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Quinta das Amoras, Vinho Tinto 2009
Mauro Molino, Barbera d'Alba 2009
Garda Chiaretto Rose
Columbia Crest, Two Vines Vineyard 10 White
Chateau Ste. Michelle, Pinot Gris, Columbia Valley 2009
L'Hortus, Rose de Saignee 2010
Maculan, Pino & Toi 2008
McKinley Springs, Bombing Range Red 2008
Trader Joe's Pinot Gris 2009
Montes Alpha, Cabernet 2007
Gran Sasso, Sangiovese, Terre di Chieti 2009
Garda, Classico Chiaretto Rose
Beaulieu, Cabernet, Rutherford 1999
Picos del Montgo, Tempranillo 2008
Chateau de Montmirail, Vacqueyras 2008
La Granja 360, Syrah 2009
Montgras, Carmenere Reserva 2009
Lange, Pinot Gris 2009
Columbia Crest, Horse Heaven Hills Cabernet 2008
Kirkland, Pinot Grigio 2010
Trader Joe's Coastal Syrah 2009
Columbia Crest, Horse Heaven Hills Merlot 2008
Trader Joe's Coastal Chardonnay 2009
Vieux Papes Red
Domaine de l'Aujardiere, Chardonnay 2009
Santa Rita, Cabernet, Medalla Real 2007
Penfold's, Koonunga Hill Shiraz Cabernet 2008
Guild, Red, Lot #02 2008
Dievole, Dievolino Sangiovese 2008
Laforet, Burgogne Chardonnay 2009
Columbia Winery, Merlot 2007
Bonterra, Cabernet 2008
Elk Cove, Pinot Gris 2009
Maquis Lien 2006
Scott Paul, Pinot Noir, Le Paulee 2007
Cameron, Chardonnay
B.R. Cohn, Cabernet, Silver Label 2006
Graffigna, Cabernet 2005
Palo Alto, Reserve Red 2008
Menguante, Garnacha 2008
Lange, Pinot Gris 2009
Felsina Berardenga, Vin Santo 1997
Anne Amie, Pinot Gris 2009
McKinley Springs, Bombing Ramge Red 2007
Vieux Papes Red
Dionysius Chardonnay 2009
Haden Fig, Pinot Noir 2009
Vega Montan, Mencia 2008
Chateau la Vernede, Coteaux du Languedoc 2007
Mount Defiance, Hellfire (White) 2008
Root: 1, Cabernet 2008
Columbia Crest, Two Vines Pinot Grigio 2009
Columbia Crest, Two Vines, Vineyard 10 White, 2008
Columbia Crest, Two Vines, Vineyard 10 Rose, 2007
Abacela, Grenache Rose 2009
Avia Cabernet 2004
Lemelson Pinot Noir, Thea's Selection 2007
Chateau de la Roulerie, Rose d'Anjou 2009
Casal Garcia, Vinho Verde Rose
La Ferme Julien, Rose 2008
Cana's Feast, Bricco Red, 2006
Hogue, Genesis Merlot, 2008
Owen Roe, Sharecropper's Cabernet, 2008
Kim Crawford, Unoaked Chardonnay 2008
J. Scott, Pinot Noir 2008
Edmunds St. John, White, Heart of Gold 2008
Columbia Crest, Walter Clore Private Reserve 2006
Stevenot, Cabernet, Sierra Foothills, "Stanford" 2000
Portuga, Vinho Rose 2009
Taylor Fladgate, First Estate Reserve Porto
Franciscan, Cabernet, Napa 2006
Chaparral de Vega Sindoa, Garnacha 2008
Quinta da Aveleda, Vinho Verde 2008
St. Francis, Chardonnay Sonoma 2008
E. Guigal, Cotes du Rhone Blanc, 2007
Edmunds St. John, Bone-Jolly, Gamay Noir 2008
St. Innocent, Pinot Noir 2006
Jigsaw, Pinot Noir 2007
Chateau Ste. Michelle, Merlot, Indian Wells 2007
Charles Shaw, Chardonnay 2008
Edmunds St. John, Bone-Jolly, Gamay Rosé 2009
Cameron, Willamette Valley Chardonnay
Il Valore, Sangiovese, Giovane, Puglia 2008
Duck Pond, Chardonnay, Wahluke Slope 2007
Kim Crawford, Marlborough Pinot Noir 2008
Domaine du Pesquier, Cotes du Rhone 2005
Cantina Zaccagnini, Montepulciano d'Abruzzo 2006
Domaine Matrot, Chardonnay, Bourgogne 2007
David Hill, Oregon Sparkling Wine, Brut
Chandler Reach, Monte Regalo 2006
Elk Cove, Pinot Gris 2008
Kirkland, Columbia Valley Merlot 2008
D'Aragon, Old Vine Garnacha 2008
Columbia Crest, Walter Clore Private Reserve 2005
Pavin & Riley, Merlot 2006
David Hill, Estate Pinot Noir, Barrel Select 2006
Castle Rock, Paso Robles Cabernet 2006
Magnificent, Cabernet, Steak House 2008
Conundrum 2008
Beaulieu, Cabernet, Rutherford 1998
Saint Cosme, Cotes-du-Rhone 2007
La Granja, Tempranillo 360, 2008
Santa Rita, Mendalla Real Cabernet 2006
Columbia Crest, Grand Estates Merlot 2006
Andezon, Cotes-du-Rhone 2007
Collegiata, Montepulciano d'Abruzzo
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La Granja, Tempranillo 2008
Monte Antico, Toscana 2006
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Sharon Creech - Walk Two Moons
Keith Richards - Life
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Natalie Babbitt - Tuck Everlasting
Justin Halpern - S#*t My Dad Says
Mark Herrmann - The Curmudgeon's Guide to Practicing Law
Barry Glassner - The Gospel of Food
Phil Stanford - The Peyton-Allan Files
Jesse Katz - The Opposite Field
Evelyn Waugh - Brideshead Revisited
J.K. Rowling - Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
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Donald Miller - A Million Miles in a Thousand Years
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Grace Lin - The Year of the Rat
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Madeline L'Engle - A Wrinkle in Time
Steven Hart - The Last Three Miles
David Sedaris - Me Talk Pretty One Day
Karen Armstrong - The Spiral Staircase
Charles Larson - The Portland Murders
Adrian Wojnarowski - The Miracle of St. Anthony
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Rick Moody - Garden State
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David Sedaris - Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim
Anthony Holden - Big Deal
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Miles run year to date: 26
At this date last year: 15
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In 2010: 125
In 2009: 67
In 2008: 28
In 2007: 113
In 2006: 100
In 2005: 149
In 2004: 204
In 2003: 269
Comments (12)
Heck I would do that job for $110,000.00
Who do I call, Obama?
Posted by Ben | October 31, 2009 4:56 PM
Hey, I've got an idea. When elected officials want to resign before their term expires, they have to pay the cost of holding a special election to replace them.
If you don't want to serve out the term, don't run in the first place.
Posted by George Anonymuncule Seldes | October 31, 2009 5:54 PM
Does her PERS seniority transfer to the federal pig trough?
The only reason to do the State Legislature gig for $21K per year is to gain retirement time before you bolt to a six figure job appointed by some Party comrade.
Who wants to retire with a PERS based on your $21K per year, when you can get a cush $100K+ job.
As JFK says, ask not what you can do for your country, but what can your country do for you.
Posted by Harry | October 31, 2009 6:13 PM
Say what you will, but they do take care of their own.
Imagine what harm she could do with a little Blog and a lot of anger.
Posted by Abe | October 31, 2009 6:36 PM
That's easy to answer, No her PERS doesn't transfer to the Feds. And salary not possible pension is the reason to move to a Federal position at this stage of her career.
Posted by Greg C | October 31, 2009 6:38 PM
Five years in a Fed position gets her post-retirement health care benefits for life.
If necessary, folks like her can find a way to transition into a civil service position if they see a change in administration coming.
Posted by Grady Foster | October 31, 2009 7:24 PM
What happened, Vicki? Who got to you? Very, Very sad to see you sell out like that...
Posted by notapottedplant | October 31, 2009 8:32 PM
It should be pretty obvious that her past court reporting gig was not paying off.
Posted by Dave A. | October 31, 2009 11:13 PM
Life is all about who you know, what you know means virtually nothing.
Posted by al m | October 31, 2009 11:36 PM
Vicki is the person who stood up and exposed Neil, right? So, she has guts and integrity. So, I would hope that she will work hard and do a good job in her new position.
Posted by Joel | November 1, 2009 7:18 AM
I see it as a "hush position". Sad, but typical when individuals in government get too knowledgeable about the disgusting.
Review the Oregonians article on the energy tax credit scams reported today. State employees are being fired or excused for whistleblowing. With the Oregonian being very proactive in promoting tax credits (for about anything) and lauding "sustainability" endlessly, for them to write the following is amazing:
"State officials DELIBERATELY UNDERESTIMATED the cost of Gov. Ted Kulongoski's plan to lure green energy companies to Oegon with big taxpayer subsidies, resulting in a program that cost 40 times more than unsuspecting lawmakers were told..."
With the bad economy and even with stimulus dollars benefiting mostly government employees by 85%, maybe there are not enough government jobs left to quiet all the disgruntled employees like they may have done with Walker.
Posted by lw | November 1, 2009 11:35 AM
I have to say that the "unsuspecting lawmakers" line is pretty charitable.
Although, in their defense, we have definitely set things up to fail in terms of expecting any legislative oversight. Nobody wants to think about the downside of the very part-time Legislature that we have, but this debacle should definitely count towards that tally.
When the Leg meets it's absolute bedlam, with hearings stacked upon hearings stacked upon hearings, with lobbyists being the only ones who've had any time to prepare. The schedule is so compressed that there's little or no attempt by the Leg to do any form of oversight, of to simply have any time to learn about how the last set of laws are working out.
Basically we run a very large, round-the-clock diversified business with a very part-time absentee board of directors made up of amateurs, none of whom got the seat on the board because of any particular competence in program evaluation.
Posted by George Anonymuncule Seldes | November 3, 2009 9:13 AM