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Inbox: Senator Defends Shields


Letters to the Editor
I’m afraid your recent Rogue of the Week designation for Sen. Chip Shields (D-Portland) was sadly misplaced [“Rogue of the Week,” WW, Feb. 1, 2012]. Oregon has a citizen legislature so mem   More
 
Wednesday, February 22, 2012 WW Editorial Staff

Murmurs: ODOT Backlash and Schaufler Unbowed

Fixing a city charter right out of Dickens.


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WW reported recently about the Oregon Department of Transportation program that has given Union Pacific—with billions in profits—state subsidies of $24.7 million to fix its own track under the lot   More
 
Wednesday, February 22, 2012 WW Editorial Staff

Inbox: Railing Away


Letters to the Editor
While I generally agree with the premise that large corporations should not receive public subsidies, understanding the longstanding distortion of transportation economics in the U.S. causes me    More
 
Wednesday, February 15, 2012 WW Editorial Staff

Murmurs: Doctoring Campaign Contributions

What our five-star mayor is thinking about.


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Bad medicine: Doctor groups wanting to avoid Medicaid cuts have raised $2.3 million in campaign contributions to influence health-care reform. As first reported on wweek.com, a document accounting   More
 
Wednesday, February 15, 2012 WW Editorial Staff

Inbox: Winging it in NYC


Letters to the Editor
My sons and I, who have eaten at [Andy] Ricker’s places in Portland, recently enjoyed dinner at Pok Pok Wing [“Thai Hard,” WW, Feb. 1, 2012]. The food is good, and the Portlanders might even s   More
 
Wednesday, February 8, 2012 WW Editorial Staff

Murmurs: Super PACs-a-Plenty

We’re the only newspaper—except for the others.


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Katie Riley, a Democrat making her second run at the House District 29 seat, currently held by Rep. Katie Eyre (R-Hillsboro), learned an important lesson this week: If you are going to misrepres   More
 
Wednesday, February 8, 2012 WW Editorial Staff

Inbox: Pots and Pans


Letters to the Editor
Has not a single one of our federal officials traveled to The Netherlands and observed that the coffeeshops are no big deal? [“Weed All About It,” WW, Jan. 25, 2012.] The federal marijuana pro   More
 
Wednesday, February 1, 2012 WW Editorial Staff

Rogue of the Week: Sen. Chip Shields

A lawmaker mixes health care for Oregonians and protecting his own wallet.


Rogue of the Week
Oregon legislators convene Feb. 1 in Salem for a one-month session. They’ll deal with education reform, the budget and fundamentally changing the way the state pays for health care. On that la   More
 
Wednesday, February 1, 2012 WW Editorial Staff

Murmurs: Salem Spam, Animal Psych, and Smith’s Slip.


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Thousands of people have been getting emails from state Rep. Dennis Richardson (R-Central Point) recently and haven’t been sure why. Turns out Richardson, co-chairman of the budget-writing Ways    More
 
Wednesday, February 1, 2012 WW Editorial Staff

Inbox: Women In Prison


Letters to the Editor
If prison is our method of getting women the drug treatment they need, then we are in trouble [“Jail Birds,” WW, Jan. 18, 2012]. Drug-treatment programs have been cut, and now funding is almost no   More
 
Wednesday, January 25, 2012 WW Editorial Staff
 

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