Paul’s father and grandfather Kelly had some art skills, and Paul aspired to that as well. While his work wasn’t first rate, it wasn’t bad either. Here is one from his grandfather: While he had email through the JPay system he would send me digital …
One of the big issues in the events at Bunkerville Nevada was the water rights of the Bundy family. Here is how you can do your own research on who has a permit to use surface or groundwater in the state, and some details on …
I visited my mother in San Antonio during Holy Week, and she mentioned that I should take the opportunity to see the “Via Cruces” (Way of the Cross, essentially a theatrical performance similar to the famous Passion Play at Oberammergau, Germany) downtown. It has been …
Portland certainly needs a new system of governance, but adoption of the Charter Commission’s proposals would make a bad system worse. One problem is the complicated and untried combination of ranked-choice voting with multi-member districts to choose the members of the City Council. Should the …
Proposed Portland Charter Reform is Confusing and Un-democratic Read More
An acquaintance of mine surprised me a few weeks ago with an invitation to be a worker on a fireworks crew that would be firing off the official Indepence Day fireworks shows for the cities of Ilwaco and Long Beach, Washington. These cities are in …
When my local public library to an online catalog from a company called Bibliocommons, it now requires library users who want to place a book on hold to register with that company, which then keeps track of everything they have checked out. This is a …
Shortly after President George W Bush launched the second war on Iraq (2003), which was officially done to remove Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein. At almost the same time, an article titled “Why We Didn’t Remove Saddam” written by his father, President George H.W. Bush and …
When I first started volunteering with the Refugee Settlement division of Catholic Charities, one of the things I did was get set up as a driver. The fellow who tries to supervise me is a young man from Chile, and he doesn’t have a license, …
Adventures in Volunteering III: Driving Afghan Refugees Read More
Since walking away from the working world, I’ve been dabbling in various volunteer efforts, including being a delivery driver for Meals on Wheels, and working with Catholic Charities on help for refugees, Afghan and otherwise. Yesterday evening I took the light-rail train to the airport …
Adventures in Volunteering: Meeting Afghan Refugees Read More
On May 20 I wrote an essay on my efforts to get public records from the Oregon State Police and the FBI. I’ve had now, some success with the State Police. On July 6 they sent me the two reports (93 pages) that I got …
The Quest for Public Records, Part II. State Police Reports. (July 13, 2021) Read More
