Monthly Archives: December 2009
Stories of the decade in Oregon
The Oregonian’s Political reporter, Jeff Mapes is running down his top 10 political stories of the decade and today he highlights Governor Kulongoski’s reelection.
Kulongoski’s Rebound: At the beginning of 2006, you could get decent odds betting against Kulongoski’s reelection. Kitzhaber was thinking of running again. The unions,… >> More Updates
The surf is not up
In 1995, I interviewed for a job with the California State Senate’s Democratic Caucus. After the 1994 mid-term elections the California State Senate was the only state legislative body controlled by the Democratic Party west of the Mississippi River.
Many pundits and analysts are saying 2010 will be like… >> More Updates
A community based movement
Since March of this year, we have been working with a citizen’s group in Alameda to stop a fundamentally flawed and unfair ballot measure in their community. This measure would give complete control of Alameda Point to a developer, while sticking the community with most of the bill for… >> More Updates