For the three to five percent of the Portland metro area residents who actually ride buses or choo-choos, it'll cost you another nickel (assuming you bother to pay at all).  Yep, starting in September, the cost of riding will increase in order to pay for upgrading ticket kiosks, sticking emission filters on buses, and of course, helping to pay for another light rail extension that nobody much wants.  Of course, many of the folks riding the choo-choos don't bother to pay for their ride, so the fare increase won't affect them, really.

In less than a month, 14 out of 20 captive-bred and highly endangered pygmy rabbits were killed - mostly by predators.  While the idea of captive-breeding and release into the wild seems noble, it's clear that some critical elements are missing from the program.

There are millions of your tax dollars at work, here.  There is no accountability; you have to rely on the judgement of managers at Oregon Zoo and a couple of other places.  Do you really want to do that? 

Here's the approach at Oregon Zoo and at Metro, which ostensibly runs the place:  this "manager" isn't working out so well, so let's hire another "manager".  These are the folks behind the effort to breed and release endangered bunnies. 

Who, exactly, decided that The Reverrund (Hymietown) Jesse Jackson and Al (Tawana) Sharpton have suddenly become the arbitors of Freedom of Speech in America?  These are, by their own long history of speech and behavior, the least likely candidates imaginable for such a position - and there should be no such position available in the USA.  But let's assume that the USA no longer exists, and that freedom of speech no longer exists (don't look now, but it's closer than you may think).  What gives Hymietown and Tawana some special ability to decide for us what is, or is not, acceptable speech?  Is it because they have said and done terrible things during the course of their publicity-hound carreers?  They've been there, done that, and been given a free ride.  So those credentials allow them to decide?

Nope.