Oregon: Merkley

Which I'm sure will cheer those who reside in their fear-based community that any development in Oregon will start the death-knell of "Oregon As We Know It".

Yet again, let me re-state: Oregon is the tenth largest state in the United States. And less than two percent of this giant landmass is considered developed land. Most of our counties are larger than the smaller states in the United States. Harney county is larger than the ten smallest states. Clatsop county is about the size of Rhode Island. And yet we continue to be dominated by the economic imperialism of Multnomah county. Their population of 660-thousand people dwarfs our population of 35-thousand.

I doubt this is a big issue in Oregon, but Washington, D.C. is much closer to getting a voting representative in Congress - due in part to the decision of Oregon voters to oust Republican Sen. Gordon Smith in favor...

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