HEY! It’s too late to mail that all important ballot! Since the deadline is TOMORROW (Tuesday) at 8 pm, vote YES on 66 and 67, and then use this convenient Google map to find the closest ballot drop off location near you! Ah, voting makes me feel like this: So does sniffing glue.
Election 2010
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Oregonian Publisher: “Not right wing nut.”
The new Oregonian publisher N.Christian Anderson III has finally emerged to respond to criticism voiced by critics from the Yes on 66/67 campaign yesterday. ANDERSON: CAME OUT FROM BEHIND THE CURTAIN, FINALLY In a “publisher’s note” this morning, Anderson protests at being called a “right-wing nut.” “I’m not,” he writes. But he does admit to […]
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Novick on Oregonian Editorial: “highly uncharacteristic disregard for factual accuracy.”
Former candidate for US Senate Steve Novick has responded on Blue Oregon to tomorrow’s Oregonian editorial about Measures 66 and 67. He says the editorial board at the paper is displaying a disregard for the truth: What’s more disturbing, however, to those of us who value newspapers in general and the Oregonian in particular (including […]
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New York Times on Tax Measures: “What happens here may be closely watched elsewhere.”
William Yardley gets quite a few inches in tomorrow’s issue to discuss the impact of measures 66 and 67. He goes to rural Jackson County to assess the impact of the measures on basic services out there. What happens here may be closely watched elsewhere. While tax increases are probably coming in plenty of other […]
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The Worst of The “Yes” Campaign’s Hatemail
Yes on 66/67 campaign director Kevin Looper has a “wall of hate” in his campaign office, which I photographed this morning while I was talking to volunteers who were going out canvassing. There’s some pretty disturbing mail on the wall—returned from “no” voters. What lies beneath the “no” campaign’s high-ground rhetoric? There’s more after the […]
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Oregonian “Censors” “Yes On 66/67” Ad, To Remove References To “Chickenshit” Publisher, After Printing “No” Campaign’s Lies
YES ON 67 SPADEA: RAN, “CENSORED,” THIS MORNING If you’ve been following Sarah’s reporting on the Oregonian‘s Spadea advertisements for the “Yes on 66/67” campaign, you’ll know that the paper’s change in editorial policy in December—to allow political ads on the front page—has been controversial. O PUBLISHER ANDERSON: “CHICKENSHIT” Well, this morning’s Oregonian carried a […]
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Bill Bradbury Launches Jobs Strategy: Wants “Bank Of Oregon”
You may recall this time last week, blogger T.A.Barnhart covered Democratic gubernatorial candidate John Kitzhaber’s launch of his jobs strategy. Well, this week he’s been covering the strategy of Kitzhaber’s rival for the Democratic candidacy, Bill Bradbury. Here’s what he has to say on the issue: By T.A.Barnhart Last week, John Kitzhaber began the “serious” […]
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Saltzman Files For Reelection, But Will He Deign To Share A Stage With His Rivals On Jan 28?
UPDATE: DAN SALTZMAN WILL BE COMING, says his campaign manger. FANTASTIC. ORIGINAL POST, 12:24 pm: In surprise of the year, reticent police commissioner Dan Saltzman has finally filed for reelection this morning. We’ve invited Saltzman, along with the other 6 candidates for his seat, to our Candidate Olympiad on January 28. SALTZMAN: FINALLY FILED THIS […]
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Saltzman’s Seat: Come To Candidate Olympiad!
With the race for Dan Saltzman’s council seat now split seven ways, the Mercury and the Bus Project have decided to put on a Brewhaha event for all seven candidates, so that you can meet and get to know them before the 1000-signature deadline for publicly financed campaigns on January 29. CANDIDATE OLYMPIAD: COOL RUNNINGS […]
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John Kitzhaber Launches Jobs Strategy: I Used To Do This All Wrong
Occasional Blue Oregon blogger and freelance politics writer T.A.Barnhart managed to get along to gubernatorial candidate John Kitzhaber‘s “jobs strategy roll out” yesterday, and since we were busy putting together the paper here, I was interested in what he had to write about the experience and thought you might be, too: By T.A.Barnhart Once and […]
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FREE PIZZA! (And Jeff Cogen’s Campaign Kickoff)
County Commissioner Jeff Cogen is running for re-election. His campaign will be boring because he will win. Although he does looks a lot like Tommy Carcetti from The Wire: COGEN AND COGEN, I MEAN, CARCETTI…NO…CARCETTI AND COGEN… Still, just because the man is sure to be reelected, doesn’t mean he shouldn’t have a campaign kick-off […]