WW Voters’ Guide, November 2008

so where's the link for a tshirt!??

I second Jesse's request!

Sorry, Jesse & Anita, our online store at CafePress (cafepress.com/wweek) has apparently been flagged for review. I'll put up a note as soon as it's approved again. In the meantime, you can click in the photo caption above to download a poster PDF for printout.

Sorry for the hiccup,

Ian

I've spread your wonderful poster on FB and here: storefrontwindows.blogspot.com/

Great stuff. See my posters on my site. (Not as good as that one!)

Matthew

Awesome! Here is one my brother did a few months back: www.cafepress.com/53clothing

Portsmouth Residents Action Committee Targets Tina Kotek

The 160 + member Portsmouth Residents Action Committee is asking voters in North Portland to�WRITE IN any name for House District 44.

The action is intended to send a signal to Tina Kotek that her refusal to oppose�the discredited and abhorrent public policy of�unlimited neighborhood concentration of public housing in the Portsmouth neighborhood and all of North Portland is�UNACCEPTABLE.

The action is intended to send a signal to Tina Kotek that her�refusal to�support the Portsmouth Residents Action Committee, the North Portland Business Association, the Portsmouth Neighborhood Association, the home owners, property owners, business owners and residents of�the Portsmouth neighborhood and all of North Portland who�overwhelmingly support�DUE PROCESS in the disposition of surplus city property, the John Ball School site,�is UNACCEPTABLE.

The action is intended to send a signal to Tina Kotek that her�refusal to�support the Portsmouth Residents Action Committee, the North Portland Business Association, the Portsmouth Neighborhood Association, the home owners, property owners, business owners and residents of�the Portsmouth neighborhood and all of North Portland who overwhelmingly oppose the illegitimate give away of surplus city property, the John Ball School site, to the Portland Hope Meadows corporation,�is UNACCEPTABLE.

Tina Kotek has gotten a free ride in both the primary and general election. She has been unchallenged and unaccountable for her indefensible positions on public housing policy which negatively affect her constituents in North Portland. This is not healthy for the democratic process and the voters in North Portland House District 44.�

Despite the fact that she is�guaranteed�to win the election, the�Portsmouth Residents Action Committee�encourages voters in North Portland to write in any name in place of Tina Kotek to protest her special interest motivated, indefensible position on public housing policy and her disregard and disrespect for the home owners, property owners, business owners, residents and voters of North Portland.

Please distribute, post and share this message with other North Portland voters.

Thank you.

Portsmouth Residents Action Committee - Steering Committee

Richard Ellmyer

Deb Evet-Frasieur

Patricia Kean

Maxine Krueger

Roger Meyer

Helen Warbington

Here's a link to something I set up over the summer

cafepress.com/pdxsteve

Like any of the staff of this rag have a brain!!!

And yet still you return, Wrnchbndr. Don't you have any bridges to lurk under?

Hi, I'm looking for the link to the coffee mug site - any help?

Here are links to Palin-icious Mavericky Apparel and doodads:

www.cafepress.com/propproperty

www.cafepress.com/propproperty2

www.cafepress.com/propproperty3

www.cafepress.com/propproperty4

www.cafepress.com/propproperty5

Um, we need more public housing, not less. Tina Kotek is awesome and your comment is ridiculous.

Thanks so much for your election viewpoints. When will my ballot be in our mailbox?

Cordially,

EK

Good calls on Fritz and Delman. The rest of it is unimaginative and predictable.

Good news: The CafePress store is back up, with T-shirts, mugs and more:

www.cafepress.com/wweek

Check out the PaliNope merch at Prop Property (see comment 11) as well: www.cafepress.com/propproperty

What exactly is it that makes you qualified to tell your kool-aide drinking followers who to vote for?

The countries broke so how is the Messiah going to pay for all of the things that he has promised? Hes going to raise your taxes thats how. The man won't be able to deliver!!

Thou vowel-less wrnchbndr, have some Kool-Aid and get on the Titanic with the rest of us. Yes, the country's broke and in a state of permanent war, and taxes will doubtless rise like dough no matter who rules.

Your candidates, a senile, bitter old man with one foot in the grave, and Anita Bryant II, will send us to Hell faster, that's all. Think of Obama as a brake applied after the car has already gone over the cliff.

Now go help steal the election for the Rethugs. Burn an Obama poster or something. Locate a dictionary and brush up on your spelling, improve your mind. Have some more Kool-Aid, too. This one is grape flavored, and has a nice finish.

Thanks for the voter's guide. I am finishing my Overseas Ballot here in France. While I live overseas, I am still a Portland home- and business owner, so having information on measures that could affect my taxes is really useful.

To: Mark Zusman

A letters to the editor

Dear Mark,

I listened to you on the radio last week, and you seem like a relatively level-headed guy. But when

I read your endorsements and commentary regarding the upcoming election I was disappointed.

I expect union-bashing from the Bill Sizemore’s of the world, but not from you.

In the latest version of your endorsement article (10/16/08), why do you praise legislators who are

"business friendly" (House District 34) and "pro-business" (House District 30); but attack and shame candidates for standing up for an agenda (Attorney General, Congressional District 5, and House Districts 42, 45, 51, 30) that would increase money to education programs, stress tax fairness from corporations, and whose members have been on the front line of every civil rights battle this country has seen?

Our community colleges, educators, and working families are the cutting edge in what could be the most critical election in the past half century. Some of your glib commentary is relatively dismissive of working

people while treating what we have seen to be corrupt corporate “partners” with kid gloves.

No other group -- on the left or the right -- whether the environmental lobby or the Pro-Life movement, has

received such treatment as you reserved for labor unions and the hard-working people they represent. Businesses have spent over $110,000,000 on lobbying during the past decade -- which is 14 times what is spent by organized working people. (www.oregonfollowthemoney.org). But corporations do not receive any of your ire. Why do they get a free pass? If our corporate partners were paying their fair share for education, infrastructure, and the like, perhaps our citizens would not have to struggle and cut corners to fork over hard cash to cover their operating expenses. (while their CEO’s rake in billions in “bailout” money)

What part of labor's agenda do you disapprove of: Universal health care for all Oregonians? Protecting

workers rights? Civil rights? Standing up against businesses that abuse the law? Educating our children?

Giving workers a 40 hours week, safe working conditions, and a voice in the workplace?

For the record, I am a very proud member of a labor union here in Portland, the American Federation of Teachers, and I co-host Fifth Monday Labor Radio on KBOO 90.7fm (6pm Monday nights, shameless plug, I know) We

welcome you and your readers to call in, check us out, and share your thoughts about unions and working people.

I do agree with many of your recommendations, and appreciate your standing up to Bill Sizemore. I just wish you wouldn't fall into the same McCain/Cheney/Limbaugh attacks on those of us in the middle who are working for

progressive change and jobs with justice.

We deserve better from your publication. And I do not stand alone.

Sincerely,

Tim Flanagan

Lake Oswego

WW, where might I find discussion of candidates for "Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor and Industries"? Cheers!

We inadvertently neglected to interview the two candidates because we did not realize until too late that incumbent Commissioner Brad Avakian had an opponent.

Avakian, an employment lawyer, served in the Oregon House and Senate before being appointed Labor Commissioner by Gov. Kulongoski earlier this year. His opponent, Pavel Goberman, a fitness buff who notes in the Voter's Pamplet that he "gave myself a PhD in PE," has run for numerous offices over the past decade without distinction.

Do the jackoffs at the WW realize that Sarah Palin is not running for President?

Given McCain's age and evident infirmity, she's absolutely running for President.

FOR wrnchbndr - "The countries broke so how is the Messiah going to pay for all of the things that he has promised? Hes going to raise your taxes thats how. The man won't be able to deliver!!"

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If you wish to delve into serious debate about what this country needs, and who is qualifed to lead it, you may find that spelling and grammar are paramount in how seriously others view your opinions. Last time I checked, America is singular.

Re: Tina Kotek - Richard Ellmyer is a perennial North Portland nutjob who is trying to jam up our political process with a jeremiad against the HAP (among other misguided missions). Hang in there, Tina!

What's the unforgiving objection to the Governor which elicits such a degrading childish "poster" "t-shirt" "cofee mug" or whatever? It seems very petty and minor league when viewed from afar, having lived and worked in OR.

Publications of any ilk lose much credibility once they start thinking they can tell the people how to vote. Actually they are only pandering to 'their own' anyway, their readers. What is the point?

Not exactly true, now is it. Because if so , does that mean the other one with his age and mental infirmities is running for the top spot of their ticket as well???? Now THAT'S scary. Happy Halloweeeeen!

Some of my images are here:

homepage.mac.com/mistahcoughdrop/

Best,

Matthew