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I have set up and contributed to accounts for all my grandchildren in the Oregon plan. Having said that, I have decided to stop contributing and adding to those accounts. My initial motivation was, of course, helping out my kids and grandchildren, by easing the costs of college down the road and secondly getting the 10% tax credit on my Oregon State income tax. After learning more about the fund, how it affects the parent/child's ability to qualify for financial aid, however, I decided there are better ways to help my grandchildren in the future regardless of the tax credit. Also, as the article indicates, several states have 529 plans that consistently out perform all categories of the Oregon plan and have much lower fees.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Actually not in Administration. "Transportation Supervisor" misprint and a member of SW OPTA which is the organization that puts this event on each year. Was very interesting and hope we never have to go through something like this ever.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
These dispensaries should pay taxes, and operate their businesses in an upstanding way. It is shameful that one-in-four dispensaries haven't paid the state taxes, and it gives the fledgling cannabis industry a huge black eye.	0.2	0.2	0	0	0.2	0.2	0
The shops that are not paying taxes and failing to register should be shut down in my opinion. at least until they register and pay up. They either think they are still clandestine "dealers" who don't have to pay taxes, are poor business people or they think they are above everyone else because they "providing a benevolent service". It's pretty easy to put aside money to pay your taxes, I wonder if they are paying payroll taxes for their employees? If the blew through all that income with out setting the tax money aside, this could end up being a real ugly disaster if it isn't handled correctly and quickly. They knew going into this business there would be taxation.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
There will be a learning curve here as drug dealers are not accustomed to paying taxes.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
I wonder if the state is using that money's interest for other things or distributing it to the account? The state has already borrowed against future lottery income, it would not surprise me at all if they using the 529 money in a similar fashion.	0.166667	0.166667	0	0	0.166667	0.166667	0
Marlene Pearson, do you really think Trump or Sanders will be "waving his arms, scowling, yelling “stupid,” etc. when dealing with heads of state? I don't think so. Right now they are campaigning. And, if your worried about choices, what about the city councilors who run unopposed?!	1	0	0	0	1	0	0
I'm glad Jeb! is finally out of the race. He just appeared to have the deer-in-the-headlights look, or always had the 1000-yard-stare when he was waiting for an applause.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Depending on the length of the trailer. That truck was more than able to pull that load. If they were close to the max weight they should have used stabilizer bars to evenly distribute the weight and decrease the tail wag. At 83 years old and not knowing that condition of the truck in question he shouldn't have been pulling a trailer in the first place. A motorhome is much easier for the older folk to manage. The responsibility lands directally on the buyer to do the research.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Our Government need to stop the over reaching immediately. This is NOT an "emergency". I'm so tired of our legislature. My voice counts!	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
An emergency to our legislation should have to be stated. What is the emergency? If we really have an emergency it will probably be obvious! Now the legislation is causing more social injustice by increasing minimum wage they are essentially decreasing the economic powers of the disabled, retired, and others living on a fixed income. Our most vulnerable citizens have no recourse! This legislation has increased the vulnerability of our elderly, disabled, and our small business owners. As a small business owner, serving medicaid patients, I will have to decrease the services available to patients with medicaid and market those services to private/commercially insured patients. This is how goods and services will be exchanged, once again decreasing critically necessary goods and services available to our vulnerable citizens. Please let the drug/alcohol addicted women, with medicaid, know they lost 100 housing and treatment slots! www.transitionsforwomen.org	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Let's wait until the deadline before calling it shameful.	0.4	0	0	0	0.3	0	0
Sen. Betsy Johnson, D-Scappoose I am grateful you are my representative!	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Yeah, women can give themselves away but not exchange the same service for money. Except maybe women like The Donald's wives and Hugh Hefner's child bride.	0.4	0	0	0	0.4	0.2	0
The image of the American flag at a pot dispensary makes me think "As American as Acapulco Gold"	0.166667	0	0	0	0.166667	0	0
"saying a quick prayer for them." Suddenly I'm hearing Dionne Warwick and picture her as she runs for the bus, dear...	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
That same logic would explain the result of it being easier to be a heartless jerk in America than many other developed nations...	0.818182	0.090909	0.363636	0	0.727273	0	0
The attorney states that the case is "meritorious and in keeping with the protections afforded to vulnerable persons by the Oregon Legislature" So, salespeople have the right to say No to selling, say, a big ol' RV to a customer because they're - how to put this? They appear to be over 75? I'm not defending salespeople, but they're not allowed to say No to older people, are they?	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
A rather senseless discussion/debate since we don't know the details. However, in general "older doesn't always mean wiser", nor does 83 mean you're senile. Some salespersons, indeed, do take advantage of older customers...sometimes selling them products, knowing they don't really need them or can't sensibly use them. Others are "protective' of seniors..perhaps say, "you know, this is something you probably don't really need" etc... However, we don't know if that's the case here. Certainly RV Corral is getting adverse publicity.....I haven't the slightest idea whether they deserve it or not.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hunnicutt's letter claims: "CEOs’ pay has been reported at 250 percent more than is paid to the hourly worker. " That would be 2.5 times more. I think the actual number is 250 times MORE than the hourly worker. But as far as hourly pay, Hillary Clinton earned $5,000 a minute for one of her speeches. And we don't seem to know what she said that was so important because no one is telling, including CEOs that surely attended.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
I hadn't ever thought about the 'trophy wife' in relation to Feminist values before. But it does seem that the 'trophy wife', especially when pre-nuptial agreements are involved, is just another example of entrepreneurship. ""...capacity and willingness to develop, organize and manage a business venture along with any of its risks in order to make a profit."	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
If they did say NO, they'd be sued for age discrimination.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
If the salesman said "I don't want to sell this trailer to you, your too old" he would be sued for discrimination	0.166667	0	0	0	0	0.166667	0
Yep. Six (6) business days left; then we'll know! If only 38 out of 320 have paid taxes and only 60 have set up appointments to do so by next Monday, would you like to make a little wager on the compliance rate by then? And those are the pure 'recreational' sites.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Now that would be true desperation! No experience, no program, no chance! Write in Donald Duck; that should suffice to display one's contempt for the choices the two major parties have offered.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
South Korea, for a nation with only a 'truce' in a war since the 1950's, has certainly attempted the diplomatic method to resolve the war. When your bellicose neighbor insists on developing nuclear weapons and neither China or the US can (or chooses to) do anything about it, perhaps this re-evaluation is necessary. I'm quite certain that the possession of nuclear weapons by Israel, for example, has made their Arab and Iranian neighbors a little more circumspect in their conduct.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
;) so glad you decided to join in after all......	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
I wouldn't bet on the dispensaries! I don't quite understand the appointment thing, why would someone do that instead of mailing a check? But only 7 by mail, so it must be better in person for some reason. On the other hand, if a tax deadline is the end of the month, I pay at the end of the month, so there may be a surge in the next week. I have some sympathy for these businesses. It can be daunting to work through the state regs for the first time, and I imagine the tax rules around these sales are extra complicated. They should pay, and pay on time, but I remember the first time I tried to do something and it was rough, having to fax a form multiple times, calling and listening as the government employee literally riffled through a stack of paper claiming it wasn't there, and then later them calling to say it was in a different pile... all while the deadline was fast approaching!	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
We know how Trump will negotiate with other heads of state by what what he promised. Responding to fears of high gas prices (which he predicted would go to "$5, $6 and $7 very soon" though it never topped $4 a gallon nationally http://www.gasbuddy.com/Charts), Trump said he knew people who, to paraphrase, we're not very nice people who could negotiate with China. Here is the Don schooling us as to how he would put a 25% tariff on imported Chinese goods: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wN7KHWdyrbI	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
I don't think anyone sensible would consider that possibility, no, at least as a large-scale problem. I think you raise some good points, though: 1) Portland does not have the resources available to support all the homeless in the region, so what's Prineville doing to help people who go homeless there? Is it proportional to the help Portland's providing, based (say) on percentage of population? If not, then they need to step the hell up, and Portland needs to pitch a fit about that. 2) Are the laws regarding homeless issues similar from place to place? For instance I recall seeing signs preventing panhandling at on-ramps in Salem(?). If I want/need to beg for money I'd go somewhere else. Should Portland put in similar restrictions? 3) There _are_ people who just want to "sleep rough" (to quote OPB's Think Out Loud piece on Hazelnut Grove) - how do we steer our limited resources away from them and to the people who are truly in need? I have no good answers, mind you.	0.166667	0	0.166667	0	0	0	0
We have drivers tests for 4 wheelers and motorcycles Tests to drive a boat Test to drive a car Test to drive a truck Why not a test for never drove anything bigger than a pu truck	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
these non compliant dispensary owners are grinding on me. are THEY the bad apples that are going to spoil it for all the legal, compliant marijuana users and sellers? kind of want to go to my friendly neighborhood dispensary(s) and ask them if they have complied. No? i guess I will pay you 75% of the money you charge and i'll go ahead and put that other 25% in the mail to the IRS myself. follow up question...are you nuts? talk about killing the golden goose...	1	0	0	0	1	0	0
They can't 'write a check'. Marijuana is illegal by the Federal government. Banks and Credit Unions operate under Federal law and taking in 'illegal' drug money is Federal money laundering and can result in prosecution. They have to pay in cash. There was even an article earlier this month in the R-G pointing out that the Oregon Department of Revenue (ODOR?) had added security to guard the money coming in. Obviously, Sen Wyden and Merkley are trying to get something passed to fix that, but no success yet.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
As long as it takes a billion dollars to get elected, we'll get politicians that can raise that money from corporate interests or those who rely on their own corporate made wealth. Overturn Citizens United and at least require disclosure of PAC donors.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Regardless of the facts of this case, DOT holds the vehicle operator as the one responsible for determining the safety, equipment specifications and condition for commercial transport. Why isn't the public required to comply as well?	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Is "angry old white guy" a stereotype? One could say, "He's an angry old Jew". What if we said of Hillary: "She's an aging, frustrated, rich granny"? Sanders IS "old". He IS "angry". He's not "cleaned up" by image makers. He is the real deal. If we have to have youth and good looks, I would also ask, what makes such qualifications relevant to the presidency?	0.636364	0.090909	0	0	0.454545	0.363636	0
Discrediting Sanders because our Congress is so intractable is to simply give in. An obstructive Congress had taken over the country by doing noting. I am not giving in. Sanders deserves a chance to represent the will of those who are fed up.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
And, since Citizens United was a Supreme Court decision and will require an amendment 535 members of Congress have to initiate, when do you think the millionaires (half of both Houses) will do that? Since it also permits SEIU and other union Corporations to support their candidates and causes, do you expect them to push for its 'overturn'? Do you expect Hillary or Trump to put that on their 'First Hundred Days' agenda? Will Sanders get that through the current Congress. "If wishes were fishes, we'd all eat for free."	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Being at Columbia University in physics in the 70's, I have to take issue with Isenberg's history. There was little doubt in physicist's minds in the 1970's about black holes. Without even getting into general relativity, it was clear that a suitably massive star simply could not by any known force avoid collapse to a singularity when no longer able to generate fusion power. Also, Newton was essentially silent on gravity waves dealing rather with relatively stationary bodies. If Isenberg had asked Newton what would happen if the sun were displaced by million miles in 10 seconds, I suspect Newton would have paused and speculated on a gravitational field distortion at large distances from the Sun that resembles gravitational waves. Of course, we cannot ask Newton, but the point is that the analogy between the emission of electromagnetic (light) and gravitational waves is not so incredibly different. Discarding Isenberg's history, of course detection of gravity waves is important.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
well as far as being accurately in describing the two people I mentioned , yes ...I've heard it used that way. and I stated why I thought that type of personality wouldn't make a good president.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nah, if pharmacists and bar tenders can figure it out, so can dispensaries.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
This is typical of environmental regulation in Oregon. We mistake the willful absence of data collection for evidence of no harmful conditions.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Don't be silly, of course there is no open list of passwords somewhere. I know Apple has a great deal at stake here, and no one wants the security of all iPhones compromised. Make insulting remarks all you want, it is simply not believable that the brilliant software engineers at Apple can't figure out how to get into one iPhone (software they created) without opening all of them. I wonder if you are one of the people who at other times complains the US is too soft on terrorists.	0.5	0	0	0.2	0.5	0	0
Go Trump! Make America great again. Here's how the current occupant negotiates ....... http://www.whatdoesitmean.com/obn1.jpg	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Yah, like Hillary making more in 12 speeches to big banks ($2.9M) than most of us make in a lifetime?	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
I think when you add in the portion of the cancer, heart disease and accident deaths that are caused by car dependence, you would find that the car is the number one cause of preventable death, not tobacco use.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
$40,000 / month sales should be plenty to pay for a tax advisor/preparer.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wonder if Bill Clinton got all his trophies for free?	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Why doesn't Oregon require any test other than for eyesight after the first successful test? I got my license in 1962. With renewals and good eyesight, I'm good until 2020.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
If you overbrake, you'll quickly discover that the 'tail wags the dog'!	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
DOJ should do a Ferguson,Mo Type investigation of the Multnomah County Sheriffs Department. If they checked the race/ethnicity of drivers pulled over in East County ,I'm sure theyd find a pattern of raising revenue on the backs of minorities.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Well, just the Paula Jones affair cost him $940,000. $850,000 settlement and another $90,000 when it was on appeal because of his Federal Contempt of Court, which also resulted in his disbarment. I wouldn't call that 'for free'.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
High speed "wild" chases through town? Of course, some would say it was the perp's fault because officers involved had no choice but to pursue at high speed despite risk to innocent citizens.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Investigators need to check the MSD servers and see if any names on the committee pop up in a query which would indicate someone in the MSD checked them out using County resources.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
I think I'm older than you. Think Maui Wowee!	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Considering how many prior arrests of Ryan Lee Thomas Bird are online, it might be time to give him a 'time out' at the State's expense. Although the auto thefts and DUIIs and Marijuana arrests are starting to stack up, I'm more concerned about the two separate arrests for illegally having a concealed weapon. If this continues without the courts doing anything, someone is likely to get shot.	0.4	0	0	0.3	0	0	0
I can't understand why 80+ year old people think they need to own huge mobile homes and trailers on which they lose tons of money, especially if they trade in or trade up every few years. I have met people who have lost over $300,000 on a series of motorhome purchases and trades. That amount of money would have paid for a lot of nights in fancy hotels all over the place. Most of these aging road warriors would be better off in a hotel than a motor home. I think the driver training and licensing standards should be re-evaluated for all motor home operators and trailer haulers. As an aside, assuming these people had full coverage on the vehicle and trailer, if they received payment from their insurance company then that company has the right to bring any claim for property damage. On that claim, and on their injury claims, there is certainly some comparative fault by the driver and I think the attorney has a conflict of interest representing the wife and not suing the husband too.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Even after 37 years, I am still proud to have been one of the seven graduates of the Class of 1979. I gained so much from my Army experiences and my military service paved the way for so many other things that were to come my way in life. I owe a lot to the U of O ROTC program which exposed me to training in many states and gave me a chance to travel around the country for the first time. I grew up here in Eugene and always thought I'd end up in one of the ROTC programs but the Air Force program didn't last here which was a real shame. We do not want all of our military officers trained at the academies if we want to retain civilian control over the military. Our U of O program has graduated more general officers than just about any other program in the country. I hope it is still here in another 100 years.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
In a meeting on Friday, PPS attorney Jollee Patterson said PPS is not policing anyone's speech except for parent Kim Sordyl's -- because she uses words like incompetent, dishonest, unethical with regard to PPS officials. Patterson specifically noted hostile parents on DBRAC, but that she is not curbing that speech.	0.1	0	0	0	0.1	0	0
I wonder what the relative risk factors are for high speed chase vs somebody with a illegal weapon shooting someone.	0.2	0	0	0.2	0	0	0
That's one of those 'odds' questions that is interesting to speculate about. When someone is killed or injured by either the speeding car or use of the illegal firearm, however, the 'odds' don't really matter to the person who was injured or killed. Then we will have the absolute certainty of the armchair police officers with 20-20 hindsight that the other possibility was the proper choice. And we will also be guaranteed the views that "the police are all intentional killers" contrasted by those who assert that "the police can do no wrong". I can predict the names on these threads for both of those positions right now.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
I agree with the Bridlemile parents. PPS has unleashed a hunger games on the West Side and it's time to bring it to an end. While there was an interesting exchange of ideas in the beginning on social media - it has since descended into bickering which is no longer constructive and can sometimes get down right nasty.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
That is just a lame excuse Carl. Politics is a bloodsport. Always has been. I suspect there are many other reasons you are shutting it down. Money? Support? Audience? To be clear I am a Bernie supporter but not a Bernie Bagger (the morons that have got you upset). Yes I am going to vote for Bernie in the primaries but I voted for Hillary last time. I do not hate Hillary I just prefer someone who negotiates from a starting point of "what we want" instead of lowering expectations therefore giving the right what they want and a little tiny bit of what we want. We have had that for almost 8 years. If she is the nominee then I will support her 100%. Then I will spend 8 years bitching about how she appeased the reichwing like Obama did.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
To be fair I hear the same nonsense from the minority over the top Hillary supporters. There is no lack of Bernie Baggers and Hillary Bots screaming nonsense.	0.3	0	0	0	0.3	0	0
And you will be properly blamed for leading the country down the Scalia toilet if you don't vote for Hillary if you do not get your way.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
The America First movement, whose most notable member was Charles Lindbergh, clearly did not want to get into WWII. I just discovered some other participants: "The AFC was established on September 4, 1940, by Yale Law School student R. Douglas Stuart, Jr. (heir to the Quaker Oats fortune), along with other students, including future President Gerald Ford, future Peace Corps director Sargent Shriver, and future U.S. Supreme Court justice Potter Stewart. Future President John F. Kennedy contributed $100, along with a note saying "What you all are doing is vital." At its peak, America First claimed 800,000 dues-paying members in 450 chapters, located mostly in a 300-mile radius of Chicago." I knew that Kennedy's father opposed Roosevelt's pre-1941 involvement in the War. That's why he got fired as Ambassador to England. The Greatest Generation, including Kennedy, found their way to War after Pearl Harbor, of course.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
A lawsuit has been filed and probably will be treated as a "nuisance case" wherein it is cheaper for the business to pay it off instead of going to court. This would depend on the legal precedence of the case. The fact still remains that this is newsworthy material which is acceptable for print. Had there been deaths involved in the incident we would be looking at a "wrongful death suit" and the reporting credence would have been further supported by a fatality. Bottom line it is prudent as an individual who will incur possibly injury to themselves or others to verify the limits of the equipment that belongs to them. Had someone else, a total stranger, been injured as a result of the accident the owners of the truck and trailer may have been culpable for any and all damages.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Good point. It's hopeless. We should all just shoot ourselves. We've got the guns. Seriously, all of the situation we are in was created by the voting public. Since the hanging chad election of George Bush we've had an accelerated erosion of one person, one vote. Giving up is not an answer. We've had a hard lesson just how obstructionist Congress can be. Placing a candidate in the oval office that can galvanize the people is an excellent start. For some reason people question Sanders' ability to get things done, but not Trump. Either will face opposition. We need 2/3rds of that 535 congressional members to propose an amendment, then 3/4ths of states to ratify. We have passed 17 amendments. I am not giving up before we try.	0.5	0	0	0.5	0.2	0	0
I particularly agree with you about the value of ROTC to offset or at least supplement the training received by other 2nd Lieutenant candidates at West Point and Annapolis. think it is valuable to the society as a whole and also to the military.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
To paraphrase, she said "Blah blah, blah, don't you agree? Blah, blah, blah, and we can, too. Blahblah, to make this happen." There are also rumors that she sang a rousing rendition of "Stand by Your Man".	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Maybe the horse will learn to sing....	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
I wonder how much money taxpayers money PPS is going to waste on crap like this and then come crying to taxpayers how short of money they are and threaten to lay off half the teachers in the district if they don't get another massive tax increase passed?It's none of PPS damn business what PPS patents say or do on Facebook.	0.9	0	0.7	0	0.7	0	0
Right. Just look the other way like Hillary does. Great core values.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
this is like a paid advert... 529s are doing well, says Wheeler, a candidate for Mayor. So well it's ranked 47th!!! I hope everyone understands that's out of 50. I would love this article to discuss this issue from that standpoint.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Great core values? What's a "core value" and how do you prove you have any? You specialize in moralizing drivel that only other moralizers such as yourself really care about. You probably are a Ted Cruz supporter.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
I'd rather see the Dem party completely destroyed after the way they handled this election than see another Clinton sit on the Iron Throne.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
gee, most dealers I may have known previously were pretty quick with numbers as I recollect.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
So anyone who is passionate enough to yell and wave his or her arms is not acceptable? The difference between Trump and Sanders is that Sanders has a brain.	0.3	0	0	0	0.3	0	0
"The Bridlemile community is on edge, in part because the current recommendation would require students there to attend Wilson High School instead of Lincoln." This is reductionism at its worst. Sure, in part some people are upset because they prefer a different high school, but the overall distress is much bigger than "being asked to attend Wilson over Lincoln." Many of us are fine with that choice in a vacuum, just not when it comes at a cost of cutting the elementary enrollment so that it will lose so much FTE in order for it to fit in Robert Gray because it's current size is too big for the middle school. It's a badly thought out plan that has big short term consequences and long term doesn't solve what it's purporting to solve. So yes, in oart....but jeez, this is bigger than that. AND also, PPS doesn't need to get on Facebook. That's silly. Parents should monitor e/o and themselves. Adults don't need babysitters.	0.3	0	0	0	0.3	0	0.1
Probably photoshopped, but if this works for you, just accept the higher gas prices that come with it: http://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--0YIuWGlt--/1533368213500270883.jpg	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Though she may be in NW OR, she's at least open to different possibilities.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Then, tell everyone to stop supporting regressive socialism! That's why this state is in the dire straights its in.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Michael Bloomberg is watching the Trump and Bernie clown cars. If Bloomberg enters the Presidential race there will be another choice available. But beware--if Bloomberg wins a state or two, and no one gets the necessary electoral votes to be the President, the Republican House of Representatives gets to choose the new president. They can choose anyone they they please.	0.3	0	0	0	0.3	0	0
Then, vote the SOBs out of office!!! Stop buying the regressive lie! The sad thing is, that the low info regressives are like the abused spouse, and always believes her abuser will stop whenever he promises to stop!	0.3	0	0.1	0	0.3	0	0
Then maybe, it's time for an initiative to countermand this...	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
I live on the 2700 block of Bell, and I don't appreciate the area being called "run down". That adjective has negative connotation, Junnelle.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Building "skills and self-esteem" will not get people off the street when there is no shelter or affordable housing available. There are many people better qualified to write about homelessness in Eugene than David Gerber.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Got in from shoveling snow just in time to see the last 8 laps. Kind of like an NBA game. You only need to watch the last couple of minutes. Best Daytona 500 finish I've seen.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Unfortunately raising the minimum wage will have almost zero impact on the corporations that are being run by the CEOs making 250 times the average wage earner. Who it will hurt is the guy or gal you see every day that is running a small business, service or retail, that is probably making at most 3-4 times the minimum wage and putting in 50-60 hours a week to do it. The folks in Salem refused to listen to those folks, relying instead on the popular myth that higher wages will come out of the pockets of those CEO SOBs and not the existing "living wage" jobs in this community.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
If this were the former forum, I'd be able to post my opinion. Right now, I can taste blood in my mouth from having to bite my tongue.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
I guess I am in my "cyberworld", I just run across the "Bernie-extremists", but the "Hillary-extremists" you speak of are EVERY BIT as bad! It is "OK" for Democrats to to criticize either (or BOTH) candidates, but PLEASE keep a sense of proportion! BOTH are DAY AND NIGHT better than ANY of the current Republican candidates!	0.111111	0	0	0	0.111111	0	0
Not true. A common myth. Most of the local homeless are from Lane county.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
This is interesting. The Register Guard claims that they have seen this report, and that it says that 20% of Lane County's population lives below the poverty level. Yet, Mayor Kitty Piercy, speaking before community leaders at a private function at the new Kaiser Permanente Medical office in downtown Eugene Thursday evening, told those in attendance that she has also seen this report, and that is says that 45% of Lane County's residents live below the poverty line. So what does the report really say? That is a HUGE difference: 20% vs 45%. Someone has misrepresented and inaccurately stated what is in the report. Is the Register Guard or Mayor Piercy wrong?	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wow - interesting article. It's good to read of the impending demise of the "medical marijuana" fairy tale; let's hope it is over soon. But these idiots - criminals, actually - who feel some moral obligation to skip paying taxes so that they can help"people in need" - well, lets hope they go down first in the impending shakeout. Let's stop pretending marijuana is at all expensive, too. A gram of bud - $15 if you want to splurge - will keep two people buzzed for a couple of days. A $15 bottle of wine will only give a couple hours buzz for the same two people. The only reason people are complaining about the cost of pot is because they are at the bottom of the economic ladder, precisely because of that cheap weed they've been consuming for years.	0.2	0	0	0	0.2	0	0
Here's another example of why elderly people should not be driving. By the numbers, they are as deadly behind the wheel as teenagers. I am amazed so few people plan for the inevitable. Everyone needs to hang up their car keys at some point in time, mostly around the age of Social Security eligibility. Years ago, Dear Abby (or was it her twin, Ann Landers?) published a letter from a woman who was distraught. No one in her family had the guts to tell her father that he needed to stop driving. At a family gathering, her father put his vehicle in drive instead of reverse and pinned his grandson between two bumpers. The child lost both legs. The writer was pleading with people to have the courage to tell their elderly relatives to stop driving and to make sure they have someone to tell them when the time comes.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
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I have set up and contributed to accounts for all my grandchildren in the Oregon plan. Having said that, I have decided to stop contributing and adding to those accounts. My initial motivation was, of course, helping out my kids and grandchildren, by easing the costs of college down the road and secondly getting the 10% tax credit on my Oregon State income tax. After learning more about the fund, how it affects the parent/child's ability to qualify for financial aid, however, I decided there are better ways to help my grandchildren in the future regardless of the tax credit. Also, as the article indicates, several states have 529 plans that consistently out perform all categories of the Oregon plan and have much lower fees.

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Actually not in Administration. "Transportation Supervisor" misprint and a member of SW OPTA which is the organization that puts this event on each year. Was very interesting and hope we never have to go through something like this ever.

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These dispensaries should pay taxes, and operate their businesses in an upstanding way. It is shameful that one-in-four dispensaries haven't paid the state taxes, and it gives the fledgling cannabis industry a huge black eye.

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The shops that are not paying taxes and failing to register should be shut down in my opinion. at least until they register and pay up. They either think they are still clandestine "dealers" who don't have to pay taxes, are poor business people or they think they are above everyone else because they "providing a benevolent service". It's pretty easy to put aside money to pay your taxes, I wonder if they are paying payroll taxes for their employees? If the blew through all that income with out setting the tax money aside, this could end up being a real ugly disaster if it isn't handled correctly and quickly. They knew going into this business there would be taxation.

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I wonder if the state is using that money's interest for other things or distributing it to the account? The state has already borrowed against future lottery income, it would not surprise me at all if they using the 529 money in a similar fashion.

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Marlene Pearson, do you really think Trump or Sanders will be "waving his arms, scowling, yelling “stupid,” etc. when dealing with heads of state? I don't think so. Right now they are campaigning. And, if your worried about choices, what about the city councilors who run unopposed?!

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I'm glad Jeb! is finally out of the race. He just appeared to have the deer-in-the-headlights look, or always had the 1000-yard-stare when he was waiting for an applause.

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Depending on the length of the trailer. That truck was more than able to pull that load. If they were close to the max weight they should have used stabilizer bars to evenly distribute the weight and decrease the tail wag. At 83 years old and not knowing that condition of the truck in question he shouldn't have been pulling a trailer in the first place. A motorhome is much easier for the older folk to manage. The responsibility lands directally on the buyer to do the research.

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Our Government need to stop the over reaching immediately. This is NOT an "emergency". I'm so tired of our legislature. My voice counts!

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An emergency to our legislation should have to be stated. What is the emergency? If we really have an emergency it will probably be obvious! Now the legislation is causing more social injustice by increasing minimum wage they are essentially decreasing the economic powers of the disabled, retired, and others living on a fixed income. Our most vulnerable citizens have no recourse! This legislation has increased the vulnerability of our elderly, disabled, and our small business owners. As a small business owner, serving medicaid patients, I will have to decrease the services available to patients with medicaid and market those services to private/commercially insured patients. This is how goods and services will be exchanged, once again decreasing critically necessary goods and services available to our vulnerable citizens. Please let the drug/alcohol addicted women, with medicaid, know they lost 100 housing and treatment slots! www.transitionsforwomen.org

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Let's wait until the deadline before calling it shameful.

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Sen. Betsy Johnson, D-Scappoose I am grateful you are my representative!

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Yeah, women can give themselves away but not exchange the same service for money. Except maybe women like The Donald's wives and Hugh Hefner's child bride.

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The image of the American flag at a pot dispensary makes me think "As American as Acapulco Gold"

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"saying a quick prayer for them." Suddenly I'm hearing Dionne Warwick and picture her as she runs for the bus, dear...

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That same logic would explain the result of it being easier to be a heartless jerk in America than many other developed nations...

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The attorney states that the case is "meritorious and in keeping with the protections afforded to vulnerable persons by the Oregon Legislature" So, salespeople have the right to say No to selling, say, a big ol' RV to a customer because they're - how to put this? They appear to be over 75? I'm not defending salespeople, but they're not allowed to say No to older people, are they?

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A rather senseless discussion/debate since we don't know the details. However, in general "older doesn't always mean wiser", nor does 83 mean you're senile. Some salespersons, indeed, do take advantage of older customers...sometimes selling them products, knowing they don't really need them or can't sensibly use them. Others are "protective' of seniors..perhaps say, "you know, this is something you probably don't really need" etc... However, we don't know if that's the case here. Certainly RV Corral is getting adverse publicity.....I haven't the slightest idea whether they deserve it or not.

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Hunnicutt's letter claims: "CEOs’ pay has been reported at 250 percent more than is paid to the hourly worker. " That would be 2.5 times more. I think the actual number is 250 times MORE than the hourly worker. But as far as hourly pay, Hillary Clinton earned $5,000 a minute for one of her speeches. And we don't seem to know what she said that was so important because no one is telling, including CEOs that surely attended.

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I hadn't ever thought about the 'trophy wife' in relation to Feminist values before. But it does seem that the 'trophy wife', especially when pre-nuptial agreements are involved, is just another example of entrepreneurship. ""...capacity and willingness to develop, organize and manage a business venture along with any of its risks in order to make a profit."

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If the salesman said "I don't want to sell this trailer to you, your too old" he would be sued for discrimination

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Yep. Six (6) business days left; then we'll know! If only 38 out of 320 have paid taxes and only 60 have set up appointments to do so by next Monday, would you like to make a little wager on the compliance rate by then? And those are the pure 'recreational' sites.

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Now that would be true desperation! No experience, no program, no chance! Write in Donald Duck; that should suffice to display one's contempt for the choices the two major parties have offered.

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South Korea, for a nation with only a 'truce' in a war since the 1950's, has certainly attempted the diplomatic method to resolve the war. When your bellicose neighbor insists on developing nuclear weapons and neither China or the US can (or chooses to) do anything about it, perhaps this re-evaluation is necessary. I'm quite certain that the possession of nuclear weapons by Israel, for example, has made their Arab and Iranian neighbors a little more circumspect in their conduct.

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;) so glad you decided to join in after all......

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I wouldn't bet on the dispensaries! I don't quite understand the appointment thing, why would someone do that instead of mailing a check? But only 7 by mail, so it must be better in person for some reason. On the other hand, if a tax deadline is the end of the month, I pay at the end of the month, so there may be a surge in the next week. I have some sympathy for these businesses. It can be daunting to work through the state regs for the first time, and I imagine the tax rules around these sales are extra complicated. They should pay, and pay on time, but I remember the first time I tried to do something and it was rough, having to fax a form multiple times, calling and listening as the government employee literally riffled through a stack of paper claiming it wasn't there, and then later them calling to say it was in a different pile... all while the deadline was fast approaching!

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We know how Trump will negotiate with other heads of state by what what he promised. Responding to fears of high gas prices (which he predicted would go to "$5, $6 and $7 very soon" though it never topped $4 a gallon nationally http://www.gasbuddy.com/Charts), Trump said he knew people who, to paraphrase, we're not very nice people who could negotiate with China. Here is the Don schooling us as to how he would put a 25% tariff on imported Chinese goods: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wN7KHWdyrbI

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I don't think anyone sensible would consider that possibility, no, at least as a large-scale problem. I think you raise some good points, though: 1) Portland does not have the resources available to support all the homeless in the region, so what's Prineville doing to help people who go homeless there? Is it proportional to the help Portland's providing, based (say) on percentage of population? If not, then they need to step the hell up, and Portland needs to pitch a fit about that. 2) Are the laws regarding homeless issues similar from place to place? For instance I recall seeing signs preventing panhandling at on-ramps in Salem(?). If I want/need to beg for money I'd go somewhere else. Should Portland put in similar restrictions? 3) There _are_ people who just want to "sleep rough" (to quote OPB's Think Out Loud piece on Hazelnut Grove) - how do we steer our limited resources away from them and to the people who are truly in need? I have no good answers, mind you.

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We have drivers tests for 4 wheelers and motorcycles Tests to drive a boat Test to drive a car Test to drive a truck Why not a test for never drove anything bigger than a pu truck

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these non compliant dispensary owners are grinding on me. are THEY the bad apples that are going to spoil it for all the legal, compliant marijuana users and sellers? kind of want to go to my friendly neighborhood dispensary(s) and ask them if they have complied. No? i guess I will pay you 75% of the money you charge and i'll go ahead and put that other 25% in the mail to the IRS myself. follow up question...are you nuts? talk about killing the golden goose...

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They can't 'write a check'. Marijuana is illegal by the Federal government. Banks and Credit Unions operate under Federal law and taking in 'illegal' drug money is Federal money laundering and can result in prosecution. They have to pay in cash. There was even an article earlier this month in the R-G pointing out that the Oregon Department of Revenue (ODOR?) had added security to guard the money coming in. Obviously, Sen Wyden and Merkley are trying to get something passed to fix that, but no success yet.

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As long as it takes a billion dollars to get elected, we'll get politicians that can raise that money from corporate interests or those who rely on their own corporate made wealth. Overturn Citizens United and at least require disclosure of PAC donors.

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Regardless of the facts of this case, DOT holds the vehicle operator as the one responsible for determining the safety, equipment specifications and condition for commercial transport. Why isn't the public required to comply as well?

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Is "angry old white guy" a stereotype? One could say, "He's an angry old Jew". What if we said of Hillary: "She's an aging, frustrated, rich granny"? Sanders IS "old". He IS "angry". He's not "cleaned up" by image makers. He is the real deal. If we have to have youth and good looks, I would also ask, what makes such qualifications relevant to the presidency?

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Discrediting Sanders because our Congress is so intractable is to simply give in. An obstructive Congress had taken over the country by doing noting. I am not giving in. Sanders deserves a chance to represent the will of those who are fed up.

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And, since Citizens United was a Supreme Court decision and will require an amendment 535 members of Congress have to initiate, when do you think the millionaires (half of both Houses) will do that? Since it also permits SEIU and other union Corporations to support their candidates and causes, do you expect them to push for its 'overturn'? Do you expect Hillary or Trump to put that on their 'First Hundred Days' agenda? Will Sanders get that through the current Congress. "If wishes were fishes, we'd all eat for free."

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Being at Columbia University in physics in the 70's, I have to take issue with Isenberg's history. There was little doubt in physicist's minds in the 1970's about black holes. Without even getting into general relativity, it was clear that a suitably massive star simply could not by any known force avoid collapse to a singularity when no longer able to generate fusion power. Also, Newton was essentially silent on gravity waves dealing rather with relatively stationary bodies. If Isenberg had asked Newton what would happen if the sun were displaced by million miles in 10 seconds, I suspect Newton would have paused and speculated on a gravitational field distortion at large distances from the Sun that resembles gravitational waves. Of course, we cannot ask Newton, but the point is that the analogy between the emission of electromagnetic (light) and gravitational waves is not so incredibly different. Discarding Isenberg's history, of course detection of gravity waves is important.

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well as far as being accurately in describing the two people I mentioned , yes ...I've heard it used that way. and I stated why I thought that type of personality wouldn't make a good president.

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Nah, if pharmacists and bar tenders can figure it out, so can dispensaries.

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This is typical of environmental regulation in Oregon. We mistake the willful absence of data collection for evidence of no harmful conditions.

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Don't be silly, of course there is no open list of passwords somewhere. I know Apple has a great deal at stake here, and no one wants the security of all iPhones compromised. Make insulting remarks all you want, it is simply not believable that the brilliant software engineers at Apple can't figure out how to get into one iPhone (software they created) without opening all of them. I wonder if you are one of the people who at other times complains the US is too soft on terrorists.

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Go Trump! Make America great again. Here's how the current occupant negotiates ....... http://www.whatdoesitmean.com/obn1.jpg

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Yah, like Hillary making more in 12 speeches to big banks ($2.9M) than most of us make in a lifetime?

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I think when you add in the portion of the cancer, heart disease and accident deaths that are caused by car dependence, you would find that the car is the number one cause of preventable death, not tobacco use.

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$40,000 / month sales should be plenty to pay for a tax advisor/preparer.

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Wonder if Bill Clinton got all his trophies for free?

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Why doesn't Oregon require any test other than for eyesight after the first successful test? I got my license in 1962. With renewals and good eyesight, I'm good until 2020.

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If you overbrake, you'll quickly discover that the 'tail wags the dog'!

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DOJ should do a Ferguson,Mo Type investigation of the Multnomah County Sheriffs Department. If they checked the race/ethnicity of drivers pulled over in East County ,I'm sure theyd find a pattern of raising revenue on the backs of minorities.

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Well, just the Paula Jones affair cost him $940,000. $850,000 settlement and another $90,000 when it was on appeal because of his Federal Contempt of Court, which also resulted in his disbarment. I wouldn't call that 'for free'.

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High speed "wild" chases through town? Of course, some would say it was the perp's fault because officers involved had no choice but to pursue at high speed despite risk to innocent citizens.

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Investigators need to check the MSD servers and see if any names on the committee pop up in a query which would indicate someone in the MSD checked them out using County resources.

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I think I'm older than you. Think Maui Wowee!

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Considering how many prior arrests of Ryan Lee Thomas Bird are online, it might be time to give him a 'time out' at the State's expense. Although the auto thefts and DUIIs and Marijuana arrests are starting to stack up, I'm more concerned about the two separate arrests for illegally having a concealed weapon. If this continues without the courts doing anything, someone is likely to get shot.

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I can't understand why 80+ year old people think they need to own huge mobile homes and trailers on which they lose tons of money, especially if they trade in or trade up every few years. I have met people who have lost over $300,000 on a series of motorhome purchases and trades. That amount of money would have paid for a lot of nights in fancy hotels all over the place. Most of these aging road warriors would be better off in a hotel than a motor home. I think the driver training and licensing standards should be re-evaluated for all motor home operators and trailer haulers. As an aside, assuming these people had full coverage on the vehicle and trailer, if they received payment from their insurance company then that company has the right to bring any claim for property damage. On that claim, and on their injury claims, there is certainly some comparative fault by the driver and I think the attorney has a conflict of interest representing the wife and not suing the husband too.

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Even after 37 years, I am still proud to have been one of the seven graduates of the Class of 1979. I gained so much from my Army experiences and my military service paved the way for so many other things that were to come my way in life. I owe a lot to the U of O ROTC program which exposed me to training in many states and gave me a chance to travel around the country for the first time. I grew up here in Eugene and always thought I'd end up in one of the ROTC programs but the Air Force program didn't last here which was a real shame. We do not want all of our military officers trained at the academies if we want to retain civilian control over the military. Our U of O program has graduated more general officers than just about any other program in the country. I hope it is still here in another 100 years.

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In a meeting on Friday, PPS attorney Jollee Patterson said PPS is not policing anyone's speech except for parent Kim Sordyl's -- because she uses words like incompetent, dishonest, unethical with regard to PPS officials. Patterson specifically noted hostile parents on DBRAC, but that she is not curbing that speech.

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That's one of those 'odds' questions that is interesting to speculate about. When someone is killed or injured by either the speeding car or use of the illegal firearm, however, the 'odds' don't really matter to the person who was injured or killed. Then we will have the absolute certainty of the armchair police officers with 20-20 hindsight that the other possibility was the proper choice. And we will also be guaranteed the views that "the police are all intentional killers" contrasted by those who assert that "the police can do no wrong". I can predict the names on these threads for both of those positions right now.

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That is just a lame excuse Carl. Politics is a bloodsport. Always has been. I suspect there are many other reasons you are shutting it down. Money? Support? Audience? To be clear I am a Bernie supporter but not a Bernie Bagger (the morons that have got you upset). Yes I am going to vote for Bernie in the primaries but I voted for Hillary last time. I do not hate Hillary I just prefer someone who negotiates from a starting point of "what we want" instead of lowering expectations therefore giving the right what they want and a little tiny bit of what we want. We have had that for almost 8 years. If she is the nominee then I will support her 100%. Then I will spend 8 years bitching about how she appeased the reichwing like Obama did.

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And you will be properly blamed for leading the country down the Scalia toilet if you don't vote for Hillary if you do not get your way.

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The America First movement, whose most notable member was Charles Lindbergh, clearly did not want to get into WWII. I just discovered some other participants: "The AFC was established on September 4, 1940, by Yale Law School student R. Douglas Stuart, Jr. (heir to the Quaker Oats fortune), along with other students, including future President Gerald Ford, future Peace Corps director Sargent Shriver, and future U.S. Supreme Court justice Potter Stewart. Future President John F. Kennedy contributed $100, along with a note saying "What you all are doing is vital." At its peak, America First claimed 800,000 dues-paying members in 450 chapters, located mostly in a 300-mile radius of Chicago." I knew that Kennedy's father opposed Roosevelt's pre-1941 involvement in the War. That's why he got fired as Ambassador to England. The Greatest Generation, including Kennedy, found their way to War after Pearl Harbor, of course.

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A lawsuit has been filed and probably will be treated as a "nuisance case" wherein it is cheaper for the business to pay it off instead of going to court. This would depend on the legal precedence of the case. The fact still remains that this is newsworthy material which is acceptable for print. Had there been deaths involved in the incident we would be looking at a "wrongful death suit" and the reporting credence would have been further supported by a fatality. Bottom line it is prudent as an individual who will incur possibly injury to themselves or others to verify the limits of the equipment that belongs to them. Had someone else, a total stranger, been injured as a result of the accident the owners of the truck and trailer may have been culpable for any and all damages.

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Good point. It's hopeless. We should all just shoot ourselves. We've got the guns. Seriously, all of the situation we are in was created by the voting public. Since the hanging chad election of George Bush we've had an accelerated erosion of one person, one vote. Giving up is not an answer. We've had a hard lesson just how obstructionist Congress can be. Placing a candidate in the oval office that can galvanize the people is an excellent start. For some reason people question Sanders' ability to get things done, but not Trump. Either will face opposition. We need 2/3rds of that 535 congressional members to propose an amendment, then 3/4ths of states to ratify. We have passed 17 amendments. I am not giving up before we try.

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To paraphrase, she said "Blah blah, blah, don't you agree? Blah, blah, blah, and we can, too. Blahblah, to make this happen." There are also rumors that she sang a rousing rendition of "Stand by Your Man".

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I wonder how much money taxpayers money PPS is going to waste on crap like this and then come crying to taxpayers how short of money they are and threaten to lay off half the teachers in the district if they don't get another massive tax increase passed?It's none of PPS damn business what PPS patents say or do on Facebook.

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Right. Just look the other way like Hillary does. Great core values.

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this is like a paid advert... 529s are doing well, says Wheeler, a candidate for Mayor. So well it's ranked 47th!!! I hope everyone understands that's out of 50. I would love this article to discuss this issue from that standpoint.

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Great core values? What's a "core value" and how do you prove you have any? You specialize in moralizing drivel that only other moralizers such as yourself really care about. You probably are a Ted Cruz supporter.

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I'd rather see the Dem party completely destroyed after the way they handled this election than see another Clinton sit on the Iron Throne.

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gee, most dealers I may have known previously were pretty quick with numbers as I recollect.

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So anyone who is passionate enough to yell and wave his or her arms is not acceptable? The difference between Trump and Sanders is that Sanders has a brain.

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"The Bridlemile community is on edge, in part because the current recommendation would require students there to attend Wilson High School instead of Lincoln." This is reductionism at its worst. Sure, in part some people are upset because they prefer a different high school, but the overall distress is much bigger than "being asked to attend Wilson over Lincoln." Many of us are fine with that choice in a vacuum, just not when it comes at a cost of cutting the elementary enrollment so that it will lose so much FTE in order for it to fit in Robert Gray because it's current size is too big for the middle school. It's a badly thought out plan that has big short term consequences and long term doesn't solve what it's purporting to solve. So yes, in oart....but jeez, this is bigger than that. AND also, PPS doesn't need to get on Facebook. That's silly. Parents should monitor e/o and themselves. Adults don't need babysitters.

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Probably photoshopped, but if this works for you, just accept the higher gas prices that come with it: http://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--0YIuWGlt--/1533368213500270883.jpg

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Then, tell everyone to stop supporting regressive socialism! That's why this state is in the dire straights its in.

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Michael Bloomberg is watching the Trump and Bernie clown cars. If Bloomberg enters the Presidential race there will be another choice available. But beware--if Bloomberg wins a state or two, and no one gets the necessary electoral votes to be the President, the Republican House of Representatives gets to choose the new president. They can choose anyone they they please.

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I live on the 2700 block of Bell, and I don't appreciate the area being called "run down". That adjective has negative connotation, Junnelle.

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Building "skills and self-esteem" will not get people off the street when there is no shelter or affordable housing available. There are many people better qualified to write about homelessness in Eugene than David Gerber.

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Got in from shoveling snow just in time to see the last 8 laps. Kind of like an NBA game. You only need to watch the last couple of minutes. Best Daytona 500 finish I've seen.

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Unfortunately raising the minimum wage will have almost zero impact on the corporations that are being run by the CEOs making 250 times the average wage earner. Who it will hurt is the guy or gal you see every day that is running a small business, service or retail, that is probably making at most 3-4 times the minimum wage and putting in 50-60 hours a week to do it. The folks in Salem refused to listen to those folks, relying instead on the popular myth that higher wages will come out of the pockets of those CEO SOBs and not the existing "living wage" jobs in this community.

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If this were the former forum, I'd be able to post my opinion. Right now, I can taste blood in my mouth from having to bite my tongue.

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I guess I am in my "cyberworld", I just run across the "Bernie-extremists", but the "Hillary-extremists" you speak of are EVERY BIT as bad! It is "OK" for Democrats to to criticize either (or BOTH) candidates, but PLEASE keep a sense of proportion! BOTH are DAY AND NIGHT better than ANY of the current Republican candidates!

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This is interesting. The Register Guard claims that they have seen this report, and that it says that 20% of Lane County's population lives below the poverty level. Yet, Mayor Kitty Piercy, speaking before community leaders at a private function at the new Kaiser Permanente Medical office in downtown Eugene Thursday evening, told those in attendance that she has also seen this report, and that is says that 45% of Lane County's residents live below the poverty line. So what does the report really say? That is a HUGE difference: 20% vs 45%. Someone has misrepresented and inaccurately stated what is in the report. Is the Register Guard or Mayor Piercy wrong?

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Wow - interesting article. It's good to read of the impending demise of the "medical marijuana" fairy tale; let's hope it is over soon. But these idiots - criminals, actually - who feel some moral obligation to skip paying taxes so that they can help"people in need" - well, lets hope they go down first in the impending shakeout. Let's stop pretending marijuana is at all expensive, too. A gram of bud - $15 if you want to splurge - will keep two people buzzed for a couple of days. A $15 bottle of wine will only give a couple hours buzz for the same two people. The only reason people are complaining about the cost of pot is because they are at the bottom of the economic ladder, precisely because of that cheap weed they've been consuming for years.

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Here's another example of why elderly people should not be driving. By the numbers, they are as deadly behind the wheel as teenagers. I am amazed so few people plan for the inevitable. Everyone needs to hang up their car keys at some point in time, mostly around the age of Social Security eligibility. Years ago, Dear Abby (or was it her twin, Ann Landers?) published a letter from a woman who was distraught. No one in her family had the guts to tell her father that he needed to stop driving. At a family gathering, her father put his vehicle in drive instead of reverse and pinned his grandson between two bumpers. The child lost both legs. The writer was pleading with people to have the courage to tell their elderly relatives to stop driving and to make sure they have someone to tell them when the time comes.

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Great story of people from distinctive facets of faith working for their common good & service to the community. Good for RG for sharing the story.

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As usual, it is Christians and Jews helping their fellow man. I pray for the day when atheists, Moslems, etc will also begin to do something positive for others.

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Just wanted to try the flow in the civil comment system

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The trailer, I am told was only 21 feet long , the truck more than able to pull that trailer . The Register. guard should check the facts before writing a story in which damages a business. I found this out with one phone call.

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It means posturing or a "performance", in which nothing substantive is done at all.

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