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Oregon 2018 Ballot Measures
Measure 102: This is a constitutional amendment that removes the restriction requiring affordable housing built with some state funding to be government owned. It enables counties, cities, and towns to use bond revenue to be used in affordable housing development. This would permit non-government entities such as NGOs and developers Read more…
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Freewill: Face the Flashback
The pattern of gasoline combusted, the echo of the thud. The smooth stick shift in the palm. The click of the door handle. The round belly of the man in the median. Flames…
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Squamish Spontaneity
Impulse has a gorgeous cousin; her name is Spontaneity. She’s a walking advertisement for a fiber optic cable company, fractured light like broken attention spans
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Oregon Country Fair 2018: I am a woman and we recycle
OCF is an alternative universe where regular rules such as gravity and the linear passing of time are altered or irrelevant. Camped onsite (not including public visitors) are 18,000 staff and vendors, hundreds of whom pull off superhuman feats of love, communication, and kindness to make the Fair happen.