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BlueOregon (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
The big news today is that John Minnis, the state's police training director and a former GOP state senator (and spouse of former GOP House Speaker Karen Minnis), has resigned his post - amidst a criminal investigation. The big question: what's he being investigated for? Presumably, it's big. The investigation is being conducted by the Department of Justice at the request of Minnis' own agency - and...
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Blog Town, PDX (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
KROGER VERSUS THE NAZI SMOG MONSTER: ILLUSTRATION BY ZACK SOTO The Oregonian is reporting that John Minnis, a former Portland Police Bureau officer and head of the state's Department for Safety, Standards and Training—the regulating agency for cops, security guards, and rent-a-cops alike—has resigned in the midst of a criminal probe by Attorney General John Kroger's office: SALEM —...
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BlueOregon (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
By Ivan Maluski of Portland, Oregon. Ivan is the Conservation Program Coordinator for the Oregon Chapter Sierra Club. Last week, the Sierra Club, the Northwest Energy Coalition, and numerous other Oregon conservation and ratepayer organizations sent an open letter (pdf) to Governor Ted Kulongoski, asking him to work with other regional Governors to push the Northwest Power and Conservation Council...
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Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
Two decisions this week have boosted the prospects for liquefied natural gas company Oregon LNG's proposal to build a terminal on 92 acres near Youngs Bay.
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NC Media Watch (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
Russ Steele The Oregonian has the story: State officials deliberately underestimated the cost of Gov. Ted Kulongoski’s plan to lure green energy companies to Oregon with big taxpayer subsidies, resulting in a program that cost 40 times more than unsuspecting...
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BlueOregon (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
Today, Lee Beyer announced that he's running for State Senate district 6, in the Eugene area. He previously represented that area for ten years in the Legislature, before being appointed in 2001 to the Public Utility Commission by Governor John Kitzhaber. His spouse, Rep. Terry Beyer, serves in the House. If they both win their races, the Beyers would be yet another husband/wife team in the Lege. Most...
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BlueOregon (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
At the O, Jeff Mapes reports that Governor Ted Kulongoski arrived in Iraq yesterday to visit with Oregon troops. Despite being in a combat zone, Kulongoski told reporters that the troops are concerned with how things will go when they arrive home: Kulongoski said in a conference call with reporters that morale was high among the Oregon National Guard soldiers he has met so far. But he said several...
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Irons in the Fire (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
of Gov. Ted Kulongoski’s plan to lure green energy companies to Oregon with big taxpayer subsidies, resulting in a program that cost 40 times more than unsuspecting lawmakers were told, an investigation by The Oregonian shows.
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<B>Power and Control</B> (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
The US Chamber of Commerce is giving in to the global warming hysteria. The Competitive Enterprise Institute responded today to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s announcement that it will now support energy-rationing legislation by calling on small businesses to drop their Chamber membership and join CEI in fighting this catastrophic legislation. In a November 3 letter to Senators Barbara Boxer...
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Fleet Owner RSS Feed (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
Daimler Trucks showed Oregon governor, Ted Kulongoski a selection of its commercial vehicles with alternative drives and safety equipment featured in the company’s "Shaping Future Transportation" initiative during a visit to the company’s Stuttgart, Germany, headquarters
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PA Pundits (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
By Andrew Bolt Utterly shameless: Climate change could kill 250,000 children next year, and the figure could rise to more than 400,000 by 2030, according to Save the Children. Just see all that child-killing global warming lately: How dare they. UPDATE But why is it that we’re not just deceived about the costs of global warming, but about the costs [...]
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Watts Up With That? (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
Oregon’s biggest problem used to be logging jobs lost from spotted owl lawsuits. A new sort problem is developing. Green jobs and green programs are going off the rails. Portland recently passed a draconian “Climate Action Plan to reduce CO2 emissions by 80% that has little chance of succeeding by its 2050 deadline. Read the story [...]
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Watts Up With That? (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
Oregon’s biggest problem used to be logging jobs lost from spotted owl lawsuits. A new sort problem is developing. Green jobs and green programs are going off the rails. Portland recently passed a draconian “Climate Action Plan to reduce CO2 emissions by 80% that has little chance of succeeding by its 2050 deadline. Read the story [...]
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MaxRedline (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
While The Oregonian has a long and storied history of presenting opinion under the guise of journalism, and an equally long history of being scooped on every bit of investigative journalism, it appears as though they have finally come up...
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MaxRedline (Free subscription) | 10/27/2009
Oregon governor Ted Kulongoski shared his sense of spirituality with a reporterette from NPR during the course of a fly-fishing trip. The article's just a brief puff-piece; the real meat comes in the third comment, posted by Fred Leonhardt. And...
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