Opinion
Capital Chatter: Call Goldschmidt what he was — Neil the sexual predator
A particular image comes to mind when I think of disgraced former Gov. Neil Goldschmidt, who died Wednesday: ...
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Capital Chatter: Oregon’s transportation system is hemorrhaging
Oregon’s transportation system is hemorrhaging. “The maintenance needs on our roads are absolutely staggering, and the fact that ...
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Capital Chatter: Say goodbye to the state economist who is ‘always wrong’
Six years ago, State Economist Mark McMullen was presenting Oregon’s quarterly economic and revenue forecasts when House Revenue ...
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Capital Chatter: Will Oregon Republicans move to the center?
“I’m an Oregon Republican. I think it’s time for our party to stop denying election results and focus ...
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Capital Chatter: Vote like your secretary of state choice depended on it (it does)
Shemia Fagan showed Oregonians why next week’s primary election is crucial, despite voters’ lackluster participation so far. Four ...
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Capital Chatter: Kotek’s unpopularity is a Kate Brown legacy
Among the baffling aspects of Gov. Tina Kotek’s tenure is that she ranks among the nation’s least-popular governors, ...
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Capital Chatter: Governor’s press conference in response to Office of First Spouse is wide-ranging
In a stunning, far-ranging press conference this week, Gov. Tina Kotek said she no longer would pursue establishing ...
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Capital Chatter: ‘Status quo’ election could spell bad news for Republicans (copy)
This is shaping up as a status-quo election year in Oregon. Here are five things to expect: 1. ...
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Capital Chatter: Kotek starts addressing school funding with summer school bill
Last December, on Gov. Tina Kotek’s One Oregon Listening Tour in Gladstone, I asked her about funding public ...
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Capital Chatter: On Ozzie Rose, the peoples’ lobbyist
“Traditionally lobbyists have been cast as villains in apocryphal tales of governmental scandal or legislative indiscretion. Veteran legislators ...