FORECLOSURE WARS -- Do not lose your home!

Southern Oregon Homeowner Foreclosure Support Group, 01.02.2010 - 19:43
"If you are in foreclosure you are not alone. We are getting traction on this foreclosure disaster—
We have gotten some of our foreclosures stopped and cancelled and are obtaining transparency on our loan issues in Jackson County so we can put together smart foreclosure defenses." --Southern Oregon Homeowners Foreclosure Support Group

FORECLOSURE WARS! -- WORKSHOP IN SOUTHERN OREGON
Date: Saturday February 6, 2010
Time: 9:00am to noon
Location: TBA (space limited) must pre-register
Donation: $20.00 per household (no children please) This donation covers cost to put on the program. No one will be turned away for the sake of money.
RSVP: 541-664-8332
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On Middle School

Vanessa Houk, 26.01.2010 - 09:49
Seventh grade is what we send people to in order to prepare them to enter the military and go off to war. It was lumpy meanness and blight.
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Tax Fairness Protest @ US Bank in Ashland, OR

YES ON MEASURES 66 & 67, 21.01.2010 - 16:51
January 19, 2010- Oregonians marched on US Bank in Ashland to protest the bank's disrespect for its unemployed customers. For the bank its nothing but greedy profit that drives its huge contributions to the NO on Measures 66 & 67 campaign. At the same time they spend big bucks to defeat these measures the US Bank gets money and unemployed customers because it has a contract with the State of Oregon to automatically receive unemployment compensation bucks from people who have been laid off from work. The bank actually stands to gain as unemployed ranks swell.

Southern Oregon Jobs with Justice organized this action. Protesters included 42 WRAP travelers mainly from Portland on their way to San Francisco for a west coast convergence calling attention to the national travesty of homelessness. Most of the travelers are without homes or jobs so the protest at the bank has direct implications for them. The WRAP travelers were joined by Southern Oregonians and the crowd of over 60 presented over 1000 names on a petition calling on US Bank to stop abusing its unemployed customers. Passing measures 66 and 67 will help the most effected in this recession.

The demonstration took place during a wind and rain storm. Protesters chanted loudly: "We got sold out. Banks got bailed out." A bank manager refused to accept the petitions so they were taped to the teller window.

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Vote YES for the Unemployed Rally in Ashland

Y E S * O N * B A L L O T * M E A S U R E S * 6 6 * & * 6 7, 16.01.2010 - 08:04
No More Tax Breaks for Big Banks: Oregonians Protest US Bank’s Opposition to Ballot Measures 66 & 67

Ashland, OR – Over 60 unemployed people will hold a rally where they will urge Oregonians to vote YES for tax fairness. They will also deliver a petition with over 1,000 signatures, protesting US Bank’s opposition to Ballot Measures 66 & 67. The rally will be held in front of US Bank at 30 North 2nd Street Ashland, OR at 9 am Tuesday, January 19. Tax Fairness Oregon is coordinating this effort with Southern Oregon Jobs With Justice, Western Regional Advocacy Project, Sisters Of The Road, and Street Roots.
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House Keys Not Handcuffs -- End Homelessness

Western Regional Advocacy Project -- W R A P, 15.01.2010 - 00:00
Homelessness Ends with A Home - House Keys Not Handcuffs

Housing representatives of WRAP (Western Regional Advocacy Council) will be stopping in Ashland on their way to San Francisco for a Mass Action to End Homelessness and will take part in a program at the Ashland Community Center at 7 pm that evening. The program, tying in with Martin Luther King Day, will deal with homelessness, fair housing and civil rights and will be free and open to the public.

MONDAY, JANUARY 18, 2010 7:00 PM
ASHLAND COMMUNITY CENTER
59 WINBURN WAY
ASHLAND, OREGON

*UPDATE* -- "Oregon State Representative Peter Buckley will be attending the event and will speak briefly at 7 pm prior to the panel discussion."--Nancy Spencer, for the WRAP Event Committee

Sponsors: WRAP, Sisters of the Road, Women's International League for Peace & Freedom (WILPF), League of Women Voters, Congregational United Church of Christ, Oregon Action, Southern Oregon Jobs with Justice, Peace House, Justice & Social Action of the Unitarian Fellowship, KSKQ, and Citizens for Peace & Justice

For more information email Nancy Spencer at  nanspen@mind.net or call 541-488-1561

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Demand US Bank stop hurting the unemployed

* TAX * F A I R N E S S * N O W ! *, 13.01.2010 - 19:12
OREGON'S UNEMPLOYED DESERVE A BREAK

Holding an incredibly powerful position to exploit unemployed Oregonians US Bank has spent big bucks to defeat measures 66 and 67 in the current January 26, 2010 election.

US Bank is the largest bank in Oregon. It is also the issuer of the ReliaCard, a "prepaid Visa" card through which out-of-work Oregonians receive their unemployment benefits. As a result, hundreds of thousands of US Bank's unemployed customers would get a tax cut if Oregonians vote YES for tax fairness. However, US Bank is opposing these efforts. It is simple - if the big banks win, out of work Oregonians will lose.

This issue is further explained by Tax Fairness Oregon. Go to their website and get the details and SIGN THE PETITION demanding the US Bank stop hurting its unemployed customers.

Tax Fairness Oregon
 http://www.taxfairnessoregon.org
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SOU M66 and M67 Panel Discussion

Cascadian, 12.01.2010 - 06:16
Saturday, January 9th League of Women Voters and Associated Students of SOU (ASSOU) co-sponsored a panel discussion about our upcoming election on Measure 66 and 67. It took place at the Southern Oregon University Stevenson Union. Senator Alan Bates and Representative Peter Buckley presented the “Yes” position and answered questions from the audience.
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"Take Back the Night" March through Ashland

Ashlander, 11.01.2010 - 05:14
Sunday January 10th here in Ashland a "Take Back the Night" march and candlelight vigil took place. There were 75-100 women, men and children in the march which started out at Triangle Park and made it's way down Siskiyou to the Downtown Plaza.
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RogueIMC offline for maintenance

adminteer, 10.01.2010 - 07:28
The RogueIMC server will be taken offline Sunday morning (Jan 10, 2010) for routine maintenance.
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Take Action Now to Stop the LNG Bill

Cascadian, 08.01.2010 - 13:58
Take Action Now to Stop the LNG Fast Track Bill!
Work Session for "LC 85" Scheduled for Next Week

In the last Oregon legislative session we worked hard to successfully defeat House Bill 3058, the LNG Fast-track bill. That bill that would have undermined property rights and threatened natural resources by allowing pipeline and utility companies to get permits to fill wetlands on private lands without landowner permission, thereby hastening the permitting process for LNG-related pipelines. Now, Senator Metsger is proposing the same bill for the February Special Session and we need to tell our elected leaders that this is not acceptable!
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