All of a sudden, the local press is all over one of my favorite rant topics: tax giveaways to well connected, rich developers in Portland. There was this piece in the Trib yesterday, and both this and this in The Oregonian.

I've been making my own observations on the subject for quite some time. Try here, here, here, and here.

So go get 'em, folks. And hats off to Commissioner Randy Leonard for being the lone ranger who'll call these guys out on it. Vera, Erik, Earl, even Francesconi -- they're all in on the scam. They'll be knocking each other over competing for Homer Williams's campaign money.

It's time for a change.