple fights to keep Snowball but Deserts Juanita, Bonita and Lolita, their pot-bellied pigs.2 comments
December 3rd, 2008
Big Dam Fight | The Legislature may end a long-festering dispute affecting one billionaire, a half-million Oregonians and more fish than you can count.2 comments
November 26th, 2008
A Mess With Taxes | How can Oregon give a $10 million tax break to a company whose affiliate may owe taxpayers $20 million?5 comments
September 3rd, 2008
Elephants Suffer, On All Fronts.1 comment
August 27th, 2008
Taking Your Share and Then Some1 comment
August 20th, 2008
Teenage Drinkers, Bikini Coffee and Cuban Showgirls0 comments
August 13th, 2008
Trucker Bombs: Still Preferable to Russian Bombs.0 comments
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[December 5th, 2007]
Winners
1 Oregon’s spotted owl, marbled murrelet and other endangered species get a second chance after the U.S. Department of the Interior restored protections and agreed to investigate if the Bush administration ignored scientists’ recommendations to benefit industry. We’re guessing “if” isn’t the question, but rather, “How whorishly?”
2 No elephants in this room. State Sen. Bruce Starr (R-Hillsboro) won’t run for Oregon secretary of state next year, as had been expected. And that news leaves state Democrats facing no recognizable Republican candidate in any of the three statewide offices—treasurer and attorney general are also on the ticket—up for grabs in 2008.
3 Backers of a liquefied natural gas terminal in Oregon don’t have to worry about opposition from Gov. Ted Kulongoski (“Welcome to Gastoria,” WW , Sept. 28, 2005). The guv says he’s open to LNG, which to LNG’s opponents might now stand for Lame Nuts Governor.
Losers
1 So much for two weeks a year: The Oregon National Guard is prepping for its biggest deployment since World War II. About 3,500 troops learned this holiday season they’re on alert to be deployed in 2009 to Iraq or Afghanistan. Merry Christmas.
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2Steve and Angela Brandt , the foster care parents hoping to adopt 2-year-old Gabriel Allred (“Boys in the Media Bubble,” WW , Nov. 21, 2007) got some bad news last week. The state Department of Human Services is delaying a ruling on Gabriel’s future, proving that red tape and bureaucratic delay aren’t just good for Bucky and Snowball the deer. They’re good for children, too!
3 The end may be near for the controversial Lakeside Reclamation Landfill (“Grapes of Trash,” WW , July 18, 2007). Last week, the DEQ issued a closure permit that could force the dump to stop accepting waste in July 2009, at least three years earlier than owner Howard Grabhorn wants to shut down.
4 There’s a new “sheriff” in town. His name: Multnomah County Chairman Ted Wheeler. The chair wants voters to OK transferring actual sheriff Bernie Giusto’s power to run jails to the county board. And Wheeler aims to make the sheriff’s job an appointed—not an elected—one. One more fight for Giusto, who’s already dealing with a state investigation that could cost him his badge (“Let’s Play Recall,” WW , Oct. 24, 2007).
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Lee,
There's a thing called a paragraph. Try it sometime.
Lee, those are some of your best classic rants. Just as twisted and rambling as they always are.
Lee, thanks for the sentiment, although you could take less than 750 words to say "leave my boy friend of questionable moral ethics alone."
Lee,
I find it paradoxical that you are so concerned for people to know "the truth" and yet you are not willing to make it public.
If someone has threat...
