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Power of the purse accountability
Bob Williams, president of the Evergreen Freedom Foundation, once served as a Washington…
Read News DetailPrioritize police, privatize entertainment
For the 2004-05 city budget, Portland Mayor Vera Katz proposes hiring 20 police…
Read News DetailThe benefits of outsourcing
Oregon finds itself in the middle of one of this year’s hottest presidential…
Read News DetailClueless in Portland
Earlier this month, Portland was designated by Inc. magazine as the eighth worst…
Read News DetailNo crystal ball for jobs
Federal job retraining programs ended up helping only 44 percent of the Oregonians…
Read News DetailChoosing children over teachers unions
While the D.C. school system spends more per pupil than most US cities,…
Read News DetailWhy is government in the marriage business?
Oregonians are busy debating whether the state should approve same-sex marriages. The better…
Read News DetailThe Field of Schemes
Paul Allen owns the Portland Trail Blazers and has privately funded the team…
Read News DetailReservations anyone?
The Portland Development Commission (PDC) just rejected the only Convention Center hotel proposal…
Read News DetailTobacco tax shakedown
Public health nannies complain that the defeat of Measure 30 reduced Oregon’s tobacco…
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