Posts from ‘December, 2008’

Larry Salci’s Latest Trainwreck
Larry Salci, the former president and CEO of (St. Louis) Metro, is back in the news.
Salci this week announced that his current firm, Colorado Railcar Manufacturing, has ceased operations and will have no employees as of tomorrow, December 31.
Salci took over as president and CEO of Colorado Railcar, a manufacturer of luxury [...]

Company behind TriMet WES railcars fails
Colorado Railcar Manufacturing, the company TriMet kept alive the past year with more than $5 million in public money, went out of business last week, unable to attract new financing.
I’m astounded by some of the statements from TriMet in this article
The agency contracted with Colorado Railcar in 2005, aware that [...]

Yellowstone Super-Volcano
Yellowstone is the crown jewel of the United States national park system. Its mountain vistas, wildlife and geographic features are visited and admired by people from around the world. More than any of those, however, it’s the park’s thermo-geological features that make it unlike any other part of the globe. No place on earth [...]

My 9 year old and I will be sitting in the 200 level, enjoying the Celtics vs. Blazers tonight.   I sure hope the Blazers do better then Sacramento did.

Oregon Driver Busted With .469 Blood Alcohol Level
The Oregon State Police have preliminary figures on highway fatalities and DUII arrests… and it includes the arrest of one driver who’s blood alcohol level of .469 was nearly 6 times the legal limit of .08.
The unidentified woman was in a vehicle that slid off the road in [...]

Stores in Oregon get ready for bottle bill changes
Starting Jan. 1, Oregonians will have to cough up an extra nickel when they buy a bottle of water.
Adding deposits for water containers is one of the major changes to the 38-year-old Oregon bottle bill that now covers beer and soda containers.
Legislation approved in 2007 law also [...]

Getting sweet on local sour ales with Cascade Brewing’s Ron Gansberg
A few years ago, Gansberg began tinkering in the basement of the Raccoon Lodge with an assortment of new oak, used wine, used whiskey and all manner of oak barrels where he unleashed a menagerie of microscopic critters to take the general perception of “beer [...]

As I’ve begun to restart AboutItAll.com | Oregon, I’ve gone looking for the some of the old promotional tools.   Orblogs is gone!   I found the “son of Orblogs” at Ignoregon.com.  Technorati is way different.  Oddly enough, although defunct for like 3 years – I see that 7 or 8 blogs still link to me!  (Thanks [...]

Oregon Governor Seeks Mandatory Efficiency Audits for Home Sales
Oregon’s governor, Ted Kulongoski, wants to require any owner selling or renting a home or commercial building in the state to obtain a certificate disclosing the property’s energy use and greenhouse gas emissions. The mandate, part of his climate change agenda for 2009, would take effect in [...]

Weather Service issues flood warnings for Oregon
The National Weather Service issued flood warnings for Lane, Coos and Curry counties Sunday morning and flood advisories for 16 other counties in Oregon and southwest Washington.
Aside: I apologize that my first post sends you off to OregonLive