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I believe it is a testament to the highly partisan climate cultivated by the PC left in this country that such suspicion surrounds the death of a controversial figure. This is Obama's America, increasingly fractured and split along partisan lines. I don't expect it will get any better any time soon, as the forces driving us apart seem to be more powerful than the ties that bind us together. Dark times ahead.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
GREAT READ! A great addition to the Camas / Washougal area. Wait till you try the new pizza they have with the Agent!!!	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
I missed the 13th-paragraph reference, “sitting in her Springfield home,” but the 3rd paragraph says “Debbie McDowell of Eugene.” And then the 16th paragraph says “when she’s not working for the Springfield School District,” and I hadn’t realized Awbrey Park was not in Springfield. So it’s all just a little unneccessarily confusing.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
I am going to order some of those "magic mushrooms" on my next pizza too.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
You are exactly correct. I have no dog in this fight, but for this information to be considered scientifically meaningful you'd have to do some inferential statistics. Looks like there's plenty of data to do an ANOVA or MANOVA to determine if the differences noted are "real" or just spurious. I would also suggest that the study control for exogenous variables (as suggested by Mike C.) such as the nature of the offence the suspect was charged with. I also think that the reporting on this issue fails to recognize many of the caveats explicitly stated in the report. The reporting focuses on uncertain conclusions as if they were gospel.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
These are valid points and I largely agree - just looking at rates of use of force without controlling for other relevant variables may suggest that a problem exists, but this report does not conclusively demonstrate that the is a problem. I think the report was competently done as far as it went, but it simply didn't take the analysis to it's logical conclusion. It looks like there was sufficient data to do tests for significance and control for exogenous variables, but nothing was done in this area. Still, the response from the Sheriffs office is disappointing to me. The letter from current research staff is vague and looks like an attempt to stonewall or disavow the report. They make no attempt to enlighten anyone about the limitations of the study, but seem to attempt to discredit it.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
I received a notification that "Paul Conte" had replied here: "I was reading your post with attention, although with some skepticism ... until the final two-word canard. Then I realized I'd wasted m..." I don't know how it finishes, but I have two comments: first, Clinton truly is an old lady, and she would be second-oldest ever to be inaugurated (and yes, Trump and Sanders are old men). Second, I don't know why the Paul Conte comment wouldn't show up here.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Waiting a year allows the taxpayers to see a finished product. The arguments over design at Roosevelt certainly raise questions in most minds. You would have us commit a billion dollars to build 6 new schools and not have a "model" house to walk through. Going forward rather than remodeling we should be considering a complete tear down and rebuild. This would certainly result in accommodating a greater seismic event than these rebuilds.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Maybe Christy couldn't hear the question over the deafening applause for the endorsement.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Envision Eugene will exasperate the inventory shortage, and drive-up the cost of housing; while the city is foolishly looking for ways to make housing more affordable.	0.2	0	0	0	0.2	0	0
Chris Christie hopes to be our next AG.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bless the little Petri dishes.....	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
They must be kidding.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
The irony is just too rich. Whimpering about poor little ol' Greenland ... while riding in a big metal bird that spews hundreds of tons of CO2 into the atmosphere, every trip. :-/ Ms. Heron, do you realize just how hugely you enlarged your carbon footprint, with that nice little jaunt to Europe? Until you're a little less ignorant (and/or hypocritical) yourself, you're hardly in any position to hector others about what they might or might not being doing to the climate.	0.5	0.1	0.1	0	0.5	0	0
That's brotherly love for you. I have three grown sons and can't picture them acting like that!	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
That sounds like Communism, not Socialism. Russia is your Utopia.	0.2	0	0	0	0	0.2	0
Mrs Peacock in the bedroom with a candlestick.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
While presenting as non-denominational, Imago Dei is a Conservative Baptist congregation (see its listing on CBNW.org). While many younger Evangelicals consider themselves "spiritual but not religious," knowing the context one's stepped into is important.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
It's too bad the editors felt it necessary to chop out part of my letter. Here is what I sent them: Donald Trump is the most bizarre presidential candidate I’ve seen in my 76 years. This is a man who thinks it’s okay to use four letter words in public speeches, and he doesn’t know anything. Richard Nixon was a crook, but at least he had a brain. Bernie Sanders makes perfect sense – imagine a Democrat who talks about reality and means what he says – and I will happily vote for him. Both Trump and Sanders have tapped into the working-class anger of those who are tired of struggling to survive and will no longer accept business as usual. Hillary Clinton didn’t get the memo. You want us to be “civil”? Fine, but we don’t mean it. We’re at war.	0.2	0	0	0	0.2	0	0
This is a terrible development and the governor should put a stop to it immediately. A persons' status or problems with a taxing authority are a private matter unless a tax lien is involved. Oregon is already aggressive enough about collecting taxes that it is owed. This is a poorly thought out idea by the head of the Oregon Department of Revenue. Lead Governor Brown, lead!! Call up the ODR and tell them to rescind this poorly thought out shaming event.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
the current PDX Scandal that the glass factories are leaking metals into the soil in SE is what has spurred my sudden Inquirie on the Whitaker subject and should be a forefront example of how portland has a history of "sweeping things under the rug" and portlanders do not just "let things go" I would be curious to see some results.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Facts matter. Experience with minimum wage increases has shown that they do not, in fact, raise prices for everyone. Outside of rents and food, the US has had no significant inflation in years. We do need to do something about rents. Nor have minimum wage increases caused job losses. That has been accomplished through unregulated banks crashing the economy, globalization and automation. From an employee’s point of view, a job that doesn’t pay a living wage is worthless.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Christie would make a good Attorney General given his experience and temperament, and I think Trump knows this and made the offer. He sure would be a step up from Eric Holder since he would never be a patsy for Trump as Holder was for Obama, and would clearly be better than Lynch who is currently being the Democrat party's patsy by trying to keep states from being able to require people to prove citizenship before being registered to vote. Trump will nominate many good people for his administration, and is not afraid to choose people with strong personalities.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Just for the record, I hope you don't think that was me posting under the screen name "Neighbor99." Now that would be dishonest.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tax breaks to make up for higher wages? What? Don't employers already deduct labor costs? It's just not feasible that employers who now pay $9 an hour would soon pay $12 out of the same structure. That money has to come from somewhere - consumers and taxpayers, or both.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
RG editors represent the comfortable middle class who see no need to change the way the US economy is run. Hey, works for them. It's not working for about half of the US population who are working-class or poor. For us the need for change is urgent, and it has to be enough change. If the statewide $15 per hour minimum wage initiative gets on the ballot I will gladly vote for it. Human nature being what it is -- we don't like change -- sometimes change has to be forced.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
So, the bored retirees and high school kids all need a higher wage? I love that. Nobody will have to work harder to earn more. The state will guarantee it.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Again, facts matter. "Myth: Raising the minimum wage will only benefit teens. Not true: The typical minimum wage worker is not a high school student earning weekend pocket money. In fact, 89 percent of those who would benefit from a federal minimum wage increase to $12 per hour are age 20 or older, and 56 percent are women." http://www.dol.gov/featured/minimum-wage/mythbuster	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Na probably Clinton Foundation democrat supporters.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
I-Pi, I assume that Neighbor99 is someone connected to the church or Jules Bailey and that they signed up just to convince me that the LGBT community can feel safe with a man who attends and supports a church that is anti-gay and misogynistic. We have accused each other of intellectual dishonesty- but that doesn't translate to dishonest acts. I am sure you wouldn't steal my paper, and I would never clip your flowers. BTW- I believe that some issues have gray areas- but reject the kind of "moral relativism" that allows for people to say that some patriarchy, some denial of civil rights to gays- is okay when sprinkled with pretty words. It ain't.	0.166667	0	0	0	0	0.166667	0
Even though I've moved out of cottage grove , this is one of the things I will remember about my experience living in cottage grove . Always looked foward to passing by just for a wave . He's a landmark of what's good in cottage grove.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
It's the same reason no one recruits workers from Kesey Square.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
I raise my glass to you for that info! Guess who else is a Conservative Baptist- Ted Cruz & Mike Huckabee. Couldn't find any cool people on the list of active Conservative Baptists. Jimmy Carter, Al Gore and Bill Clinton all left the Conservative Baptists for liberal Baptist (non-patriarchal) churches. Best of all- Brad Pitt was raised Conservative Baptist but is now an agnostic. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Southern_Baptist_Convention_affiliated_people	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jumping on the Trump bus makes sense for Christie	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
It is too bad Chelsea Gorrow, the reporter here, didn't have a chance to go smell the breath of the brother to check if the claims of alcohol fueling the dispute are true. :-)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Interesting and well written, but I don't like the idea of giving more control to "people who deal with these matters all the time", meaning unelected developers. It should be a broader discussion which includes the poor people the city has been trying to drive out of downtown and the nonprofits and other citizens who help them. Granted that downtown seems to have been "revitalized", could the same thing have happened, with the same city investment, if the mall had been left in place? It offered the same safety to walkers as an indoor mall that separates the cars from the people. It's easy to get run over in downtown if you're not careful, and I wouldn't want to ride a bike there. The main problem with downtown is that it doesn't sell much of anything that we really need. Those of us who live in nearby neighborhoods shouldn't have to go to Fred Meyer for everything. Bring back the art galleries.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
What workers in Kesey Square?	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
So, the local burger joint sells 100 burgers in an 8 hour period. Each burger sells for $5. That's $500. The three employees earn $9.75 an hour, that's $234. Of the $266 remaining comes rent, supplies, owner's compensation. At $12 an hour, compensation will be $288. Will the owner absorb the $54 additional pay each day or will she suddenly be selling 106 burgers?	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
I can no more take don kale serious than I can take a 5 year old telling me how to drive a car serious. Kale knows so much about economics and journalism his wannabe newspaper went bankrupt years ago. Perhaps it is out of charity the RG gave him a wannabe job.	0.166667	0	0	0	0.166667	0	0
Chris Christie as Attorney General could be a disaster for the nation's fledgling cannabis industry. On the campaign trail, Christie loudly proclaimed that he would "vigorously enforce" the (failed) drug laws and shut down all marijuana legalization.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
There's our Imperial city staff. They can't take any constructive criticism, so they cost taxpayers money by illegally firing people for "insubordination".	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
I don't think we'd be in much trouble of we lost one or two of our bridges over the river. Sure, it would be much less convenient for the folks who are addicted to driving, but there are plenty of ways across if you leave the car parked. In fact, considering that any quake that takes down a bridge or two will likely disrupt the fuel supply (remember, we don't produce any fuel in Oregon), so it's likely that the cars will need to stay parked anyway. Personally, I think we could do with one or two fewer bridges that service our growing local driving habit. That might stem the tide on our growing waistlines and heart disease epidemics.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hear, hear.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Had Susan done her homework before forming an opinion she would have learned that we used to be able to buy an affordable home on the federal minimum wage. The mortgage cut our rent in half so we didn't need Section 8 subsidized housing and in what we saved in rent we didn't need food stamps either. The mortgage grew wealth through equity that shortened the gap between rich and poor by lifting us to entry level middle class. It wasn't until Oregon democrats pushed through high density planning that outlawed this affordable housing to increase property tax revenue were we made dependent on the welfare state. Wages are not the problem, taxing citizens out of housing and preventing affordable housing from being built is the problem.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mr. Mciver: You raise a very good point. Indeed, one person's settler is another's squatter. Here in Oregon, one persons's "protester" is another's "armed occupier." Across the world, individuals are "terrorists" or "freedom fighters." It seems all of life is a matter of perspective. cheers, Gary	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
My kids are in Spanish immersion in the Oregon City K-8 program. It has been just great. It's about 50/50 native Spanish speakers and English speakers, on purpose. The program has very limited funding compared to Ainsworth. I think the Ainsworth parents might be surprised at how much better their program could be if they moved it and opened it up to being 50/50. (Expansion of the program would be great, too-sounds like there is big demand.) It's a chance for all of the students to become not only better educated but more truly international. Good preparation for the future!	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Those on social security should have saved their money so they wouldn't be a drag on the society. Giving them more money just means delaying the time until we have to put them on the ice floes.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Last night on the Alex Jones radio show ( I listen to all perspectives to know what is being said) he said he got reports that Scalia was at a secret meeting with the Bohemian Grove/ Illuminati folks when he died Feb. 13th....just to add to the possible theories. I questioned why no autopsy. When a powerful person dies unexpectedly, it's wise to ALWAYS have an autopsy. I suggest reading two books; "Confessions of an Economic Hit Man" by John Perkins, and "Jaded Tasks; Brass Plates Black Ops & Big Oil" by Wayne Madsen.	0.166667	0	0	0	0	0	0
They shouldn't need a raise. They're probably not internet savvy, don't need new electronics every month and sure as heck don't need new cars or vacations or Starbucks by the gallon.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bernie is working for a "revolution" from decades of corruption that is literally killing all life on earth. If we don't make drastic changes- campaign finance reform, universal health care, affordable/free college, transition to clean renewable energy, energy and resource conservation, a carbon tax and include all the externalities in products-- we will be toast. We are the cause of the sixth mass species extinction already underway as is the global warming crisis. The business as usual system that benefits the few, pollutes our natural resources, destroys wildlife habitats and many suffer-- must end. It's way past time we grow up and face truth instead of burying our heads in the tar sands oil.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
I'll bet the conversation around the Gina and Adam Davis dinner table was quite lively on this subject.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
People are greedy and don't want to pass down the savings to the consumers	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
The problem is we could have transitioned off of fossil fuels for transportation and electricity decades ago, but the fossil fuel industry and the legislators they bribed decided to put it off as long as possible so they could rake in billions of dollars more. To throw stones at an individual because she was on a jet plane is silly. If everyone in the USA decided to stay home and not take flights, we would still be on a collision course due to global warming. We need to have a significant and effective carbon tax --a global carbon tax-- as well as include all the external costs included in resource extraction business practices. This would include logging, factory farms, mono crop agriculture, mining, etc. Thanks for writing, Annie, and yes, let's fly less, or not at all, and encourage our family, friends, co-workers, neighbors to WAKE UP to this GLOBAL EMERGENCY!	0.166667	0	0	0	0.166667	0	0
This by far is the best comment on a story that I have read here yet. Bravo Jade	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
He was off the lane of traffic and off the highway ... he did the right thing. I don't know why the woman was driving on the shoulder but the RV was the cause of this tragic accident, not the truck.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
"Reynolds’ federal claims against the city were later dismissed." This is a private employee suing a City employee. "The auditor is hired and supervised directly by the council, but the deputy police auditor is an employee of the auditor." Your biases are interfering with your reading comprehension.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
And do you know what they're charging for a decent tattoo nowadays?! The money needs to go where it is truly necessary, not to a bunch of old fogies!	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Well, since everyone knows all employers are only driven by greed and hate for the poor, they will have one employee go on part time and only called in to work during the busy shifts. Or put all three on part time and no benefits and shuffle them. Or just charge more for the hamburgers. Or they might do both.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
The driver was in the rest area. Not on the shoulder of the road. I know this stop and it's 25 mph on that off ramp. They estimate she hit the truck at almost 60. They also believe she may have had a medical issue. Driver was also not cited.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
When the minimum wage dropped 30% in adjusted dollars, did the friend volunteer to follow that trend as well? However, being poor and elderly is not something I would wish for anyone.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
This is not a comment on the larger question, but this list http://www.governing.com/blogs/by-the-numbers/most-gerrymandered-congressional-districts-states.html has Oregon as one of the 10 least gerrymandered states.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
That burger joint owner needs to think about what they are doing. As a comparison, McDonald's has 2000 customers a day. The local joint makes $270,000 per year being open 12 hours a day, while chains like Chic-Fil-a make nearly $3M per year. 100 burgers in 8 hours is 12 burgers an hour. Sounds like this place cooks one burger at a time, 5 minutes each, with one cook, and then the two servers alternate bringing out a burger, so deliver 1 burger every 10 minutes. There may be some room for efficiency improvement here!	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Yeah. Fcuk supporting an astronomical fcuk	0.657143	0.014286	0.614286	0	0.428571	0	0.057143
Except for the fact that the OSP has received death threats against the involved officer from supporters of those who committed armed insurrection against the federal government - in other words, from domestic terrorists who are likely to follow through on those threats.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
What in the heck is she "talking" about! The tone of her article seemed as if 2007-08 was last year....and not 8 years ago. As an Independent I am thoroughly disgusted with the immature constant blaming of "the other guy". Eight years later and Obama is still blaming GW Bush. Hey, all of you who work inside the Beltway you really are as stupid, shallow, naive and pathological as the Trumpian lingo suggests you ate. It's you...you, do nothing, narcissistic so called "leaders" that the finger of blame is pointing to. The American people are fed up and are willing to sacrifice diplomacy and finesse in their President to seek a "fix" to the mess you have made. As for Ms., Dowd, she's a prime example of how out of touch the Beltway folk are as evidenced by her continuing to blame. Ms., Dowd and the rest of the bunch, actually don't get it. Donald Trump is the product of the blaming, do nothing practice and culture of Washington.	0.7	0	0.4	0	0.6	0	0
It's unfortunate that the Eugene legislators can't just do whatever they want like they can when the Republicans are the only ones opposing one of their sacred positions. They actually have to take into consideration someone other than themselves. Sad. As an independent, I hope for more even distribution of the parties. "My way or the highway" wasn't pretty under Reid and Pelosi and shouldn't be the Oregon norm, either. Barnhart and Prozanski in particular seem to suffer from the Pelosi syndrome.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
My point being, when cost go up, prices go up or hours go down or something. Now, if a train leaves Miami at 6 am...	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
The question has become who to believe when it comes to the government determining who gets how much and what "poverty" is. The Bureau of Labor Statistics has changed the formula used to calculate the inflation rate that affects millions of senior citizens several times since the late 1970's. Many of us remember the days of 5, 6, 7%+ inflation from those years. It lead to administrations being voted out of office. Guess what, if the same formulas were still in use inflation would have substantially higher than the 0-1% reported in the past few years. Why is the Oregon minimum wage based on BLS data that is derived primarily from Portland metro area, yet it is applied statewide? The government is increasingly in charge of who wins and who loses. The question is, who is in charge of the government?	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
this is a shame the government is failing to shield this cop. it is unusual circumstances and is this the first step in creating fearful cops who won't step up like fearful witness's who won't testify because of fear of retribution? this is a bad message to send and putting this guy in needless danger. I expect he's packing to move elsewhere as this is printed.	0.2	0	0	0.2	0	0	0
Christie would make a good Attorney General given his experience and temperament, and I think Trump knows this and made the offer. He sure would be a step up from Eric Holder since Christie would never be a patsy for Trump as Holder was for Obama, and would clearly be better than Lynch who is currently being the Democrat party’s patsy by trying to keep states from being able to require people to prove citizenship before being registered to vote. Trump will nominate many good people for his administration, and is not afraid to choose people with strong personalities. NOTE: The comment above was REJECTED 6 hours ago. Apparently it is not civil to criticize Mr. Obama, Mr. Holder and Ms. Lynch while saying anything positive about Mr. Trump or Mr. Christie. I believe the language I used was entirely civil, but the content was objectionable to some, and they chose not to differentiate. This is the first comment I have had rejected. Very disturbing, so I am giving it another chance.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Are they in their 20's, living at home, and partying while you're away?	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
The last one just moved out last year. A couple of them did live at home when they were in their 20s. They may have partied some when we were gone. But they always got along.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Interestingly, this time my comment above was automatically pre-approved! I am not sure what to make of this, unless it means I chose poorly on my three questions and was therefore rejected. Can anyone enlighten me on how this works? Sometimes the questions are difficult to judge based on the context, but I presume the important part is whether or not the comment is civil, not whether you agree with its content or not. Incivility is almost always easy to judge as it usually involves a personal attack on another commentator. But if comments which attack the performance of our elected and appointed officials are to be rejected, commenting here will be pointless.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
It becomes tiring. The government had no obligation to uphold contracts with native American tribes, apparently, so why do they feel the need to uphold contracts with those that are yet to retire, especially. The U.S. government systematically destroyed the way of life of an entire group of people, and everyone is crying over PERS. Renegotiate the damn contracts....	0.6	0	0.6	0	0.2	0	0
Its not just the Unions taking over. In fact, its as much corporations and low wages and out-sourcing. Responsible business practices that respect workers and the economy are not present in America. If the profits at Wal-Mart had not gone to a few people, the entire economy would be better off. Chevron is freaking out over gas prices dropping, yet they made BILLIONS for 10 years...now they are laying off tens of thousands of workers? That's wrong. Their CEO's pocketed billions, along with a few hundred major shareholders...on the backs of working people. One way to start... #Bernie2016! #FeeltheBern	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
The link provided is an analysis of U.S. Congressional Districts, which have no bearing on State of Oregon legislative districts. Additionally, it is hard to gather much from it even in regards to U.S. Congressional Districts as the analytical measures used seem to have more to do with the shape of a state than anything else, and indeed this is noted in the article. For instance, if you look at the list from the bottom up, you will notice a preponderance of regularly shaped states. As you move towards the top of the list you will notice a preponderance of irregularly shaped states. Not entirely useless, as the example of Maryland illustrates, but still, measuring gerrymandering is probably more easily done by determining the amount of effort put into it by the partisans in charge than metrics like these, but partisans will never allow that data to be collected.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Facts do matter, and are usually accompanied by cited sources so people can evaluate their veracity. Assertions are not, instead relying on the lazy, naive and emotional to be easily swayed by the first thing they read. Which would you say you have presented here, Mr. Porter?	0.2	0	0	0	0.2	0	0
so the Eugene track club wants this money to pay for an event that in no way shape or worst dream could ever sell enough tickets or generate enough interest to ever pay it's costs. They no matter if they had 10 times that 25 million there is no way it's ever going to pay for itself So why should everyone pay for it Most likely any money brought in by the track meet will be spent at chain hotels and restaurants paying as little as possible and sending it out of state or more likely out of country If this club wants a track meet so bad sell tickets have a bake sale but build your legacy on your own This whole event has a bad smell to it anything that attracts flies in Salem like this has should be revisited in about 10 years	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Thank you for the link, this time, Mr. Porter. As I read it, I notice that it takes the following form: Myth: Minimum wage will cause X bad outcome / red herring argument Not True: Explanation, which never includes a single instance that the bad outcome alleged could happen under any circumstances, or that there is any merit whatsoever to those concerns, or even that there may be other legitimate concerns beyond the red herrings that are presented. This is repeated 15 times, and nothing else of substance is include on the page. The particular myth you cite is not even one most critics of minimum wage argue. Instead, they argue that minimum wage increases will actually hurt teens as they are trying to find their first jobs. Why isn't that one mentioned among these 15? Forgive me for not swallowing this link whole, even though it is from the U.S. Dept. of Labor, which could not possibly be swayed in any way by political direction from above. This source lacks veracity, Mr. Porter.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Let's see, Trump has spent the least money and gained the most for it of any major candidate. That could apply to a person I want to lead a nation with a debt problem. He is mostly spending his own money rather than taking it from special interests. Also good. He has been vastly successful in business in this country and around the world. Good. He is widely known as a killer negotiator, certainly a good thing in politics both foreign and domestic. If he is in a room with Vladimir Putin, he won't be hitting the reset button or coming out of the room in second place on any topic of discussion. Very good. He's a bit unpredictable, maybe even a loose cannon at times, but that's what everyone thought about Reagan; could actually be of use in many situations. Says what he thinks, but also knows when not to spill the beans. And will never, ever leave Americans under fire without help. On the other hand, Hillary can tell a lie with the best of them, and would be a "steady hand." Easy pick.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Fantastic! Outdoor School for ALL kids, not just districts or school that somehow find the funds. This is an Oregon legacy, and kids have been going for 50 years or more in various parts of Oregon. It helps kids learn science, connect to nature, build confidence, and is a program that we should all support in a time when disconnecting from phones and screens is so rare in anyone's life.	0.000664	0	0.000664	0	0	0	0
The funds from the lottery are part of what is called "Economic Development" and is used by the Legislature to fund various programs as they see fit. As the article points out, this money isn't already earmarked. So its not defunding anything, its just making it so along with other programs that would be funded, Outdoor School would be guaranteed funding. It would create around 500 jobs statewide, while enriching the education of tens of thousands of kids per year.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nice article overall, though I think Brooks fails to emphasize the importance of raising children in a marriage as part of the moral aspect he mentions. While children are not a focus of some marriages, they are a focus of most marriages, especially during the 20 years or so it requires to raise a child. When a marriage fails or never even occurs and children are involved, it is a great moral failing of their parents with lifelong and even inter-generational consequences to them and their own offspring. More than any other factor it effects their income prospects and their likelyhood of having their own successful marriage. So while all the aspects Brooks mentions are crucial in choosing a good and lasting spouse, if children are expected to ever be a part of a family, that marital commitment must also be built around the children's needs and can be a great source of strength in maintaining marital commitment through difficult times. Google "importance of marriage to children."	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
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Our scamming, thieving legislators are all in favor of taxation without representation, and steal money from people who cannot vote in our elections to pay for a pet project in Eugene. Knight has $200 million to donate to Stanford but can't pony up $26 million for an event that helps make him filthy rich? Our legislators need to put Knight and our scamming legislators in their place.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
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Uncle Phil just gave away 400 million dollars recently from his sweatshop moneybags. How dare any scheming jackals come sniffing around for taxpayer funding to scavenge, when Uncle Phil could bankroll the whole event without blinking a sunglassed eye. Why do sleazy sports event marketers get to interrupt the academic pursuits of our increasingly erstwhile public university, and demand full accomodations and handouts from the taxpayers to subsidize their profiteering? These sweatshop billionaires then come and hijack our government with their ill-gotten gains, dolloping cash on cronies. If Jaded Jade is right, this 2021 event won't be more than a flash in the pan for Lane County. Lananna and his clique, and the pizza shops as Jade says, might be the only ones making money off this boondoggle. The rest of us are being taken to the cleaners. No public subsidies for slumlord sportswear moguls who's wares are made in squalor.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
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Similar to the contracted security guard the city ordered to be fired for protesting Obama down in Roseburg. Too many Democrat control freaks at City Hall.	0.2	0	0	0.1	0.2	0	0
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And if they did want any of that stuff, they'll soon forget and go back to just sitting in their favorite chair, petting their cat and staring at the wall. All the while, being very content. That pretty much sums up old people. No need for extra cash. They're happy.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
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I'm a retired person and I resent the old fogie comments here. Some of you, uh, you......... Sheesh, what was I sayin?............	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
"Our legislators need to put Knight and our scamming legislators in their place." I think "their place" is presently full of Malheur occupiers and the Bundy clan.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
I also wonder how many state employees it will take to move the new millions around and how many new paid committees will be created to decide on disbursements. I'd like to know how the cash flow works. I've got the part of taxpayers being fleeced, but who gets the $$$? Vin, for his fee, rent a tent or two, overtime for police to direct traffic, EMX to add temporary buses?	0	0	0	0	0.166667	0.166667	0
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I believe it is a testament to the highly partisan climate cultivated by the PC left in this country that such suspicion surrounds the death of a controversial figure. This is Obama's America, increasingly fractured and split along partisan lines. I don't expect it will get any better any time soon, as the forces driving us apart seem to be more powerful than the ties that bind us together. Dark times ahead.

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GREAT READ! A great addition to the Camas / Washougal area. Wait till you try the new pizza they have with the Agent!!!

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I missed the 13th-paragraph reference, “sitting in her Springfield home,” but the 3rd paragraph says “Debbie McDowell of Eugene.” And then the 16th paragraph says “when she’s not working for the Springfield School District,” and I hadn’t realized Awbrey Park was not in Springfield. So it’s all just a little unneccessarily confusing.

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I am going to order some of those "magic mushrooms" on my next pizza too.

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You are exactly correct. I have no dog in this fight, but for this information to be considered scientifically meaningful you'd have to do some inferential statistics. Looks like there's plenty of data to do an ANOVA or MANOVA to determine if the differences noted are "real" or just spurious. I would also suggest that the study control for exogenous variables (as suggested by Mike C.) such as the nature of the offence the suspect was charged with. I also think that the reporting on this issue fails to recognize many of the caveats explicitly stated in the report. The reporting focuses on uncertain conclusions as if they were gospel.

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These are valid points and I largely agree - just looking at rates of use of force without controlling for other relevant variables may suggest that a problem exists, but this report does not conclusively demonstrate that the is a problem. I think the report was competently done as far as it went, but it simply didn't take the analysis to it's logical conclusion. It looks like there was sufficient data to do tests for significance and control for exogenous variables, but nothing was done in this area. Still, the response from the Sheriffs office is disappointing to me. The letter from current research staff is vague and looks like an attempt to stonewall or disavow the report. They make no attempt to enlighten anyone about the limitations of the study, but seem to attempt to discredit it.

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I received a notification that "Paul Conte" had replied here: "I was reading your post with attention, although with some skepticism ... until the final two-word canard. Then I realized I'd wasted m..." I don't know how it finishes, but I have two comments: first, Clinton truly is an old lady, and she would be second-oldest ever to be inaugurated (and yes, Trump and Sanders are old men). Second, I don't know why the Paul Conte comment wouldn't show up here.

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Waiting a year allows the taxpayers to see a finished product. The arguments over design at Roosevelt certainly raise questions in most minds. You would have us commit a billion dollars to build 6 new schools and not have a "model" house to walk through. Going forward rather than remodeling we should be considering a complete tear down and rebuild. This would certainly result in accommodating a greater seismic event than these rebuilds.

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Maybe Christy couldn't hear the question over the deafening applause for the endorsement.

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Envision Eugene will exasperate the inventory shortage, and drive-up the cost of housing; while the city is foolishly looking for ways to make housing more affordable.

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The irony is just too rich. Whimpering about poor little ol' Greenland ... while riding in a big metal bird that spews hundreds of tons of CO2 into the atmosphere, every trip. :-/ Ms. Heron, do you realize just how hugely you enlarged your carbon footprint, with that nice little jaunt to Europe? Until you're a little less ignorant (and/or hypocritical) yourself, you're hardly in any position to hector others about what they might or might not being doing to the climate.

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That's brotherly love for you. I have three grown sons and can't picture them acting like that!

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That sounds like Communism, not Socialism. Russia is your Utopia.

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While presenting as non-denominational, Imago Dei is a Conservative Baptist congregation (see its listing on CBNW.org). While many younger Evangelicals consider themselves "spiritual but not religious," knowing the context one's stepped into is important.

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It's too bad the editors felt it necessary to chop out part of my letter. Here is what I sent them: Donald Trump is the most bizarre presidential candidate I’ve seen in my 76 years. This is a man who thinks it’s okay to use four letter words in public speeches, and he doesn’t know anything. Richard Nixon was a crook, but at least he had a brain. Bernie Sanders makes perfect sense – imagine a Democrat who talks about reality and means what he says – and I will happily vote for him. Both Trump and Sanders have tapped into the working-class anger of those who are tired of struggling to survive and will no longer accept business as usual. Hillary Clinton didn’t get the memo. You want us to be “civil”? Fine, but we don’t mean it. We’re at war.

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This is a terrible development and the governor should put a stop to it immediately. A persons' status or problems with a taxing authority are a private matter unless a tax lien is involved. Oregon is already aggressive enough about collecting taxes that it is owed. This is a poorly thought out idea by the head of the Oregon Department of Revenue. Lead Governor Brown, lead!! Call up the ODR and tell them to rescind this poorly thought out shaming event.

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the current PDX Scandal that the glass factories are leaking metals into the soil in SE is what has spurred my sudden Inquirie on the Whitaker subject and should be a forefront example of how portland has a history of "sweeping things under the rug" and portlanders do not just "let things go" I would be curious to see some results.

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Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum.

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Facts matter. Experience with minimum wage increases has shown that they do not, in fact, raise prices for everyone. Outside of rents and food, the US has had no significant inflation in years. We do need to do something about rents. Nor have minimum wage increases caused job losses. That has been accomplished through unregulated banks crashing the economy, globalization and automation. From an employee’s point of view, a job that doesn’t pay a living wage is worthless.

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Christie would make a good Attorney General given his experience and temperament, and I think Trump knows this and made the offer. He sure would be a step up from Eric Holder since he would never be a patsy for Trump as Holder was for Obama, and would clearly be better than Lynch who is currently being the Democrat party's patsy by trying to keep states from being able to require people to prove citizenship before being registered to vote. Trump will nominate many good people for his administration, and is not afraid to choose people with strong personalities.

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Just for the record, I hope you don't think that was me posting under the screen name "Neighbor99." Now *that* would be dishonest.

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Tax breaks to make up for higher wages? What? Don't employers already deduct labor costs? It's just not feasible that employers who now pay $9 an hour would soon pay $12 out of the same structure. That money has to come from somewhere - consumers and taxpayers, or both.

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RG editors represent the comfortable middle class who see no need to change the way the US economy is run. Hey, works for them. It's not working for about half of the US population who are working-class or poor. For us the need for change is urgent, and it has to be enough change. If the statewide $15 per hour minimum wage initiative gets on the ballot I will gladly vote for it. Human nature being what it is -- we don't like change -- sometimes change has to be forced.

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So, the bored retirees and high school kids all need a higher wage? I love that. Nobody will have to work harder to earn more. The state will guarantee it.

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Again, facts matter. "Myth: Raising the minimum wage will only benefit teens. Not true: The typical minimum wage worker is not a high school student earning weekend pocket money. In fact, 89 percent of those who would benefit from a federal minimum wage increase to $12 per hour are age 20 or older, and 56 percent are women." http://www.dol.gov/featured/minimum-wage/mythbuster

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Na probably Clinton Foundation democrat supporters.

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I-Pi, I assume that Neighbor99 is someone connected to the church or Jules Bailey and that they signed up just to convince me that the LGBT community can feel safe with a man who attends and supports a church that is anti-gay and misogynistic. We have accused each other of intellectual dishonesty- but that doesn't translate to dishonest acts. I am sure you wouldn't steal my paper, and I would never clip your flowers. BTW- I believe that some issues have gray areas- but reject the kind of "moral relativism" that allows for people to say that some patriarchy, some denial of civil rights to gays- is okay when sprinkled with pretty words. It ain't.

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Even though I've moved out of cottage grove , this is one of the things I will remember about my experience living in cottage grove . Always looked foward to passing by just for a wave . He's a landmark of what's good in cottage grove.

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It's the same reason no one recruits workers from Kesey Square.

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I raise my glass to you for that info! Guess who else is a Conservative Baptist- Ted Cruz & Mike Huckabee. Couldn't find any cool people on the list of active Conservative Baptists. Jimmy Carter, Al Gore and Bill Clinton all left the Conservative Baptists for liberal Baptist (non-patriarchal) churches. Best of all- Brad Pitt was raised Conservative Baptist but is now an agnostic. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Southern_Baptist_Convention_affiliated_people

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It is too bad Chelsea Gorrow, the reporter here, didn't have a chance to go smell the breath of the brother to check if the claims of alcohol fueling the dispute are true. :-)

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Interesting and well written, but I don't like the idea of giving more control to "people who deal with these matters all the time", meaning unelected developers. It should be a broader discussion which includes the poor people the city has been trying to drive out of downtown and the nonprofits and other citizens who help them. Granted that downtown seems to have been "revitalized", could the same thing have happened, with the same city investment, if the mall had been left in place? It offered the same safety to walkers as an indoor mall that separates the cars from the people. It's easy to get run over in downtown if you're not careful, and I wouldn't want to ride a bike there. The main problem with downtown is that it doesn't sell much of anything that we really need. Those of us who live in nearby neighborhoods shouldn't have to go to Fred Meyer for everything. Bring back the art galleries.

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So, the local burger joint sells 100 burgers in an 8 hour period. Each burger sells for $5. That's $500. The three employees earn $9.75 an hour, that's $234. Of the $266 remaining comes rent, supplies, owner's compensation. At $12 an hour, compensation will be $288. Will the owner absorb the $54 additional pay each day or will she suddenly be selling 106 burgers?

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I can no more take don kale serious than I can take a 5 year old telling me how to drive a car serious. Kale knows so much about economics and journalism his wannabe newspaper went bankrupt years ago. Perhaps it is out of charity the RG gave him a wannabe job.

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Chris Christie as Attorney General could be a disaster for the nation's fledgling cannabis industry. On the campaign trail, Christie loudly proclaimed that he would "vigorously enforce" the (failed) drug laws and shut down all marijuana legalization.

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There's our Imperial city staff. They can't take any constructive criticism, so they cost taxpayers money by illegally firing people for "insubordination".

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I don't think we'd be in much trouble of we lost one or two of our bridges over the river. Sure, it would be much less convenient for the folks who are addicted to driving, but there are plenty of ways across if you leave the car parked. In fact, considering that any quake that takes down a bridge or two will likely disrupt the fuel supply (remember, we don't produce any fuel in Oregon), so it's likely that the cars will need to stay parked anyway. Personally, I think we could do with one or two fewer bridges that service our growing local driving habit. That might stem the tide on our growing waistlines and heart disease epidemics.

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Had Susan done her homework before forming an opinion she would have learned that we used to be able to buy an affordable home on the federal minimum wage. The mortgage cut our rent in half so we didn't need Section 8 subsidized housing and in what we saved in rent we didn't need food stamps either. The mortgage grew wealth through equity that shortened the gap between rich and poor by lifting us to entry level middle class. It wasn't until Oregon democrats pushed through high density planning that outlawed this affordable housing to increase property tax revenue were we made dependent on the welfare state. Wages are not the problem, taxing citizens out of housing and preventing affordable housing from being built is the problem.

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Mr. Mciver: You raise a very good point. Indeed, one person's settler is another's squatter. Here in Oregon, one persons's "protester" is another's "armed occupier." Across the world, individuals are "terrorists" or "freedom fighters." It seems all of life is a matter of perspective. cheers, Gary

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My kids are in Spanish immersion in the Oregon City K-8 program. It has been just great. It's about 50/50 native Spanish speakers and English speakers, on purpose. The program has very limited funding compared to Ainsworth. I think the Ainsworth parents might be surprised at how much better their program could be if they moved it and opened it up to being 50/50. (Expansion of the program would be great, too-sounds like there is big demand.) It's a chance for all of the students to become not only better educated but more truly international. Good preparation for the future!

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Those on social security should have saved their money so they wouldn't be a drag on the society. Giving them more money just means delaying the time until we have to put them on the ice floes.

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Last night on the Alex Jones radio show ( I listen to all perspectives to know what is being said) he said he got reports that Scalia was at a secret meeting with the Bohemian Grove/ Illuminati folks when he died Feb. 13th....just to add to the possible theories. I questioned why no autopsy. When a powerful person dies unexpectedly, it's wise to ALWAYS have an autopsy. I suggest reading two books; "Confessions of an Economic Hit Man" by John Perkins, and "Jaded Tasks; Brass Plates Black Ops & Big Oil" by Wayne Madsen.

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They shouldn't need a raise. They're probably not internet savvy, don't need new electronics every month and sure as heck don't need new cars or vacations or Starbucks by the gallon.

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Bernie is working for a "revolution" from decades of corruption that is literally killing all life on earth. If we don't make drastic changes- campaign finance reform, universal health care, affordable/free college, transition to clean renewable energy, energy and resource conservation, a carbon tax and include all the externalities in products-- we will be toast. We are the cause of the sixth mass species extinction already underway as is the global warming crisis. The business as usual system that benefits the few, pollutes our natural resources, destroys wildlife habitats and many suffer-- must end. It's way past time we grow up and face truth instead of burying our heads in the tar sands oil.

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I'll bet the conversation around the Gina and Adam Davis dinner table was quite lively on this subject.

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People are greedy and don't want to pass down the savings to the consumers

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The problem is we could have transitioned off of fossil fuels for transportation and electricity decades ago, but the fossil fuel industry and the legislators they bribed decided to put it off as long as possible so they could rake in billions of dollars more. To throw stones at an individual because she was on a jet plane is silly. If everyone in the USA decided to stay home and not take flights, we would still be on a collision course due to global warming. We need to have a significant and effective carbon tax --a global carbon tax-- as well as include all the external costs included in resource extraction business practices. This would include logging, factory farms, mono crop agriculture, mining, etc. Thanks for writing, Annie, and yes, let's fly less, or not at all, and encourage our family, friends, co-workers, neighbors to WAKE UP to this GLOBAL EMERGENCY!

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This by far is the best comment on a story that I have read here yet. Bravo Jade

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He was off the lane of traffic and off the highway ... he did the right thing. I don't know why the woman was driving on the shoulder but the RV was the cause of this tragic accident, not the truck.

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"Reynolds’ federal claims against the city were later dismissed." This is a private employee suing a City employee. "The auditor is hired and supervised directly by the council, but the deputy police auditor is an employee of the auditor." Your biases are interfering with your reading comprehension.

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And do you know what they're charging for a decent tattoo nowadays?! The money needs to go where it is truly necessary, not to a bunch of old fogies!

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Well, since everyone knows all employers are only driven by greed and hate for the poor, they will have one employee go on part time and only called in to work during the busy shifts. Or put all three on part time and no benefits and shuffle them. Or just charge more for the hamburgers. Or they might do both.

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The driver was in the rest area. Not on the shoulder of the road. I know this stop and it's 25 mph on that off ramp. They estimate she hit the truck at almost 60. They also believe she may have had a medical issue. Driver was also not cited.

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When the minimum wage dropped 30% in adjusted dollars, did the friend volunteer to follow that trend as well? However, being poor and elderly is not something I would wish for anyone.

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This is not a comment on the larger question, but this list http://www.governing.com/blogs/by-the-numbers/most-gerrymandered-congressional-districts-states.html has Oregon as one of the 10 least gerrymandered states.

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That burger joint owner needs to think about what they are doing. As a comparison, McDonald's has 2000 customers a day. The local joint makes $270,000 per year being open 12 hours a day, while chains like Chic-Fil-a make nearly $3M per year. 100 burgers in 8 hours is 12 burgers an hour. Sounds like this place cooks one burger at a time, 5 minutes each, with one cook, and then the two servers alternate bringing out a burger, so deliver 1 burger every 10 minutes. There may be some room for efficiency improvement here!

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Except for the fact that the OSP has received death threats against the involved officer from supporters of those who committed armed insurrection against the federal government - in other words, from domestic terrorists who are likely to follow through on those threats.

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What in the heck is she "talking" about! The tone of her article seemed as if 2007-08 was last year....and not 8 years ago. As an Independent I am thoroughly disgusted with the immature constant blaming of "the other guy". Eight years later and Obama is still blaming GW Bush. Hey, all of you who work inside the Beltway you really are as stupid, shallow, naive and pathological as the Trumpian lingo suggests you ate. It's you...you, do nothing, narcissistic so called "leaders" that the finger of blame is pointing to. The American people are fed up and are willing to sacrifice diplomacy and finesse in their President to seek a "fix" to the mess you have made. As for Ms., Dowd, she's a prime example of how out of touch the Beltway folk are as evidenced by her continuing to blame. Ms., Dowd and the rest of the bunch, actually don't get it. Donald Trump is the product of the blaming, do nothing practice and culture of Washington.

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It's unfortunate that the Eugene legislators can't just do whatever they want like they can when the Republicans are the only ones opposing one of their sacred positions. They actually have to take into consideration someone other than themselves. Sad. As an independent, I hope for more even distribution of the parties. "My way or the highway" wasn't pretty under Reid and Pelosi and shouldn't be the Oregon norm, either. Barnhart and Prozanski in particular seem to suffer from the Pelosi syndrome.

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My point being, when cost go up, prices go up or hours go down or something. Now, if a train leaves Miami at 6 am...

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The question has become who to believe when it comes to the government determining who gets how much and what "poverty" is. The Bureau of Labor Statistics has changed the formula used to calculate the inflation rate that affects millions of senior citizens several times since the late 1970's. Many of us remember the days of 5, 6, 7%+ inflation from those years. It lead to administrations being voted out of office. Guess what, if the same formulas were still in use inflation would have substantially higher than the 0-1% reported in the past few years. Why is the Oregon minimum wage based on BLS data that is derived primarily from Portland metro area, yet it is applied statewide? The government is increasingly in charge of who wins and who loses. The question is, who is in charge of the government?

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Christie would make a good Attorney General given his experience and temperament, and I think Trump knows this and made the offer. He sure would be a step up from Eric Holder since Christie would never be a patsy for Trump as Holder was for Obama, and would clearly be better than Lynch who is currently being the Democrat party’s patsy by trying to keep states from being able to require people to prove citizenship before being registered to vote. Trump will nominate many good people for his administration, and is not afraid to choose people with strong personalities. NOTE: The comment above was REJECTED 6 hours ago. Apparently it is not civil to criticize Mr. Obama, Mr. Holder and Ms. Lynch while saying anything positive about Mr. Trump or Mr. Christie. I believe the language I used was entirely civil, but the content was objectionable to some, and they chose not to differentiate. This is the first comment I have had rejected. Very disturbing, so I am giving it another chance.

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The last one just moved out last year. A couple of them did live at home when they were in their 20s. They may have partied some when we were gone. But they always got along.

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Interestingly, this time my comment above was automatically pre-approved! I am not sure what to make of this, unless it means I chose poorly on my three questions and was therefore rejected. Can anyone enlighten me on how this works? Sometimes the questions are difficult to judge based on the context, but I presume the important part is whether or not the comment is civil, not whether you agree with its content or not. Incivility is almost always easy to judge as it usually involves a personal attack on another commentator. But if comments which attack the performance of our elected and appointed officials are to be rejected, commenting here will be pointless.

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It becomes tiring. The government had no obligation to uphold contracts with native American tribes, apparently, so why do they feel the need to uphold contracts with those that are yet to retire, especially. The U.S. government systematically destroyed the way of life of an entire group of people, and everyone is crying over PERS. Renegotiate the damn contracts....

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Its not just the Unions taking over. In fact, its as much corporations and low wages and out-sourcing. Responsible business practices that respect workers and the economy are not present in America. If the profits at Wal-Mart had not gone to a few people, the entire economy would be better off. Chevron is freaking out over gas prices dropping, yet they made BILLIONS for 10 years...now they are laying off tens of thousands of workers? That's wrong. Their CEO's pocketed billions, along with a few hundred major shareholders...on the backs of working people. One way to start... #Bernie2016! #FeeltheBern

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The link provided is an analysis of U.S. Congressional Districts, which have no bearing on State of Oregon legislative districts. Additionally, it is hard to gather much from it even in regards to U.S. Congressional Districts as the analytical measures used seem to have more to do with the shape of a state than anything else, and indeed this is noted in the article. For instance, if you look at the list from the bottom up, you will notice a preponderance of regularly shaped states. As you move towards the top of the list you will notice a preponderance of irregularly shaped states. Not entirely useless, as the example of Maryland illustrates, but still, measuring gerrymandering is probably more easily done by determining the amount of effort put into it by the partisans in charge than metrics like these, but partisans will never allow that data to be collected.

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Facts do matter, and are usually accompanied by cited sources so people can evaluate their veracity. Assertions are not, instead relying on the lazy, naive and emotional to be easily swayed by the first thing they read. Which would you say you have presented here, Mr. Porter?

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so the Eugene track club wants this money to pay for an event that in no way shape or worst dream could ever sell enough tickets or generate enough interest to ever pay it's costs. They no matter if they had 10 times that 25 million there is no way it's ever going to pay for itself So why should everyone pay for it Most likely any money brought in by the track meet will be spent at chain hotels and restaurants paying as little as possible and sending it out of state or more likely out of country If this club wants a track meet so bad sell tickets have a bake sale but build your legacy on your own This whole event has a bad smell to it anything that attracts flies in Salem like this has should be revisited in about 10 years

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Thank you for the link, this time, Mr. Porter. As I read it, I notice that it takes the following form: Myth: Minimum wage will cause X bad outcome / red herring argument Not True: Explanation, which never includes a single instance that the bad outcome alleged could happen under any circumstances, or that there is any merit whatsoever to those concerns, or even that there may be other legitimate concerns beyond the red herrings that are presented. This is repeated 15 times, and nothing else of substance is include on the page. The particular myth you cite is not even one most critics of minimum wage argue. Instead, they argue that minimum wage increases will actually hurt teens as they are trying to find their first jobs. Why isn't that one mentioned among these 15? Forgive me for not swallowing this link whole, even though it is from the U.S. Dept. of Labor, which could not possibly be swayed in any way by political direction from above. This source lacks veracity, Mr. Porter.

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Let's see, Trump has spent the least money and gained the most for it of any major candidate. That could apply to a person I want to lead a nation with a debt problem. He is mostly spending his own money rather than taking it from special interests. Also good. He has been vastly successful in business in this country and around the world. Good. He is widely known as a killer negotiator, certainly a good thing in politics both foreign and domestic. If he is in a room with Vladimir Putin, he won't be hitting the reset button or coming out of the room in second place on any topic of discussion. Very good. He's a bit unpredictable, maybe even a loose cannon at times, but that's what everyone thought about Reagan; could actually be of use in many situations. Says what he thinks, but also knows when not to spill the beans. And will never, ever leave Americans under fire without help. On the other hand, Hillary can tell a lie with the best of them, and would be a "steady hand." Easy pick.

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Fantastic! Outdoor School for ALL kids, not just districts or school that somehow find the funds. This is an Oregon legacy, and kids have been going for 50 years or more in various parts of Oregon. It helps kids learn science, connect to nature, build confidence, and is a program that we should all support in a time when disconnecting from phones and screens is so rare in anyone's life.

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The funds from the lottery are part of what is called "Economic Development" and is used by the Legislature to fund various programs as they see fit. As the article points out, this money isn't already earmarked. So its not defunding anything, its just making it so along with other programs that would be funded, Outdoor School would be guaranteed funding. It would create around 500 jobs statewide, while enriching the education of tens of thousands of kids per year.

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Nice article overall, though I think Brooks fails to emphasize the importance of raising children in a marriage as part of the moral aspect he mentions. While children are not a focus of some marriages, they are a focus of most marriages, especially during the 20 years or so it requires to raise a child. When a marriage fails or never even occurs and children are involved, it is a great moral failing of their parents with lifelong and even inter-generational consequences to them and their own offspring. More than any other factor it effects their income prospects and their likelyhood of having their own successful marriage. So while all the aspects Brooks mentions are crucial in choosing a good and lasting spouse, if children are expected to ever be a part of a family, that marital commitment must also be built around the children's needs and can be a great source of strength in maintaining marital commitment through difficult times. Google "importance of marriage to children."

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This public servant must be protected from the militia terrorists.

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The policies of Obama have deststabilized the Middle East, North Africa, South China sea, and Easter Europe. What a mess for the next President.

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Our scamming, thieving legislators are all in favor of taxation without representation, and steal money from people who cannot vote in our elections to pay for a pet project in Eugene. Knight has $200 million to donate to Stanford but can't pony up $26 million for an event that helps make him filthy rich? Our legislators need to put Knight and our scamming legislators in their place.

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Funny, when WI democrats left the state to prevent a budget vote, Oregon liberal democrats cheered. Now these vile hypocrites are complaining about republicans.

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Uncle Phil just gave away 400 million dollars recently from his sweatshop moneybags. How dare any scheming jackals come sniffing around for taxpayer funding to scavenge, when Uncle Phil could bankroll the whole event without blinking a sunglassed eye. Why do sleazy sports event marketers get to interrupt the academic pursuits of our increasingly erstwhile public university, and demand full accomodations and handouts from the taxpayers to subsidize their profiteering? These sweatshop billionaires then come and hijack our government with their ill-gotten gains, dolloping cash on cronies. If Jaded Jade is right, this 2021 event won't be more than a flash in the pan for Lane County. Lananna and his clique, and the pizza shops as Jade says, might be the only ones making money off this boondoggle. The rest of us are being taken to the cleaners. No public subsidies for slumlord sportswear moguls who's wares are made in squalor.

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I don't know this guy, but I've seen him out there a lot! I drive by him maybe once or twice a week. I try to wave back, but sometimes can't in time (I drive a manual).

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Similar to the contracted security guard the city ordered to be fired for protesting Obama down in Roseburg. Too many Democrat control freaks at City Hall.

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Would it be greed if your house payment was cut by 93% and you banked the difference?

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Are indecent tattoos less expensive?

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And if they did want any of that stuff, they'll soon forget and go back to just sitting in their favorite chair, petting their cat and staring at the wall. All the while, being very content. That pretty much sums up old people. No need for extra cash. They're happy.

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We will see, nice promises but Je me souviens.

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Well said. Exactly correct on all counts.

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I'm a retired person and I resent the old fogie comments here. Some of you, uh, you......... Sheesh, what was I sayin?............

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"Our legislators need to put Knight and our scamming legislators in their place." I think "their place" is presently full of Malheur occupiers and the Bundy clan.

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I also wonder how many state employees it will take to move the new millions around and how many new paid committees will be created to decide on disbursements. I'd like to know how the cash flow works. I've got the part of taxpayers being fleeced, but who gets the $$$? Vin, for his fee, rent a tent or two, overtime for police to direct traffic, EMX to add temporary buses?

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You were gong to feed the cat.

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