Oregon: Multnomah County

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've been reading the La Grande Observer a lot lately (mostly because of the Steve Martin thing), and I came across an article from Monday about Allen Alley and his nascent bid for Governor. Unfortunately for Alley, it seems that he's falling flat on his face, right from the start. For starters, Alley is pretending that he's some kind of extra-special magical Republican that can win in Multnomah County. "I had the best showing for a Republican ever in areas, especially Multnomah County," he said. In the heavily Democratic area, Alley received over 30 percent of the vote. Setting aside...