A message from the freepress campaign, working to keep the series of tubes a place where anyone can communicate. Once again, all categories checked, because keeping the Internet open is important to every issue: Last week, a quarter-million people came out in force to tell the Federal Communications Commission to open the public airwaves to [...]

Dear George, Tell Your Story to the FCC Read Other Stories Phone and cable company lobbyists are attacking Internet freedom again in Washington. But people from every corner of the country are rising up to stop them. You can help by taking five minutes to save the Internet. The FCC needs to hear your story [...]

BlueOregon reports that the “open primary” bill (SB 630) got killed in the Senate yesterday, so that’s a clear victory. The Louisiana primary system is a truly horrible idea; of all the things you might want to import from Louisiana, their politics would be right down there at the end of the list, along with [...]

OK, Measure 37 rewrite is going to the voters. It stinks, but it stinks far, far less than Measure 37, so we need to do everything we can to pass it. Meanwhile, what do we concentrate on for the balance of the session? If you like big-picture, long-term thinking, probably SB 838 (renewable portfolio standard [...]

SB 630, the so-called “open primary” bill, threatens to demolish political parties as vehicles by which citizens can band together to advance their views and help complete the takeover of the political process by monied interests. The “open” doesn’t refer to your ability to vote in the primary of your choice–au contraire, rather it refers [...]

Now bring it to Oregon! In Salem, house bill 2761 (HB 2761) passed out of committee with 6-1, and is now circling the house floor, trying to squeeze out the last few “yea” votes — for a bill that makes absolutely nobody do nothing they don’t want to. That’s right–all HB 2761 does is give [...]

(This affects you no matter what substantive issues you are most interested in. Driving out small publishers will do to our discourse what Sprawl-Mart does to Main Street businesses in Oregon.) POST OFFICE TO END 215 YEARS OF SUPPORT OF A FREE PRESS BOB MCCHESNEY – The U.S. Post Office is in the process of [...]

Word is that Rep. David Edwards has come down in FAVOR of HB 2761, so a THANK YOU call from anyone in Washington County is very appropriate. David Edwards (Hillsboro) 503-986-1430 A friend pointed out that Republican Kim Thatcher of Keizer (district 25) voted for HB 2761 in committee, so she should be supportive as [...]

To All Supporters of Better Elections: Bill providing local governments with the OPTION of using instant runoff voting (IRV) will go the Oregon House floor. YOUR HELP IS NEEDED NOW! WE HAVE UNTIL MONDAY 4/09 TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE. Here is an update on HB 2761 as of 4/04/07 and what we need to do [...]

Help voters to know that neo-cons like Saxton represent the 1-2% of the most wealthy among us and the mega-corporations, NOT the vast majority of citizens.