News that Paul Allen is hot to sell naming rights [http://www.oregonlive.com/business/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/news/119752172892270.xml&coll=7] for the Rose Garden–the spaceship-like home of his Portland Trailblazers–has us pondering possibilities.
Meet Greg Craven, an over-caffeinated, obsessive-compulsive chemistry teacher from Independence, Ore., whose fresh take on global-warming cuts through all the hot air circulating about the subject.
Seems that some mysterious force has decided to override Oregon's wacky kicker tax [/oregon/9241/] that returns money to residents in flush years instead of saving it for statewide needs.
Sometimes local government looks just like a big ol' dog chasing its tail. In Oregon's Multnomah County, where Portland is located, our dog often also manages to get hopelessly lost while running in circles. Witness the ongoing mess [ http://www.oregonlive.com/oregonian/stories/index.ssf?/base/news/
It was the largest library system closure in history. What happened when a rural county turned to (shhhh!) outsourcing for the rescue.
