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Have you done anything for Jefferson High School yet?
It would be more than sad if the only result of Mayor Potter moving his office to Jefferson High School for a week in January 2008 is that Mayor Potter moved his office…
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Ethanol biofuel without burning food?
This article claims it can be done, cheaply, now. “A biofuel startup in Illinois can make ethanol from just about anything organic for less than $1 per gallon, and it wouldn’t interfere with…
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Next Up at City Council, January 30-31, 2008
The Portland City Council Agenda for this coming week features an exciting announcement: 146 TIME CERTAIN: 9:30 AM – Authorize an agreement between Portland Parks & Recreation and the Oregon Department of Transportation…
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Excellent Letter to the Editor
In today’s Oregonian: **************************** “In his Jan. 24, letter, “Question antidepressants,” William Todd Schultz writes with all the smug certainty of a man who has never suffered a serious serotonin deficiency. If he…
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The flames of Women’s Rights
Eternal, or going down? I went to the annual Planned Parenthood/ProChoiceOregon Roe v. Wade anniversary event on Tuesday. In previous years it’s been a fancy dinner with a high ticket price, for a…
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Next Up at City Council, January 23- 24, 2008
The Agenda for Portland City Council this coming week says that two Commissioners will be absent on Wednesday, so the Consent Agenda will be passed on Thursday afternoon. There is no Wednesday afternoon…
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Steve Fritz photo up for auction
Steve and I have donated a framed, 16″ x 20″ print of this photograph, taken at Cape Kiwanda, to the Columbia Slough Watershed Council‘s annual Silent Auction. The image captured the actual colors…