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Oregon Legislative History Captured
The incredible history of the Oregon legislature emerges from this book.Readers learn of the early legislative bodies during Oregon's territorial days and the bitter partisan battles over issues such as slavery and citizenship to racial minorities.We learn of some of the important and often amusing political characters through Oregon's legislative history as well as the effects of such measures as the poll tax and other taxes designed to harm members of racial minorities.
19th century political power in Oregon rested with business leaders representing railroads, utilities, and banks.Readers learn the interesting historical fact that Republican legislative votes were for $4,000 per legislator while Democratic legislative votes went for $3,000 per legislator.As Republicans occupied a higher scale of living, they cost more to bribe.
Still, legislative action was not a given.One entire legislative session ended without a single bill passed.
Some more recent Oregon legislative tales will amuse readers, such as the time an Oregon legislator dropped a bottle of liquid from a railroad effluent line and let the smell fill the House chambers.In another instance, a sleeping legislator had his shoe laces tied to his desk and then was called upon by the Speaker to arise from his desk.
People wishing to learn about life in a state legislature will enjoy this book.It is good to see some people capturing these pieces of history.If we can't learn from the past, we can at least enjoy it, as readers will from this book. ... Read more

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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: 1843 Treaties, States and Territories Established in 1843, Transvaal, Provisional Government of Oregon, Colony of Natal, Treaty of Bird's Fort, Treaty of the Bogue, Kovno Governorate. Excerpt:Seal of the Provisional Government The Provisional Government of Oregon was a popularly elected government created in the Oregon Country, in the Pacific Northwest region of North America. It existed from May 2, 1843 until March 3, 1849. Created at a time when no country had sovereignty over the region, this independent government provided a legal system and a common defense for pioneers settling the region. As laid out in Section 1 of the preamble to the Organic Laws of Oregon, which were adopted in 1843 to serve as a constitution, settlers only agreed to the laws until such time as the United States of America extend their jurisdiction over us. The government had three branches that included a legislature, judiciary, and executive branch. The executive branch was first the Executive Committee, consisting of three members, in effect from 1843 to 1845; in 1845, a single governor position was created. The judicial branch had a single supreme judge along with several lower courts, and a legislative committee of nine served as a legislature until 1845 when the Oregon House of Representatives was established. A series of meetings were held, beginning in 1841, at Champoeg (on the French Prairie) and a few other sites in the Willamette Valley. The first meetings were held, in part, as a response to the death of Ewing Young. Young died without a will, and had extensive business dealings with many other pioneers; a probate court was needed to administer his estate. In February 1841, a probate judge and a few other positions were appointed, but no further mov... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=10092928 ... Read more

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The Cornerstone of Everyday Life in Our State!:Carole Marshintroduces students to public service, forms of democratic government,the legislative process, political parties and other concepts in a fun,interactive way.Students learn terms such as electoral votes, franchise,suffrage, commonwealth and bicameral.Includes how our state'sgovernment works, number of Oregon representatives in the House, cityand county government facts, what the census tells us about our state, ourstate's electoral votes and more.Kids will be encouraged to participatein student government, learn how and why to vote, and learn how tobecome a legislative page.Includes reproducible activities, bibliographyand index + a glossary from Absentee Ballot to Zoning.Free teacher'sguide gives specific suggestions & instructions on how to get maxeducational value from this book. ... Read more

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Oregon's Charles Sprague: Editor, Governor, Leader
In "An Editor for Oregon," Floyd McKay provides a thoroughly-researched, eminently readable account of Sprague's life and times. McKay, a journalism professor at Western Washington University, brings unquestioned qualifications to this work. Before entering the academic world, he spent many years as a working journalist, both in broadcast and print. His first job was on the Oregon Statesman, working under Sprague, its owner and publisher. But though his admiration for his subject is clear, it's also a straightforward and honest account.

McKay traces Sprague's birth and youth in Kansas, his migration to Washington state and the influence the Progressive movement had on shaping his political outlook, his entry into the newspaper business, and his arrival in Oregon in 1925. A few years later he acquired the Statesman, a newspaper from the state's pioneer era that had fallen on difficult times. Sprague grew quickly in stature and influence, yet his nomination and election to the governorship over incumbent Charles Martin in 1938, only 13 years after he had come to the state, was something of a surprise.

His single term as governor was dominated by the state's response to the outbreak of World War II. In 1942,the same voters who had embraced Sprague only four years earlier turned their backs on him, ousting him in the Republican primary. Although a competent governor, Sprague's time in office turned out to be only a prelude to his greatest service to the state. For the next 25 years, with his front page column "It Seems To Me" and on the Statesman's editorial page, Sprague evolved into the most widely-read and respected opinion-maker in the state. Yet his active public service was not at an end; he served for a time as an alternate delegate to the United Nations.

"An Editor for Oregon" provides not only a compressive look at Sprague's life and career, but a history of the state's political evolution from the Depression through the sixties. It's a first-rate work.--William C. Hall ... Read more

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In this regional edition for Alaksa, Idaho, Montana,Oregon, Washington and Wyoming, doctors are named who have haddisciplinary action taken against their license. This project, titled20,125 Questionable Doctors, was designed to assist consumers inmaking better informed health care choices. The individual doctorlistings aid patients in understanding the quality of care they wouldpotentially receive or have already received from a particularpractitioner. Find out which doctors have been disciplined and why,how to increase your safety when choosing a doctor, how to file acomplaint about a doctor and how to improve your quality of medicalcare. ... Read more

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Somewhat informative, but lacking in details.
As a professional, I found the book to be somewhat illuminating.For example, I understood why a colleague in another part of the state insisted that I prescribe certain drugs to a patient who needed them, rathen thenhim, himself.However, at most parts, the details are far too discrete.This leads to speculation, which is unfair to both the professional and thepublic.To say that the professional is required to have psychiatric carewhile practicing medicine without details, opens up all sorts ofspeculation that could harm the doctor - patient relationshipunnecessarily. ... Read more

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1st rate biography
Over the past 25 years I have read dozens of biographies. Most are not much more than a chronological listings of a person's accomplishments with little depth or analysis. This is one of the few biographies I have read that helps us understand the person which is what a real biography should do. But it is more than a biography. It helps us understand the life and the times of Tom McCall. I highly recommend this book to anyone wanting to get to know Tom McCall, Oregon political history of the mid 20th century and the environmental movement.

Tom McCall's Story Is Oregon's Story
More than two decades after his death, almost three decades after he left the governor's office, Tom McCall remains the defining figure of Oregon politics. It was during his tenure in office (1967-1975) that Oregon gained its reputation as a national leader in innovative public policy.

The McCall era saw Oregon protect virtually all of its beaches for public use; adopt the first bottle bill in the nation; clean up the Willamette River; adopt the country's first statewide land-use planning system; and much more. Although many of these concepts did not originate with McCall, he was the catylist and provided the leadership to make them a reality.

This era is brilliantly chronicled by Brent Walth in "Fire At Eden's Gate." Walth, a reporter for the Eugene Register-Guard, and now The Oregonian, knows the state and its leadership well, and this allows him to tell the McCall story with comprehensiveness and clarity. But this is more than a political biography; Walth also chronicles the story of McCall's celebrated family (including grandfather Thomas W. Lawson, "the Copper King"), his path to the governor's office, and his sometimes troubled personal life.

Anyone interested in understanding Oregon public life in the second half of the 20th century should enjoy and benefit from reading this well-crafted biography.

Where have all the Tom McCall's gone??
This biography of the modern day father of Oregon, makes this native long for days past.For days when Oregon was a leader on the national politcla/cultural/social scene.

Walth does an excellent job detailing not only the political successes of one of Oregon's greatest politicians, but also of the man's personal shortcomings.

I am not certain how much appeal this book will have to non-Oregonian's or people who are unfamiliar with the Pacific Northwest, but I feel that it should be required reading by all students of political science attending Oregon universities.

Our state legislators who are constantly invoking McCall's name and legacy to advance their own political gains, would do well to read this biography.Our elected officials of today pale in comparison to the individual giants of years past.

Oregonians Explained
I am a Native Oregonian living on the east coast and this book helped me understand why I feel like a fish out of water in the midst of uncontrolled suburban sprawl, minimal recycling facilities, and chemical pollution violations are repeatedly ignored by local politicians.
Mr. Walth's book was exciting to read.I recommend it to anyone seeking to understand Oregonians and why we're so proud of the place we call home.Brent Walth tells the story of how Tom McCall gave us that pride.

biography equally about Oregon as it is about McCall
Deserves a place in every hotel and bed/breakfast gift shop across Oregon -- for visitors to the Pacific Northwest to pick up. Walth tells the McCallstory and in doing so coaches the reader about the things Oregonians arethe most passionate about.Most of us cannot travel to another state andname their most famous governor -- yet McCall's legacy is often mentionedby domestic and international visitors to Oregon. ... Read more

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This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone! ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Government Finance Review, published by Government Finance Officers Association on August 1, 1993. The length of the article is 2369 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

From the supplier: The establishment of the Data Processing Committee by the Oregon Municipal Finance Officers Assn is discussed. The committee is tasked with training association members in the use of software appropriate to the practice of their profession. It is also tasked with coordinating the association's efforts to automate routine tasks through the use of computers among association members. The committee is helping foster closer working relationships among Oregon finance officers.

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Title: A software survey and shareware library for Oregon finance officers.
Author: Darlow Tuneberg
Publication: Government Finance Review (Magazine/Journal)
Date: August 1, 1993
Publisher: Government Finance Officers Association
Volume: v9Issue: n4Page: p29(4)

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This digital document is an article from Government Finance Review, published by Government Finance Officers Association on December 1, 1998. The length of the article is 1786 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

From the supplier: The 1997 Oregon Legislative Assembly established the State Debt Policy Advisory Commission to advise state decision makers on policies designed to improve the state's credit rating and support the future availability of low-cost capital financing. It proposed a six-year capital facilities plan for debt capabilities and capital needs. The state also utilizes a debt capacity framework to evaluate financing tools, namely general obligation bonded debt, revenue program bonded debt, and certificates of participation obligations.

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Title: Measuring and forecasting debt capacity: the state of Oregon experience.
Author: Charles Smith
Publication: Government Finance Review (Magazine/Journal)
Date: December 1, 1998
Publisher: Government Finance Officers Association
Volume: 14Issue: 6Page: 52(3)

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This digital document is an article from The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR), published by The Register Guard on July 3, 2003. The length of the article is 757 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: County objects to USA Patriot Act.(Government)(Lane commissioners join six other Oregon governments in passing a resolution calling the law a threat to civil rights)
Publication: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR) (Newspaper)
Date: July 3, 2003
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This digital document is an article from The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR), published by The Register Guard on November 22, 2001. The length of the article is 1206 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Kicker: Cure for an ailing Oregon?(Government)(Economy: It's a great concept, but experts say the power of refund checks will be limited.)
Publication: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR) (Newspaper)
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Chapters: Ammolite. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 39. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt:Seal of the Provisional Government The Provisional Government of Oregon was a popularly elected government created in the Oregon Country, in the Pacific Northwest region of North America. It existed from May 2, 1843 until March 3, 1849. Created at a time when no country had sovereignty over the region, this independent government provided a legal system and a common defense for pioneers settling the region. As laid out in Section 1 of the preamble to the Organic Laws of Oregon, which were adopted in 1843 to serve as a constitution, settlers only agreed to the laws until such time as the United States of America extend their jurisdiction over us. The government had three branches that included a legislature, judiciary, and executive branch. The executive branch was first the Executive Committee, consisting of three members, in effect from 1843 to 1845; in 1845, a single governor position was created. The judicial branch had a single supreme judge along with several lower courts, and a legislative committee of nine served as a legislature until 1845 when the Oregon House of Representatives was established. A series of meetings were held, beginning in 1841, at Champoeg (on the French Prairie) and a few other sites in the Willamette Valley. The first meetings were held, in part, as a response to the death of Ewing Young. Young died without a will, and had extensive business dealings with many other pioneers; a probate court was needed to administer his estate. In February 1841, a probate judge and a few other positions were appointed, but no further movement towards establishing a government occurred. The movement towards self-government picked up momentum in early 1843, after over 100 immigran...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=10092928 ... Read more