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For those who might be wondering – as I still am:

1) You can find Resolution A at the Multnomah County website simply by entering Resolution A into the seach box.

2) You can also search Portland Online.  It’s not easy to find Resolution A, but you can find references to it. Let us know if you can find a direct link.  We should be able to presume that the Multnomah County Resolution A is the same as a City of Portland one, and everyone does refer to it as an “agreement between Portland and Multnomah County,” but … I can’t find a version with signatures from both entities.  It’s possible there was sign-off at a 1983 meeting or that things were done differently back then or simply that I don’t know enough about these inter-governmental agreements (IGAs), which is most likely.  On a regular workday, I’d just phone the city auditor’s office to ask.  We all have much to learn about how laws are made!

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Excerpt: “”There is no comprehensive federal privacy statute that protects personal information. Instead, a patchwork of federal laws and regulations govern the collection and disclosure of personal information and has been addressed by Congress on a sector-by-sector basis….” (Link to full beSpacific blog post.)
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The short answer is, “it depends on the business.”  You can bet that Jeffrey Archer worked on his novels while in prison, but I’m pretty sure Bernie Madoff isn’t “investing” (or whatever he called it – what’s a verb for running a Ponzi Scheme?) anyone’s money, although one can never be too sure with some people.
It also depends on the crime for which you have been incarcerated, the prison, and the state’s laws, regulations and prison policies.  It’s not inconceivable that if you invent, say, a better mousetrap, while incarcerated, you might be granted more leeway than if you invent a designer high-tech shiv (just sayin’), but whatever you do, please read up on the law, ask the prison authorities, and ask a lawyer.
Here in Oregon that means starting with the Oregon Revised Statutes (ORS) and the Oregon Administrative Rules (OAR), e.g. Chapter 291 Department of Corrections, perhaps including but not limited to 291-105-0015 Rules of Misconduct.
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The latest Nolo newsletter (May-June 2011) asks us to Take the Nolo Librarian Survey:  Nolo wants to understand how librarians buy their materials. To help them out (and they are already VERY library and librarian friendly), take the survey – win prizes for your library.
If this link “Take the Nolo Librarian Survey!” doesn’t work, try …
… from the Nolo Newsletters webpage, click on the Email Newsletters link – you want the May / June 2011 Newsletter that has the Take the Nolo Librarian Survey! blurb.
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CALI’s Free Law Reporter is an interesting project, sort of, maybe; I’m just not sure why the creators are putting their limited time into it given that we have so many better, bigger, free sources of the same information (see sidebar), some of which also have search engines.  You can’t do legal research without a search engine, among other research tools, but you sure can’t do real legal research without adequate content in the database.
See also May 18, 2011, Law Librarian Blog post:
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“… Today, the Oregon Supreme Court held that sheriffs must issue concealed handgun licenses to applicants who meet the statutory requirements for such issuance, regardless of the applicants’ use of medical marijuana. In doing so, the Court rejected arguments raised by sheriffs from two different counties that, to the extent that Oregon’s concealed handgun licensing statute does not concern itself with an applicant’s use of marijuana, it is preempted by a federal statute that prohibits possession of a firearm by any unlawful user of a controlled substance….”  [Link to OJD Media Releases.]
Link to full (consolidated) case:  WILLIS v. WINTERS (CC 07-2755-Z7; CA A139875; SC S058645), SANSONE v. GORDON, STEVEN SCHWERDT v. GORDON, LEE WALLICK v. GORDON, (CC C073809CV, C0073810CV, C073811CV; CA A139802; SC S058642)  [Link to full Oregon Supreme Court case.]
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Do you want to do a “background check” on an employer (individual or corporation), a future or current partner, an employee, a “friend,” or a colleague?
FIRST and FOREMOST: Keep your expectations realistic.  If you expect to find all the data you are seeking in one place, one database, one website, or one-anything, you are gravely mistaken.
We just got a copy of “Wanted! U.S. Cirminal Records: Sources & Research Methodology,” by Ron Arons.  (There are other books on researching public records, too.  They will cure you of any illusion that searching public (and private) records is for the faint-hearted.)
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The Oregon State Legislature has added a new feature to its website, an enhanced measure search tool. The new measure search adds the following information to search results:

  • Relating to Clause
  • Current Location of Bill
  • Fiscal and Revenue Statements
  • Staff Measure Summaries
  • Measure History
  • All Versions of the Measure

The previous measure search tool (still available on the website) only provided information on a measure’s history. The enhanced search makes it easier to see pertinent information about a measure all on one page, instead of doing multiple searches on different parts of the website.  The search interface is also simplified, using drop down lists to select a session and measure type.  You can find the new measure search at the top of the right-hand navigation menu from any page on the legislature’s website (look for the yellow “New” icon).

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About those Reading Tree and Thrift Recycling Management “Blue Bins” (not to be confused with the Blue Screen of Death):
Just as when something labeled “natural” isn’t always natural or naturally good for you, something labeled “local” or “charitable” isn’t always local or charitable. (E.g. “natural” melatonin brownies may not be all that natural – just sayin’ – and so is the NYT.)  Sometimes local and charitable really is local and charitable or a little bit of either or both.
Anyway! — For anyone reading about the Reading Tree “Blue Bins,” and wanting to take a position, keep in mind that there are many facts to consider, including the one that books need to be recycled (or otherwise disposed of). There are many other issues to consider, too, such as:  free speech, marketing, and competition law, interstate commerce, small business, nonprofit, and tax exempt organizations law, and the law of charities.
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