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There is no longer anything sentimental about trying to save a tree or protect an old swimming hole.
— Tom McCall, Earth Day, 1970

Digby, John and I first met Jeff Merkley when he was Speaker of the Oregon House of Representatives. We worked hard to help him win his first Senate race and he's never disappointed us since.

It was a heck of a thing – a hundred people at the Newport City Council at 6 pm most of whom wanted to talk about the proposed single-use plastic bag (grocery) ban that is an ordinance largely led by citizens, and members of the

Short answer: absolutely. If you've visited the DWT ActBlue page this year, you've probably noticed that we're still raising money for Bernie-- as well as for a small handful of other non-presidential 2020 candidates. I know a lot of people in Bernie-world. When I talk with them I ask if he's running.

Oregon is home to the most sex offenders per capita in the US, and due to complex legal requirements, Oregon's public sex offender website currently only lists about 2.4% of the state’s nearly 30,000 registered sex offenders. 

I was at a city hall meeting in Beaverton, Oregon, the other day when a few questions I had for the presenters dropped jaws. We’ll get to that later, the jaw-dropping effect I and those of my ilk have when we end up in the controlled boardrooms and chambers of the controllers – bureaucrats, public-private clubs like Chamber of Commerce, Rotary, and both political operatives and those who liken themselves as the great planners of the world moving communities and housing and public commons around a giant chessboard to make things better for and more efficient in spite of us.

Costliest fighter, conflict of interest and taking documents home + this day in history w/another shooter event and our song of the day by Clutch on your Morning Monarchy for October 1, 2018.

Allegation investigations, Charlie's fallen angels and an abusive workplace + this day in history w/the Attica riots and our song of the day by Lana Del Rey on your Morning Monarchy for September 13, 2018.

Palestine soaps, corpse flowers and Blockbuster beers + this day in history w/the end of The Smiths and our song of the day by the Watson Twins on your Morning Monarchy for September 12, 2018.

This week on #GoodNewsNextWeek: Kalitpoia clears cannabis convictions; Sydney's fashionistas are going to the clothes library; And, music festivals clean up their acts.