CNSNews.com - Obama Administration Orders Study on Removing Dams on Snake River to Help Fish

This may be of interest to us here in the Rogue Valley because the same thinking could eventually impact our rivers. S. Lane

CNSNews.com - Obama Administration Orders Study on Removing Dams on Snake River to Help Fish

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State Rep. Matt Wingard Shares Videos-State Legislature

NOTE 9-26-09 at 10:19 pm: Reposting to include link in email to the videos at You Tube - for some reason they aren't posting in the emails and I'm still researching this at Blogger. -- /s

Thanks to Herb, I received Oregon Rep. Matt Wingard's report to Oregon voters which included videos of several of his speeches on the floor of the State House of Representatives on topics of particular interest to those of us who care about rural Oregon and property rights of all Oregonians as well as other topics of interest to us all. I'd like to share these with you. -- S Lane

Unemployment in Rural Oregon-State Rep. Matt Wingard speaking before the State Legislature -
Rep. Matt Wingard stood up on April 13 to oppose HB 2227, the bill allowing a state agency to stop new destination resorts in Oregon. With unemployment rates surpassing 20 percent in the rural counties, HB 2227 will halt the development of new resorts and deny rural Oregonians of desperately needed economic activity.

One person can make a difference - April 20, 2009
Rep. Matt Wingard rose on the House Floor on April 20 to remember Dorothy English, the property owner who brought to light Oregon's broken land use system. Recently, the Oregon Court of Appeals ordered Multnomah County and the Oregon Department of Land Conservation and Development to $1.15 million to Dorothy's estate for the costs associated with her Measure 37 claim. Dorothy passed away in 2008. In this clip, Rep. Wingard described Dorothy as a reluctant activist who refused to back down. Through extraordinary odds, Dorothy proved that one Oregonian can make a difference.

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