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'Cruzing' into NH: Just what is the Senator's end game?
February 25. 2014 5:50PM
When Texas Sen. Ted Cruz comes to New Hampshire for two separate appearances in April, don't be surprised if Sen. Kelly Ayotte has scheduling conflicts that prevent her from appearing with her Republican colleague from Texas.
Cruz has made waves since arriving in the Senate just 14 months ago. His 21-hour filibuster last September failed in its stated purpose of blocking funding for Obamacare but succeeded in making Cruz a national figure with millions of conservative fans.
Now Cruz is scheduled to visit New Hampshire twice in April, once at the "Freedom Summit" organized by Americans For Prosperity and again two weeks later to keynote the Carroll County Republican Lincoln Day dinner. Both appearances are sure to attract big crowds and national media. Buzz about a potential Cruz presidential campaign is going to get louder.
When Cruz last visited the Granite State to headline a fundraiser for the state Republican Party in Dublin last August, Ayotte was there to introduce him. But that was before the filibuster theatrics that in the end did nothing to prevent Obamacare funding but did result in the GOP getting blamed for the ensuing government shutdown.
Days after the filibuster, Ayotte rebuked Cruz at a private luncheon with other Republican senators. She specifically called on Cruz to repudiate an attack on Ayotte and other Republicans by the Senate Conservatives Fund, allied with Cruz, which portrayed Ayotte as somehow soft on Obamacare. Cruz refused.
This month, Cruz forced a handful of his Republican colleagues to vote to allow a vote on raising the debt ceiling. Like with Cruz's September filibuster, the procedural move did nothing to change the final outcome. The debt ceiling was raised, with every Republican senator voting no.
Cruz does not appear to be settling in for a long career in the Senate. He shows no interest in building the kinds of relationships or coalitions needed to pass legislation that advances causes important to him or his fellow conservatives. This may endear him to conservative audiences in the short run, but it also permanently poisons Cruz's relationships with his Republican colleagues.
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These are so easy to make and make such nice gifts. It's just sugar wet with a bit of water, until it gets like wet sand. Then it's pressed onto candy molds and let to dry. I've used a silicone heart mold, but they work fine with hard molds as well. And you can also color the sugar to match holidays, your china or even your clothes.
Speaking of sweethearts, Emiline tagged me for a Music Meme.
"List seven songs you are into right now. No matter what the genre, whether they have words, or even if they're not any good, but they must be songs you're really enjoying now, shaping your summer (or whatever season). Post these instructions in your blog along with your 7 songs. Then tag 7 other people to see what they're listening to."
Adding to this, another sweetheart, Teanna gave me the Yum-yum award! I have received that award before, but it's nice to have it again so I can spread the love to five others one more time. Thanks Teanna!
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- Dream on girl (Rita Redshoes)
Dedicated to Emiline because she tagged me and because I know she has big dreams!
- Hey there Delilah (Plain White T's)
For Teanna because she was so nice giving me the award!
And now the awards go to...
- Meravigliosa Creatura (Gianna Nannini)
To Katrina, because she's a meravigliosa creaura (wonderful creature) herself, having 4 litlle boys and baking yummy things as well as healthy stuff.
- Everything (Michael Bublé)
To Lisa because she's cool and everything she does looks good!
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To Madeleine because she's such a dedicate blogger and allways has nice tips.
- Chasing cars (Snow Patrol)
To Lina because I love to learn about japanese food with her and chasing her on her travelings. She gives great food reports of where she goes.
- Superstars (David Fonseca)
To Suzana, my fellow portuguese, because she cooks like a superstar!
If you're bored and like music consider yourself tagged for this music meme.
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If some author, not even of 'ordinary skill' in the art shows a workable design of the item in question, it would be prior art pretty much by definition. They key is that you'd have to be convinced (as the judge was) that the description was enough for someone with ordinary skill to reduce it to practice. Thus, even if the author of the book actually lacked the skill to build it, that wouldn't matter as long as the 'ordinary skill' person could.
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Should McMinnville allow more big box stores?
Sid Friedman - City's future rests on good jobs, livability
How will McMinnville grow, work, shop and live in future years? How do we maintain a sustainable, economically prosperous community with stable, family-wage jobs over the long run? Something called an Economic Opportunities Analysis (EOA) may sound dry and technical, but this important document addresses these questions.
The city's current EOA, adopted in 2001, recognizes that McMinnville's future rests on a healthy downtown, the expansion and retention of existing businesses, and new employers providing family-wage jobs, such as food and wine production; polymer, steel and plastics manufacturing; insurance and higher education.
McMinnville has an excellent site to grow and attract good-paying, industrial jobs. The site of 90 acres lies inside the city limits on Highway 18, a true gem for McMinnville's future.
However, last summer, the city allowed landowner/developer Kimco and RPS Development to produce a new Economic Opportunities Analysis. The intent was clear:
"The aim would be to determine whether, and how, the city might rezone Highway 18 property near the airport from industrial to commercial. … Kimco McMinnville … owns 90 acres of industrially zoned land along Three Mile Lane. The company has advised the city it wants to devote some of the land to 'a regional shopping center.' " (News-Register, Aug. 15, 2012).
A city committee is reviewing the developers' draft EOA. Its task is to consider the long-term interests of all McMinnville residents.
A good EOA asks how we make the most of our unique assets to increase stable, family-wage jobs and enhance livability. Instead, the developers' EOA would shift the city's economic development strategy toward low-wage retail on Highway 18. Their EOA asserts a need for very large, commercially-zoned parcels able to accommodate a regional shopping center. Then it asks how that need can be met.
Even though the developers' Highway 18 property is currently zoned industrial, not commercial, they already are advertising it for a huge, 45-acre regional shopping center with several big-box stores, much like the struggling Keizer Station shopping center RPS developed north of Salem, and which went into financial default. Developer Chuck Sides appears to still be in default.
For comparison, Lowe's occupies a 12-acre site. The city already has a 24-acre vacant parcel at Highways 18 and 99W, adjoining Lowe's, Rice Furniture, Albertsons, Roth's and Bi-Mart. Development could proceed immediately at this vacant site (provided the prospective tenants were willing to lease instead of demanding outright ownership). So the question isn't whether the city should have more mass merchandisers; it's where they should locate. There's already enough properly zoned land for two more Lowe's-sized merchandisers without re-zoning the 90 acres on Highway 18.
Ninety acres of flat industrial land in the city limits on a free-flowing state highway, near an airport, and in one parcel is an extremely uncommon asset for any city. McMinnville should think long and hard before allowing this prime industrial site to be squandered on low-paying retail development. If converted to commercial uses, it is unlikely McMinnville could ever replace it with an industrial parcel of similar size and quality.
Highway 18 is the bypass route for traffic around McMinnville. Just up the road, Newberg and Dundee are trying to fix their traffic nightmares with an $850 million bypass. One need look no farther than Bend and Seaside for more examples of the costly consequences of allowing retail magnets to locate on bypass routes.
McMinnville is a great place to live, work, shop, and visit; with great neighborhoods and a downtown that nearby cities envy. We need not change course to suit whatever tune a developer calls. As the News-Register said in a recent editorial:
"Livability should be the No. 1 goal as the city considers future economic opportunities. That's because no number of retail jobs is worth becoming just another suburb."
Sid Friedman lives on a farm west of Carlton, has served on the county planning commission and is a member of 1000 Friends of Oregon. In his spare time, he hikes and gardens.
Howard Aster - Boost local economy with jobs, jobs, jobs
On both the national and local levels, we know from government statistics and our personal experience that job creation is the No. 1 concern. It is the key to the economic growth of our nation.
The current unemployment level is an unacceptable 7.6 percent on both the national and county levels. When we count citizens who have quit looking or settled for part-time or minimum-wage work, then our unemployment rate moves closer to an incredibly poor 14 percent. And the unemployment rate for our young people is even higher, denying them an opportunity to earn their own way, move out and learn the invaluable lessons gained from work and independence.
Here in McMinnville, we may have the opportunity to change that scenario and give a boost to the McMinnville economy along Highway 18 in the area commonly referred to as Three Mile Lane.
There is a 90-acre parcel of industrially zoned land, and the owners of that land would like to rezone about 30 acres of it along Highway 18 to commercial usage. Current City of McMinnville policy will not allow for taking land out of industrial usage to move it into commercial usage, but a study paid for by the owners could find justification for such a rezoning. It is now being evaluated by an independent panel of our citizens.
If the 30 acres along Three Mile Lane were to be rezoned for commercial usage, it would lend our local economy an economic boost for both the short and long term. We are talking about the possibility of a new Costco or Target right here in McMinnville city limits.
Short-term benefits would result from the construction of the facility, bringing in tens of millions of dollars. Part of that money would help the city pay its employees through the fees charged for construction permits. In addition, streets would be built and buildings designed and erected, providing lots of high-paying construction jobs for young Oregonians.
In the long term, there would be a large-scale creation of permanent jobs. And Costco and Target both have reputations for paying their employees a fair wage with good benefits.
Currently, our local Walmart employs about 150 people. Costco and Target would each employ comparable numbers. Lots of the jobs would not require college degrees, enabling high school graduates to land decent jobs.
The addition of such jobs would stimulate the local economy by increasing the demand for housing. An increase in the building of apartments and homes would employ local carpenters, plumbers, electricians and others. Greater demand for our local grocery stores, retail stores, restaurants and car dealerships would further boost our economy.
Environmentally, it would make sense, because such an enterprise would be less polluting than a huge manufacturing complex. Think of the benefits of having to drive only a couple of miles to a local big box store. How many of us make frequent pilgrimages to the Target in Sherwood or the Costcos in Salem or Tigard? A lot less gasoline would be needed, and our carbon footprint would shrink.
It is clear that the building of a big box store requiring 30 acres would provide our local economy a boost with the creation of many local jobs, while leaving 60 acres in industrial zoning. And if polled, I would bet that a majority of Yamhill County residents would be delighted to have such stores right here in our midst.
Howard Aster, owner of Aster Construction and Aster Realty, has developed more than 400 single-family lots and built 200 single-family homes in McMinnville. He has a master's degree in education from Linfield College, where he served as an assistant football coach between 1974 and 1980.
Sidonie Winfield - Limit size, restrict new stores to certain areas
The big box stores are coming! The big box stores are coming! For many, big box stores are an abomination not to be tolerated.
However, in McMinnville, big box stores are already here: Walmart, WinCo, Lowe's and Staples. If we're going to add more, it makes sense to place them in McMinnville, from a planning point of view. Clustering box stores in one community prevents sprawl; fewer shopping trips saves energy and reduces emissions. The question, then, becomes how to control the arrival of new stores and their visual impact.
Oregon is unique in containing sprawl with its land use laws; non-farm land available for commercial stores is limited. Where does McMinnville have space? Its urban growth boundary sets aside land for a variety of uses, but those uses are not interchangeable. East McMinnville, primarily east of Lafayette Avenue, is zoned industrial and, to maintain community economic balance, must stay open to noncommercial businesses. The corner of Hill Road and Baker Creek Road is slated for homes and a neighborhood commercial area. West of Albertsons would be an ideal fit for Target-type stores to anchor a multi–use shopping center, but restrictions may limit new stores from selling groceries there.
The southern land next to and behind the hospital is left as the primary source of potential development. Due to the presence of the hospital, Evergreen and other businesses on both sides of Highway 18, the argument for placing new buildings on farmland there is moot. But the infection of buildings on farmland has already spread. Additionally, the site has access to a highway for quick trips from outside McMinnville. Because the area has already been built upon, the consideration becomes how to best fit additional large buildings into McMinnville's aesthetic presence.
Big box stores run from 11,000 square feet for free-standing drug stores such as Walgreens, to the first-generation Walmarts, Lowe's, and Staples, which range from 60,000 to 140,000 square feet. The average size of Costco is 145,000; for Target, it's 135,000. Walmart and Target supercenters range from 180,000 to 250,000. Parking to support each store usually is twice the store size.
McMinnville's zoning ordinances, unlike other well-planned communities, do not include a size cap. The limited availability of commercial-space farmland under Oregon's land use laws have made it difficult for supercenters to be built, but it would be prudent for the planning commission to add a cap to the planning code of 150,000 square feet on commercial buildings. This limit would prevent potential abandonment of current big box stores to join a supercenter. Even with code-required maintenance of vacant buildings, they become visual holes in the immediate area. And filling ghost stores takes time. Remember how many years before Safeway moved into the vacant Ernst hardware building? A size cap would help prevent sprawl and abandoned buildings as well as forcing infill.
If any new stores are built, McMinnville is fortunate to have strong design standards. Planning codes require roofline and exterior specifications to fit in the community. Landscaping, sidewalks and parking lots with vegetation must provide specific visual buffers. Because of the southern commercial site's proximity to the South Yamhill River, big box applicants should work with the city to plan for river access. It would be a shame to waste the opportunity for a river walk or park.
If additional big box stores are coming to our town, energy will be saved by centering them here versus driving to Portland or Salem. Farmland elsewhere will be preserved, and the design of the stores will fit in with our community. The infection of "big boxitis" would be at least contained, localized in one area.
Sidonie Winfield lives in McMinnville. She is an attorney and past chair of the McMinnville Planning Commission. She says she spends far, far too much time chauffeuring her progeny to their various activities.
Rob Tracey - Shop as locally as possible, limit size of new stores
Each time we purchase a product or service, we cast a vote on how our money will move through the economic system. I prefer to support businesses likely to recycle money locally, support workers with living wages and other benefits and contribute to the wellbeing and livability of our community. This usually comes down to shopping locally.
You cannot pick up a copy of the News-Register or stroll down Third Street without encountering a list of benefits associated with shopping locally. I've taken the notion to heart. Where feasible, I attempt to keep the money I spend circulating through our local economic system.
Shopping locally is defined by degrees. My order of preference is: 1. Locally owned and independent businesses. 2. Independently owned franchised businesses. 3. Small chains encompassing only the county or state; 4. Larger chains. 5. Huge, multi-national chains building big box stores, where money spent ranges farthest from the local economy.
Benefits from keeping purchases local are significant and well-documented. Taxes paid to government are used more efficiently, as most small businesses locate in previously developed areas. They do not lobby for or receive the huge tax moratoriums or costly infrastructure development often demanded by big-box developments.
Greater economic vitality is realized, as each dollar spent with local enterprises circulates three times more than one spent with a chain. Small businesses build community, as unique establishments become meeting places. They place less stress on the environment by consuming less land, carrying more locally made products and locating closer to residents, eliminating car trips to stores on the outskirts of town.
I particularly try to minimize purchases from huge stores. I often find their staff poorly trained, perhaps a result of low wages and lack of significant benefits. In addition to paying their help poorly, they replace locally owned businesses, gobble up significant portions of limited infrastructure development funds and send their profits out of the community.
A 282-page study conducted by the prestigious Wharton School of Economics concludes that these stores locate in "new commercial environments in both urban and rural areas, usually pulling consumers from 'Main Streets' downtown and into the … mega-discount stores in adjacent areas situated on formerly industrial zoned areas, replete with more-than-ample blacktop parking lots.
"Furthermore, citizens have begun to feel the effects of social change … . Giant competitors begin to reduce employment on old 'Main Street.' Loss of job opportunities for both young and old leads to social instability, crime and violence, and creates a broad negative impact upon the sociology of the community."
Maine Businesses for Social Responsibility also studied detrimental effects of big box stores. Its study recommended local jurisdictions take the following actions to limit negative effects: limit maximum size, require comprehensive economic and community impact assessments prior to permitting stores larger than, perhaps, 20,000 square feet, establish maximum setback requirements and parking lot sizes, and accelerate permits for infill development to further encourage redevelopment of space downtown.
Having learned all of this, I feel more strongly than ever that McMinnville needs to carefully consider before adding any more monster stores to our local retail environment.
Currently, the city does not have any ordinances regulating the size of retail outlets. This raises a serious caution. If Walmart decides to abandon its current location and build an even larger store, which it has done in many communities, we will be stuck with a vacant mega-retail store and all the detrimental effects that brings.
The McMinnville City Council should declare a moratorium on approval of mega-retail stores until criteria are in place providing for the best interests of our community.
Rob Tracey is retired in McMinnville. He spends his time assisting with various ecological restoration projects, learning to propagate native plants, helping to take care of the native plant garden at the McMinnville Public Library and serving on the board of the Yamhill Watershed Stewardship Fund.


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The Gallo Wars started in 1960. It was the first time a mob family hierarchy was openly challenged. Joe Gallo put together a plan to kidnap the top tier of the Profaci family, much like "the Turk," Virgil Sollozzo, bagged the Corleone family consigliere Tom Hayden, played by Robert Duvall. Profaci escaped the kidnapping, but his brother-in-law and underboss Joe Magliocco was nabbed along with four Profaci caporegimes. Word is that Joe wanted to whack one of the hostages and demand money before the talks started, but Larry talked him out of it.
Others, like Alfred Ndrabu of the Catholic church 's Justice and Peace commission in Ituri, cited witnesses who claimedthe attack had been carried out by the Lendu and their allies. He said the Lendu had been initially repulsed by security forces but that they "returned with reinforcements, which was when they perpetrated the carnage." He claims 49 bodies have been recovered so far.
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What was supposed a memorable night for the seniors turned out to be something rather nightmarish. St. Anne played the rude guest in slapping an 81-41 loss on Tri-Point in a River Valley Conference boys' basketball contest Friday night.
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St. Anne closed out the first quarter with an 11-0 run. The 29-8 margin had Tri-Point buried early.
"They did exactly what good teams do. They did not let off the throttle," TP head coach Justin Cox said. "They were trying to prove a point. We might face them again for a regional championship and they're trying to prove a point that we shouldn't be playing with them."
The Cardinals' run grew to 15 points after they scored the first two baskets of the second period in taking a 33-8 lead.
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Supporters of public education lined the streets in front of state Sen. Tom Apodaca's office on Saturday afternoon, dressed in red, with signs criticizing the state budget that Gov. Pat McCrory signed into law in late July.
The protestors marched up and down a portion of Fifth Avenue with signs that read, "Public schools matter," "Our kids deserve more," and "First in flight, last in education."
The group, which totaled more than 160 protestors, listened as people took turns speaking through a sound system. Harold Hellickson, one of the event's six organizers, told the crowd that the event was "not politically motivated." Hellickson, Jacque Knable, Carol Repici, Chris Berg, Jim Thompson and Doug Freeman – members of Henderson County Citizen Advocate Fair Elections – organized the event.
It was more about pouring attention on the issue of education funding, Hellickson said.
"North Carolina is not getting the national publicity we feel it deserves," he told the crowd to applause.
Other current or former educators addressed the crowd as well. Rick Wood, a Henderson County School Board member, scolded the state legislature for its recent actions.
"The bottom line is our state has always valued public education," Wood told the crowd. He added that the state needs to "reverse the trend" of the past few years.
The main issues talked about on Saturday were the lack of raises for teachers, the cut in teaching assistants, and end to additional compensation for a master's degree, a decrease in textbook funding and a cut in classroom supplies.
Retired Balfour Principal Corum Smith said that the effects of the new state budget were extreme.
"They just wiped out stuff it's taken the school district years and years to get," Smith said.
All of these grievances were aired in front Apodaca's office -- along with an empty chair symbolizing his absence on Saturday.
In a phone interview, Apodaca defended a state budget that he is not "ashamed" of.
In fact, Apodaca said, K-12 education was the only educational institution in the state to get an increase in funds. Community school levels remained about the same and public universities took a cut, he said.
"We have spent more on education this year than in the history of North Carolina," he said. "We fully funded enrollment growth. That had to be our first priority."
He added that the state legislature fully funded the state pension plan for only the second time in the past decade and that there were no increases in premiums for health plans.
He also added that the state had to consider its other state employees – law enforcement officers, transportation workers and others – while making the budget.
"Perhaps we sent the county too much money if they're able to hand out 18 percent raises to administrators," Apodaca said. At a recent board meeting, the school board approved an increase in Superintendent David Jones' salary from $140,391 to $166,625.
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Michael Shane Abo, 34, an inactive reserve police officer for the city of Yamhill and a former Yamhill County Sheriff's deputy, was arrested Saturday morning by McMinnville police for allegedly physically abusing his girlfriend's 4-year-old son.
The boy is listed in critical condition at Oregon Health & Science University in Portland, according to police.
Abo is charged with two counts each of first-degree assault and first-degree criminal mischief. The assault charge is a Class A felony and Measure 11 offense, punishable on conviction by a mandatory minimum prison sentence. The criminal mistreatment charge is a Class C felony.
He is lodged in the Washington County Jail in Hillsboro on $1 million bail. Given Abo's local law enforcement connections, he was moved to Washington County from the local facility. He tentatively will be arraigned at 1:20 p.m. Monday in Yamhill County Circuit Court.
Yamhill County Sheriff Jack Crabtree also requested that McMinnville police investigate the alleged abuse.
Crabtree confirmed that Abo was terminated as a deputy with his department.
"His job performance was not up to our standards," Crabtree said. "We tried working with him."
Abo became a reserve with the Yamhill police in January 2013, but had not been active with the department since August, Chief Greg Graven said.
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The sheriff's office responded Tuesday night to a medical call at Abo's residence, 420 N.E. Evans St.. The boy was transported by Life Flight helicopter to OHSU
An Oregon State Police SWAT unit and the U.S. Marshals assisted in taking Abo into custody Saturday.
News-Register records show Abo was awarded a Yamhill County Sheriff's Lifesaving Award in April 2012.
Anyone with information about the case is asked to call McMinnville Police Detective Hugo Cerda at 503-434-7307.
See Tuesday's print edition for additional details.