Lenny of Onward Oregon has piece on the bottle bill expansion over at Blue Oregon that has prompted some good comments:
http://www.blueoregon.com/2007/04/bottle_bill_sym.html#comments
The most insightful point made is that the incentives for the grocers are to make the system bad enough that people just discard their empties rather than deal with the hassle of one-at-a-time-painfully-slow-while-you-stand-in-the-rain machines that [...]

As a veteran enjoying a marriage approaching 24 years now, I continue to remain mystified by the arguments that discrimination against gays and lesbians is somehow “pro-family” or necessary for a civilized society.
We need to get the state out of the marriage business — marriages ought to be left up to churches/synagogues/mosques/etc., with no religious [...]

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.

March 2nd, the Bureau of Indian Affairs issued their Scoping Report as part of the preparation of an environmental impact statement (EIS) for the Gorge casino proposal. The BIA eliminated on-reservation alternatives from the range of alternatives that should receive detailed analysis, despite overwhelming citizen input asking that alternatives to Gorge Scenic Area locations be [...]

If you’re like myself, you’re signed up with a bunch of organizations like MoveOn, the Natural Resources Defense Council, People For the America Way… that all have e-mail action campaigns, which has the result of filling up your e-mail box with campaigns every week. With so much at stake these days, it’s certainly [...]