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October Hands Off Our School Children’s Recession Cookie Jar, by Charles Sheketoff
September A $75,000 Bargain for Oregon Taxpayers, by Chuck Sheketoff
August Window Dressing or Real Reform?, by Michael Leachman
July Data and Common Sense Be Damned, by Charles Sheketoff
June The New Deal Still a Good Deal, by Juan Carlos Ordóñez
May Leave No Teacher Behind, If You Want the Best Schools, by Juan Carlos Ordóñez
April Underscore the “Us” in Sustainability, by Juan Carlos Ordóñez
March A Tax System that Matches Oregon Values, by Mike Leachman
February Economic Inequality Reemerges, Opportunity Withers, by Juan Carlos Ordóñez
January Oregon Lottery Scratch-its: The New Joe Camel, by Chuck Sheketoff
December A New Year's Resolution for Oregon: A Mobile, Living Billboard,
by Chuck Sheketoff
November Tax Cutting Away the Middle Class, by Juan Carlos Ordóñez
June A Ladder to the Moon, by Chuck Sheketoff
May Oregonians Are Hostage to the Fractions Faction, by Chuck Sheketoff
April Which Oregon Companies Use Tax Dollars to Pay Their Workers?,
by Chuck Sheketoff
March As Maryland Goes, So Should Oregon, by Chuck Sheketoff
February Time to invest in poor children and their families, by Michael Leachman
January "Single-Sales" - A Modern Robber Baron, by Michael Leachman
December Reduce Inequality to Expand Opportunity, by Michael Leachman
November The First Step for a Truly Hopeful Tax Reform Plan for Oregon,
by Charles Sheketoff
October It Will Be A Great Day, by Charles Sheketoff
September Business Leaders: Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is,
by Charles Sheketoff
August Oregonians can see that Measure 41 is fool's gold, by Charles Sheketoff
July Biotech, Beer, and the Public’s Right to Know, by Charles Sheketoff
June "Umbrella" for Sale, by Michael Leachman
May You are on the Bridge to Nowhere,by Charles Sheketoff
April Corporate Accountability Reporting,by Charles Sheketoff
March Do Tax Cuts Pay for Themselves?,
by Charles Sheketoff
January Tax Delays, Loan Sharking, and the Working Poor, by Michael Leachman
December The Budget Tsunami, by Charles Sheketoff
November Gordon Smith’s $1.9-Billion-a-Week Problem, by Charles Sheketoff
October The Market Myth, by Michael Leachman
September Does Oregon Still Believe in Itself?, by Michael Leachman
August The Paris Hilton Fan Club, by Michael Leachman
July Shared Sacrifice for the Budgetary Mess, by Charles Sheketoff
June Tax Breaks and Secret Spending, by Charles Sheketoff
May Is Intel Bluffing?, by Charles Sheketoff
April Economic Growth for Whom?, by Michael Leachman
March Milk Matters?, by Charles Sheketoff
February Success Against Hunger May Be Lost, by Michael Leachman
January Beware the Snake Oil Salesmen, by Charles Sheketoff
December Take The Deceptive Rhetoric Out of Budget Policy, by Charles Sheketoff
November Bizarre Study on State Spending Exposed, by Charles Sheketoff
October A national sales tax? Would that be nice?, by Michael Leachman
September Permission Granted: Take the High Road, by Charles Sheketoff
June The Coming Shakedown, by Michael Leachman
May We Interrupt This Repetition for a Few Facts…, by Jeff Thompson
April Taxes Tell About Life, by Charles Sheketoff
March Beware Wacky Spending Limits, by Michael Leachman
February A Guide to Deception in the “Over-spending” Case, by Jeff Thompson
January Pennies, Nickels, Dimes, and Measure 30, by Charles Sheketoff
December Oregon Workers Will Add to Their Coal Collection, by Jeff Thompson
November No Change for Most Seniors, by Michael Leachman
October Trick or Treat from the GOP?, by Charles Sheketoff
September Picking up the Slack, by Michael Leachman
August Roller Coasters in the Dark: A raging economy won't save public services, by John Lewis
July No Pat on the Back, by Jeff Thompson
June The Big Disconnect, by Charles Sheketoff
May Misplaced Priorities, by Michael Leachman
April Auditing the Poor, by John Lewis
March What Oregon Needs from the Feds is Fiscal Relief, Not More Tax Cuts, by Jeff Thompson
February Corporate Taxes 101, by Charles Sheketoff
January Predictable, but Unnecessary, Failure, by Jeff Thompson
December Torah Class on Measure 28, by Bob Horenstein, Jewish Federation of Portland
November The Stability Drug, by Charles Sheketoff
October Arizona? Florida? Not This Year, Honey, by John Lewis
September Clear Conscience on the Minimum Wage, by Jeff Thompson
July Something Happened; Taking issue with a “did nothing” session, by John Lewis
June Be Fair to Immigrant Taxpayers, by Michael Leachman
April Overcoming Tax Myths Key to Oregon's Future, by Jeff Thompson
March Matchmaker, Matchmaker, Here's my Form M32, by John Lewis
February The Farm Subsidy Scheme, by Michael Leachman
January Enron and Oregon's Revenue Shortfall, by Charles Sheketoff
December Demand Statesmanship, by Tony Van Vliet
October Economic Recovery Proposals will Fail Oregon, by Jeff Thompson
September Helping Mothers Raise Good Kids, by Michael Leachman
August Save it for a Rainy Day, by John Lewis
July A Balanced Budget?, by Charles Sheketoff
June Taking Responsibility for Low Wages, by Jeff Thompson
May Throwing Good Legislators After Bad: Legislative Term Limits, by John Lewis
April Working Hard For Little Reward: Oregon's Working Families Today, by Michael Leachman
March Child Care: A Weak Link, by Charles Sheketoff
February Bush Tax Cut Unnecessary Giveaway to Wealthy, Harmful for Oregon, by Jeff Thomson
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