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Okay, Mr. Gray wants to remove Mr. Palmer from contention in the next election for sheriff. Kinda a lowly way to get ahead, but what can one expect?	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Outsider: Here's some more info for you. It's based on the Oregon Department of Employment's publication "Oregon's Minimum Wage Jobs: Facxts, Figures and Context" Facts: 100,000 minimum wage jobs out of 1.9 million about 5% Total wages: about 1% of total wages in the State My conclusion: the Minimum wage increase will represent a .05% increase in the wages paid in Oregon. The article's summary: "On the whole, small to moderate increases in the minimum wage do not appear to have sizeable negative effects on employment. Belman and Wolfson note, “Employment effects are too modest to have meaningful consequences for public policy in the dynamically changing U.S. labor market.” There are so many moving pieces in the economy, so many structural and cyclical changes causing constant churn, that moderate increases to the minimum wage in the past have had effects “too small to be statistically detectable in the meta-analysis.” good article....worth reading	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
I didn't take this as a slam at all. More of , dare I say it, reporting the details. Mind you very boring details I don't think anyone will give a hoot about. I mean really whether he got $250, $750 or $1500 from this family...it's not a huge amount so who cares. Plus I'm not sure anyone stands a chance against Wheeler, so there is that.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Well, Nick, I am actually glad you are a bit defensive, because women have been on the defense for quite some time now. I'd wager centuries. My charge of sexism is about the overt (the diminutive "saucetress" in comparison to the descriptors for the male counterpart in this article) and inherent sexism that comes from that diminutive. And it stands. This is sexist. Is it a "little" sexist or "very" sexist? Who cares about the degree of sexism. It. Is. Sexist. If this review had stuck to talking about the food and hadn't minimized the female working owner of Red Sauce in deference to one of the male owners of Pizza Jerk, this wouldn't be an issue. Instead, the writer made a rhetorical decision and it was a sexist one. And if you think "mistress" is "equivalent" to "master" in terms of what words actually mean, you clearly don't understand what "diminutive" means. Also: Ms. Magazine is not named the shortening of "Mistress." I promise. They are reclaiming "Ms." on its own terms.	0.2	0	0	0	0.2	0.2	0
That's nearly 10,000 Oregonians registered to vote who obviously don't even care about making the effort to register to vote. That's a lot of automatically registered (in less than just two months!) voters who won't vote because it means nothing to them. Which leaves the Oregon ruling party plenty of room for voter fraud. Which is the only reason why the ruling party in our one-party state created this otherwise pointless law.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Outsider77: As I understand the "issue": If you have an uncommon name, you're usually through in seconds after the app is typed and submitted. Let's put that scenario aside. The delay goes to those people, usually with a relatively common name, that pops up a bunch of offenders. You don't get the automatic approval and now a human has to start digging. No big so far, expected. Unfortunately, you lived in another state previously, too. So a request is put out to that state to validate you're the one and same person. The PD that has the record see's an offense but it's not listed as a misdemeanor or felony version, they need to go look it up. It's not a priority for them. This is just another scenario. All that being said, the firearm seller then has the final call once that delay is up. Three days pass, 10 days pass; they are now in the decision seat. Will 7 extra days help or hinder? Who knows. IMO, this should wait for full session, not abbreviated "fix" session. It needs input.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
The recently reported nomination of Donald Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize puts it into perspective. Any member of a national legislature can make a nomination. Trump didn't make the 'short list', however. That list has traitor Edward Snowden on it, of course.	0.3	0	0	0	0.3	0	0
Some people have no sense of where bullets can go after they leave the barrel. I've confronted people who think it's okay to shoot in the recreational subdivision where my mountain house is. They have no concept of what happens beyond what they're shooting at. When I mention I may start shooting also, they usually stop and go elsewhere. If that doesn't happen, mentioning calling the sheriff always works.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Regarding Hales' aversion to favoritism, the article you link to explains, Reached by phone this week, Charlie Hales told the Tribune that First Stop won't get any favoritism. "It's a budget decision like every other financial commitment for the following year that hasn't been made yet," he says. "I don't know if we'll be contributing the city's contribution to that program or not." If the city does continue its funding support of First Stop, he says, he'd avoid any potential conflict of interest in the process by following the city charter guidelines, recusing himself from the vote. Both the present article and the linked WWeek article state that the City stopped funding First Stop when Hales took office, but I don't see any particular evidence for that statement. Rather, all I see is a promise by Hales to recuse himself from any decision regarding First Stop's funding, which doesn't seem to be invalidated by PDC's decision to continue supporting First Stop. What am I missing?	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Theodore Roosevelt, Spanish American War. Woodrow Wilson, WWI (The War to End All Wars). Henry Kissinger, Vietnam War. Barack H. Obama, War Against Terrorism (Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya, Syria).	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
CSPAN has the video if you want to watch it. During a 1992 Senate floor speech, Joe Biden said President George H. W. Bush should wait to fill any Supreme Court vacancies until after the presidential election. “It is my view that if a Supreme Court Justice resigns tomorrow or within the next several weeks or resigns at the end of the summer, President Bush should consider following the practice of a majority of his predecessors and not, and not name a nominee until after the November election is completed,” Biden said at the time. Biden went onto say that delaying a Supreme Court nomination until after the election is what is fair to the nominee and essential to the process. The floor comments were made on June 25, months before the 1992 presidential election.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
I find it extremely hard to believe that the "drama" cause by Bernie supporters is the same or worse than the "drama" we saw over Obama. There were far more insults, hate, threats, and vitriol over our first "negro" President than there is against Hillary today. We're also seeing a whole new group of people coming out and speaking their minds. A lot of the people supporting Bernie are those who have just been sitting silently on the sidelines. Bernie is just making a lot of people feel like they have value and that they matter, and those people are really freaking out over it.	0.166667	0	0	0	0.166667	0	0
You're micturating against the breeze, Mr. Pettit. The modern liberal mantra is that we can just borrow our way to prosperity, and kick the debt can down the road for the kids and grandkids to pay off. :-/	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dave Nickles, I totally agree with you, but, with our Democratic super-majority in Salem, it's hard to see how this bill won't make it into law. Our Demos, led by Senator Prosanski, never met a gun control bill they didn't like.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
All of the sudden, President Two-Face wants to work with Republicans! I hope the pubbies snub him in a big way, he deserves it. He wouldn't even attend Scalia's funeral. He also filibustered the nomination of Justice Alito back in 2006 when he was a senator.	0.2	0	0	0	0.2	0	0
The motor/voter law combined with the new minimum wage means that the people in Salem just bought themselves a lot of votes for years to come.	0.166667	0	0	0	0	0.166667	0
Welcome to the People's Republic of Eugene. This is where diversity and differences of thought are celebrated (except those that deviate from the straight party line).	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
I've had three comments rejected, one in a matter of minutes. Aja assured me that the algorithm would work in a fair way, but he said it's gonna take awhile for it to "learn" who the gamers are and moderate them..... those who define "uncivil" as any comment that disagrees with their world view.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
George Bush should have gotten two Peace Prizes for his wars.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Would this be the same Ninkasi Brewing Company whose Nigel Francisco is currently the Chief Financial Officer? And also one of the nine Tourism Board Commissioners who will be in charge of spending the soon to be increased lodging tax for the Nike/U of O track boondoggle? That Ninkasi Brewing Company? Thought so. Oregon DEQ must not have received the memo. This is all obviously a big mistake by some minion at DEQ. Nothing to see here. Just move along. Big boys at work.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
He conspired with terrorists and needs to lose his license and be tossed in the pokey with the rest of them.	0.3125	0	0.015625	0.140625	0.25	0.03125	0
I bet you also think locking a child in a closet isn't abuse?	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
It's a valid complaint against this terrorist sympathizer.	0.3	0	0	0	0.3	0	0
President Obama got his just for not being George W. Bush. He hadn't even fired a shot in Libya or Syria in 2009. But he promised to get out of Afghanistan so that was enough. Still there, of course. And back in Iraq, too. I know "Advisors' don't count. That's what JFK and LBJ said in Vietnam, too.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
I'd like to point out that the system for peer review here doesn't take into consideration sarcasm nor humor.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Yassa Arafat got a peace prize. Obama got one after only 12 days in office.....yes after just 12 days!	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Your comment is slightly "off point." Do you think a Sheriff should publicly support individuals who have seized federal property and are armed and occupying that property? Sheriff Palmer may dislike the federal government, but that doesn't give him license to support individuals who are actively violating federal laws.	0.2	0	0	0	0.2	0	0
I just mark everything as "Civil". I prefer to expose the fallacious (or just those I disagree with) in public. This multiple Civil/unCivil game is a waste of my time.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Contrary to the comments below, there is more to the Biden speech about nominating a justice than is presented. It's the same tactic of deleting the context of a speech such that it is no longer the "whole truth", which in court, is considered a lie (but of course these are not lies because there is no court). Here is the remaining portion of that speech: "...just 10 minutes after calling for temporary inaction on Bush’s candidate, Biden actually promised to consider a moderate Supreme Court nominee. 'I believe that so long as the public continues to split its confidence between the branches, compromise is the responsible course both for the White House and for the Senate,” he said. “Therefore I stand by my position, Mr. President, if the President [George H.W. Bush] consults and cooperates with the Senate or moderates his selections absent consultation, then his nominees may enjoy my support..' Biden voted for two Bush appointees.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
I would have to first disagree with part of your statement B. Carefree. As I am the granddaughter of one person that was in that terrible, tragic accident. I will say that the driver may have been "elderly" but she was very capable of operating a vehicle. What happened was awful and to lump every older person into that statement was not true. Yes there are people that should not be able to drive and should have their license taken from them but I can tell you my grandma was not one of those people you are referring to. Out of respect for my family I ask, to please refrain from disheartening remarks at this time.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Four out of the past seven funerals for a Supreme Court justice have either had the president or vice president in attendance. Source: http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/white-house-obama-will-not-attend-justice-scalia-s-funeral-n520236	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
In order to understand the level of culpability of the shooters, the RG reporter should have mentioned things like the distance between the shooters and the unfortunate lady and the type of rounds being fired. High power rifle rounds can go for miles. If the woman was hit at a distance of a mile, it is not surprising that the shooters did not hear her cries for help. It is surprising to me that she was hit with multiple rounds since at distance that would require very high precision shooting. If the shooting was at short range, more serious charges may have been warranted. Whenever I target shoot, I make certain to place the target in front of a big hill and never shoot with the barrel elevated beyond the base of the hill. A 50 foot dirt hill is very effective in bringing bullets to a complete and predictable stop.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
I agree. I wonder how far away the shooters were. Shooting through foliage? At what? They could hear her scream but failed to respond? "misdemeanor charges of fourth-degree assault and recklessly endangering another person" Got off light. I would have thought something with some jail time would have been right. That and taking away their guns.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
I think you are assuming facts not in evidence. I did not see any claim nor evidence presented that the Sheriff publicly supported the occupiers. Simply meeting with them does not comprise public support. Asking for autographs also does not comprise public support. The fact that the feds withheld information from certain locals is fully consistent with the notion of need to know security. Regarding your "off-point" comment, ascertaining the truth of a matter requires understanding of the motives and potential motives of the parties involved. The fact that Mr. Palmer trounced Mr. Gray in the 2012 election for sheriff suggests possible bad blood between the parties. Should such bad blood exist, motivation to seize this opportunity to discredit Sheriff Palmer must be considered. A Sheriff holds an important position and some degree of independence and discretion is appropriate. For all we know, Sheriff Palmer was quietly and discretely working toward a peaceful resolution.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Some folks just need to grow some skin.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Once again I am amazed by some peoples ability to gather so much information and make such well informed conclusions based upon a story with less information than "see dick and Jane run".	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Where is the list of names that didn't pay?	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Very insightful comment if true. Would be great if RG looked into it and gave some insight on how many contracts have pay rates locked to percentages above the minimum wage.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
That sucks, but mostly because the real estate owner is Californian.	0.675	0.025	0.1625	0	0.55	0.25	0.025
how is it that this guy only got 3 years probation? carelessly he shot into an area of neighbors ..doesn't he know where his property sits? she was headed to her mailbox? not through the woods i'm guessing and surely he must know where that area would be and to avoid that whole direction and finally..he HEARD her scream and stopped shooting but did nothing else? what is with the district attorney's office and these high profile, serious crimes that take another's life and the convicted person gets a slap on the wrist sentence. why are they being treated with kid gloves? strebendt, the woman and husband that were horrible to the man she plowed into on main st, throwing him onto her car hood - just two that come to mind.. I wish this woman the best of luck and justice with her civil suit.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
I think you're right to withhold judgement, but there is plenty that should be questioned by his superiors. He's not a lone ranger, he's part of a professional association. Irregardless he deserves to state his case to an accountable organization. Saying he's not a sympathizer with that group is a bit silly though. He's very clearly aligned ideologically with his stated associations and his apparently unsolicited trip to the compound. That's not a judgement on his level of cooperation with the occupiers.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Before we get too excited about this potential intergovernmental agreement let's ask commissioner Amanda Fritz about her opposition testimony regarding the highly controversial disposition of the John Ball School property for social service purposes some years ago, before she was a commissioner, and her citing of another intergovernmental agreement, Resolution A - 1983, which was completely ignored by city commissioners whenever it suited their purposes. Much like decades of using street repair funds for other personal pet projects. And so it goes. Richard Ellmyer North Portland	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
he did hear her cries. he stopped shooting but did nothing else. it's in the story.	0.166667	0	0	0.166667	0	0	0
The combined annual expenditure from all participating public agencies on PUBLIC HOUSING* in Multnomah county is about $200,000,000 on about 50,000 PUBLIC HOUSING CLIENTS. Richard Ellmyer North Portland Author of more stories on the politics, players and policies of Public Housing and its euphemisms, Affordable/ Regulated Affordable/ Publicly Subsidized Affordable and Low-Income Housing in Multnomah County over the last fourteen years than all other journalists and elected officials combined. * PUBLIC HOUSING is a class of housing defined as, Means Test (<=80%MFI) + Government Subsidy (any government any type) + rental agreement.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
As an elected Sheriff, his 'superiors' are the voters in his County, who definitively preferred him over one of his accusers. I don't believe that being elected Sheriff results in loss of free speech or association. Unless my memory is defective, none of the individuals he met with had been charged with any crime at the time of the meeting. It was only after the arrests occurred that the charges were revealed. Should the Sheriff of Malheur County also be subject to the same investigation? He also met with those who were later charged with Federal crimes; crimes outside the jurisdiction of both of the sheriffs. The Department of Public Safety Standards and Training has tossed this hot political potato right out their door. That is the agency who is 'accountable' for police officers in this State.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
If I had that time free, I would show her the US Census ACS data showing that Eugene is unique in converting cyclists to motorists over the past six years with 37% of our former cyclists now back in cars. I would ask her how this aligns with her frequent statements that Eugene is going to be an active transportation leader and the Council's climate change ordinance. Was all that stuff just PR, not intended to be taken seriously, or is there a disconnect between city staff and elected officials. If the latter, why did the council reward Jon Ruiz with a raise of over $35k last year?	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
for cops to publicly turn on one of their own makes a statement. it is not evidence or proof but the reality is, it's significant. that blue line is real and not just one co-worker didn't feel comfortable about his loyalty or actions.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
I'm thinking that a particular woman has not yet given up her defensiveness... though it has a rather offensive quality to its occurrence here. Martin conveyed a reality: Tommy does what Tommy does and he usually kills it wherever he goes. Martin told us Rachael launched in the face of a market juggernaut; and this is true. It was with affection that he alluded to this and it made me want to try the classic Red Sauce as much as the new age Jerk. Though, your ranting does make me less inclined. Nationwide just under 20% of Americans experience seasonal-related mood disorder symptoms (SAD). Approximately half of these are in full-blown major depressive disorder. Just guessing, but I bet 95% of all these souls are undiagnosed. Since 25% of Americans live in Florida, Texas or California, and a lot more in the rest of the South, algebra suggests that one needs to at least double those statistics in Oregon. Maybe you want to get a mood lamp and see if you can get those jaws to unlock. Geez!	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sorry Shardell, I referred to you as Rachael (from the picture's caption). My bad.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
I've seen this firsthand and it's real. It's an enormous difference now from what it was when I moved up here, as a software guy and entrepreneur, from Silicon Valley in 1992. So what, now we're quibbling here over how many jobs, how many are significant? Say, what? It used to be none. The incubator crowd isn't doing enough? There used to be no incubator crowd. Now we have startups, angel investment, meetups, multiple incubators, and a startup ecosystem. Limited impact? Jeez! It's night and day different. Back then the refrain was "What? A software business is Eugene? There's no high tech in Eugene!" in the tone of Tom Hanks' character doing "there's no crying in baseball." The assumption was that no real startup would stay here. You had to go south. Today you don't. Today there is a here here.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
And, there it is: the guy who tells the woman that she's suffering from an illness as soon as she speaks up and points out disrespect. Well done?	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
What's to discuss? Sell it to the highest bidder, give them a low or no-interest loan, MUPTE, and maybe a low interest construction loan as well. Sweeten the deal in every way possible. Approve some butt-ugly design, pack 'em in, and price the units so only well-heeled (parents of) university students can afford to live there.	0.3	0	0.1	0	0.2	0	0
I will never understand how a wife (Hillary included) can stick with a philandering husband - except as Roseanne Barr said, if you find out he's cheating, don't leave. Stay with him and make his life a living hill.....	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
All good questions to which I don't have a well informed answer. It does raise the same question that is going now over the Supreme Court opening. Just how much do we want to politicize our justice system? Now the Sheriff is an elected position, but he's also a professional with both power and limitations that go with his/her office. The public does not have the sole right to remove him/her from office if the courts/professional review finds he has broken the law, IMO. I have no idea of his guilt of innocence as to his involvement at the compound. I'm told that a sheriff in one county does not go into another in full uniform - without informing the host county. I don't know if it's official protocol or a well accepted courtesy. If he did this with the local force and they didn't complain, I'd think he'd be fine? But as you said, this is also a state/fed issue.....	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
I have SAD (was undiagnosed for 45 years)... It almost ruined my life on numerous occasions. But I am a man of action. So I don't do sad... I just look for something to kill. (It's a manly man thing, I don't expect you to understand) That's why I don't try to solve any problems in February; I spend the rest of the year putting the pieces back together. The pernicious chip on your shoulder was just too enticing however. I have a mood lamp and that together with 5,000 mg of vitamin D really does help. I haven't used either for five days or so or I might have left you alone. ;-)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
The story does not actually say that the shooters heard the woman yell for help. We also do not know how far the bullets traveled. There is much we do not know and it is difficult to judge the seriousness of the shooters transgression without knowing more. Presumably the DA and others involved in the criminal justice system charged the shooters as seriously as they could under the law or perhaps the final charges were the result of a plea bargain. We simply do not know.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
A lovely tribute to a fine athlete, I can't believe how much I've enjoyed watching Liz play, especially volleyball, considering I went to another fine college in Oregon a little north in Corvallis!	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Boo. What a deceptive headline. Are you Slate now? Is Jules your Bernie?	0.2	0	0	0	0.3	0	0
It is stated in the story that the shooters stopped shooting after the woman was hit. We do not know the reason that they stopped. Frankly, if the shooters were within hearing range, the charges should have been much more severe. Bullets can go miles. A yell maybe a few hundred yards. If they were within a few hundred yards and shooting toward inhabited area, they are guilty of substantially more serious negligence.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
The problem with the editorial and your comment is that it is myopic. There is much more enterprise in the local economy than just software. Even in software, there has been activity for decades with game companies and educational software employing up to hundreds back to the early nineties. But beyond the tiny software industry tens of thousands are employed in other lines of work and new companies are starting all the time but without incubators or fan fare. Software jockey's tend to think highly of themselves, but those of use who have started high tech manufacturing companies and such see the focus to be a bit misplaced. The overall health of the local economy is dependent on a broad spectrum of activity far beyond software. Software is a small and competitive industry. Local focus should support the broader spectrum of new business including manufacturing, timber, medical, etc.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
The publicity is about software companies and incubators. Your impact quote includes all tech companies including mine which employs 20. Yes, overall, high tech in all flavors especially including manufacturing has impact and in fact significant impact. The hype surrounding incubators and software is out of proportion to the significance of such enterprise. It would be good for the RG to survey the whole tech sector in the local economy and specifically to speak to companies outside the downtown software cartel who love to sing their own praise.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
In other words, continue time-honored Eugene City Council and Mayor traditions. Although you did forget to make sure the high-speed internet connections were also to be provided at taxpayer expense, you know. Not to worry, the Mayor and Council have no real power and authority, the City Manager will take care of it.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Myopic? So we can't ever look at one thing because there are other good things too? Nobody is saying high tech instead of everything else. Nobody is asking for tax breaks or subsidies. The improvement in high tech isn't about government focusing one place or another; it's about synergy, and community, and people doing the work. Nobody is saying anything but "hey, this is progress. And this is good." So that's myopic because something else is good? Since when is it either-or? It used to be neither. So this is good. And it doesn't take anything from anywhere else. It's just plain good.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
I am sorry for you loss. I grew up with Lyle and Simone as far back as being a baby in CFalls, MT. Although I have not seen them since 2006, it saddens me to no end.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Since these comments are limited by the system, I cherry pick my comments as you are free to cherry pick yours. The article that I found, did not provide the comments you quote. They may have been in the CSPAN video that I referenced. I didn't check. Senator Biden's remarks seemed quite certain and cogent as I read them, however. Of course, in 1992, compromise was not the dirty word it came to be under Pelosi and Reid and as it currently is under the Republicans in power. "In power" has been the operative phrase ever since Pelosi and Reid rammed Obamacare down the Republican throats. "We have to pass it to know what it says." Remember that phrase? "Tit for Tat", "What goes around comes around", "Hoist upon your own petard"; those are the current phrases, and as an Independent, I believe well-deserved. Both parties in Congress have lost the ability to even consider anyone on the other side without invoking demonology.	0.166667	0	0	0	0.166667	0	0
This must be a placeholder for a column someone still needs to cut-and-paste from somewhere. Seems to be a lot of that here at the R-G editorial page lately.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
I would agree that you are being a little myopic. The RAIN Eugene Accelerator has worked with companies, in addition to manufacturing, in biotech, food and beverage, and manufacturing. The goal is to promote entrepreneurship in ALL sectors. As for the the hundreds being employed in the games and educational industries in the nineties here, I am well aware of it, as I was one of the people working at one of those companies. Many of the RAIN mentors are also aware of it, as they are some of those same folks. FertiLab, a local incubator, was started without fanfare and without outside funding by four individuals (note that 3 were biotech and one software guy). The goal is to help lift ALL of the economy by focusing energy on ALL startups, not just ones in tech. It is you who are trying to make it all about software, the focus of the organizations working with startups is to promote HOME GROWN companies of ALL types.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
I wanted to add a second comment to help educate some folks, and hopefully give some insight into the longer term strategy. Right now, a focus on software is a way to get started. Why? Because it is capital efficient to start software companies. Small inputs of labor, consuming very little resource, can have a large impact. Because they are cheap to start, we can get a lot of 'bang for the buck'. Other companies is high tech manufacturing, food and beverage, and biotech have greater needs. Many of the needs are infrastructure based. We are also working on these components, but these take longer as the capital needs for these industries is greater. This does not mean it won't happen, it just means it will take longer to align the resources to make it happen The 'fanfare' is about education and getting the community to realize that in order for us to fuel our economy, we need to invest in things that will allow it to grow, and ensure the resources are here to support them.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
http://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/index.ssf/2014/04/monroe_woman_shot_while_walkin.html has some more details. They were shooting downhill toward the road which was 100 yards away!	0	0	0	0.142857	0	0	0
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I understand that the Unity Center aims to serve a much-needed purpose in the community, but it concerns me that there won't be any medical care onsite. How will Unity provide triage for those with psychological AND physical health problems? Also, I wonder what plans are in place to mitigate the risk of violence and injury (remember Pacific Gateway?). If this is the only mental health facility in this geographic area, and something goes wrong, where will people go? With all of the eggs in one basket, you might create something too big to fail.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
This is you putting a spin on your version of the world. The Tech Sector does include ALL people involved in tech, not just the 'downtown cartel'. I think that perhaps that you are feeling a little excluded and left out. The solution for this is to get involved and include yourself. As for doing surveys.. I know what that is like. I did this a few years ago, working with Bill Ellis at the city to compile some statistics on the tech industry for the ETIC needs statement for the state. I did it as a volunteer. Unpaid. As do many of the 'software cartel' folks, who don't openly hype the fact that they volunteer their time, effort, and money at churches and numerous non-profit boards to make this community better for the whole community. If you want to help, instead of asking others to do a survey, do one yourself. Get involved a bit and become part of the solution. Start a hi-tech manufacturing incubator, I would be willing to help you get started. Then we can hype you.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Who is this guy? Like Bush, Cruz, Kasich, Rubio nationally, Bailey has about a zero chance of winning the mayoral election. Let's give Ted Wheeler a chance to finally clean up the mess in PDX that the incompetent Hales has left behind.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
I see this as one of the many examples yet to come where citizens are being groomed and scared into compliance. The Occupiers weren't "terrorists" in any sense, they hurt no one; but were true Patriots who risked their lives and sacrificed their freedoms to be heard and stood up against the incompetence of the BLM and ever escalating oppression of our own Federal Government; whom murdered one of their numbers in broad daylight and arrested the others to send a clear message to other Constitionalists and scare the public into compliance. Wearing a badge should not make one a soulless automaton and Palmer chose to uphold his oath and rights of others by hearing them out and understanding their grievances. We are fed a great deal of misinformation by the media and most believe the first thing that we hear. The US is rotting from the inside out as our lands and resources are being sold to foreign investors while we struggle to feed our families in a country that is no longer ours.	0.2	0	0	0	0.2	0.2	0
How many employees does Ferti Lab employee right now? beyond their 4 employees I mean, to me (and many others) that is the bottom line, I think a start up is wonderful but if it is only going to employee 10 or so people, it is certainly better then none if they weren't here at all but where is the REAL job growth in this area? many of my peers have already moved on to other areas and I know a few (including myself) are looking outside of this area for jobs, sure I suppose if you can create a conduit for U of O students to come in to a Tech startup that has some merit but those jobs will be internships or entry level jobs, if there isn't anywhere for those people to move up to within a company then they will leave as well. I see money being poured into the community to make us seem like there is a burgeoning tech industry here but I don't see that translate into REAL living wage jobs.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
You answered your own question in your original post. Shardell is a "newcomer" whereas Tommy has already succeeded. He is an "Earl" and "King" -- both referred to Bunk Sandwiches, not to Pizza Jerk -- because of his success. Does Shardell have similar success? If not, then what's the basis for the claim that calling Tommy a king is sexist? But this flimsy accusation of sexism seems like an attempt to discredit the review without actually engaging what it said or defending the quality of the food. What you should be criticizing Cizmar for is his love of Beaverton Sub Shop, not expending so much effort being outraged over the use of one word that is, at worst, ambiguously sexist.	0.3	0	0	0	0.3	0	0
As is often the case with politicians our legislature is addressing the wrong problem. Oregon’s minimum wage, already among the nation’s highest, isn’t the issue. A more pressing problem is a lack of the type of jobs that once provided the next rung on the economic ladder for low-skilled workers. I fail to see how alienating business interests will help.	0.166667	0	0	0	0	0	0
Betty Taylor voiced a good observation during the work session that the city has made the square unusable, seemingly by design; to discourage certain people (travelers, homeless, etc.) from using or being in the square. George Brown also mentioned that developing the square will not solve the perceived problem of “undesirables” from hanging-out in the downtown, like Kesey Square. This group of people will just move somewhere else, like in front of the city hall. (Remember that...) I feel that because the Register-Guard is the one who found the deed restriction, and not the city, it may suggest that city has already tried to make a hasty and predetermined decision. Of course that isn't surprising.	0.166667	0	0	0	0.166667	0	0
outsider77........"Fields stopped shooting after Fogelstrom screamed for help but did not come to her aid, the suit asserts." think it's pretty safe to assume this statement implies he heard the cries or why even would it be in the story? he copped to the shooting, got his "sentence" and I think a plea deal is you tell it all or it's no deal - so if this assumption isn't true...? the reporter added it for the heck of it?	0	0	0.166667	0	0	0	0
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RG - sometimes your stories... "Dog killed in 2-vehicle accident that closed Springfield’s Main Street" .... "SPRINGFIELD — A dog was killed and a motorist suffered a leg gash in a two-vehicle accident at the intersection of Main and 28th streets Monday night, Springfield police said." ... OMG - which vehicle was the dog driving? 2 vehicle accident/1 motorist and 1 dog .....? * OHhhhhh. - and finally ... "The dog was a passenger in one of the vehicles, he said." not that I didn't figure it out after a tiny pause, but I kind of only see this as "news" if the dog was driving. it must be tough to fill X-amount of newspaper on a slow news day.... and RG, articles and headlines sometimes leave a lot to be desired. they seem muddled. at least once a week I look at a headline and think "what?" they are like trick questions - what exactly is being said here?	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
I've known many people who have lived there over the years and they all referred to it as the "crack shack". With good reason I might add.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hery, I would love to have something of this kind in my local ePaper in the morning. As I hate trolls and love good, insightful comments.	0.2	0.1	0	0	0.1	0	0
A quote from the pleadings does not prove anything. Evidence from the criminal trial might have. If they were close enough to hear her then they were guilty of far more serious offenses than they were convicted of. Accident at a distance of a mile or more is more understandable than shooting toward inhabited space only a few hundred yards away which was likely visible to the shooters (given that the bullet was not stopped by intermediate objects). If the reporter had given the distance, we would be able to conclude whether they heard her, as it is, we cannot. We cannot read more into this article than is actually present. After reading it, I do not know what happened beyond a woman was shot and a guy was convicted of having done it. Why or how it happened and whether the shooters heard the woman cannot be reliably determined from the information given. We can only hope RG reporters are more inclusive of information.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Thank you science duck. My point was that from the story itself we could not conclude much. But if it was 100 yards, the transgression is very serious. Facts help understand. Too bad the reporter chose not to provide enough information to allow readers to appreciate what had happened. From the comments here we see that readers make all sorts of conclusions without facts based on inferred but unsupported conclusions. At 100 yards, the bullet's trajectory is mostly flat and if the bullet made it to the woman, the shooters likely were able to see her. Shooting under such conditions is a serious offense akin to causing injury while driving drunk. We do see, however, that the shooters claim not to have heard the woman, which contradicts implications in the pleadings that they did nothing despite knowing of the woman's injury.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
I admire George HW Bush and worked on his campaign. In the 2000 primary I wanted a different name, though. Of the millions of people in this country, you're going to tell me the most qualified person for president is closely related to someone who already held the job? In that case Steve Forbes didn't make it, and I settled for Bush 43. I was satisfied with him, and I would be with Jeb, but we really don't need any more Bushes, Canada didn't need any more Trudeaus, and of course we don't need any more Clintons.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
The Democrat-controlled legislature needs to adjourn. It is incredibly easy to vote, yet the Democrats won't be satisfied until they're actually doing it for you. In some other states they do, and the Oregon Democrats just want a piece of that action.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
With fully computerized records, it is difficult to imagine why a background check should take more than three days. The story above asserts the bill was prompted by an incident where a murderer purchased a gun in South Carolina after authorities failed to produce a background time in the allotted 3 day window. What the story and presumably supporters of the bill do not tell us is whether a completed background check allowed by a 10 day window would have stopped the sale, i.e. would the shooter have been denied if the check was completed. I can see zero reason for a background check to take more than 3 days (given the fully computerized records). The ten day window will likely only be used to arbitrarily delay approvals to provide a de facto 10 day waiting period for fully legal gun purchasers. That might be a good idea, but promoters of the bill should be honest about their objectives.	0.2	0	0	0.2	0	0	0
How much information do you need? A woman is going to get her mail, gets shot, sues the shooter. The comments here are probably like the ones the attorneys will offer up. "He didn't see her, it was an accident, he didn't know." What's missing so far is her negligence in being where she was if she heard shooting. That'll be for the defendant's attorney to bring up.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
She, or rather her attorneys, are going to see what sticks and to whom or to what for the biggest award.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Maureen's conspiracy theories are always good for a laugh.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
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Well I was about to donate until I saw you promoted courtney. And you are looking in the wrong place if no one is being nice to you. Sorry about your old location.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
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Domestik, I find your comment is muddled, to say the least. Must be tough to fill x-amount of sarcastic, passive aggressive comments. One would know you have to continue to read the story, as the news wants you to. Hense, the attention grabber. Made ya look, didn't it?!	0.5	0.1	0.1	0	0.5	0	0
Why is it that we little people (who aren't very important constituents because we don't donate gazillions to politician election campaigns) have to comply with every letter of every stringent code and permitting requirement, and would get hammered for a crooked toenail, yet ATT can just cobble together their systems however they feel like? Why is ATT not required to built out sufficient containment around their generators and fuel tanks? Give me a break. No monetary fines will ever make corporate zombies awaken and be alive. This government is "of Big Business, for Big Busine$$™." They whip themselves with wet noodles and say "Oopsie," and "Sorry," and then go laughing their way to an offshore bank. Government profits from little people being scammed.	0.3	0	0	0	0.2	0.1	0
Perhaps we should remember Ken Kesey and his large group of associates more clearly, as being at various times just the sort of people the business interests would have wanted to discourage from being in what is now Kesey Square. Regardless of the community-speak, business is always primarily or exclusively about making money.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
he pled guilty and did get a relatively light sentence. I do believe that he is required by law to state the facts under oath. tell it all and tell it like it is....	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Perhaps the additional week of waiting by a mentally unstable person will allow enough time for people to notice increasingly strange behavior, and some intervention, like getting someone back on his meds.	0.2	0	0	0	0.2	0.1	0
having to do with finding and suing for whatever assets she can - I wish her big, fat luck.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Okay, Mr. Gray wants to remove Mr. Palmer from contention in the next election for sheriff. Kinda a lowly way to get ahead, but what can one expect?

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Outsider: Here's some more info for you. It's based on the Oregon Department of Employment's publication "Oregon's Minimum Wage Jobs: Facxts, Figures and Context" Facts: 100,000 minimum wage jobs out of 1.9 million about 5% Total wages: about 1% of total wages in the State My conclusion: the Minimum wage increase will represent a .05% increase in the wages paid in Oregon. The article's summary: "On the whole, small to moderate increases in the minimum wage do not appear to have sizeable negative effects on employment. Belman and Wolfson note, “Employment effects are too modest to have meaningful consequences for public policy in the dynamically changing U.S. labor market.” There are so many moving pieces in the economy, so many structural and cyclical changes causing constant churn, that moderate increases to the minimum wage in the past have had effects “too small to be statistically detectable in the meta-analysis.” good article....worth reading

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I didn't take this as a slam at all. More of , dare I say it, reporting the details. Mind you very boring details I don't think anyone will give a hoot about. I mean really whether he got $250, $750 or $1500 from this family...it's not a huge amount so who cares. Plus I'm not sure anyone stands a chance against Wheeler, so there is that.

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Well, Nick, I am actually glad you are a bit defensive, because women have been on the defense for quite some time now. I'd wager centuries. My charge of sexism is about the overt (the diminutive "saucetress" in comparison to the descriptors for the male counterpart in this article) and inherent sexism that comes from that diminutive. And it stands. This is sexist. Is it a "little" sexist or "very" sexist? Who cares about the degree of sexism. It. Is. Sexist. If this review had stuck to talking about the food and hadn't minimized the female working owner of Red Sauce in deference to one of the male owners of Pizza Jerk, this wouldn't be an issue. Instead, the writer made a rhetorical decision and it was a sexist one. And if you think "mistress" is "equivalent" to "master" in terms of what words actually mean, you clearly don't understand what "diminutive" means. Also: Ms. Magazine is not named the shortening of "Mistress." I promise. They are reclaiming "Ms." on its own terms.

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That's nearly 10,000 Oregonians registered to vote who obviously don't even care about making the effort to register to vote. That's a lot of automatically registered (in less than just two months!) voters who won't vote because it means nothing to them. Which leaves the Oregon ruling party plenty of room for voter fraud. Which is the only reason why the ruling party in our one-party state created this otherwise pointless law.

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Outsider77: As I understand the "issue": If you have an uncommon name, you're usually through in seconds after the app is typed and submitted. Let's put that scenario aside. The delay goes to those people, usually with a relatively common name, that pops up a bunch of offenders. You don't get the automatic approval and now a human has to start digging. No big so far, expected. Unfortunately, you lived in another state previously, too. So a request is put out to that state to validate you're the one and same person. The PD that has the record see's an offense but it's not listed as a misdemeanor or felony version, they need to go look it up. It's not a priority for them. This is just another scenario. All that being said, the firearm seller then has the final call once that delay is up. Three days pass, 10 days pass; they are now in the decision seat. Will 7 extra days help or hinder? Who knows. IMO, this should wait for full session, not abbreviated "fix" session. It needs input.

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The recently reported nomination of Donald Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize puts it into perspective. Any member of a national legislature can make a nomination. Trump didn't make the 'short list', however. That list has traitor Edward Snowden on it, of course.

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Some people have no sense of where bullets can go after they leave the barrel. I've confronted people who think it's okay to shoot in the recreational subdivision where my mountain house is. They have no concept of what happens beyond what they're shooting at. When I mention I may start shooting also, they usually stop and go elsewhere. If that doesn't happen, mentioning calling the sheriff always works.

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Regarding Hales' aversion to favoritism, the article you link to explains, *Reached by phone this week, Charlie Hales told the Tribune that First Stop won't get any favoritism. "It's a budget decision like every other financial commitment for the following year that hasn't been made yet," he says. "I don't know if we'll be contributing the city's contribution to that program or not." If the city does continue its funding support of First Stop, he says, he'd avoid any potential conflict of interest in the process by following the city charter guidelines, recusing himself from the vote.* Both the present article and the linked WWeek article state that the City stopped funding First Stop when Hales took office, but I don't see any particular evidence for that statement. Rather, all I see is a promise by Hales to recuse himself from any decision regarding First Stop's funding, which doesn't seem to be invalidated by PDC's decision to continue supporting First Stop. What am I missing?

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Theodore Roosevelt, Spanish American War. Woodrow Wilson, WWI (The War to End All Wars). Henry Kissinger, Vietnam War. Barack H. Obama, War Against Terrorism (Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya, Syria).

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CSPAN has the video if you want to watch it. During a 1992 Senate floor speech, Joe Biden said President George H. W. Bush should wait to fill any Supreme Court vacancies until after the presidential election. “It is my view that if a Supreme Court Justice resigns tomorrow or within the next several weeks or resigns at the end of the summer, President Bush should consider following the practice of a majority of his predecessors and not, and not name a nominee until after the November election is completed,” Biden said at the time. Biden went onto say that delaying a Supreme Court nomination until after the election is what is fair to the nominee and essential to the process. The floor comments were made on June 25, months before the 1992 presidential election.

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I find it extremely hard to believe that the "drama" cause by Bernie supporters is the same or worse than the "drama" we saw over Obama. There were far more insults, hate, threats, and vitriol over our first "negro" President than there is against Hillary today. We're also seeing a whole new group of people coming out and speaking their minds. A lot of the people supporting Bernie are those who have just been sitting silently on the sidelines. Bernie is just making a lot of people feel like they have value and that they matter, and those people are really freaking out over it.

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You're micturating against the breeze, Mr. Pettit. The modern liberal mantra is that we can just borrow our way to prosperity, and kick the debt can down the road for the kids and grandkids to pay off. :-/

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Dave Nickles, I totally agree with you, but, with our Democratic super-majority in Salem, it's hard to see how this bill won't make it into law. Our Demos, led by Senator Prosanski, never met a gun control bill they didn't like.

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All of the sudden, President Two-Face wants to work with Republicans! I hope the pubbies snub him in a big way, he deserves it. He wouldn't even attend Scalia's funeral. He also filibustered the nomination of Justice Alito back in 2006 when he was a senator.

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The motor/voter law combined with the new minimum wage means that the people in Salem just bought themselves a lot of votes for years to come.

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Welcome to the People's Republic of Eugene. This is where diversity and differences of thought are celebrated (except those that deviate from the straight party line).

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I've had three comments rejected, one in a matter of minutes. Aja assured me that the algorithm would work in a fair way, but he said it's gonna take awhile for it to "learn" who the gamers are and moderate them..... those who define "uncivil" as any comment that disagrees with their world view.

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George Bush should have gotten two Peace Prizes for his wars.

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Would this be the same Ninkasi Brewing Company whose Nigel Francisco is currently the Chief Financial Officer? And also one of the nine Tourism Board Commissioners who will be in charge of spending the soon to be increased lodging tax for the Nike/U of O track boondoggle? That Ninkasi Brewing Company? Thought so. Oregon DEQ must not have received the memo. This is all obviously a big mistake by some minion at DEQ. Nothing to see here. Just move along. Big boys at work.

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He conspired with terrorists and needs to lose his license and be tossed in the pokey with the rest of them.

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I bet you also think locking a child in a closet isn't abuse?

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It's a valid complaint against this terrorist sympathizer.

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President Obama got his just for not being George W. Bush. He hadn't even fired a shot in Libya or Syria in 2009. But he promised to get out of Afghanistan so that was enough. Still there, of course. And back in Iraq, too. I know "Advisors' don't count. That's what JFK and LBJ said in Vietnam, too.

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I'd like to point out that the system for peer review here doesn't take into consideration sarcasm nor humor.

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Yassa Arafat got a peace prize. Obama got one after only 12 days in office.....yes after just 12 days!

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Your comment is slightly "off point." Do you think a Sheriff should publicly support individuals who have seized federal property and are armed and occupying that property? Sheriff Palmer may dislike the federal government, but that doesn't give him license to support individuals who are actively violating federal laws.

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I just mark everything as "Civil". I prefer to expose the fallacious (or just those I disagree with) in public. This multiple Civil/unCivil game is a waste of my time.

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Contrary to the comments below, there is more to the Biden speech about nominating a justice than is presented. It's the same tactic of deleting the context of a speech such that it is no longer the "whole truth", which in court, is considered a lie (but of course these are not lies because there is no court). Here is the remaining portion of that speech: "...just 10 minutes after calling for temporary inaction on Bush’s candidate, Biden actually promised to consider a moderate Supreme Court nominee. 'I believe that so long as the public continues to split its confidence between the branches, compromise is the responsible course both for the White House and for the Senate,” he said. “Therefore I stand by my position, Mr. President, if the President [George H.W. Bush] consults and cooperates with the Senate or moderates his selections absent consultation, then his nominees may enjoy my support..' Biden voted for two Bush appointees.

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I would have to first disagree with part of your statement B. Carefree. As I am the granddaughter of one person that was in that terrible, tragic accident. I will say that the driver may have been "elderly" but she was very capable of operating a vehicle. What happened was awful and to lump every older person into that statement was not true. Yes there are people that should not be able to drive and should have their license taken from them but I can tell you my grandma was not one of those people you are referring to. Out of respect for my family I ask, to please refrain from disheartening remarks at this time.

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Four out of the past seven funerals for a Supreme Court justice have either had the president or vice president in attendance. Source: http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/white-house-obama-will-not-attend-justice-scalia-s-funeral-n520236

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In order to understand the level of culpability of the shooters, the RG reporter should have mentioned things like the distance between the shooters and the unfortunate lady and the type of rounds being fired. High power rifle rounds can go for miles. If the woman was hit at a distance of a mile, it is not surprising that the shooters did not hear her cries for help. It is surprising to me that she was hit with multiple rounds since at distance that would require very high precision shooting. If the shooting was at short range, more serious charges may have been warranted. Whenever I target shoot, I make certain to place the target in front of a big hill and never shoot with the barrel elevated beyond the base of the hill. A 50 foot dirt hill is very effective in bringing bullets to a complete and predictable stop.

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I agree. I wonder how far away the shooters were. Shooting through foliage? At what? They could hear her scream but failed to respond? "misdemeanor charges of fourth-degree assault and recklessly endangering another person" Got off light. I would have thought something with some jail time would have been right. That and taking away their guns.

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I think you are assuming facts not in evidence. I did not see any claim nor evidence presented that the Sheriff publicly supported the occupiers. Simply meeting with them does not comprise public support. Asking for autographs also does not comprise public support. The fact that the feds withheld information from certain locals is fully consistent with the notion of need to know security. Regarding your "off-point" comment, ascertaining the truth of a matter requires understanding of the motives and potential motives of the parties involved. The fact that Mr. Palmer trounced Mr. Gray in the 2012 election for sheriff suggests possible bad blood between the parties. Should such bad blood exist, motivation to seize this opportunity to discredit Sheriff Palmer must be considered. A Sheriff holds an important position and some degree of independence and discretion is appropriate. For all we know, Sheriff Palmer was quietly and discretely working toward a peaceful resolution.

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Some folks just need to grow some skin.

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Once again I am amazed by some peoples ability to gather so much information and make such well informed conclusions based upon a story with less information than "see dick and Jane run".

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Where is the list of names that didn't pay?

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Very insightful comment if true. Would be great if RG looked into it and gave some insight on how many contracts have pay rates locked to percentages above the minimum wage.

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That sucks, but mostly because the real estate owner is Californian.

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how is it that this guy only got 3 years probation? carelessly he shot into an area of neighbors ..doesn't he know where his property sits? she was headed to her mailbox? not through the woods i'm guessing and surely he must know where that area would be and to avoid that whole direction and finally..he HEARD her scream and stopped shooting but did nothing else? what is with the district attorney's office and these high profile, serious crimes that take another's life and the convicted person gets a slap on the wrist sentence. why are they being treated with kid gloves? strebendt, the woman and husband that were horrible to the man she plowed into on main st, throwing him onto her car hood - just two that come to mind.. I wish this woman the best of luck and justice with her civil suit.

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I think you're right to withhold judgement, but there is plenty that should be questioned by his superiors. He's not a lone ranger, he's part of a professional association. Irregardless he deserves to state his case to an accountable organization. Saying he's not a sympathizer with that group is a bit silly though. He's very clearly aligned ideologically with his stated associations and his apparently unsolicited trip to the compound. That's not a judgement on his level of cooperation with the occupiers.

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Before we get too excited about this potential intergovernmental agreement let's ask commissioner Amanda Fritz about her opposition testimony regarding the highly controversial disposition of the John Ball School property for social service purposes some years ago, before she was a commissioner, and her citing of another intergovernmental agreement, Resolution A - 1983, which was completely ignored by city commissioners whenever it suited their purposes. Much like decades of using street repair funds for other personal pet projects. And so it goes. Richard Ellmyer North Portland

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he did hear her cries. he stopped shooting but did nothing else. it's in the story.

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The combined annual expenditure from all participating public agencies on PUBLIC HOUSING* in Multnomah county is about $200,000,000 on about 50,000 PUBLIC HOUSING CLIENTS. Richard Ellmyer North Portland Author of more stories on the politics, players and policies of Public Housing and its euphemisms, Affordable/ Regulated Affordable/ Publicly Subsidized Affordable and Low-Income Housing in Multnomah County over the last fourteen years than all other journalists and elected officials combined. * PUBLIC HOUSING is a class of housing defined as, Means Test (<=80%MFI) + Government Subsidy (any government any type) + rental agreement.

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As an elected Sheriff, his 'superiors' are the voters in his County, who definitively preferred him over one of his accusers. I don't believe that being elected Sheriff results in loss of free speech or association. Unless my memory is defective, none of the individuals he met with had been charged with any crime at the time of the meeting. It was only after the arrests occurred that the charges were revealed. Should the Sheriff of Malheur County also be subject to the same investigation? He also met with those who were later charged with Federal crimes; crimes outside the jurisdiction of both of the sheriffs. The Department of Public Safety Standards and Training has tossed this hot political potato right out their door. That is the agency who is 'accountable' for police officers in this State.

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If I had that time free, I would show her the US Census ACS data showing that Eugene is unique in converting cyclists to motorists over the past six years with 37% of our former cyclists now back in cars. I would ask her how this aligns with her frequent statements that Eugene is going to be an active transportation leader and the Council's climate change ordinance. Was all that stuff just PR, not intended to be taken seriously, or is there a disconnect between city staff and elected officials. If the latter, why did the council reward Jon Ruiz with a raise of over $35k last year?

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for cops to publicly turn on one of their own makes a statement. it is not evidence or proof but the reality is, it's significant. that blue line is real and not just one co-worker didn't feel comfortable about his loyalty or actions.

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I'm thinking that a particular woman has not yet given up her defensiveness... though it has a rather offensive quality to its occurrence here. Martin conveyed a reality: Tommy does what Tommy does and he usually kills it wherever he goes. Martin told us Rachael launched in the face of a market juggernaut; and this is true. It was with affection that he alluded to this and it made me want to try the classic Red Sauce as much as the new age Jerk. Though, your ranting does make me less inclined. Nationwide just under 20% of Americans experience seasonal-related mood disorder symptoms (SAD). Approximately half of these are in full-blown major depressive disorder. Just guessing, but I bet 95% of all these souls are undiagnosed. Since 25% of Americans live in Florida, Texas or California, and a lot more in the rest of the South, algebra suggests that one needs to at least double those statistics in Oregon. Maybe you want to get a mood lamp and see if you can get those jaws to unlock. Geez!

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Sorry Shardell, I referred to you as Rachael (from the picture's caption). My bad.

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I've seen this firsthand and it's real. It's an enormous difference now from what it was when I moved up here, as a software guy and entrepreneur, from Silicon Valley in 1992. So what, now we're quibbling here over how many jobs, how many are significant? Say, what? It used to be none. The incubator crowd isn't doing enough? There used to be no incubator crowd. Now we have startups, angel investment, meetups, multiple incubators, and a startup ecosystem. Limited impact? Jeez! It's night and day different. Back then the refrain was "What? A software business is Eugene? There's no high tech in Eugene!" in the tone of Tom Hanks' character doing "there's no crying in baseball." The assumption was that no real startup would stay here. You had to go south. Today you don't. Today there is a here here.

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And, there it is: the guy who tells the woman that she's suffering from an illness as soon as she speaks up and points out disrespect. Well done?

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What's to discuss? Sell it to the highest bidder, give them a low or no-interest loan, MUPTE, and maybe a low interest construction loan as well. Sweeten the deal in every way possible. Approve some butt-ugly design, pack 'em in, and price the units so only well-heeled (parents of) university students can afford to live there.

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I will never understand how a wife (Hillary included) can stick with a philandering husband - except as Roseanne Barr said, if you find out he's cheating, don't leave. Stay with him and make his life a living hill.....

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All good questions to which I don't have a well informed answer. It does raise the same question that is going now over the Supreme Court opening. Just how much do we want to politicize our justice system? Now the Sheriff is an elected position, but he's also a professional with both power and limitations that go with his/her office. The public does not have the sole right to remove him/her from office if the courts/professional review finds he has broken the law, IMO. I have no idea of his guilt of innocence as to his involvement at the compound. I'm told that a sheriff in one county does not go into another in full uniform - without informing the host county. I don't know if it's official protocol or a well accepted courtesy. If he did this with the local force and they didn't complain, I'd think he'd be fine? But as you said, this is also a state/fed issue.....

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I have SAD (was undiagnosed for 45 years)... It almost ruined my life on numerous occasions. But I am a man of action. So I don't do sad... I just look for something to kill. (It's a manly man thing, I don't expect you to understand) That's why I don't try to solve any problems in February; I spend the rest of the year putting the pieces back together. The pernicious chip on your shoulder was just too enticing however. I have a mood lamp and that together with 5,000 mg of vitamin D really does help. I haven't used either for five days or so or I might have left you alone. ;-)

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The story does not actually say that the shooters heard the woman yell for help. We also do not know how far the bullets traveled. There is much we do not know and it is difficult to judge the seriousness of the shooters transgression without knowing more. Presumably the DA and others involved in the criminal justice system charged the shooters as seriously as they could under the law or perhaps the final charges were the result of a plea bargain. We simply do not know.

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A lovely tribute to a fine athlete, I can't believe how much I've enjoyed watching Liz play, especially volleyball, considering I went to another fine college in Oregon a little north in Corvallis!

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Boo. What a deceptive headline. Are you Slate now? Is Jules your Bernie?

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It is stated in the story that the shooters stopped shooting after the woman was hit. We do not know the reason that they stopped. Frankly, if the shooters were within hearing range, the charges should have been much more severe. Bullets can go miles. A yell maybe a few hundred yards. If they were within a few hundred yards and shooting toward inhabited area, they are guilty of substantially more serious negligence.

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The problem with the editorial and your comment is that it is myopic. There is much more enterprise in the local economy than just software. Even in software, there has been activity for decades with game companies and educational software employing up to hundreds back to the early nineties. But beyond the tiny software industry tens of thousands are employed in other lines of work and new companies are starting all the time but without incubators or fan fare. Software jockey's tend to think highly of themselves, but those of use who have started high tech manufacturing companies and such see the focus to be a bit misplaced. The overall health of the local economy is dependent on a broad spectrum of activity far beyond software. Software is a small and competitive industry. Local focus should support the broader spectrum of new business including manufacturing, timber, medical, etc.

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The publicity is about software companies and incubators. Your impact quote includes all tech companies including mine which employs 20. Yes, overall, high tech in all flavors especially including manufacturing has impact and in fact significant impact. The hype surrounding incubators and software is out of proportion to the significance of such enterprise. It would be good for the RG to survey the whole tech sector in the local economy and specifically to speak to companies outside the downtown software cartel who love to sing their own praise.

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In other words, continue time-honored Eugene City Council and Mayor traditions. Although you did forget to make sure the high-speed internet connections were also to be provided at taxpayer expense, you know. Not to worry, the Mayor and Council have no real power and authority, the City Manager will take care of it.

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Myopic? So we can't ever look at one thing because there are other good things too? Nobody is saying high tech instead of everything else. Nobody is asking for tax breaks or subsidies. The improvement in high tech isn't about government focusing one place or another; it's about synergy, and community, and people doing the work. Nobody is saying anything but "hey, this is progress. And this is good." So that's myopic because something else is good? Since when is it either-or? It used to be neither. So this is good. And it doesn't take anything from anywhere else. It's just plain good.

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I am sorry for you loss. I grew up with Lyle and Simone as far back as being a baby in CFalls, MT. Although I have not seen them since 2006, it saddens me to no end.

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Since these comments are limited by the system, I cherry pick my comments as you are free to cherry pick yours. The article that I found, did not provide the comments you quote. They may have been in the CSPAN video that I referenced. I didn't check. Senator Biden's remarks seemed quite certain and cogent as I read them, however. Of course, in 1992, compromise was not the dirty word it came to be under Pelosi and Reid and as it currently is under the Republicans in power. "In power" has been the operative phrase ever since Pelosi and Reid rammed Obamacare down the Republican throats. "We have to pass it to know what it says." Remember that phrase? "Tit for Tat", "What goes around comes around", "Hoist upon your own petard"; those are the current phrases, and as an Independent, I believe well-deserved. Both parties in Congress have lost the ability to even consider anyone on the other side without invoking demonology.

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This must be a placeholder for a column someone still needs to cut-and-paste from somewhere. Seems to be a lot of that here at the R-G editorial page lately.

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I would agree that you are being a little myopic. The RAIN Eugene Accelerator has worked with companies, in addition to manufacturing, in biotech, food and beverage, and manufacturing. The goal is to promote entrepreneurship in ALL sectors. As for the the hundreds being employed in the games and educational industries in the nineties here, I am well aware of it, as I was one of the people working at one of those companies. Many of the RAIN mentors are also aware of it, as they are some of those same folks. FertiLab, a local incubator, was started without fanfare and without outside funding by four individuals (note that 3 were biotech and one software guy). The goal is to help lift ALL of the economy by focusing energy on ALL startups, not just ones in tech. It is you who are trying to make it all about software, the focus of the organizations working with startups is to promote HOME GROWN companies of ALL types.

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I wanted to add a second comment to help educate some folks, and hopefully give some insight into the longer term strategy. Right now, a focus on software is a way to get started. Why? Because it is capital efficient to start software companies. Small inputs of labor, consuming very little resource, can have a large impact. Because they are cheap to start, we can get a lot of 'bang for the buck'. Other companies is high tech manufacturing, food and beverage, and biotech have greater needs. Many of the needs are infrastructure based. We are also working on these components, but these take longer as the capital needs for these industries is greater. This does not mean it won't happen, it just means it will take longer to align the resources to make it happen The 'fanfare' is about education and getting the community to realize that in order for us to fuel our economy, we need to invest in things that will allow it to grow, and ensure the resources are here to support them.

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http://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/index.ssf/2014/04/monroe_woman_shot_while_walkin.html has some more details. They were shooting downhill toward the road which was 100 yards away!

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I understand that the Unity Center aims to serve a much-needed purpose in the community, but it concerns me that there won't be any medical care onsite. How will Unity provide triage for those with psychological AND physical health problems? Also, I wonder what plans are in place to mitigate the risk of violence and injury (remember Pacific Gateway?). If this is the only mental health facility in this geographic area, and something goes wrong, where will people go? With all of the eggs in one basket, you might create something too big to fail.

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This is you putting a spin on your version of the world. The Tech Sector does include ALL people involved in tech, not just the 'downtown cartel'. I think that perhaps that you are feeling a little excluded and left out. The solution for this is to get involved and include yourself. As for doing surveys.. I know what that is like. I did this a few years ago, working with Bill Ellis at the city to compile some statistics on the tech industry for the ETIC needs statement for the state. I did it as a volunteer. Unpaid. As do many of the 'software cartel' folks, who don't openly hype the fact that they volunteer their time, effort, and money at churches and numerous non-profit boards to make this community better for the whole community. If you want to help, instead of asking others to do a survey, do one yourself. Get involved a bit and become part of the solution. Start a hi-tech manufacturing incubator, I would be willing to help you get started. Then we can hype you.

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Who is this guy? Like Bush, Cruz, Kasich, Rubio nationally, Bailey has about a zero chance of winning the mayoral election. Let's give Ted Wheeler a chance to finally clean up the mess in PDX that the incompetent Hales has left behind.

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I see this as one of the many examples yet to come where citizens are being groomed and scared into compliance. The Occupiers weren't "terrorists" in any sense, they hurt no one; but were true Patriots who risked their lives and sacrificed their freedoms to be heard and stood up against the incompetence of the BLM and ever escalating oppression of our own Federal Government; whom murdered one of their numbers in broad daylight and arrested the others to send a clear message to other Constitionalists and scare the public into compliance. Wearing a badge should not make one a soulless automaton and Palmer chose to uphold his oath and rights of others by hearing them out and understanding their grievances. We are fed a great deal of misinformation by the media and most believe the first thing that we hear. The US is rotting from the inside out as our lands and resources are being sold to foreign investors while we struggle to feed our families in a country that is no longer ours.

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How many employees does Ferti Lab employee right now? beyond their 4 employees I mean, to me (and many others) that is the bottom line, I think a start up is wonderful but if it is only going to employee 10 or so people, it is certainly better then none if they weren't here at all but where is the REAL job growth in this area? many of my peers have already moved on to other areas and I know a few (including myself) are looking outside of this area for jobs, sure I suppose if you can create a conduit for U of O students to come in to a Tech startup that has some merit but those jobs will be internships or entry level jobs, if there isn't anywhere for those people to move up to within a company then they will leave as well. I see money being poured into the community to make us seem like there is a burgeoning tech industry here but I don't see that translate into REAL living wage jobs.

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You answered your own question in your original post. Shardell is a "newcomer" whereas Tommy has already succeeded. He is an "Earl" and "King" -- both referred to Bunk Sandwiches, not to Pizza Jerk -- because of his success. Does Shardell have similar success? If not, then what's the basis for the claim that calling Tommy a king is sexist? But this flimsy accusation of sexism seems like an attempt to discredit the review without actually engaging what it said or defending the quality of the food. What you should be criticizing Cizmar for is his love of Beaverton Sub Shop, not expending so much effort being outraged over the use of one word that is, at worst, ambiguously sexist.

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As is often the case with politicians our legislature is addressing the wrong problem. Oregon’s minimum wage, already among the nation’s highest, isn’t the issue. A more pressing problem is a lack of the type of jobs that once provided the next rung on the economic ladder for low-skilled workers. I fail to see how alienating business interests will help.

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Betty Taylor voiced a good observation during the work session that the city has made the square unusable, seemingly by design; to discourage certain people (travelers, homeless, etc.) from using or being in the square. George Brown also mentioned that developing the square will not solve the perceived problem of “undesirables” from hanging-out in the downtown, like Kesey Square. This group of people will just move somewhere else, like in front of the city hall. (Remember that...) I feel that because the Register-Guard is the one who found the deed restriction, and not the city, it may suggest that city has already tried to make a hasty and predetermined decision. Of course that isn't surprising.

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outsider77........"Fields stopped shooting after Fogelstrom screamed for help but did not come to her aid, the suit asserts." think it's pretty safe to assume this statement implies he heard the cries or why even would it be in the story? he copped to the shooting, got his "sentence" and I think a plea deal is you tell it all or it's no deal - so if this assumption isn't true...? the reporter added it for the heck of it?

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one thing I don't understand is why fields business's are also named as "defendants"

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RG - sometimes your stories... "Dog killed in 2-vehicle accident that closed Springfield’s Main Street" .... "SPRINGFIELD — A dog was killed and a motorist suffered a leg gash in a two-vehicle accident at the intersection of Main and 28th streets Monday night, Springfield police said." ... OMG - which vehicle was the dog driving? 2 vehicle accident/1 motorist and 1 dog .....? *** OHhhhhh. - and finally ... "The dog was a passenger in one of the vehicles, he said." ** not that I didn't figure it out after a tiny pause, but I kind of only see this as "news" if the dog was driving. it must be tough to fill X-amount of newspaper on a slow news day.... and RG, articles and headlines sometimes leave a lot to be desired. they seem muddled. at least once a week I look at a headline and think "what?" they are like trick questions - what exactly is being said here?

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I've known many people who have lived there over the years and they all referred to it as the "crack shack". With good reason I might add.

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Hery, I would love to have something of this kind in my local ePaper in the morning. As I hate trolls and love good, insightful comments.

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A quote from the pleadings does not prove anything. Evidence from the criminal trial might have. If they were close enough to hear her then they were guilty of far more serious offenses than they were convicted of. Accident at a distance of a mile or more is more understandable than shooting toward inhabited space only a few hundred yards away which was likely visible to the shooters (given that the bullet was not stopped by intermediate objects). If the reporter had given the distance, we would be able to conclude whether they heard her, as it is, we cannot. We cannot read more into this article than is actually present. After reading it, I do not know what happened beyond a woman was shot and a guy was convicted of having done it. Why or how it happened and whether the shooters heard the woman cannot be reliably determined from the information given. We can only hope RG reporters are more inclusive of information.

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Thank you science duck. My point was that from the story itself we could not conclude much. But if it was 100 yards, the transgression is very serious. Facts help understand. Too bad the reporter chose not to provide enough information to allow readers to appreciate what had happened. From the comments here we see that readers make all sorts of conclusions without facts based on inferred but unsupported conclusions. At 100 yards, the bullet's trajectory is mostly flat and if the bullet made it to the woman, the shooters likely were able to see her. Shooting under such conditions is a serious offense akin to causing injury while driving drunk. We do see, however, that the shooters claim not to have heard the woman, which contradicts implications in the pleadings that they did nothing despite knowing of the woman's injury.

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I admire George HW Bush and worked on his campaign. In the 2000 primary I wanted a different name, though. Of the millions of people in this country, you're going to tell me the most qualified person for president is closely related to someone who already held the job? In that case Steve Forbes didn't make it, and I settled for Bush 43. I was satisfied with him, and I would be with Jeb, but we really don't need any more Bushes, Canada didn't need any more Trudeaus, and of course we don't need any more Clintons.

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The Democrat-controlled legislature needs to adjourn. It is incredibly easy to vote, yet the Democrats won't be satisfied until they're actually doing it for you. In some other states they do, and the Oregon Democrats just want a piece of that action.

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With fully computerized records, it is difficult to imagine why a background check should take more than three days. The story above asserts the bill was prompted by an incident where a murderer purchased a gun in South Carolina after authorities failed to produce a background time in the allotted 3 day window. What the story and presumably supporters of the bill do not tell us is whether a completed background check allowed by a 10 day window would have stopped the sale, i.e. would the shooter have been denied if the check was completed. I can see zero reason for a background check to take more than 3 days (given the fully computerized records). The ten day window will likely only be used to arbitrarily delay approvals to provide a de facto 10 day waiting period for fully legal gun purchasers. That might be a good idea, but promoters of the bill should be honest about their objectives.

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How much information do you need? A woman is going to get her mail, gets shot, sues the shooter. The comments here are probably like the ones the attorneys will offer up. "He didn't see her, it was an accident, he didn't know." What's missing so far is her negligence in being where she was if she heard shooting. That'll be for the defendant's attorney to bring up.

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She, or rather her attorneys, are going to see what sticks and to whom or to what for the biggest award.

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Maureen's conspiracy theories are always good for a laugh.

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Interesting idea!

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Well I was about to donate until I saw you promoted courtney. And you are looking in the wrong place if no one is being nice to you. Sorry about your old location.

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Me too - following with great interest from London.

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Domestik, I find your comment is muddled, to say the least. Must be tough to fill x-amount of sarcastic, passive aggressive comments. One would know you have to continue to read the story, as the news wants you to. Hense, the attention grabber. Made ya look, didn't it?!

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Why is it that we little people (who aren't very important constituents because we don't donate gazillions to politician election campaigns) have to comply with every letter of every stringent code and permitting requirement, and would get hammered for a crooked toenail, yet ATT can just cobble together their systems however they feel like? Why is ATT not required to built out sufficient containment around their generators and fuel tanks? Give me a break. No monetary fines will ever make corporate zombies awaken and be alive. This government is "of Big Business, for Big Busine$$™." They whip themselves with wet noodles and say "Oopsie," and "Sorry," and then go laughing their way to an offshore bank. Government profits from little people being scammed.

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Perhaps we should remember Ken Kesey and his large group of associates more clearly, as being at various times just the sort of people the business interests would have wanted to discourage from being in what is now Kesey Square. Regardless of the community-speak, business is always primarily or exclusively about making money.

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he pled guilty and did get a relatively light sentence. I do believe that he is required by law to state the facts under oath. tell it all and tell it like it is....

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Perhaps the additional week of waiting by a mentally unstable person will allow enough time for people to notice increasingly strange behavior, and some intervention, like getting someone back on his meds.

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having to do with finding and suing for whatever assets she can - I wish her big, fat luck.

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