Op Ed: People-Power, Perseverance Can Outmatch Corporatism

Part Three-Supremes Seaside Signal Series, New Strengths Combined Can Rescue Nation.

(EUGENE, Ore.) -The 'massive movement of millions' historically, has been the only engine to eliminate any major default in our system of democracy.

Three now-famed American Presidents found it so after a disappointing first-year administration followed by acclaimed achievement of historic proportion.

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Corporate Kicker Rears Its Ugly Head

Statement by OCPP executive director Chuck Sheketoff on the March revenue forecast.

(SILVERTON, Ore.) -Today's revenue forecast by Oregon's state economist shows that the ill-thought-out kicker law can rear its ugly head in the most surprising places. Unless the legislature takes the opportunity to reform it once and for all, the kicker will continue to haunt Oregon's finances and economy.

According to the forecast, revenue is down $365.4 million from the close of session forecast. A big contributor to the negative number is the out-of-control cost of the Business Energy Tax Credit (BETC).

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Go Along to Get Along? Building Team Morale

Transparency is a partnership between the leader and the team.

(CHARLESTON, S.C.) -In a Peanuts cartoon Lucy demanded that Linus change TV channels, threatening him with her fist if he didn’t.

“What makes you think you can walk right in here and take over?” asks Linus. “These five fingers,” says Lucy. “Individually they’re nothing, but when I curl them together like this into a single unit, they form a weapon that is terrible to behold.”

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Captain Richard Conklin and RX Patrol and When Does this Guy Sleep?

The bigger picture behind local cases of Oxycontin theft.

(MYRTLE BEACH, S.C.) -Tim King sent me the following news article last night about a break-in to rob OxyContin at a Walgreens south of Portland.

I see stories of break-ins all over the U.S. and Canada every day. Most of the articles read as the one does below that Tim sent me.

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Splitting America to Save America

North/South? Black/White? I have my own ideas and some aren't going to like them very much.

(CINCINNATI) -I am simply done with crazy people and think they need to be sent away. There are so many of them that Utah and Oklahoma can’t hold all of them. I am in favor of splitting America in two.

I’m a Vietnam veteran, one exposed to agent orange, over 60 years old and have seen my life and the lives of my children, my friends and decent Americans poisoned by idiots. I’m not taking any blame.

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