The constitutionally mandated U.S. census form (and a link to the online form) should be awaiting your attention, perhaps it’s on your kitchen table now.
Here’s an interesting story about the census and pandemic, from OPB (Oregon Public Broadcasting) News:
“COVID-19 Makes 2020 Census More Complicated Than It Already Was,” by Tom Banse, March 23, 2020
This OPB article and Bike Portland lawsuit might be interesting to people and their loved ones who walk, cycle, or drive in Portland, Oregon, and maybe beyond.
OPB News article: “Lawsuit Claims Portland Illegally Lets Drivers Park Too Close To Intersections,” by Donald Orr OPB Feb. 24, 2020 (archived here.).
The OPB article links to the Bike Portland news article (archived here) and a copy of the complaint filed in Multnomah County, 18 February 2020.
If you want to vote for a Presidential candidate in the Oregon Primary election on May 19, 2020, you must be registered by the April 28, 2020, deadline as a member of the same political party as your candidate of choice.
Visit your county Election Office, fill out an official Election Office voter registration form, or register online at the Oregon Secretary of State’s Election Office website.
NAVs (non-affiliated voters) cannot vote for a Party’s candidate. You must register with a Political arty in order to vote for that Party’s candidate in the Primary election.
Official articles of impeachment are voted upon by the U.S. House of Representatives. Look for House Resolutions and House Reports at Congress dot gov.
You can find them in print in large law or government document libraries and usually, though not always easily, online. Some online Congressional research resources are fee-based databases and some are free.
For example, see previous post from September 26, 2019: What Does an Article of Impeachment Look Like? Read Presidents Nixon and Clinton Articles
Date: 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm PST January 31, 2020
Join Lewis & Clark Law School at the 1st Annual Data Privacy Law Forum. Connect with attorneys, privacy professionals, and students interested in this area of law during three educational panels.
“A Feminist Take on Information Privacy” by Maria Farrell [Link to through Schneier on Security 9/2019 blog post]
What is gaslighting? Among other descriptions, there is this: Gaslighting
A New York Times article, 1/6/20: “An Overlooked Danger: School Shootings After Hours,” by Mitch Smith and Denise Lu, referred us to this “K – 12 School Shooting Database.”
Green lanes, Blue markings, White stripes, Circles, and Arrows: What’s a driver, pedestrian, bicyclist, and other foot or wheel propelled person to do in order to comply with “experimental” local traffic laws?
Portland, Oregon, is one of a few cities experimenting with Bus-Only lanes, painted bright red. The city’s webpage describing the experiment has lots of useful info including maps with circles and arrows:
“Federal Highway Administration experiment with Red Pavement Markings
One of my favorite Robert Mankoff (New Yorker) cartoons has this caption (and you can search the Cartoon Bank for a copy): “One question: If this is the Information Age, how come nobody knows anything?”
Few non-librarians know about the hundreds (thousands, probably) of hidden document treasure troves, which go by many names: libraries, archives, repositories, databases, among others.
You’ve probably heard about Gutenberg and maybe even HathiTrust, but what about SCRIBD, SCETI, Feedbooks, BASE, Unglueit, and many, many, MANY more, including our intrepid public records warriers, at Public Resource and PlainSite.
1) Articles of Impeachment against President Richard M. Nixon (93rd Congress: 1974): H.Rept. 93-1305): Impeachment of Richard M. Nixon, President of the United States: report of the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, Peter W. Rodino, Jr., chairman. (Source: Hathitrust catalog URL. Click on Full View URL for full text.)
2) Articles of Impeachment against President William Jefferson Clinton: H. Rept. 105-830 – IMPEACHMENT OF WILLIAM JEFFERSON CLINTON, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES 105th Congress (1997-1998) (Click on PDF link if preferred over TXT version.)
3) Interesting impeachment trivia: Vice President Agnew requested the House to commence an impeachment inquiry. (See also the MSNBC Podcast, Bagman. Excellent storytelling and research.)
