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A Citizen`s Guide to the Oregon State Budget

Public employees, including politicians, are employees of the taxpayers.

(EUGENE, Ore.) - As Oregon Voters prepare to decide whether or not to dedicate a greater share of their income to supporting the state government it would be beneficial to have a better understanding of how that money is used and what benefits are conferred to the taxpayers in exchange for their investment.

The Oregon state government has a noted problem with financial transparency.

Does Media Focus on False Rape and Kidnapping Case Really Help Anyone?

Where should police and courts draw the line on bragging rights?

(AURORA, Ore.) - Police are publicizing the conviction of an Oregon woman this week who filed what turned out to be a false report, stating she was kidnapped and sexually assaulted over a three day period by an unknown assailant.

I am not questioning the court's verdict, but I will cut to the chase and say that publicizing this story gives future rape and sexual assault victims the wrong message. If the woman in question made the story up then she needs some kind of help, and media publicity is not likely it.

`Not On Our Watch` Donates $1 Million to Haiti Efforts

Foundation's George Clooney, Don Cheadle, Matt Damon, Brad Pitt, Jerry Weintraub, and David Pressman, dispatch emergency Funds for earthquake victims.

(NEW YORK) - In the wake of Tuesdayʼs devastating earthquake in Haiti, Not On Our Watch directed $1 million in emergency response funds to provide medical services for victims of the disaster.

The beneficiary of the grant, Partners In Health (PIH), is addressing the critical shortage of hospitals and care centers destroyed during the disaster.

OSU Geologist Forewarned of Enormous Destructive Potential of Haiti Quake

Yeats is also involved in a research project to create a global fault database that will provide more scientific information about faults around the world.

(CORVALLIS, Ore.) - An international earthquake expert at OSU suggested just over one week ago that one of the world’s most at-risk locations for a major, destructive earthquake is the fault that runs through Haiti and near Port-au-Prince.

That comment was made during an interview with a reporter for Scientific American, by geologist Robert Yeats, a professor emeritus who said the death toll would be tremendous.

How To Build An Environmental Activist

PART III (Conclusion)

(LAGUNA BEACH) - As I mentioned in Part II, after attending dozens of USACE and EPA-sponsored watershed workshops from late 1998 through early 2004, after traveling to several additional restoration conferences facilitated by professionals, the experts said that Aliso was toast, hopeless, could never get restored to health, hence never get funded.

The County of Orange, the entity that broke it, wouldn’t pay to fix it.

ORS 317.057: The Foreign Bank Tax Exemption and Measures 66 and 67

Since when does a democratic government serve its people by threats and coercion?

(EUGENE, Ore.) - “an out-of-state bank, extranational institution or foreign association described in ORS 713.300, that engages in activities authorized under ORS 713.300, is not subject to any tax, license fee or charge for the privilege of doing business in this state”

The debate over Measures 66 & 67 has valid points on all sides.

VT Hacked After Breaking CIA/Blackwater Ties at Camp Chapman Story

It is hard to discuss the war in Afghanistan without tripping over the hundreds of tons of opium and tens of billions of dollars that seem to miss the MSM mainstream press.

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - WE are back up, working on a new look and will come back swinging for the fence. Thank you all for your loyalty and patience. We certainly angered someone.

Over the past few days, we had received warnings to “back off” from sources around the world and some here at home. We are more than a bit unlikely to do that. With news being such as it is, worthless drivel peddled by...

Several to Receive Lifetime Honors at 60th Golden Mike Awards

Paul Moyer, Pat Harvey, Jerry Coleman head the list of recipients.

(UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif.) - Television anchors Paul Moyer and Pat Harvey, along with San Diego sportscaster Jerry Coleman, will be honored with Lifetime Achievement awards at the 60th annual Golden Mike Awards presented by the Radio & Television News Assn. of Southern California, the organization announced.

The awards will be presented at the Hilton Hotel in Universal City the evening of Saturday, January 23 as part of a show honoring the best in radio, television, and internet broadcast journalism.

ODOT Employee Falls to his Death Through Mosier Bridge

Police would like to hear from anyone who saw what happened.

(MOSIER, Ore.) - Oregon State Police and the Wasco County Medical Examiner are continuing the investigation into the circumstances that led to the death of an ODOT employee found early Saturday morning in a creek bed below Interstate 84 just east of the Mosier interchange.

The 55-year old man's body was found by an OSP trooper and ODOT employee after a brief search in the area where his unoccupied ODOT vehicle was found. His name is being withheld pending completion of next of kin notification.

Haiti`s Devastation

The world’s natural concern for others has been noticed and is worthy of admiration, especially in Haiti, where people exist more as a happening than as a government for and of the people.

(PASO ROBLES, Calif.) - The devastation in Haiti and the nature of the people is such that - without a workable government of their own - chaos appears to me to be the order of the day for the foreseeable future.

The question is, how best can individuals help?