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A popular Oregon governor hopes for an encore

Posted Fri, Sep 4, 6 a.m.

John Kitzhaber has jumped into the 2010 race, hoping for a third term. The Democrat faces a changed landscape from his highly effective earlier days.

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Oregon Democrats bite the bullet on tax increases

Posted Mon, Jun 15, 6 a.m.

While Washington legislators punted on tax increases, Oregon's Democratic majority passed some big increases. One reason for the contrast: Gov. Ted Kulongoski can't seek a third term, while Gov. Gregoire might still hope for one.

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The incredible, shrinking Northwest GOP

Posted Fri, Nov 7, midnight

As Washington and Oregon become increasingly urban, Republicans are increasingly scarce. They remain in control of isolated, rural counties, but their numbers are no match for Democrats.

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The wandering pedophile

Posted Fri, Nov 16, 5 a.m.

Jack McClellan has been convicted of no crime, but he's become a pariah and an outcast, unwelcome in the Northwest. He loves to blog about his fantasies of little girls, but in reality he is molesting all of us.

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Critics, deal with it: There's good news about the arts in Oregon

Posted Tue, Jul 31, 5 a.m.

The Oregon Cultural Trust seems to be fulfilling its mission, dispersing $1.36 million this year. So how 'bout we stop rehashing the early days of underachievement?

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The governor's stamps of disapproval

Posted Mon, Apr 30, 8 a.m.

Oregon Gov. Ted Kulongoski went a week eating on $3 a day, and all he got was a ration of ...

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The Big Brother rebellion continues

Posted Mon, Apr 23, midnight

But not all Northwest states are on board with the Real ID secession movement yet.

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Oregon officials deliberately misled legislature on cost of green energy programs Wind and solar energy are favorites of Gov. Kulongoski. To win support of lawmakers, bureaucrats lowballed the cost to taxpayers of subsidies the state offered green energy companies to do projects in Oregon.

Former Oregon governor John Kitzhaber appears ready to enter statehouse race It would be a third term for the former Democratic governor.

Former Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber ponders another run for the governorship Kitzhaber is now 62 and intrigued by being governor with a Democratic majority in the Legislature. The 2010 race is wide open. One possible rival: Congressman Peter DeFazio.

Oregon's governor asks for $2 billion in higher taxes and fees "Do not...surrender to fear," Kulongoski tells legislators in opening session. Children's health insurance a top priority.

Oregon woos China automaker to build hybrid car in Northwest Gov. Kulongoski touts Oregon as leading state for green cars, hoping to get China's BYD to build its T3DM plug-in hybrid car here.

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Oregon will move to tax cars by the mile

Posted Tue, Dec 30, 6 a.m. 2008

The gas tax would be phased out and drivers monitored by GPS and subjected to a mileage tax instead.

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Sausage Links, fancy-pants luncheon edition

Posted Thu, Jul 17, 1:21 p.m. 2008

The Queen of fist-bumps, New Yorker cover girl Michelle Obama, is in Seattle today to headline a fundraiser for Gov. Chris Gregoire. The event is expected to bring in $400,000 for Gregoire's re-election campaign. Seattle Times chief political reporter David Postman will have live coverage of the event as it develops, while Eli Sanders at the Stranger already has pictures from the WaMu Theater. ...

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Sausage Links, tree-cutting edition

Posted Mon, Jul 14, 3:09 p.m. 2008

Timber! The Seattle Times has a series of special reports about the lack of oversight in the logging industry and the cost to state taxpayers. According to the report, no one checked when Weyerhaeuser started clear-cutting unstable slopes, some of which eventually slid and cost millions of dollars to clean up. Naturally, David Goldstein at Horse's Ass blames Republican-led deregulation. ...

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Sausage Links, gas cards for bad guys edition

Posted Fri, Jul 11, 2:20 p.m. 2008

Alright everybody. Let's head to Tacoma. If we hurry, we can help Tacoma-Pierce County Crime Stoppers catch sexual predators, gangsters, domestic violence abusers, and violent criminals. Why? Because they're giving away $250 gas cards and up to $1,000 in exchange for information that would lead to arrests. Here's the list of criminals. Start hunting. After all, what better incentive is there to dodge outrageous gas prices than to catch perverts? Don't answer that.

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Sausage Links, mayor-about-town edition

Posted Wed, Jul 9, 2:49 p.m. 2008

Oh, Greg. You are trying to break our hearts! Just when we vilify you for airballing the Sonics all the way to OKC for a cool $45 million – you show you're a real Mayor-about-town houses and plastic bag taxes.

For better or worse, everybody's talking about Mayor Nickels' proposals today. Erica C. Barnett at The Stranger says she spotted a "Plastic Monster" at last night's public-comment meeting about the proposed plastic bag tax, while Seattle Times columnist Danny Westneat warns if we don't choose paper the plastic bag police will get us. Meanwhile, the folks at Sound Politics rail against Nickels for the new town house plan, which they argue will regulate affordable housing "out of existence." ...

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Sausage Links, top-two headache edition

Posted Tue, Jul 8, 2:23 p.m. 2008

David Postman had a busy morning. First, The Seattle Times chief political writer reported the proper way to describe the death with dignity "assisted suicide" initiative. Then he dropped a political firebomb, reporting the state's political parties haven't yet given up trying to ax the "top-two" primary, with both Republicans and Democrats claiming the entire '08 election won't count. I thought that headache was over. Turns out it's just getting started. ...

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Sausage Links, "freedom to get drunk and blow stuff up" edition

Posted Mon, Jul 7, 1:23 p.m. 2008

Chris Mulick at the Tri-City Herald has today's top story, reporting this morning that Tim Eyman's Initiative 985 and the Service Employees International Union-backed Initiative 1029 would – if passed by voters in November – increase the state's budget deficit by an estimated $300 million.

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Sausage links, Seattle SuuuuuuperSonics edition

Posted Wed, Jul 2, 1 p.m. 2008

Today's the day of reckoning for the city of Seattle and the SuperSonics. Judge Marsha Pechman will rule at 4 p.m., and we'll know who wins this OK Corrall shootout. Mayor Greg Nickels will hold a press conference at 5 p.m. to discuss the decision (live on the Seattle Channel). Here are the pre-announcement perspectives: state Rep. Bob Hasegawa, Seattle Times columnist Danny Westneat, Stranger writer Josh Feit, Crosscut writers Ross Anderson and Sue Frause. ...

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Sausage Links, gun-ban edition

Posted Thu, Jun 26, 1 p.m. 2008

It's too soon to tell if gun enthusiasts will henceforth consider June 26 "Possess a Pistol Day," but here's the immediate reactions to the Supreme Court ruling rejecting the D.C. gun ban, from both sides of the aisle: Goldstein, Earling, Obama, McCain. ...

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Polimedia lunch links, flip-flop edition

Posted Fri, Jun 20, 12:05 p.m. 2008

Jim Camden at the Spokesman-Review mined his YouTube account for videos of Barack Obama's now infamous switch on campaign financing, while also noting John McCain's back flip on the off-shore oil drilling ban. ...

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