A little blue island that withstood the red electoral wave

The Oregonian ^ | Nov 08, 2014 | David Sarasohn

[meadsjn]

Cannabis in Oregon
The Oregon Decriminalization Bill of 1973 abolished criminal penalties for possession of small amounts of marijuana. As a result, possession of up to an ounce of marijuana in Oregon was a violation (not a crime), punishable only by a fine of $500 to $1000.

Forty years and more of a zoned-out population helps when trying to sell the idea of bogus environmental programs at the cost of an obliterated economy.

[ohioman]

Maybe they can borrow the Lenin statue from the idiots up in Washington state.

[thirst4truth]

Hey come on. If you saw a county map of the state the huge majority of voters in the rural ranch and timber lands are bright red. Notice how the blue is only along the coast, in all three states.

There are a bunch of conservatives in Oregon. My county elected a conservative tax assessor, a county sheriff (the teaparty group sent our Sheriff to the Constitutional Sheriffs convention and he went happily) and we have a new 30 year old "teaparty" Oregonian we elected to the state house!

But we still can't harvest our crop of trees or build on our 80 acre parcels.

[thirst4truth]

That is exactly why my husband and I moved to Oregon from Kirkland 20 years ago. We wanted land with warmth enough to grow a great garden, we are three hours south of Portland. It is so much warmer Kate, long summer growing seasons, still have not had one night even near 32 degrees yet and the endless gray skies have rain in them which dump and clear. Plus one hour from siting on the beach in the clear days of fall. And most fav of all, no traffic! Hard to even come to Washington to visit family, the traffic is horrendous.

[conservaKate]

Oh I am jealous. Glad you are enjoying the sunshine and warmer weather.

Kirkland used to be a small community next to the lake. But holy moly....now Kirkland is crowded and over priced. I loathe when I have to go over to the eastside for anything...just because of that darn traffic.

We live in Magnolia and I can work from home or adjust my travel depending on client requirements. (Thank heavens). I’m not anxious to age any faster...but I am looking forward to less traffic and more sunshine.

Enjoy!