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[Jack Bog's Blog] Breakthrough for Burnside Bridgehead

Wed, 05 Aug 2009 18:11:00 -0400

Finally, some actual construction action at the long vacant Burnside Bridgehead site on the east side of Portland's Burnside Bridge. We're getting very close to the groundbreaking, folks. Excitement is building. It's going to be grand -- a brand new... wait for it...

... fence!

They're going to hire local artists "to reflect and highlight the creativity and industry of the Central Eastside Urban Renewal Area by making this a dynamic corner." Literally covering up the fact that the city can't even give away this lot. It's all part of the "couplet" madness that will have a condo bunker standing in the middle of the intersection of Burnside and Sandy. It's nice that we have this kind of money lying around.

[OregonLive.com] From Walker to Edwards, a shift in the Senate

Jeff Mapes, The Oregonian — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 17:39:00 -0400

As many insiders expected, Rep. Chris Edwards was appointed Wednesday to fill the state Senate vacated by Vicki Walker after she was named to head Oregon's parole board. While both are Eugene Democrats, Edwards will represent a big shift from...

[Jack Bog's Blog] Strike 2

Jeff Mapes, The Oregonian — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 16:00:00 -0400

Little Lord Paulson's Beaverton stadium dreams seem considerably less feasible today in light of this story.

[BlueOregon] Minimum Tax Math: Corporations to pay no more than $1.50 while households on average pay $57.00 per $1000 in revenue

BlueOregon.com — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 15:27:00 -0400

Led by fear mongering lobbyists Mark Nelson, Pat McCormick and Jon Chandler, some businesses in Oregon are bellyaching about the new corporate minimum tax. They want to go back to the $10 a year corporate minimum tax that two-thirds of Oregon corporations have been paying. It’s time to put the new corporate minimum tax in perspective. According to the Oregon Department of Revenue’s most recent report on the personal income tax, the state’s overall effective tax rate is 5.7 percent as of tax year 2007. That’s a measure of how much individuals actually pay if you take all personal income...

[Jack Bog's Blog] Always wear protection

BlueOregon.com — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 15:19:00 -0400

Here's one of those e-mail messages that everyone gets eventually. We're usually on the tail end of the circulation. But in case you haven't seen it yet, it's a 73-year-old veteran at an event at which prominent Democrats are speaking. (Depending on where you work, the photo may not be safe.)

[BlueOregon] SD-7: Chris Edwards unanimous pick for State Senate

BlueOregon.com — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 14:59:00 -0400

The Lane County Commission announced today that they've appointed Rep. Chris Edwards to the State Senate - in a unanimous decision. He replaces Vicki Walker, who was appointed by the Governor to lead the state parole commission. In the House, Edwards currently represents HD-14, which includes parts of west Eugene and Santa Clara, Junction City, Cheshire and Alvadore. The Senate district includes the parts of Eugene represented by Rep. Nancy Nathanson in HD-13. The Senate seat will be up in the November 2010 election. In 2006, it featured one of the most hotly-contested Senate races in Oregon between Senator Walker...

[BlueOregon] Senator Jeff Merkley Introduces the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA)

BlueOregon.com — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 14:53:00 -0400

Back in the primaries for the US Senate race, I was an early supporter of Steve Novick, but after Jeff Merkley won the primary, I swallowed my pride, wrote the check, and trundled down to the Merkley office to volunteer as much as I could. Today, Jeff Merkley more than earned the support that I gave him. He was one of four Senators, including Susan Collins, Olympia Snow and Ted Kennedy, who introduced the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) into the United States Senate. He is continuing his commitment to workplace protections, as he pushed successfully for a state version of...

[OregonGuy] We Are The Mob You Were Looking For

noreply@blogger.com (OregonGuy) — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 13:23:00 -0400

By all means, call.

I called. Asking for "mo' mob". What I got was an auto-answer that asked me to press "1". Then I was re-directed to the DNC.

Bad move.

I want my party to be stand-up. I was pretty disappointed to find that the RNC was auto-forwarding calls in response to the above ad to the DNC. If the DNC wants to jam up phone lines for the RNC, okay. That's what stand-up guys do. They listen. They take their hits. They move on.

I called the RNC on their "other" phone line and explained that as a Republican, I was not happy with their decision to forward the calls.

[OregonLive.com] Bloomberg leads mayors - absent Adams - on guns

Jeff Mapes, The Oregonian — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 12:02:00 -0400

New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg - who also happens to be No. 17 on Forbes' list of the richest people in the world - has knitted together 450 other mayors into a lobbying force on gun issues that is posing...

[NW Republican] Ouch

I am Coyote (nwrepublican@aol.com) — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 10:42:00 -0400

Now this could leave a mark.

I'm sure I'll get reported to the government for posting this.