Carla Axtman is a political animal and blogger. She started blogging in 2004 as a response to the malaise and frustration of progressive politics & politics on both the national & local levels. Carla specializes in online organizing and communications. Another politico recently referred to her thusly: "...a cross between a pitbull, a barracuda and a scorpion. ... She's ferocious."
| Published | Title |
| July 28, 2010 | Metro: Bob Stacey rocks it on land use |
| July 27, 2010 | Mannix's epic initiative failure complete |
| July 27, 2010 | OR-GOV: Swing State Project moves Kitzhaber/Dudley race to "tossup" |
| July 26, 2010 | Dispatch from the Desert 3: A few parting thoughts |
| July 26, 2010 | Updated: Kevin Mannix cries over failing to get enough signatures |
| July 23, 2010 | Kevin Mannix cries over failing to get enough signatures |
| July 23, 2010 | Dispatch from the Desert 2: The good fight goes on |
| July 22, 2010 | Dispatch from the Desert 1: Netroots Nation is cranky |
| July 21, 2010 | Weird and Wacky polls in the field? |
| July 18, 2010 | Spanning the State: Viva Las Vegas Edition |
| July 16, 2010 | Oregon Senate Republicans: finally for raising taxes! |
| July 13, 2010 | Urban and Rural Reserves comment period for LCDC ends tomorrow |
| July 13, 2010 | Job creation: courtesy of your government |
| July 12, 2010 | Badass local bloggers take on KBR |
| July 11, 2010 | Spanning the State: Finding the muse, Edition. |
| July 08, 2010 | OR-Sen: Huffman's ties to big oil and junkets for judges |
| July 07, 2010 | LUBA reverses Hillsboro airport zoning |
| July 06, 2010 | Shawn Lindsay fails the first basic campaign test |
| July 04, 2010 | Spanning the State: Kiss my ass, George III Edition |
| July 01, 2010 | 'Little Beirut': America's most patriotic city |
| June 30, 2010 | Tualatin Mayor: Announcing for fifth term on the same day housemate arrested for child porn |
| June 29, 2010 | If I were smart enough to reply to Kulongoski's economic austerity plan |
| June 27, 2010 | Spanning the State: Hammer and Ales Edition |
| June 22, 2010 | Maybe Lars will have these folks on his show, too. |
| June 21, 2010 | OR-Gov: Sifting through Dudley's defense of alleged child molester |
| June 20, 2010 | Spanning the State: Canis Lupus Edition |
| June 18, 2010 | Watersheds+Jobs, FTW! |
| June 14, 2010 | Metro approves urban and rural reserves after closed door meeting |
| June 13, 2010 | Spanning the State: Sunny skies make me feel good, edition |
| June 11, 2010 | Huffman: Oregonian is guilty of "blatant lies" |
| June 10, 2010 | OR-Gov: "Minor" parties find some mojo with fusion voting |
| June 09, 2010 | Post-Mortem: Yesterday's 12 State Primary |
| June 07, 2010 | Baker County seeing major flooding |
| June 06, 2010 | Spanning the State: Gleek addition |
| June 04, 2010 | If the BP oil spill were in Oregon |
| June 03, 2010 | PDX cafe owner shuns police |
| June 02, 2010 | Crying "uncle"! |
| May 30, 2010 | Spanning the State: Gloomy weather, gloomy state budget edition |
| May 28, 2010 | Oregon Realtors Association: Getting fleas |
| May 27, 2010 | OR-5: The only (sorta) competitive race in Oregon |
| May 25, 2010 | OR-Gov: The King of Wishful Thinking (or, Rasmussen says its tied) |
| May 24, 2010 | If you've lost Hayden Island, have you lost the CRC? |
| May 23, 2010 | Spanning the State: Blue Oregon Inaugural Edition |
| May 21, 2010 | WaCo Commission: lessons in bad faith |
| May 20, 2010 | Team Dudley needs to fire their fact checker |
| May 17, 2010 | A quandary: following up |
| May 16, 2010 | A quandary |
| May 14, 2010 | Earl pushes back on his non-opponent |
| May 12, 2010 | WA-Gov: Christine Gregoire on short list to replace Elena Kagan |
| May 10, 2010 | Andy Duyck: I get to break the laws I don't like |