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WINNERS
1. Bill Sizemore once
again proved that it's better to be demonized than lionized,
as long as you write ballot measures that seduce the voters.
His latest tax proposal prompted Gov. John Kitzhaber to
abandon his school-funding initiative and get serious about
Sizemore's measure.
2. Portland barbers must be sharpening their
blades in anticipation of getting to chop off all those
cop locks and shave those barbarous beards that Portland
police officers have been sporting for the last decade.
3. The spin cycle of PR whiz Len Bergstein
hit overdrive this week when his client Robert B. Pamplin
Jr. nabbed the Portland Metropolitan Association of Realtors'
First Citizen Award. Good timing: The permit for mining
at Ross Island Sand & Gravel, which Pamplin owns, is
slated to be approved by the end of the month.
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LOSERS
1. It isn't just smoke making for teary eyes at
Camel Clubs and other smoke-filled bars and restaurants:
On April 12, the Oregon Court of Appeals ruled that
cities and counties can ban indoor smoking anywhere they
darn well please.
2. Get used to those potholes, road warriors.
With the gas-tax pushers throwing in the towel, it's going
to be at least another two years before there's any hope
of filling them.
3. Misery and whoa. The fecal matter collided with
the proverbial rotor blades down at Portland Meadows
last week when the EPA filed a federal suit against the
racetrack for allegedly failing to stop horse manure from
leaching into the Columbia Slough. If it loses, the track
might have to pony up $50 million.
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