Careful voters may have noticed that the Voters’ Pamphlet material on Ballot Measure 89 does not explain exactly what this initiative would change in Oregon life. The measure would amend the constitution to say that “equality of rights shall not be denied or abridged by the state of Oregon or by any political subdivision in this state on […]
Frogs around the world, according to assorted studies and reports, have been dying of diverse causes such as fertilizer, fungus, depletion of the ozone layer, and — what else — “climate change.” But the late amphibians I saw dotting the pavement on one street in North Albany’s Benton Woods subdivision Thursday probably were done in by […]
Colorado has adopted vote-by-mail balloting of the kind pioneered in Oregon. Now a video circulating online intends to raise suspicions of voter fraud in Colorado and, by implication, other states where voting is done mostly by mail. But all the video shows is that some left-leaning activists in Colorado were dumb, naive or crooked enough […]
Albany and other cities, including Lebanon, now have given voters another reason to support Ballot Measure 91, the legalization and state taxation of recreational marijuana. The cities have done so by enacting local sales taxes of 10 percent on recreational weed sales within their jurisdiction. Now voters may want to approve the state measure just to see […]
We got some heavy rain across western Oregon on Wednesday afternoon, as the video makes plain, and I was happy to notice that the National Weather Service predicted rain for northern California as well.
It’s nice to be reminded now and then, and especially just before an election, how casually public money is being thrown around at various levels of government. Three examples spring to mind.
Deaths spur action on I-5 barrier
It was in October 2012, almost exactly two years ago, that I wrote in my newly launched blog about ODOT installing a $2.6 milllion cable barrier in the median along 35 miles of I-5 in Lane and Linn counties, up to the Harrisburg exit. And I complained that while the state planned to extend this safety feature […]
Tags: cable barriers, fatal crashes, I-5, Kitzhaber, ODOT