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Halos, Egos, and Politicos: The Call for Authentic Leadership

Authentic leaders are relationship builders and are aware of the temptations that office politics presents and the damage it can cause. When healthy relationships exist within the organization the degree of office politics is diminished.

(CHARLESTON, S.C.) - John Maxwell shares a story about a man who suffered from constant headaches who went to see his doctor.

Construction Spending Drops to Lowest Level in 6 Years

Only 4 out of 337 cities added construction jobs in 2009.

(ARLINGTON) - New data shows construction employment down 38 percent, as Washington offers new infrastructure spending and cuts.

CREW Seeks Relief for VA`s Destruction of PTSD Documents

“The VA is not above the law; like all other agencies, it cannot simply destroy documents that have been requested under the FOIA just because those documents may cast the agency in a bad light” -Anne Weismann, CREW’s chief counsel

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - Today, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) filed a brief seeking discovery after the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) admitted to destroying documents responsive to CREW’s May 2008 Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request in CREW v. U.S. Dep’t of Veterans Affairs (D.D.C.).

This lawsuit stems from CREW’s FOIA request for documents related to the VA’s policy of under-diagnosing post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), after an email was revealed in which VA employee Norma Perez discussed this policy.

Latest Study Says TCE Worse Than Thought

Conclusions could lead EPA to propose tougher regulations.

(MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.) - The Environmental Protection Agency has released a new report concluding that TCE — trichloroethylene, a pollutant found in much of Mountain View's groundwater — is definitely a carcinogen, a finding which could lead the agency to propose tougher cleanup standards.

"Many people across the country are exposed to TCE in their air and their water under current standards that would not be allowable under these (potential) new standards," explained Lenny Siegel, director of the Center for Public Environmental Oversight.

Gresham Police Search for Suspect in Triple Stabbing

Police ask anyone who sees the suspect to call 911.

(GRESHAM, Ore.) - On January 31, 2010 at 12:34 am Gresham Police were dispatched to a fight in the area of NE 177th and NE Couch, after learning that three people were stabbed in a fight. The three reportedly then drove to Mount Hood Medical Center.

Sgt. Richard Wilson with Gresham Police, says detectives were called out to investigate.

A Mad World...Fairview Training Center Up in Flames

The historic building's demise brings to light the evolution and consequences of aged mental health misnomers.

(SALEM, Ore.) - Fairview, the State Institution for the Feeble-Minded, was established by the Oregon Legislative Assembly in 1907. It opened just outside Salem one year later with 39 residents that were transferred from the Oregon State Hospital.

Built on a 670 acre plot, Fairview was specifically charged with "the care and training of such feeble-minded, idiotic, epileptic, and defective persons as have been or may hereafter be committed to its custody."

Sternwheeler Willamette Queen Runs Aground Near Oregon City

No injuries or serious damage was reported.

(OREGON CITY) - The Coast Guard is responding to the grounding of the sternwheeler Willamette Queen near Oregon City Sunday. Reports indicate that the 87-foot riverboat was being escorted by two Coast Guard Auxiliary vessels when it ran aground with 80 passengers and eight crew on board at approximately 5:30 p.m.

An MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew from Air Station Astoria, two Coast Guard 25-foot smallboat crews from Station Portland, and a tugboat from Newburg, Ore. were dispatched to the scene, while the two Auxiliary vessels stayed with the Willamette Queen.

98th MCAS El Toro RAB Meeting: A Year Older and None The Wiser

“Politics: A strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. The conduct of public affairs for private advantage.”  Ambrose Bierce

 “Politics: Who Gets What, When And How” Book by Harold D. Lasswell

(LAGUNA BEACH) - The following is an update on the Restoration Advisory Board (RAB) for Salem-News visitors, and I’ve provided the two quotes above to let these same readers see where we’re headed in this, my second posting about the subject. I would remind readers that this is my impression of events, if you want the nitty-gritty technological conundrums, the depressing minutiae regarding why all of us are so confused and outraged, go to Salem-News archives.

WARNING: Viewing these pieces might be hazardous to your mental health, especially your sense of moral accountability!

Mexican Cartels Join DEA in Opposition of U.S. State Marijuana Laws

That's right, the Mexican drug cartels.

(SALEM, Ore.) - This nation is heading for a showdown with the DEA, a rogue government agency running awry of state laws in order to keep the pharmaceutical and insurance industries intact.

The DEA is an enemy of the emerging data that keeps painting marijuana an even richer tone of green.

`Red Rocket` from Seaside Signal Series

Some of the world's best in-depth reporting has been purposely thrown aside.

(EUGENE, Ore.) - For serious readers, sensitive to charges now being made nationally re the startling action by the Supremes, here are basic, classic documenting references from 1988 right up until the day they took this near-treasonous action.

These are THE classic sources familiar to anyone seeking quality, documented, published, award-winning, factual information on what may well be among the most significant developments of the new 21st Century.