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Thursday, February 10, 2011

Babs for Metro

This place just gets loonier and loonier.

Posted at 7:48 AM | Permalink

Comments (12)

Good for her, if for no other reason than to offer competition for the I-desperately-need-a-public-job-any-job-dear-god Stacey.

But those in the know know that Stacey's done everything but offer to clean their house in a bid to get the job.

Posted by the other white meat | February 10, 2011 7:56 AM

I'd put my money on Shipwrack - We need to keep those contractor dollars flowing to the unions!!!

Besides, he can throw his wanna-be developer wife another chance to flush money on a bad idea like her Chinatown condos.

Then again, tell me the person with the fewest degrees of separation from Neil and I'll take the odds on that also.

God, are we ever going to get someone with a new idea in govt around here?

Posted by Steve | February 10, 2011 8:02 AM

Steve,

In Oregon, we recycle. Bottles, cans, trash, politicians, ideas.

The purpose of public officials is to provide cover for their patrons.

Posted by The Other Jimbo | February 10, 2011 8:27 AM

Apparently running low on Goldschmidters.

Posted by Sha | February 10, 2011 8:34 AM

What's Vera doing these days?

Posted by Brandon | February 10, 2011 8:40 AM

I am for any of them except Shiprack, Stacey or Roberts. The latter three have well proven their idiocy and should just go away.

Posted by John Benton | February 10, 2011 8:54 AM

I think I need therapy. "How to live under idiot communist leadership." The more the Oregon legislature and other local governments legislate, the more our lives become poorer and gloomier. This representative Jules-Bailey character, for instance, is calling for school remodeling to only be done if LEED or higher standard. Give me a break. We're doing good if we can just keep the old buildings going, and this guy wants to hike the cost so much will be lucky if we can afford remodeling even one or two highschools.

And then these same guys say we're adding jobs. I wish people could discern there's more to jobs than this. You want to add jobs that add optimal value. You could add a lot of jobs for instance by outlawing the use of tractors and combines in farming. Then we'd all be going back to the soil, and toiling for our survival.

But: "besides that, how was the play, Mrs. Lincoln." Need therapy or a ticket out of here.

Posted by Bob Clark | February 10, 2011 9:54 AM

In the heart of the tolerant and diverse Portland region we are dominated by these councils entirely occupied by clones of a single perspective and agenda.

And what we get is exactly what this sort of unchallenged cabal can only produce.

Lunacy.

Look back at the day when Babs was governor, Kitzhaber was Senate President and Vera Katz was house speaker.

What a dysfunctional combination of inepts.

They attacked our K-12 with CIMCAM (Oregon School Reform for the 21st Century) and have left a path of insanity in their wake ever since.

Now it's start over.

Posted by Ben | February 10, 2011 10:33 AM

Well I kinda liked the "Five Oregon Governors > On to forest fire aftermath" juxtaposition.

Posted by Conrad | February 10, 2011 10:59 AM

John Benton- it is a very long list of idiocy you speak of.

Posted by Old Shep | February 10, 2011 12:38 PM

The list of candidates is fascinating. Which one will help Hughes great economic growth in this region?

Posted by Mary Volm | February 10, 2011 2:22 PM

This is another reason I'm moving to 'The Couv' next weekend. After 41 years I have had enough of this state and its moronic politicians and voters.

The vote should be to ABOLISH Metro.....not keep staffing it.......

(yeah...I know Vancouver has it's issues...but I am looking forward to putting that Oregon Income tax back in MY pocket...)

Posted by thaddeus | February 11, 2011 9:31 AM

In Vino Veritas

Quinta das Amoras, Vinho Tinto 2009
Mauro Molino, Barbera d'Alba 2009
Garda Chiaretto Rose
Columbia Crest, Two Vines Vineyard 10 White
Chateau Ste. Michelle, Pinot Gris, Columbia Valley 2009
L'Hortus, Rose de Saignee 2010
Maculan, Pino & Toi 2008
McKinley Springs, Bombing Range Red 2008
Trader Joe's Pinot Gris 2009
Montes Alpha, Cabernet 2007
Gran Sasso, Sangiovese, Terre di Chieti 2009
Garda, Classico Chiaretto Rose
Beaulieu, Cabernet, Rutherford 1999
Picos del Montgo, Tempranillo 2008
Chateau de Montmirail, Vacqueyras 2008
La Granja 360, Syrah 2009
Montgras, Carmenere Reserva 2009
Lange, Pinot Gris 2009
Columbia Crest, Horse Heaven Hills Cabernet 2008
Kirkland, Pinot Grigio 2010
Trader Joe's Coastal Syrah 2009
Columbia Crest, Horse Heaven Hills Merlot 2008
Trader Joe's Coastal Chardonnay 2009
Vieux Papes Red
Domaine de l'Aujardiere, Chardonnay 2009
Santa Rita, Cabernet, Medalla Real 2007
Penfold's, Koonunga Hill Shiraz Cabernet 2008
Guild, Red, Lot #02 2008
Dievole, Dievolino Sangiovese 2008
Laforet, Burgogne Chardonnay 2009
Columbia Winery, Merlot 2007
Bonterra, Cabernet 2008
Elk Cove, Pinot Gris 2009
Maquis Lien 2006
Scott Paul, Pinot Noir, Le Paulee 2007
Cameron, Chardonnay
B.R. Cohn, Cabernet, Silver Label 2006
Graffigna, Cabernet 2005
Palo Alto, Reserve Red 2008
Menguante, Garnacha 2008
Lange, Pinot Gris 2009
Felsina Berardenga, Vin Santo 1997
Anne Amie, Pinot Gris 2009
McKinley Springs, Bombing Ramge Red 2007
Vieux Papes Red
Dionysius Chardonnay 2009
Haden Fig, Pinot Noir 2009
Vega Montan, Mencia 2008
Chateau la Vernede, Coteaux du Languedoc 2007
Mount Defiance, Hellfire (White) 2008
Root: 1, Cabernet 2008
Columbia Crest, Two Vines Pinot Grigio 2009
Columbia Crest, Two Vines, Vineyard 10 White, 2008
Columbia Crest, Two Vines, Vineyard 10 Rose, 2007
Abacela, Grenache Rose 2009
Avia Cabernet 2004
Lemelson Pinot Noir, Thea's Selection 2007
Chateau de la Roulerie, Rose d'Anjou 2009
Casal Garcia, Vinho Verde Rose
La Ferme Julien, Rose 2008
Cana's Feast, Bricco Red, 2006
Hogue, Genesis Merlot, 2008
Owen Roe, Sharecropper's Cabernet, 2008
Kim Crawford, Unoaked Chardonnay 2008
J. Scott, Pinot Noir 2008
Edmunds St. John, White, Heart of Gold 2008
Columbia Crest, Walter Clore Private Reserve 2006
Stevenot, Cabernet, Sierra Foothills, "Stanford" 2000
Portuga, Vinho Rose 2009
Taylor Fladgate, First Estate Reserve Porto
Franciscan, Cabernet, Napa 2006
Chaparral de Vega Sindoa, Garnacha 2008
Quinta da Aveleda, Vinho Verde 2008
St. Francis, Chardonnay Sonoma 2008
E. Guigal, Cotes du Rhone Blanc, 2007
Edmunds St. John, Bone-Jolly, Gamay Noir 2008
St. Innocent, Pinot Noir 2006
Jigsaw, Pinot Noir 2007
Chateau Ste. Michelle, Merlot, Indian Wells 2007
Charles Shaw, Chardonnay 2008
Edmunds St. John, Bone-Jolly, Gamay Rosé 2009
Cameron, Willamette Valley Chardonnay
Il Valore, Sangiovese, Giovane, Puglia 2008
Duck Pond, Chardonnay, Wahluke Slope 2007
Kim Crawford, Marlborough Pinot Noir 2008
Domaine du Pesquier, Cotes du Rhone 2005
Cantina Zaccagnini, Montepulciano d'Abruzzo 2006
Domaine Matrot, Chardonnay, Bourgogne 2007
David Hill, Oregon Sparkling Wine, Brut
Chandler Reach, Monte Regalo 2006
Elk Cove, Pinot Gris 2008
Kirkland, Columbia Valley Merlot 2008
D'Aragon, Old Vine Garnacha 2008
Columbia Crest, Walter Clore Private Reserve 2005
Pavin & Riley, Merlot 2006
David Hill, Estate Pinot Noir, Barrel Select 2006
Castle Rock, Paso Robles Cabernet 2006
Magnificent, Cabernet, Steak House 2008
Conundrum 2008
Beaulieu, Cabernet, Rutherford 1998
Saint Cosme, Cotes-du-Rhone 2007
La Granja, Tempranillo 360, 2008
Santa Rita, Mendalla Real Cabernet 2006
Columbia Crest, Grand Estates Merlot 2006
Andezon, Cotes-du-Rhone 2007
Collegiata, Montepulciano d'Abruzzo
Troon, Druid's Fluid 2008
La Granja, Tempranillo 2008
Monte Antico, Toscana 2006
Vieux Papes, Blanc de Blancs

The Occasional Book

Jack London - The House of Pride, and Other Tales of Hawaii
Jack Walker - The Extraordinary Rendition of Vincent Dellamaria
Colum McCann - Let the Great World Spin
Niccolò Machiavelli - The Prince
Harper Lee - To Kill a Mockingbird
Emma McLaughlin & Nicola Kraus - The Nanny Diaries
Brian Selznick - The Invention of Hugo Cabret
Sharon Creech - Walk Two Moons
Keith Richards - Life
F. Sionil Jose - Dusk
Natalie Babbitt - Tuck Everlasting
Justin Halpern - S#*t My Dad Says
Mark Herrmann - The Curmudgeon's Guide to Practicing Law
Barry Glassner - The Gospel of Food
Phil Stanford - The Peyton-Allan Files
Jesse Katz - The Opposite Field
Evelyn Waugh - Brideshead Revisited
J.K. Rowling - Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
David Sedaris - Holidays on Ice
Donald Miller - A Million Miles in a Thousand Years
Mitch Albom - Have a Little Faith
C.S. Lewis - The Magician's Nephew
F. Scott Fitzgerald - The Great Gatsby
William Shakespeare - A Midsummer Night's Dream
Ivan Doig - Bucking the Sun
Penda Diakité - I Lost My Tooth in Africa
Grace Lin - The Year of the Rat
Oscar Hijuelos - Mr. Ives' Christmas
Madeline L'Engle - A Wrinkle in Time
Steven Hart - The Last Three Miles
David Sedaris - Me Talk Pretty One Day
Karen Armstrong - The Spiral Staircase
Charles Larson - The Portland Murders
Adrian Wojnarowski - The Miracle of St. Anthony
William H. Colby - Long Goodbye
Steven D. Stark - Meet the Beatles
Phil Stanford - Portland Confidential
Rick Moody - Garden State
Jonathan Schwartz - All in Good Time
David Sedaris - Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim
Anthony Holden - Big Deal
Robert J. Spitzer - The Spirit of Leadership
James McManus - Positively Fifth Street
Jeff Noon - Vurt

Road Work

Miles run year to date: 54
At this date last year: 50
Total run in 2011: 113
In 2010: 125
In 2009: 67
In 2008: 28
In 2007: 113
In 2006: 100
In 2005: 149
In 2004: 204
In 2003: 269