On Monday night, the US Department of Defense decided to hold training exercises in Downtown Portland and in other areas of the city. The first indication of the event was when people looked up over Downtown and in areas of Southeast Portland and saw four helicopters flying around at under 500 feet. Some were merely [...]
Just a heads up for my regular readers: Over the next 11 weeks or so until Election Day, I will be presenting a series of posts on the Washington Ballot Initiatives, the Oregon Ballot Measures, and on the candidates running for major offices around Cascadia. Of course, you will be graced by my usual flavor [...]
Let’s start the week out with an issue that is not particularly Earth-shattering: An article from The Olympian this weekend reveals that a bus driver and some riders of Intercity Transit in Olympia are complaining about an advertisement on the bus that features a picture of a marijuana leaf. The advertisement is for an event [...]
This last Wednesday, the Washington State Ferry M/V Elwha suffered a mechanical problem that caused it to stop in the water soon after leaving the ferry dock at Shaw Island in the San Juan Islands. While there was a potential for problems, since it was some time before they could get generators running again, the [...]
