Rogue Of The Week: Rep. Peter Buckley

A lawmaker who says one thing, then does another.

Rogue of the Week No lawmaker has fought harder for increased school funding than state Rep. Peter Buckley (D-Ashland). As co-chairman of the Joint Ways and Means Committee, Buckley is the House Democrats’ budget    More

 

Wednesday, May 11, 2011 WW Editorial Staff

Rogue Of The Week: Senate Health Care Reform Subcommittee

The panel compromises health reform to death.

Rogue of the Week When President Obama and Congressional Democrats caved last year and passed a health reform bill without a public option, the best hope left for reining in runaway healthcare costs fell to state-run   More

 

Wednesday, April 27, 2011 WW Editorial Staff

Rogue Of The Week: Metro

Can Packy get more room in time to celebrate his 50th birthday?

Rogue of the Week Even as Portlanders wished Packy, the Oregon Zoo’s largest inmate, a happy 49th birthday April 15, we here at the Rogue Desk joined many fans   More

 

Wednesday, April 20, 2011 WW Editorial Staff

Rogue Of The Week: HAND

A neighborhood association that gave a neighbor the finger.

Rogue of the Week The European white birch tree is highly susceptible to a destructive beetle whose presence in Portland since 2003 has threatened the city’s birch population. But that doesn’t seem to matter to    More

 

Wednesday, April 6, 2011 WW Editorial Staff

Rogue Of The Week: The Japanese Government

A public-information meltdown.

Rogue of the Week The Rogue Desk doesn’t have a heart of stone. Our profound good wishes go out to the people of Japan as they mourn the deaths of at least 9,000    More

 

Wednesday, March 23, 2011 WW Editorial Staff

Rogue Of The Week: Rep. Tim Freeman

No yee-haws for this yahoo.

Rogue of the Week On his website, state Rep. Tim Freeman (R-Roseburg) says “reducing state spending and improving government efficiency and accountability” are top priorities. Noble goals as the 2011 Legislature h   More

 

Wednesday, March 9, 2011 WW Editorial Staff

Rogue Of The Week: U.S. Patent And Trademark Office

A Rogue by any name.

Rogue of the Week When bass player Simon Tam decided to form an Asian-American rock band in 2005, he had the group’s name ready: the Slants. Tam, who says    More

 

Wednesday, March 2, 2011 WW Editorial Staff

Rogue Of The Week: “50s Bikeway” Haters

Seeing problems where there aren’t any.

Rogue of the Week About 150 Portlanders filled a gym last week in the Woodstock neighborhood to hear city officials pitch a new 4 1/2-mile bike route going through the neighborhood. The Rogue Desk notes the locatio   More

 

Wednesday, February 2, 2011 WW Editorial Staff

David Perlman

Sheesh: Screwing over people planning their funerals.

Rogue of the Week David Perlman is what the funeral industry calls a “pre-need salesman.”That euphemism may obscure Perlman’s work selling something all of us will need someday—burial plots, cemetery furniture and funeral services.
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Wednesday, January 26, 2011 WW Editorial Staff

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