I follow closely the political action going on in the northern part of Cascadia, in Washington State. While I’m not going to go too far in depth into the races and questions on the ballot, there are a few that I would like to comment on before Election day. Chris Gregoire for Governor. Even if [...]
I have written blog entries on most of these Oregon ballot measures. The following is a summary of the measures and how I would encourage you to vote: Vote YES on Measure 54: Standardizes voting eligibility for school board elections with other state and local election. Vote YES on Measure 55: Changes operative date of [...]
I was in my local DMV office doing some business this weekend, and of course minding my own business. My attention was drawn away by the line of people in front of me, many of whom were renewing their drivers licenses or getting their first one. Many were being turned away for not having brought [...]
If Oregon Ballot Measure 64 looks like something that Oregonians have voted on many times before, that’s probably because it is. Measure 64 prohibits money collected with the use of public resources from being used for political purposes, except elections, official voter pamphlets and most lobbying. “Political purpose” is defined as: candidates, political committee or [...]
Oregon Ballot Measure 56 is probably the most important of the ballot measures to be voted on in the November 2008 elections. This constitutional amendment fixes a problem that was brought on by the passing of a previous constitutional amendment a number of years ago. Oregon Ballot Measure 56 is a legislatively-referred constitutional amendment which, [...]
As many of you know, I am a tax accountant, and I have spent many years giving tax advice and preparing tax returns for a wide variety of people and businesses. Among them have been the very rich and the very poor. I am always looking for a way to make the tax bill lower [...]
We all know by now that Republican presidential candidate has chosen Alaska Governor Sarah Palin as his vice-presidential running mate. The choice was unexpected, and as such, most folks don’t really know a lot about her. Others have spoken at length about her relative inexperience. Many have discussed why she might have been chosen by [...]
Here we go again! According to a Seattle Times article this week, The Border patrol is again protecting our borders on some highways far from the border in Washington. This week they were set up for five hours on SR 104 near the Hood Canal Bridge, apparently protecting the border of Kitsap County from terrorists, [...]
There are a number of ballot initiatives and ballot measures in both Washington and Oregon every year that are clearly the work of a few folks who are in the business of making up and presenting controversial measures for fun and profit. Initiative 985 is another of those disgusting works, this one presented by serial [...]
OK, so I wasn’t intending to comment on any ballot measures outside of Cascadia when I decided to highlight them over the next few weeks. Sometimes I just react to the news as I see fit. According to recent articles, a number of religious groups in California are mobilizing to get out the vote to [...]
