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Judges enforce open records
Lane County commissioners Pete Sorensen and Rob Handy are in hot water for allegedly breaking public meetings law, and rightfully so. Transparency is essential to fair governing and if publicly-elected officials are meeting without the knowledge of their peers or constitutents, it’s a gross misuse of power.
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Tea Party candidates stick to guns
It’s a shame the folks who rode into Washington, D.C. promising a repeal of the health care bill are keeping their promise. Why? The action is an enormous waste of taxpayer money, for one. Yes, repeal passed the House, but the Senate is likely to shoot it down and there’s no way it’ll make it past President Obama. The GOP campaigned on the basis that its candidates are fiscal conservatives. Actions speak louder than words, fellas …
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Titans unseat Cougars
The Titan men triumphed over the Clackamas Cougars 67-61 last Saturday, unseating one of the Northwest Athletic Association of Community Colleges’ southern leaders in the process. The only team with a better record than LCC’s in the conference is Chemeketa while the Titans are in a three-way tie for the No. 2 spot.
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Egyptian president blocks Internet
In the wake of mass protests against his rule, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak has shut off all Internet access in his country. It seems many of the citizens rallying against him organized through Facebook. But shutting off the entire Internet seems a bit counter productive, doesn’t it? Think of how many fewer protesters there’d be in Liberation Square if they were at home looking up old American sitcom plots on Wikipedia and watching lolcat videos on YouTube.
