Jonathan Cook wrote:
OBPolitics: starting to circle choices on my voter guide...
as always, coming out around 50-50 D/R -- even looking at
nat'l/state/local separately. The whole supposed national
mood swing hasn't changed any of my choices. For me it's
not about party, but about the individual running for the
office. Our system is incredibly efficient at preventing
efficiency; I remember 8 years ago reading on ROFF how all
the public land would be sold off and how our trout streams
were going to be trashed. So really, was there much change
out there in your neck of the woods over the last 8 years?
Not in mine -- though yes there were a couple of things
that popped up that caused me to write letters. But the
wheels turn slowly...

Nothing much has changed in my neck of the woods.
Oddly enough there actually is one local issue that
looks to affect my vote this November though. Seems
our current Gov supports putting an off-reservation
casino in the Columbia River Gorge. I'm not much
of a supporter for on-reservation casinos, so putting
one in the gorge is sickening.

Of course, this being politics, the advertising against
the Gov is being done by the casino which is currently
nearest to Portland. The one who tried to buy Portland
a baseball stadium if they were allowed to build a
casino in downtown Portland. No thanks, I don't want
a baseball stadium or a casino in town.

It's almost enough to get me into politics. Fortunately
I know I'm not electable.
- Ken