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Weekend News Brief

by Tryan Hartill

Oregon

  • A major decision has been handed down by the Oregon Supreme Court and for some reason has not received any press. It says that “profitability” can now be used when deciding whether farm land can be re-zoned for other uses.
  • Federal Timber payments will continue for one more year after Bush signed the funding Bill on Friday.
  • $60.4 million is headed to fishermen in Oregon and Washington for the restricted salmon season in 2006.
  • ICE agents will start taking a more aggressive approach toward deporting Undoc’s that are in prisons and jails throughout Oregon and Washington.
  • In other news, a man sues after his wife is killed by too much bug spray. A 40 foot whale washes ashore in Newport. Chemical castration is getting a funding boost and 3 counties will start pilot projects, but have yet to be named. A fore-closed house has been turned into a pig sty.

“Once in a Blue Moon!”

I’m sure we have all heard the phrase.

Well to my amazement…. there will be one this month! On the 31st of May. But it will only be a Blue Moon for half of the world.

May 28, 12:15 am | Tryan Hartill
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1 On May 28, 06:09 am, Walter Richards wrote:

Agents will track Oregon and Washington inmates flagged as foreigners by jail and prison managers.

What the Oregonian purposefully failed to mention, is that the Oregon police are forbidden to keep track of a person’s residency status. In other words, ICE will have no way of knowing if an illegal is serving time in an Oregon prison/jail unless they send agents to those facilities – because Oregon can’t tell them.

What it also doesn’t mention, is if the “immigration compromise” bill passes … even people who committed felonies while here illegally can’t be deported.

It looks like another case of the right hand not knowing what the left is doing.

2 On May 28, 06:19 am, KISS wrote:

“It says that “profitability” can now be used when deciding whether farm land can be re-zoned for other uses.” [Supreeme court decision]
For 35 years the farm question has been neglected and many a small farmer has suffered under this crazy Eco law. Land Use has never been fair and maybe more disciplined minds are correcting the many problems with Land use. I sit on the planning commission in my little burg and nuttiness plagues many of our decisions.Condo-phobia is just one of the factors. Saving downtowns is so tragic, is money down a rat hole. What has downtown ever done for people…if it is something that is needed it will come..capitolism is the name of the game. Business is parasitic by nature and will come on it’s own if profits are there. Taxpayers should not be fleeced for trinket shops. And yet, the beaches are the driving force for tourism, here and nothing is ever done for enhancement…indeed strange thinking.

3 On May 28, 06:21 am, Bunny von Munchausen wrote:

“Authorities on the Oregon Coast on Sunday were trying to figure out the best way to deal with a 40-foot Gray Whale that washed up on the beach near Newport.”

Blow it up with dynamite!!

4 On May 28, 06:35 am, Walter Richards wrote:

RE: the whale

Why not “recycle” it? I’d bet a lot of tourists would pay big bucks for authentic whale-fat candles, whale-oil lamps, carved whale bones, etc. It’s not like we’re allowing whale hunting. Why should the body be hauled off somewhere and buried to rot, when it can be put to good use?

Perhaps someone could even come up with a mobile processing “factory”, that can be set up wherever a whale washes ashore.

5 On May 28, 07:36 am, Auntie wrote:

Walter, I have had this idea for a long time too and have mentioned it to several people who thought it sounded like a great idea. Wonder if this has been done in other parts of the country?

I could look it up, but really want to go back to bed and take a nap.

6 On May 28, 07:47 am, THartill wrote:

Well Lewis and Clark used part of a washed up whale….I wonder why Fort Clatsop wouldn’t in interested in taking part of it and doing the same things that Lewis and Clark did.

RE Land Use

If you really think about this decision, it has huge implications. How many 10-50 acre plots of land are zoned Ag-Farm around the State? The number has to be in the thousands. Before this was handed down, whether a plot of land could could actually be farmed for a profit, could not even be mentioned in zoning issues.

RE Ice

The article states that over 900 inmates are up for deportation at the moment…so either some is breaking Oregon Law, or the Dept of Corrections do not have to follow the dame rules and Oregon Police.

7 On May 28, 08:03 am, Auntie wrote:

Tryan,

That was the other part of my clever idea – to have re-enactors out there harvesting the big bastard and charging people to watch, or somehow ensuring they would want to buy the ‘by-product.’ I mean, who of us couldn’t use more ‘tallow’ around the house?

And in regards to the land use issue, who will measure the profitability potential of farm land? Will it be based on past earnings? What about potential earnings?

8 On May 28, 09:47 am, Pierce wrote:

Heck with Lewis & Clark they had their day in the sun as one rainy winter rookies and hated it here. The Indians would be the experts on this type of situation. You are both right. It could have a lucrative tourist/education exponent. Think of the close pin concession alone.

9 On May 28, 12:38 pm, Bunny von Munchausen wrote:

Actually, according to the treaties of the 1850s between the US government and the Coastal Native tribes, the tribes have first claim on all whales, live or dead, washing ashore on ocean beaches between Yaquina Bay to the south and Grays Harbor to the north.

10 On May 28, 01:48 pm, anon wrote:

And we all know how often those treaties have been honored.

11 On May 28, 03:12 pm, THartill wrote:

Once in a Blue moon? Oh wait….there is one coming!

12 On May 28, 04:47 pm, Auntie wrote:

Well, maybe they should hold off on that whale-harvesting party until the 31st. Should be good and especially ripe by then.

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