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Michael Tobin

Former Eugene Weekly intern Michael Tobin is writing for the Wall Street Journal summer 2019.

Author: Michael Tobin

Junction City RV Company Named in Racism Lawsuit

Former Black employee sues Guaranty RV over co-workers’ racist behavior

BlogNews 3 years ago

A former Black employee of Guaranty RV alleges in a lawsuit that the company’s employees subjected him to racist language and one employee drove past … Continue reading →

Currency and Corvallis: Lane County Man Indicted on Foreign Currency Ponzi Scheme

Feds say Lane County man ran multimillion dollar foreign exchange trading scheme

BlogNews 3 years ago

A Lane County man and his Corvallis-based company ran a multimillion dollar foreign exchange trading scam that led to investors losing at least $1 million … Continue reading →

Popcorn, Property Taxes and Tortilla Chips

There’s a new snack game in town

News 3 years ago

What goes around comes around, and that’s true for money and caramel corn. Junction City-based 4Him Food Group, the parent company of popcorn manufacturer Cosmos … Continue reading →

Zones of Silence

Local officials still won’t discuss poor oversight of enterprise zones

News 4 years ago

Money talks, or so the saying goes. But when asked about the lack of oversight in Lane County’s economic development incentive known as an enterprise … Continue reading →

Industry, Political Action Committees Spend Big to Defeat Cap and Invest

Industries with something to lose from a cap and invest bill are pouring money into political campaigns

News 5 years ago

Although Oregon’s cap and invest climate change legislation stalled in the state Legislature in 2018, climate legislation is the on the docket for the 2019 … Continue reading →

Church of Beer

Former church still serves as a gathering place and welcomes all taste buds

Chow 5 years ago

Springfield is in a restaurant Renaissance, and a former church is the latest installment to the city’s thriving food scene. PublicHouse, which was formerly Springfield’s … Continue reading →

Big Corporate Handouts with Little Oversight

Enterprise zones give nearly unsupervised tax breaks to Lane County businesses

News 5 years ago

In 2009, Seneca Sustainable Energy went looking for a handout from Lane County taxpayers. The company promised to build a cogeneration facility near Eugene Airport … Continue reading →

Petition Seeks Oregon Ban on ‘Cyanide Bombs’

M-44s have led to several high profile poisonings of humans and pets

News 5 years ago

A new petition is aiming to ban deadly M-44 anti-predator devices in the state of Oregon. M-44s use sodium cyanide, which smells of bitter almonds … Continue reading →

Fires Won’t Wait Another Month

City code gives property owners up to a month to get in compliance, but fires can come at any time.

News 5 years ago

A single spark could light up the dead grass and blackberry bushes blanketing the sidewalks and alleyways of Eugene’s neighborhoods. Even with this summer’s bone-dry … Continue reading →

End of Newsprint Tariffs

One of the Trump administration's tariffs goes down

BlogNews 5 years ago

Newspapers around the country can breathe a sigh of relief — the tariffs on Canadian newsprint have been overturned by the International Trade Commission (ITC). … Continue reading →

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Michael Tobin

Former Eugene Weekly intern Michael Tobin is writing for the Wall Street Journal summer 2019.

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