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I’m thrilled to report on this story (librarians have weird wish-lists) from the Salem Statesman Journal:

Project seeks to gather history of Oregon measures

‘PORTLAND, Ore. — Within the marble walls of the State Archives Building, it’s all there—almost. Every word officially spoken by and to Oregon legislators since 1859 has been recorded, itemized and stored.But something is missing, and the Ballot Measure Archives Project hopes to help plug the hole, the paper trail left by Oregon’s other lawmakers — the citizens, who have passed laws and amended the state constitution through the initiative system since 1904. “The Ballot Measure Archive Project is arguably a political version of the Human Genome Project,” said donor and supporter Phil Keisling, a former secretary of state who recently turned over his collection from the 1998 initiative he promoted that created Oregon’s vote-by-mail system.Keisling said he’s encouraged by the progress so far and hopes others with old boxes of ballot-measure campaign documents will make them available for historians, researchers and others….’ (link to full story)

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There’s a blog for everyone (said with the deepest and the sincerest apologies to Ranganathan*), whether you have one of your own, contribute to a group blog, think about writing one, or just read one:

Blogs are for use.
Every reader his/her blog.
Every blog its reader.
Every blog its writer.
Save the time of the reader.
The blogosphere is a growing organism.

What set me off on this post was another request to “talk about blogging” from someone who I hope will give blogging a whirl and think creatively and realistically about how s/he wants to blog:

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Guilt by Association, here (aka collective responsibility), and here (association fallacy) and here*.

1) “She’s spent two years in a Mexican prison — now they want 23 more,” by Margie Boule, Sunday, June 1, 2008.

“…More than two years ago Rebecca and a Canadian woman named Brenda Martin were arrested by Mexican authorities and thrown in an overcrowded prison. They were charged with organized crime and money laundering.

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Re: Sansone v. Gordon, Washington County (Oregon) Circuit Court Case No. C073809CV

“County to appeal decision allowing medical pot users to carry concealed weapons,” Friday, May 30, 2008, by Kurt Eckert:

“Next week, Washington County commissioners will consider filing an appeal to lift the haze over defining the right of Oregon medical marijuana users to possess concealed weapons.

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The latest section newsletter from the Estate Planning and Administration section of the Oregon State Bar (OSB) includes the following articles. (Only past issues are online, but you can contact your nearest law school or county law library (see sidebar for links) and ask to see a copy.)

1) “Changes to the Oregon Uniform Trust Code,” by Christopher Cline.

2) “2008 Special Legislative Sesion Establishes Farming, Forestry, and Fishing Inheritance Tax Credit,” (HB 3201, history, and HB 3618, property definitions clarified), by Jeffrey Cheyne.

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Whenever lawyers ask my advice on blogging, I usually refer them to what I call “real lawyer blogs” (and real lawyer web pages – yes, “real lawyers do have web feet” – uh, especially here in Oregon :-).

There are a lot of them and many are excellent. (And I’ve blogged about them here and here.) But you do need to find the ones who “speak to you.”

One blawger always on my list of lawyer-blogger referrals is Jim Calloway. See his recent post on “Your Website: Getting the Attention of the Search Engines.” But put Jim’s blog on your own Check Regularly (or RSS) blog list. (And see his post on RSS feeds if you are feeling peckish and want to put on a newsfeed-bag but aren’t sure where to begin.)

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