edited by: Mike Landfair,
Oregon Editor
José Pinomesa, Chairman
Oregon Independent Auto Dealers Association
It is now November and the sale of vehicles has slowed down quite a bit. I have always said that those with money will always buy what they want when they want. The problem we have now [...]
Dear Blue Oregonians,
When I was working for the Justice Department, I helped start a tradition of celebrating Robert Kennedy’s birthday. When I left, I promised to go back every year to continue the tradition. So I spend every November 20 in Washington, D.C. Which usually means that I miss my good friend [...]
Pew ‘peril’ report misses the point
Hoodwinking our way out of recession:
Over the next four years, Oregonians will face $2.6 billion in new taxes. That’s an average of $1,750 in additional state taxes per household.
In January 2010, Oregonians will vote on ballot measures that will raise personal income taxes' [...]
Oregonians with short memories may think Gore’s endorsement of Bradbury in Oregon’s Democratic gubernatorial primary is a singular act of political love for Oregon’s ex-secretary of state.
But that misses an intriguing subplot.
Gore’s move is the continuation of a decades long feud with Oregon ex-governor Kitzhaber, Bradbury’s leading primary opponent, dating back to Gore’s [...]
Which businesses are going to be paying more taxes under Measure 67, and which won’t? Which Oregonians will pay more and which Oregonians will get a tax cut on their personal income taxes under Measure 66?
Oregonians now have an easy way to answer those questions with two flowcharts by [...]
Oregonians Against Job Killing Taxes has come out with their posters to help defeat Measure 66 and 67 the two referendum ballot measures that raise business and income taxes on Oregonians. One of the posters has President Obama's own words where he aptly said, "The" [...] 
Oregon Faith Report Survey,
If you received a research grant to study a different religion, which would you be most interested in learning more about?
Highlights of comments
- “I’d first choose my own Faith, Catholicism, and then I’d be interested in our “elder brother.”
- [...]
The campaign against Measure 66 and 67, the tax on the rich and the increase in corporate taxes, calls itself “Oregonians Against Job-Killing Taxes.” The name would lead you to believe the corporate lobbyists who are running the campaign are deeply concerned about the plight of the unemployed.
Think again.
In addition to raising [...]
Prepare now to survive a West Coast tsunami
By Pat Corcoran
Oregon State University Extension Service
ASTORIA, Ore. – Two weeks after tsunamis in Sumatra and American Samoa initiated by powerful earthquakes killed hundreds of people, a growing number of Oregonians are wondering how people [...]
When I first posted on the “Oregonians Against Job-Killing Taxes” discussion at NedSpace Old Town—which is being held tonight starting at 4:30—it sparked an [...]
