A proposed ordinance aims to deprioritize some homeless camps considered “low impact” This week, Portland City Council will consider new rules for homeless camp clean-ups. If approved, the city will “deprioritize” camps considered “low impact.” But, what makes a camp low impact? The city says a camp is low impact if it’s 150 feet away […]
Light rail has problems with reliability despite massive government funding. The U.S. Postal Service boasts that “neither snow nor rain nor heat” can keep mail carriers from swiftly completing their rounds; TriMet’s MAX Light Rail service can make no such claim. Last week, the heatwave brought temperatures well into the 100s, causing MAX services to […]
Help restore Commissioner Shull’s committee liaison positions and demand the Commission revoke the existing censor on him. Please attend in person or watch on line via Zoom. If you wish to speak on this matter, and other concerns, you will have up to 3 minutes for public comments. You can do this in person, remote […]
Because the global temperature has been very close to normal for several months, most people will wonder about a “Great Heat Wave,” except those who live in the Pacific Northwest. At the end of June, Western Oregon and Washington experienced one of the most extreme heat waves ever observed. For three days, temperatures rose to […]
The 2021 legislative session started with the hope that the state legislature would honor our Vietnam Veterans by passing a bill to establish a Vietnam War Memorial on the Oregon State Capitol Grounds. Senate Bill 319 was introduced by the Senate Committee on Veterans and Emergency Preparedness. This bill dedicates a portion of Capitol State […]
The rich, abundant life of Frank William Maguire, Jr. came to its full transition on May 19, 2021, at his home in Arizona City. He was 83 years old. He was born in Boston, Massachusetts on March 25, 1938, the son of Frank William, Sr. and Mary (nee McGrath). He grew up loving baseball, playing […]
Like a Great White silently sneaks up on an unsuspecting swimmer, the green-eyed monster of jealousy sneaks up on us from the depths of the human heart with a vicious bite. The Prophet Jonah experienced jealousy after he had announced to Nineveh that God’s judgment would fall on the city in forty days. The Assyrians […]
Program aims to bolster threatened populations of rare Oregon Silverspot butterfly It’s Pollinator Week, and at the Oregon Zoo’s butterfly conservation lab, nap time is over for hundreds of the zoo’s tiniest residents. Zoo conservationists are rousing more than 500 Oregon Silverspot larvae from their winter dormancy this month, transferring the very hungry caterpillars into […]
Science and Their Genetic Coding are like children playing in a sand box shouting, “Look, I have discovered how to make a sea shore! Come and play with me.” But, trust me, it is no child’s play. It is sinister and not being done “For the GOOD OF MANKIND”. The Big Pharma, CDC and WHO […]