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Russell Sadler

For more than 30 years, Russell Sadler's daily radio and television commentaries were heard on broadcast stations in Oregon, Southwest Washington and Northern California. His weekly newspaper column appeared regularly in many newspapers throughout the region. Today, he lives aboard a 30-foot trawler and travels regularly to Salem, Eugene, and Ashland. Sadler is a registered independent.

Published	Title	Comments	Likes
Sep. 23, 2010	Chris Dudley: No ideas, just platitudes written by lobbyists	8	9
Jun. 10, 2007	Democracy in the age of narrowcasting	4	0
May. 27, 2007	County payments and the single-minded, reckless, AWOL Republicans	17	0
May. 20, 2007	Hey Bill Gates, there's a better way to help schools.	65	0
May. 13, 2007	Five decades of land use: now unsustainable	57	0
May. 06, 2007	The M37 clock is ticking. Extend it, while we debate it.	35	0
Apr. 29, 2007	Measure 37: Don't mend it. End it!	172	0
Apr. 22, 2007	Expand the Bottle Bill: Some Solutions	22	0
Apr. 15, 2007	Oregon Republicans still don't get it.	36	0
Apr. 08, 2007	Q: Why is the budget taking so long to produce? A: Democracy.	7	0
Apr. 01, 2007	GPS-tracked mileage taxes, private toll roads, and other dumb gimmicks	62	0
Mar. 25, 2007	Education is not an assembly line	29	0
Mar. 18, 2007	Oregon's approaching water crisis	32	0
Mar. 11, 2007	The Republican Rainy Day Meltdown	48	0
Mar. 04, 2007	Global Warming: Why a regional agreement is a good thing.	20	0
Feb. 25, 2007	Supermajorities and Tax Reform	19	0
Feb. 18, 2007	30 years of Oregon history proves that pro-sprawl forces are wrong.	35	0
Feb. 11, 2007	Smith '08: Run, Ben Westlund, Run!	27	0
Feb. 04, 2007	Ethanol? Or real emissions reform?	23	0
Jan. 28, 2007	Measure 37's dirty little secret	43	0
Jan. 21, 2007	Obama runs, but will Oregonians help decide?	8	0
Jan. 14, 2007	School funding, class sizes, and health care reform	55	0
Jan. 07, 2007	Oregon's Post-WW2 Economic Engine: Higher Education	19	0
Dec. 31, 2006	Stop drunk driving? Sure. But sober drivers kill too.	21	0
Dec. 30, 2006	Ted Hallock: a champion for Oregon	0	0
Dec. 24, 2006	Atiyeh: "Ideology is not a substitute for policy."	17	0
Dec. 23, 2006	Christmas Trees	11	0
Dec. 17, 2006	Gordon Smith: "an affable figurehead"	26	0
Dec. 10, 2006	Measure 37 Land Rush: Backwards into the Past	33	0
Dec. 03, 2006	Gordon Smith: Not a moderate, not a maverick.	21	0
Nov. 26, 2006	On charity	49	0
Nov. 19, 2006	Why Republicans Got Thumped in Oregon	28	0
Nov. 12, 2006	Cleaning up the GOP wreckage in Oregon	15	0
Nov. 05, 2006	The failure of Oregon Republicans	33	0
Oct. 29, 2006	No on 45: A quaint theory, mugged by the facts	19	0
Oct. 22, 2006	Measure 40: Why are Supreme Court justices elected statewide?	8	0
Oct. 08, 2006	Measure 48: Funded out-of-state and fatally flawed	25	0
Oct. 01, 2006	Squandering the legacy of the past; stealing from the promise of the future	11	0
Sep. 17, 2006	Can we stop the toll roads?	17	0
Sep. 10, 2006	Learning from California	24	0
Sep. 03, 2006	The death of "moderate"	19	0
Aug. 27, 2006	Kicking Mary Starrett off the ballot	23	0
Aug. 20, 2006	Westlund's Withdrawal	23	0
Aug. 13, 2006	The Oregon Dead Zone	8	0
Jul. 30, 2006	Habitat destruction in the Puget Sound	4	0
Jul. 23, 2006	Ron Saxton's Faustian Bargain	16	0
Jul. 16, 2006	Tax Reform and the Governor's Race	9	0
Jul. 09, 2006	Why is voter turnout so low?	43	0
Jul. 02, 2006	Giving it All Away	14	0
Jun. 25, 2006	Back to the Future on Toll Roads	13	0

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