Politics

Smart Growth and Sustainability Forum set for March 13

Submitted by The City of Wil... on Wed, 2010-03-03 08:00

You’re invited to engage in a lively discussion about Smart Growth on March 13 from 1p.m. to 3 p.m. at the Wilsonville City Hall.

What is Smart Growth and sustainability?

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Library presents “Night of a Thousand Stars: A Portrait of Life in Iraq”

Submitted by The City of Wil... on Thu, 2010-01-28 08:00

The Wilsonville Library is offering “Night of a Thousand Stars: A Portrait of Life in Iraq” on Wednesday, Feb. 10 at 6:30 p.m. The free discussion is about war, media bias, and American perceptions of Iraq and Middle Easterners.

Photojournalist Joel Preston Smith will lead the discussion. He is a freelance writer, photographer and artist based in Portland. Smith has served as a photojournalist in the U.S. Army and as a civilian on humanitarian aid missions to Rwanda, Honduras, Palestine and Iraq. He traveled in central and northern Iraq for four months in 2003, living with Iraqis and Kurd and patrolling with U.S. soldiers.

This program is hosted by Wilsonville Library and sponsored by Oregon Humanities (formerly Oregon Council for the Humanities).

For more information about this free community discussion, please contact John Smith at 503-682-2744 or smith@ci.wilsonville.or.us.

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It's Election Day - is your ballot in?

Submitted by KATU Communitie... on Tue, 2010-01-26 08:00

The Jan. 26 Special Election is here and two measures are at stake:

Measure 66 - Raises tax on household income at and above $250,000 (and $125,000 for individual filers). Reduces income taxes on unemployment benefits in 2009. Provides funds currently budgeted for education, health care, public safety, other services. LEARN MORE

Measure 67 - Raises $10 corporate minimum tax, business minimum tax, corporate profits tax. Provides funds currently budgeted for education, health care, public safety, other services. LEARN MORE

It's too late to mail in your ballot (postmarks don't count), but you can still drop it off up until 8 p.m. at many locations throughout town.

FIND A DROP-OFF LOCATION NEAR YOU

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City Council Meeting Dec. 21 at 7 p.m.

Submitted by The City of Wil... on Fri, 2009-12-18 08:31

The next City Council meeting is at 7 p.m. Dec. 21 in the Council Chambers. The agenda can be found at www.ci.wilsonville.or.us.

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Library presents - A Portrait of Life in Iraq

Submitted by The City of Wil... on Wed, 2009-11-18 08:44

Wilsonville Library presents
Night of a Thousand Stars: A Portrait of Life in Iraq

Free discussion about war, media bias, and American perceptions of Iraqis and middle easterners.

WILSONVILLE, Ore --- What would a comprehensive portrait of Iraqi society look like before and after the U.S. invasion in 2003, as seen from the perspectives of both Iraqis and U.S. soldiers?

This is the focus of “Night of a Thousand Stars: A Portrait of Life in Iraq,” a free conversation with photojournalist Joel Preston Smith on Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2009 at 6:30 p.m. at the Wilsonville Library, 8200 SW Wilsonville Road, Wilsonville. This program is hosted by the Wilsonville Library and sponsored by Oregon Humanities (formerly Oregon Council for the Humanities).

Smith is a freelance writer, photographer, and artist based in Portland.

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Mandatory closures at many state offices Friday

Submitted by Anita Kissée on Wed, 2009-10-14 21:43

If you have business to do with one of Oregon's many state agencies, you might want to try to get it done Thursday.

That's because Friday is the first of 10 state furlough days.

The state anticipates it will save around $2 million to $2.5 million each day - just in payroll - with this move to require unpaid time off.

It's the first of 10 closure days scheduled over the next two years. That means you will not find anyone at the DMV, employment offices, human services ... not even anyone doing testing at the DEQ.

But not all workers are off. State police and corrections officers are working, as are state courts, highway hazard crew and anyone critical to safety. Those workers will have to take an unpaid day off later, or take a pay cut.