My default flight-or-fight response is flight, but in most cases where it comes up, flight isn’t an option, so I tend to fall into an eerie silence. This has saved me from a lot of grief and useless conflict. It has also given me a chance to step back from the conflict and help squash …
Category: All Politics Are Local
Entries about politics. I am supposed to be reviewing local measures and candidates in this category, or just talk about our social obligations to one another.
Uncle Josh Ponders Portland Measure 26-200
The basics: Limits contributions to $500 per individual, $5,000 loan balance from candidate, with no limits from small donor committees (which are capped at $100 per individual). I usually scan the number of arguments in favor and opposition to these measures. There are 18 arguments in favor, and only 5 in opposition. Oddly, both sides …