Oregon: Kari Chisholm

February 18, 2009 - 05:29 pm
NEWS FEED: BlueOregon

Paid Family Leave, Redux

On Sunday, Kari Chisholm took note of a great column by Susan Nielsen in the Oregonian that highlighted a proposed piece of legislation for paid family leave. The legislation is a revival of the 2007 attempts by now-Senator Diane Rosenbaum to push for the passage of this law. Now, Rosenbaum is proposing a law that would take 2 cents an hour from a worker’s paycheck to build a fund to pay up to $300 a month to allow a worker to take maternity leave, or to care for a sick partner, sibling or parent. The proposal was important in 2007,...

January 29, 2009 - 06:08 pm
NEWS FEED: BlueOregon

WWire: Blue O founders of different minds on Adams

In its ongoing effort to get as much mileage as possible out of the Sam Adams saga, Willamette Week's blog is making note of the fact that the Blue Oregon founders don't entirely agree on Adams: Two of the three people who founded Oregon's top left-leaning political blog, Blue Oregon, are going to bat for Mayor Sam Adams. Last week, Kari Chisholm, who designs websites for Adams and many of the state's Democratic elected officials, posted a couple of times in Adams' favor. Nigel continues with Charlie Burr: Today, another Blue Oregon co-founder, Charlie Burr, a senior account rep for...