... to me, at least. The Legislature just passed the income tax increase, and they're grabbing their hats and heading for the door.

It's fine with me -- I'm good for another few hundred bucks a year, I guess -- but there'll be howling in the hinterlands of the state tonight.

It also makes you wonder why we even went through the charade of Ballot Measure 28 back in January. The initiative process is sacrosanct in Oregon, but only when the politicans agree with the outcome.

Wonder what's going to happen with the baseball bill. I heard a rumor that it was part of a package along with the tax increase. That sounded a little spurious, but stranger things have happened.

Like this tax increase.

UPDATE, 10:50 pm: Well, the baseball bill was re-passed by the House, and so now it's on to the Senate. There's a 24-hour waiting period, so the vote could come tomorrow late, or more likely Friday. It will be very, very close and very, very interesting.