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Oregon: Metro

June 1, 2009 - 08:06 am
NEWS FEED: Jack Bog's Blog

Port of Portland top brass are paid well

Continuing our series on executive salaries at government agencies and nonprofits in the Portland area, today we spotlight the Port of Portland. They've got quite a payroll over there, as indicated by the list they have furnished us of non-union employees whose base salaries are in excess of $100,000. There are 79 individuals in that category at the Port. Nine of them make more than $150,000 a year; 22 over $125,000. The average exec in the top 20 is paid $161,161. At the top of the Metro pyramid is the executive director, Bill Wyatt (right), at a base salary of $269,910.

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May 15, 2009 - 10:42 am
NEWS FEED: OregonGuy

Feds Seek Greater Control Over Oregon Resources

By noreply@blogger.com (OregonGuy)

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.

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March 10, 2009 - 09:24 am
NEWS FEED: OregonLive.com

Dan Gardner finds his own stimulus package

By Jeff Mapes, The Oregonian

WASHINGTON-I ran into former Oregon Labor Commissioner Dan Gardner this morning after I emerged from the Metro stop at Union Station, just down the street from the Capitol. Gardner, who now works for the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, had...

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February 23, 2009 - 05:25 pm
NEWS FEED: BlueOregon

Let's Draft Pete DeFazio for Governor

By BlueOregon.com

By Ben DuPree of Portland, Oregon. Previously, Ben worked for Jeff Merkley's U.S. Senate campaign, worked for then-Commissioner Sam Adams, consulted with the SEIU, and serves on Metro's Committee for Citizen Involvement. Ben previously blogged at Witigonen and now blogs at Preemptive Karma. Oregon needs Pete DeFazio to run for Governor. To help this along, I have started a blog devoted to the effort: Draft Pete DeFazio. From a purely political perspective, he is the strongest realistic candidate we Democrats can field. By far. Without reading any specific polling, it is fair to say that he has strong name recognition...

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