Greetings, West Coast, Messed Coast™ readers. I’m pairing a nice Stump Town Hair Bender coffee brew with Cheez-Its and Tums to fuel this week’s edition, where we discover once again that on the West Coast, Messed Coast™, voters like living the very definition of insanity. They’re discovering in real time that no amount of […]
It’s been another rip-snorter, as my mom used to say on the West Coast, Messed Coast™, where in Oregon, we find out that being a Republican is increasingly against the law. It’s not hard to feel that way after learning that Tennessee pro-lifers who prayed and sang at an […]
“Because the text is capable of supporting the secretary’s interpretation, and considering the clear import of the ballot title and explanatory statement in this case, we agree with the secretary that voters would have understood the amendment to mean that a legislator with 10 or more unexcused absences during a legislative session would be disqualified […]
Who in their right mind thought it was a good idea to put a giant homeless shelter in a school zone? On Tuesday, a man set himself on fire in the park next to the library in Beaverton, Oregon, after accidentally igniting his clothes with a lit cigarette. He was airlifted to the hospital in […]
Last month, Gov. Tina Kotek said she would accept the recommendations of a task force put in place over the summer to study how best to help Portland recover from its host of problems. The solutions recommended by the task force were really just common sense. The city would need to hire more police and […]
The weaponization of ballot access continues. On Thursday, the Oregon Supreme Court declared that ten Republican state senators could not seek reelection. Why? It has nothing to do with Trump. It’s because they staged a walkout for six weeks, preventing a quorum and effectively stalling legislation on abortion, transgender treatments, and gun control. […]
You would think decriminalizing hard drugs would be universally recognized as a bad idea, but it seems the leaders and citizens of Oregon didn’t see it that way until the time came to reap the consequences. And it seems the time to reap those consequences is just about now, considering that, according to a story […]
A high-school wrestling coach has received a severe penalty after going one step too far to protect his son. On Jan. 20, assistant wrestling coach Russell Brunson of Rocky Mountain High School in Meridian, Idaho, interrupted a match and appeared to strike an opposing wrestler who had Brunson’s son pinned in what Brunson regarded as […]
In 2020, voters in Oregon narrowly approved a measure that would “reimagine” efforts to deal with drug addiction by decriminalizing nearly every aspect of the illicit drug trade. Resources would instead be focused on getting people into treatment and incentivizing recovery programs. The results have been nothing short of catastrophic, with junkies overdosing and in […]
Pierce Brosnan has pleaded not guilty to two federal citations for illegally hiking in Yellowstone National Park. The Irish actor, best known for playing James Bond in the iconic film franchise, was charged with two federal citations after allegedly being caught entering an area of the park that is off-limits to visitors. According to court […]
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