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Tomorrow, May 17, the Oregon Aviation Board will be looking to adopt new rules that will allow noisy float planes to land and take off on Waldo Lake, despite the ban on gas motors and the lake's 10 MPH speed limit. Oregon Wild is posting an online petition with talking points at www.oregonwild.org You can also email comments today to aviation.ma8il@state.or.us and find a list of board members and their phone numbers at http://wkly.ws/185 Continue reading
Naming a Portland beer after a Hindu goddess was apparently not appreciated by some Hindu members in India’s Parliament this week who summoned the U.S. ambassador after hearing about the special brew. “Kali-Ma” beer was scheduled to be launched today (May 15) by Portland-based Burnside Brewing Company, but was then canceled after the Hindu protest. The company has apologized and will rename the beer and change its label. The brew is imperial wheat ale flavored with Indian spices and Scotch-Bonnet peppers. Continue reading
Lane County would like you to know that budget cuts means they will be releasing people from the Lane County Jail. (See the press release below). Budget cuts also mean that services to help kids, familes, the homeless, homeless pets and rural law enforcement to name a few things will also be cut. DATE/TIME OF RELEASE: May 10, 2012 3:00 PM Continue reading
Million 1 Productions has put together an informative video on Republican challenger to Peter DeFazio Art Robinson, and son (aka the "Democratic" challenger) Matthew Robinson called "Art Robinson: Lunatic running for Congress in Oregon 2012." Enjoy! Continue reading
Was the last-minute meeting Lane County held to vote on releasing allegations against Commissioner Rob Handy on the morning of May 3 an open meeting? Handy has said the allegations themselves were timed not only to hurt him in the election, but also to detract from the recent revelation that his opponent Pat Farr was convicted of drunk driving. Continue reading
Photographs by Rob Sydor. click any image to see a slide show. Continue reading
The EPD is beginning to release information about exclusion requests, starting with an incident we can all agree to boo and hiss at. Not all exclusions are for stabbings — we've been told that just damaging vegetation by playing in the park has been cause for an exclusion request. We thought it would be fun to keep track of their exclusion request press releases, so here's the first: Continue reading
At a press conference today Commissioner Rob Handy addressed allegations that he says are timed to cause maximum damage to his re-election campaign. This is not the first time the liberal minority of the county commission has been targeted. See today's cover story on the Politics of Personal Destruction as well as last year's Shifty Politics. Continue reading
In a 3-2 vote, with the conservatives in the majority, the Lane County Board of Commissioners decided to drop the appeal of the mining on Parvin Butte. Commissioners Pete Sorenson and Rob Handy voted against dropping the appeal. Sid Leiken, Faye Stewart and Jay Bozievich voted to drop it. Stewart is the commissioner for east Lane County where the butte and the small community of Dexter that surrounds the gravel mine is located. You can watch the meeting and hear the discussion on the Lane County web page. Continue reading
It was May Day yesterday and Occupy Wall Street affiliated groups were out across the country. Portland had some action last night. Here, Occupy Eugene's May Day rally was preceded by peacekeeping training. The Eugene Police Department arrived at the bank protest in riot gear … and then they left. Continue reading