http://www.forestgrovenewstimes.com/opinion/index.php Portland and surrounding area community news and information http://www.forestgrovenewstimes.com/opinion/story.php?story_id=128392934257824700 2010-09-08 00:00:00 http://www.forestgrovenewstimes.com/opinion/story.php?story_id=128392934257824700 en-us Afew weeks ago, my husband and son and I set out to find the spectacular swimming beaches at Oregon’s Rooster Rock State Park in the Gorge. A few wrong turns and a very long, sandy and hot walk later, we stumbled across the most astounding beach I had seen. In front of us stretched ... http://www.forestgrovenewstimes.com/opinion/story.php?story_id=128392923932984300 2010-09-08 00:00:39 http://www.forestgrovenewstimes.com/opinion/story.php?story_id=128392923932984300 en-us Payday arrived, but the paychecks did not. The news broke last month of a dozen workers scrubbing floors at a Safeway warehouse in Clackamas who claim that the temp agency that hired them repeatedly failed to pay. Fortunately for them, the Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries negotiated with ... http://www.forestgrovenewstimes.com/opinion/story.php?story_id=128392912955219200 2010-09-08 00:00:00 http://www.forestgrovenewstimes.com/opinion/story.php?story_id=128392912955219200 en-us The fall political season is here, with several candidates shifting their campaigns into high gear and burning up shoe leather (and the airwaves) in Washington County. But there are at least two prominent politicians who you won't see or hear debating the issues, at least not in Washington ... http://www.forestgrovenewstimes.com/opinion/story.php?story_id=128332219699823600 2010-09-01 00:00:00 http://www.forestgrovenewstimes.com/opinion/story.php?story_id=128332219699823600 en-us ‘Deregulation’ of the gun industry would be another mistake In her Aug. 11 guest column (“Gun Permits are an undue burden”), Karla Kay Edwards writes a good article. I admit that I invested about an hour in my response and then I reread the article and got the point. It ... http://www.forestgrovenewstimes.com/opinion/story.php?story_id=128332216049798400 2010-09-01 00:00:00 http://www.forestgrovenewstimes.com/opinion/story.php?story_id=128332216049798400 en-us Imagine what it would be like to be 92 years old and trapped in an elevator. Last month, I was visiting my son at his beach house. Gerry has an oncology practice in Hillsboro and in Tillamook. Therefore, he has a house in Forest Grove ... http://www.forestgrovenewstimes.com/opinion/story.php?story_id=128332211477695900 2010-09-01 00:00:00 http://www.forestgrovenewstimes.com/opinion/story.php?story_id=128332211477695900 en-us Oregon, like every state in the nation, faces a budget deficit – and it’s increasing with every new revenue forecast. When the regular legislative session ended last summer we thought the $70 million shortfall for 2010 would be covered by the tax hikes that were eventually approved ... http://www.forestgrovenewstimes.com/opinion/story.php?story_id=128332203660720800 2010-09-01 00:00:00 http://www.forestgrovenewstimes.com/opinion/story.php?story_id=128332203660720800 en-us Our form of democracy is based on the idea that everyone, through an elected representative, has a say in all important government decisions that affect us. And we can think of no more crucial decision facing Oregon now than how to get through a $373 million revenue shortfall that will affect ...