Measure 97 is a tax on total sales – not profits – that would increase consumer costs for all types of products and services. Measure 97 would be the biggest tax increase in Oregon history – $6 billion. Measure 97 is a deceptive, hidden sales tax. Measure 97 would especially hurt Oreg [...]

Do you know that after a major disaster 40% of all businesses do not recover and subsequently disappear? The question you should ask yourself is: Do I want to be part of the 60% or the 40%? And, even if you part of the 60% that survives, how much will your business suffer both in relations with  [...]

A good friend stated on his blog recently, he felt that long Presidential campaigns were okay. They allow voters time to see how candidates handle the unexpected and long campaigns become the great equalizer, giving the little guy a fighting chance to make a mark. I don’t think long presidential [...]

The legislative session is filled with mystery for most folks looking at it from the outside. Some of the mystery, aside from the question of how the legislative sausage is actually made, surrounds what our elected officials do during the interim times. The fact is, many, if not most of the  [...]