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WINNERS
1. Oregon adoptees are on the
upside of the rollercoaster ride of Measure 58. The Oregon
Supreme Court announced this week that it will not be hearing
an appeal filed by anonymous birth-mothers. Birth certificates
still aren't available, though. The moms have a chance to
appeal the state court's ruling or take it to the U.S. Supreme
Court.
2. Dunthorpe residents have long complained
that they have to jump in their SUVs every time they need
something. What good news, then, that a neighborhood resident,
Wai Chi Shirley Shubert ("China" to friends and customers),
was identified by police this week as running one of the
city's biggest escort services--from her home.
3. Things are looking good for high-rolling lobbyists.
State lawyers have opined that "gifts" to lawmakers are
in reality another form of free speech. Hawaiian vacations,
for example, can be very persuasive.
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LOSERS
1. Portland Development Commission boss Felicia
Trader has had one of the best reputations of any city
bureau chief. Now that The Oregonian has busted the
agency for paying out a half-million bucks for a computer
system that doesn't work, Trader's job just got tougher.
2. Tough week for quacker backers as the
U of O saw both its men and women hoopsters lose to lower-seeded
teams in the first round of the NCAA tournaments.
3. Bad news for spam-haters: Oregon junk
e-mail pioneer Jason Heckel was let off the hook last week
after a judge ruled that Washington state's new laws against
unwanted and irritating e-mails are unconstitutional. The
state claimed Heckel sent hundreds of thousands of spams
across the border and had made him the test case of the
law.
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