If anyone missed me while I was gone, my apologies. My computer became corrupted, I needed to “format c:”, and as a result I lost my automatic entry for material to be entered into this blog. It has taken this long to restore my ability to write for these pages. A couple weeks ago I [...]

Read this and smile — the E-Waste bill (HB 2626) seems to be on a roll towards assured passage. Good job with your calls and letters. Take a bow. OK, back to work!

This is just in from our friend Emily Kintzer of the Bus Project. The Rubber Hits the Road Award: The Wheelie for Outstanding Public Interest Achievement What has been the most innovative public policy accomplishment to hit Oregon in the twenty-first century (so far)? The 1970′s brought land use planning; the 1990′s produced Death with [...]

Out enjoying the beautiful day today, I was meditating on what would happen should the Oregon 37 fix fail this November. I heard Sen. George speak recently and I think he’s not sure whether it will pass or fall, because he’s boasting that it is sure to fail quite loudly and often. I got the [...]

BlueOregon has a link to a refreshing site.

An astonishing story in Friday’s Oregonian by reporter Harry Esteve Oil drives governor’s war stance According to the story, Gov. Ted Kulongoski is part of the reality based community, fully aware that the invasion of Iraq had nothing to do with the phony weapons of mass destruction, bringing democracy to Iraq, or any of that [...]

There is a provision in the Oregon Better Health Act (SB 27) that has drawn criticism by several Onward Oregon members who are members of the legal community. SB 27 Section 11, sets up six subcommittees, with one subcommittee set up to (as currently written) “make recommendations concerning how to address the issue of medical [...]

I don’t typically like to do the bloggerati thing of just posting links to other blogs. The two or three or ten of you who come to Onward Oregon come here, I expect, to read something original posted under the OO principles, even if it’s great hunks of stolen material with comments interspersed. But I [...]

One of the more important ways of knowing what’s going on in Salem is “SalemWatch,” [sic] produced by the Oregon Conservation Network and the Oregon League of Conservation Voters. This week’s issue is a timely followup to my “What’s Next?” post, because it contains some important pieces of legislation I overlooked. I’m posting big hunks [...]

A friend published a good op-ed about Michigan that applies equally to states like Oregon, where about half the Legislature seems intent on following Michigan’s lead in the “how much can we become like Mississippi” race – Published May 6, 2007 Cheryl Bartz lives in Lansing Cheryl Bartz: Keep Michigan in First World What’s the [...]