In response to our post of yesterday about the latest direct mail attack on the Oregon "death tax" [insert scary music here], a reader notes that she got an interesting come-on in the mail yesterday as well. Guess the issues people are trying to get in just ahead of the candidate porn that should be showing up in our mailboxes, along with the ballots, in about a week. Anyway, the reader writes:

Today we got a letter and a card AND a postage-paid envelope encouraging us to send in the card saying we would absolutely love to have a coal handling facility in Columbia County!

All courtesy of Morrow Pacific. "A pathway to jobs," it says...."25 family wage jobs and 105 overall." Oh goody! ..."developed the Oregon way."

I may sick up!

Now, now. You other readers who didn't get the mailing: Don't feel left out. You can get on board for coal dust and acid rain, too -- just by going here. Don't miss the photo of the teacher in the classroom. It's [cough, cough] for the children!