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WINNERS
1. Homer Williams showed this week
why he's a tycoon of Monty Burns proportion, while Commissioner
Jim Francesconi looked more like Homer Simpson. The developer
outwitted city bureaucrats, getting credit for the $2.2
million potential value of unimproved land he donated to
the city Parks and Recreation Bureau as part of his River
District project.
2. Exhausted caregivers who work 24-7 to take care
of their disabled relatives may get a break soon thanks
to a lawsuit filed against the state to force it to pay
for residential and in-home care programs.
3. Who's laughing now? The survivalist types
who stocked up for Y2K were mighty happy to have their generators
and bags of brown rice when the power went out last Sunday.
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LOSERS
1. The nuns at St. Mary's were in line for
manna from heaven after Metro prioritized their Washington
County land for development as an urban reserve. Unfortunately
for them, a state appeals court ruling this week said Metro
drew the lines of its urban reserves wrong. Bottom line:
Postpone those plans for a Las Vegas pilgrimage.
2. Oregon students learned again that despite all
the rhetoric to the contrary, education is a low priority
here. Education Week ranked Oregon 37th among all states
on the basis of programs and funding earmarked to improve
the quality of its teachers.
3. Timber kingdom Willamette Industries got
hit with a $10 million air-pollution fine and some nasty
PR. Cascadia Times, which broke the story, has the
details on its Web site, www.times.org.
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