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Two interesting and potentially game-changing happenings went down
yesterday, both of which would seem to be positives
for the drive to see a full and robust public option (FRPO) included in any health care reform bill that passes Congress. Plus I've got news of a demonstration in Portland that ...
Obama Raps WydenCare; Merkley Cmte Bill Gets Great CBO Score
Obama Raps WydenCare; Merkley Cmte Bill Gets Great CBO Score
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Oregon does have one Senator who's willing to
come out and stake his claim for a full
and robust public option (FRPO)--junior Senator Jeff Merkley. In this video recorded today at Pioneer Square outside KGW's new studios there, Merkley affirms his support for a public option, one that competes ...
Merkley Answers FRPO Questions Wyden Won't, On KGW
Merkley Answers FRPO Questions Wyden Won't, On KGW
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Two weeks ago today, we joined with Dr.
Howard Dean in asking Oregonians to stand with him
and petition their Senators for a full and robust public option (which I call FRPO for short). Oregon is one of the key states in building support for a FRPO, given Senator Ron Wyden's reticence to fully ...
Wyden Stonewalls on Public Option Questions
Wyden Stonewalls on Public Option Questions
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Two stories that likely deserve their own post,
but as we've covered both here before, and both
are updates connected to the ongoing homeless struggle in Portland, we'll combine them. (Also in common is the strong coverage of the issue by the Street Roots newspaper and blog.) Freshest first: ...
Homeless Update: HUD Shows Empty Pockets, Sit-Lie Hangs On?
Homeless Update: HUD Shows Empty Pockets, Sit-Lie Hangs On?
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(Play along with the "Lost Limerick" at p3
.)
This Week's KPOJ/Spanning the State Limerick Challenge
This Week's KPOJ/Spanning the State Limerick Challenge
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As part of the Obama Administration's push on
health care reform, they've launched a website called healthreform.gov
, with video clips, newsy stories, and the like. It also features a state-by-state breakdown from a report called "The Hidden Costs of Health Care: Why Americans Are Paying ...
Spanning the State: "A Hidden Health Tax"
Spanning the State: "A Hidden Health Tax"
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Oregonians hit hard by the economic meltdown and
foreclosure crisis may have been expecting help from the
State. This past week, a very small number got that help. On June 25, the Oregon Legislature passed the revised bill HB3004. This bill helps a limited number of foreclosed ...
Oregon Foreclosures -Help is not on the way
Oregon Foreclosures -Help is not on the way
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The money quote is the headline: OR-Gov: Top
Democratic Candidates Lead All Republican Challengers . Here are
the favorability/unfavorability ratings among likely voters: Peter DeFazio (D) 47/22 John Kitzhaber (D) 46/26 Gordon Smith (R) 39/48 Greg Walden (R) 36/25 Bill Bradbury (D) ...
DKos/Research 2000 Charts Favorables and Match-Ups on ...
DKos/Research 2000 Charts Favorables and Match-Ups on ...
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Join the Portland DL chapter for our next
meeting--at the regular time, and with the regular line-up
of the Finest Minds of Our Generation [TM] -- but at a new location: The Lucky Lab Brew Hall at 19th and NW Quimby ( map ), Thursday (tomorrow) night at 7pm. (DL meets the 2nd and ...
Drinking Liberally/Portland Thursday night at the Lucky ...
Drinking Liberally/Portland Thursday night at the Lucky ...
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Not unexpected, but one of the first (if
not THE first) Kulongsoki vetoes of the 2009 session
(which as you may recall features 2/3 majorities in both camera): Gov. Ted Kulongoski followed through today on his threat to veto the $6 billion public school budget because it claims too ...
Kulo Veto: Rejects Ed Budget, Faces Potential Override
Kulo Veto: Rejects Ed Budget, Faces Potential Override
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The first carrotmob in Portland, on this past
Father's Day, turned out to be a huge success.
(What's a carrotmob? It's positive economic activity designed to incentivize micro-efforts at small business sustainability, but this post and video by reader Liz makes it a lot more fun than my dry ...
Carrotmob Update: Hotlips TRIPLES Sales for Sustainability
Carrotmob Update: Hotlips TRIPLES Sales for Sustainability
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(Play along with the "Lost Limerick" at p3
.)
This Week's KPOJ/Spanning the State Limerick Challenge
This Week's KPOJ/Spanning the State Limerick Challenge
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In one of the more ironic denouements of
the whole mayoral sex scandal, it would appear from
Attorney General John Kroger's investigative report ( now available in pdf with a h/t to Willy Week for hosting it) that Portland Mayor Sam Adams has escaped criminal prosecution by having laid down ...
Kroger's Report Clears Adams of Criminal Wrongdoing
Kroger's Report Clears Adams of Criminal Wrongdoing
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Join TJ Monday @730 AM on KPOJ's Morning
Show with Carl Wolfson and Friends , on your
AM dial at 620, or via the web directly here or on your Iphone/3G/ITouch using the IHeartRadio app. That's producer Paul Pimentel on the left, Christine ...
LoadedO's Weekly Segment on KPOJ, Monday 730AM
LoadedO's Weekly Segment on KPOJ, Monday 730AM
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WPPSS--there they go again! It may not actually
be true in America that any little boy (to
say nothing of any little girl) can grow up to be president, but it's certainly true that no idea is so ill-conceived in concept or disproved in practice that it can't get a second chance if it can raise ...
Spanning the State: "I don't think the region is ready"
Spanning the State: "I don't think the region is ready"
