Salem-News.com Articles written by Ersun Warncke

Is there a `Peoples` Solution` to Wrongful Convictions in Oregon?

The shortest and quickest route to justice here is to demand that Governors exercise their Constitutional duties.

(EUGENE, Ore.) - All I can say is that there is already a "solution" to wrongful convictions, which is the authority of the Governor to pardon wrongfully convicted individuals, completely superseding the entire judiciary, even the Supreme Court of the U.S. (for State convictions, not for Federal).

Governors in general, and certainly in Oregon, have abdicated their Constitutional duties and responsibilities in this area.

Oregon Transparency Project: Political Contributions

On the individual contribution side, the big spenders are fronting their own campaigns or the campaigns of their family members.

(EUGENE, Ore.) - The Oregon Transparency Project has expanded to include Political Contributions.

Supreme Error

"I do not understand why, in our system of dual sovereigns, Oregon must fly only in federal formation and not, as Oregon's motto provides, 'with her own wings.'" - Justice Martha Lee Walter

(EUGENE, Ore.) - The Oregon Supreme Court has a long history of siding with out-of-State corporate interests against average Oregonians.

The recent Emerald Steel decision, in which the court ruled that employers can fire medical marijuana patients, is the ultimate example of judicial activism by the Court against the people of this State.

Eugene Tea Party: If it`s Got Tax in the Title Vote No

It could have just been the beautiful weather, but everybody seemed pretty happy, even if they were carrying around signs heralding impending bankruptcy, slavery, and doom.

(EUGENE, Ore.) - In politics the simplest messages are the best. If any single message could be elucidated from the Tea Party event held in Eugene, it was one of generalized discontent with government.

Strangely, this generalized discontent with government did not extend to the point of keeping local Republican flunkies off the stage.

Oregon Transparency Project Launched by Salem-News.com

The state budget like most have never seen before.

(SALEM, Ore.) - In order to make the expenditure data released by the state more accessible to the public, Salem-News.com has launched the Oregon Transparency Project.