#ocot

"Ella, al contrario de lo que se esperaba, tenía un aroma a paz que nunca había conocido."

“... in the forest where I came from there is also a god called Ocot, the god of chase... I know several people in the forest whom I know turned to stone for disobeying the rules of the god.”  - from “Nahaponan”, Philippine Folk Literature - The Myths Compiled and Edited by Damiana L. Eugenio, p. 181

One of my major duties is to produce the quarterly member magazine called Trades Today. I’m a print type of guy, so this right here is my jam. Have a look and let me know what you think.

So far this year, drug cops in Oregon have intercepted $1,071,727 in cash from 105 drug-related parcels. Last year, they seized $524,915 in 56 packages. This is suppose to double every year even after Marijuana becomes available leagally. http://www.kgw.com/story/news/local/special-reports/2014/12/08/oregon-marijuana-shipped-us-mail/20119361 #portlandoregon #oregon #ocot #tcot #marijuanalegalization #orgop #multgop #lnyhbt

It is a travesty of justice that marriage, as the foundation of society, received no defense in the U.S. District Court. Attorney General, Ellen Rosenblum, in an extreme dereliction of her sworn duty to uphold the law, refused to represent the interests and the people of Oregon. It is a sad day for democracy when one federally appointed judge can overturn, without any representation, the express will of the people of Oregon. Redefining marriage confuses the true purpose and meaning of marriage. An act deliberately ensuring that more children will grow up motherless or fatherless is not an act of love. How does a Federal Judge overturn Oregon's Constitution sighting Violation of The Fourtenth Amendment and Our Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum will not do her job. When Ms. Rosenblum voted against the 14th Amendment when she served on the Oregon Court of Appeals. JURISDICTION:: This action concerns non-custodial parents’ due-process rights in legal matters that affect their children generally and those rights in the context of the custodial parent’s decision to change the children’s names specifically. Pet. at 2. Ms. Ewing protests that this Court lacks jurisdiction to hear these issues because Mr. McMenamin failed to raise them below. Resp.’s Br. at 2, 15-20. The entire proceeding below concerned three due-process issues: (1) Ms. Ewing’s benefiting from her false affidavit stating that Mr. McMenamin had neither supported nor resided with the children; (2) Ms. Ewing’s failure to serve or notify Mr. McMenamin of her name-change petition; and (3) The trial court’s failure to follow the Oregon Supreme Court’s binding precedent. The jurisdictional question that Ms. Ewing asks – but answers incorrectly – is whether these dueprocess issues constitute a federal question if Mr. McMenamin failed to cite the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. https://plus.google.com/100073774932782445025/posts/dww6r4BQZYp

Thank You Jeff Krupf and Oregon Capital Watch for bringing this to Steve Dunn at KATU. The state is using an average salary for groups of employees. So imagine an employee is making $10,000 a month in total compensation in the private sector, and say the state worker is making a market ratio of 140 percent. That means the state worker would make $14,000 in total compensation a month for doing basically the same job as someone in the private sector. "When I served in the Legislature, I never knew this report existed," Kropf said. "Nobody in that building sees this report. Only the governor sees it, the Department of Administrative Services, and the unions because this is use for collective bargaining." http://www.katu.com/politics/Report-Many-state-workers-total-compensation-much-higher-than-private-sector-259320531.html

Ed McNamara, the mayor's policy director overseeing the Portland Development Commission, says he will return in June to his private development company, Turtle Island Development LLC. (more on Turtle Island later). The Oregonian reported this morning that Hales will bring his new urban-renewal plan—including the elimination of a Portland State University "education district"—to the City Council next week. McNamara led the mayor's efforts to double down on urban renewal in Old Town/Chinatown and in Lents. The city has spent $96 million on reviving the East Portland neighborhood of Lents, and now wants to invest as much as another $55 million over the next five years. http://www.wweek.com/portland/blog-31545-ed_mcnamara_mayor_charlie_hales_urban_renewal_advisor_is_leaving_city_hall.html