OSPIRG has updated their Oregon Renters’ Handbook.
There is not a date to be found in the Handbook itself, but the OSPIRG Oregon Renters’ Handbook webpage says, 10th edition, updated 8/8/12, and that’s good enough for me in this instance.
We came across another useful legal research resource for those frequently asked couch-potato questions:
* Can I throw my brother-in-law out of my apartment?
* My sister tells me that under the 3-days-on-the-couch rule, she’s now a tenant and I can’t throw her sorry self out and change the locks.
Guidelines for Open Data Policies (and more from the Sunlight Foundation and Open Congress)
Everyone likes open data, government transparency, consumer protections, and life online, but do you ever think about what it costs to make these happen?
We love voting in Oregon. Not only can we vote by mail, but we get a honkin’ huge Voter Pamphlet to read on long commutes and rainy afternoons, and for pure reading pleasure.
There is even a little comedy in the Voter’s Pamphlet, and I haven’t even gotten past Measure 78 on page 52 (out of 151 pages).
On page 52 of the Voter’s Pamphlet you will find the “Estimate of Financial Impact” of Measure 78, a fairly routine though slightly comic proposal to change some of the language of the Oregon Constitution. (It brings to mind a charming speaker at a county public meeting who said in all seriousness that “he liked Government but does not understand it.”)
The upcoming 2013 Oregon Legislative Session offers some budding legislators and government wonks a few more opportunities to learn about the legislative process while earning some money.
If you have any interest in how Oregon state government works and would be able to work in Salem during the next Legislative session:
“Legislative Administration is recruiting to hire approximately 30 Session Committee Assistants. We will hire 30 to staff session committees for Committee Services, including Legislative Fiscal and Legislative Revenue for the 2013 Legislative Session.“
Link to the Oregon Legislature’s job site for more information (and other Session jobs).
It is next to impossible to feel confident about voting for one judge over another, or even voting for one who is unopposed, unless you are active in the legal community in a way that puts you in regular contact with judges and the people who work with them.
Even if you are an avid news-hound, even if you have served on a jury, even if you know someone who appeared before a judge, even if you know someone who says, “Judge x has my vote,” you may not feel that love, that trust, that confidence that your vote was well cast.
But vote we must – or at least we must give it the old college try:
Intriguing recommendation that might come out of the OSB HOD meeting on November 2, 2012:
Resolution 13
“Resolved, The House of Delegates recommends that the Board of Governors study the feasibility of making a metropolitan court district combining the resources of Multnomah, Washington and Clackamas counties to increase access to justice and make an appropriate recommendation to the Oregon Legislature, the Oregon Judicial Department and the Chief Justice.”
OSPIRG has updated their Oregon Renters’ Handbook, now in its 10th Edition (2012).
Gavel to Gavel blog (a review of state legislation affecting the courts) had this September 4th post:
Excerpt:
Oregon Legal Research Blog