[Grovenet] a puzzling observation

[Eric Canon]

--- Marguerite Storbo <mstorbo at comcast.net>
wrote:

> 
> I think that's the point, David. I believe (as
> a non-native Oregonian) that
> the observation was that people here do not
> seem to follow any recognizable
> trend in the rest of the country, they all seem
> to dance to their own
> different drummer.
> 
> Which I personally like a lot.

I like that, too. Back in the forties and
fifties, Wayne Morse was seen as "Oregonian" in
his independence when he was our senator. Tom
McCall, with his "visit don't stay" invitation
was cut from that cloth. We initiated the bottle
bill, and the idea that beaches were public
property, not to be privatized. The ban on bill
boards came about that time, too. Unheard of!

With our beaches, mountains, forests, deserts and
rivers, there is so much to do that does not
involve buying a ticket. Oregonians can have fun
by walking out their front doors. Hunting,
fishing, hiking, swimming, boating, camping.
Oregonians do it all.

We also lead the nation in our energy policies
and recycling. I had a friend who went to
Louisiana after Katrina. There is no recycling of
any kind in place there. It's all treated as
trash - paper, metals, glass. All goes to the
landfill. That would be unheard of here.