Articles Posted in November, 2006

Measure 47 is/not enforceable?: The Mercury (via BlueOregon) has an update on whether or not all or part of Measure 47 is/will be enforceable. Who’s on first?

What Do You Mean H.E.L.P.?: First there was HTML (well, it wasn’t really *first*, but you know what I mean), then there was XML, and now there is OPML (via Library Link of the Day). What next – HELP?

Reedsport City Charter Ballot Measure Passed: See story in the Umpqua Post, here. Portland is also going through a city charter review process (any others?). Among other interesting comparisons between the two cities (yes, yes I know the two cities are quite different), Reedsport decided in their new charter to elect council members at large instead of by precinct. “’An elected official needs to represent the entire city,’ said Lechuga.”

Benton Co DA Steps Down: The Albany Democrat Herald reports that a Benton County DA is resigning because of a Circuit Court judge. Direct link is here, but if that doesn’t work, link from the paper’s front page.

Oregon Government Ethics: Oregon Law Commission doesn’t yet have the minutes of the 11/15/06 government ethics panel meeting up at their web site, but Oregonian has an editorial on the subject today, 11/17/06, and so does the Salem Statesman Journal.

You Gotta Love Lawyers: Today’s (11/17/06) Portland Tribune has a story (not the Randolph one, but you can read that too or Phil Sanford who is always worth reading and almost always makes me laugh), “FBI Accused of Misconduct in Stolen Goods Sting.” Read it here or link to it from their home page. Yesterday’s , “Beware of Legal Advice From Friends” was better, but this one is good too.

More about Forfeiture, Armatta, and Measure 3: The OSB Constitutional Law Section has an excellent OrCon Law blog, which I’ve mentioned before, but it bears repeating. Their recent posting on the LINT v. Kitzhaber case is here.

Web Site Redesign: Please be patient. We’re only able to work on this in fits and spurts (see Blorking post), and right now, are only half-way to where we want to be. Comments are welcome.

Oregon Forfeiture Law: I know “everyone” says that they spend 15 minutes reading the Oregonian and about the same with the OSB Bulletin, but you miss an awful lot if that is all the time you give either publication. I suppose that is why I link to these publications here even though One Would Think everyone would have read the highlighted stories. So here we go: The latest issue of the OSB Bulletin, which can be read for no charge at the OSB web site (current issue link is at the home page), has at least two stories (I’ve not finished reading the issue yet) worth your time, one for information and the other for pleasure. One is about Oregon’s forfeiture laws (and the October 19th Supreme Court ruling upholding Measure 3) and the other is footnotes. Every lawyer has something to say, at great length, about footnotes, but this latest article will still make you laugh.

Today’s Oregonian story I linked to earlier today (titled, Beware of Legal Advice From Friends) (I’ll fix the perm link soon).

Beware of Legal Advice from Friends: Today’s (Metro section, 11/16/06) Oregonian had a, um, interesting story about a defendant who listened to his “friends” who advised him to use the UCC to defend himself in his attempted aggravated murder trial. Does one laugh or cry? I suppose there was a time when people laughed at lawyers using RICO statutes, and they certainly used to laugh at lawyers who filed consumer law class actions against tobacco companies, so why not … oh, never mind.