Curious what a county vote recount in Oregon looks like?
See story at OPB, “Statewide Recount Of Measure 53 Vote Underway,” MEASURE 53 ELECTIONS, by Chris Lehman, Albany, OR June 17, 2008 2:07 p.m.
Recount results expected, possibly, on Thursday, which will be a busy day.
The Legislative Council Committee hearing on the Oregon Revised Statutes (ORS) copyright dispute between Legislative Counsel and Public Resource dot org will be held:
Thursday, June 19, 10:30 AM, Hearing Room A
There are numerous, and overlapping, links into these live links, so try the one that works for you:
Latest posts on the upcoming June 19th hearing in Salem:
1) From Wikiprojectoregon, Time to Get Political! (which also posts time/place of hearing)
2) Jack Bog’s Blog, State of Oregon as cyberbully
“How to Block Cellphone Spam,” by DAVID POGUE, Published: June 12, 2008
(Note: David Pogue will be in Portland mid-July to speak at the Annual Meeting of the American Association of Law Libraries (AALL) (yes, “my people” :-))
“Consumer Reports” product reviews ONLINE, FREE — REALLY!
(The Secret: Your Public Library)
I have promised to post this information regularly until I stop meeting perfectly intelligent people (who regularly and frequently use their public library) who don’t know they can search online, free, from home, the product reviews from Consumer Reports:
If you’ve never, ever researched the law, I recommend you start at the beginning and work your way up:
1) This quick online (and PDF) guide from AALL LISP is an excellent starting point: How to Research a Legal Problem: A Guide for Non-Lawyers
2) Next, if you are brave enough, move on to the hard-core books on legal research, many of which you can find at your local libraries, including books from Nolo Press and HALT, both of which have excellent legal research guides, online and in print.
Please see update at the November 26, 2010, Bankruptcy post.
The Oregon State Bar (OSB) Debtor-Creditor Section has some useful links for the average person at their Consumer web page.
It includes information on their Bankruptcy Clinic. Even though the web page does not seem to have been updated since 2007, I know for a fact that they have a 2008 schedule of these clinics, so give them a call, through their Legal Aid Services of Oregon partners.
Humbling, and oh, so funny ….
my blog ranking now at Alexa dot com: 8,983,3417
To put this into perspective (and I’m nothing if not perspect):
The Portland Tribune’s 6/12/08 article, by Steve Law, on urban renewal areas, When Will They End?, was an astonishingly good read. (Law librarians are admittedly wonkish, but still, if you want to know what an urban renewal district is, this story was riveting, and kept me occupied the length of a long morning commute (including fellow passengers who also seemed interested (maybe morning commuters are also a wonky and an alert bunch :-))
Excerpt:
“… Under Oregon’s system, cities and counties create an urban renewal district, and “freeze” the property taxes in the district going to schools and other local governments. Any property taxes derived from new development or rising property value go to urban renewal authorities….” (full story)
Seized-property measure in doubt: Votes too close to call, so a recount may decide issue, by Peter Wong • Statesman Journal:
“With fewer than 600 votes separating passage from failure, the state Elections Division has ordered a hand recount of the ballots cast in the May 20 primary for a statewide measure allowing police to retain some proceeds from seized property….” (full story)
Previous post here, with link to full text of Measure 53.
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