From the Salem Statesman Journal, February 28 2009 Angry union workers at the Oregon State Hospital staged a march on the superintendent’s office Thursday, protesting a proposal by Gov. Ted Kulongoski that state employees take 24 unpaid furlough days and a wage freeze during the next two years. More than 70 hospital employees crowded into […]
From the Portland Mercury, February 25 2009 One of Oregon’s most prominent civil rights attorneys compared Officer Jeff Myers to a Nazi in open court this morning. The attorney, Elden Rosenthal, was hired by the ACLU of Oregon last December to fight Myers’ secret list in court. “After the hearing last month, I got a […]
From the Curry County Coastal Pilot, February 25 2009 Curry County Clinical Director of Mental Health and the Drug and Alcohol Program, Teri Bell, has resigned and is leaving Curry County to return to Reno, Nev., in April. “I didn’t want to retire,” Bell said. She explained that, because of stringent budget cuts, her position […]
Press release from the Oregon Partnership, February 23 2009 OREGON PARTNERSHIP SUPPORTS LONG OVERDUE INCREASE IN MINUSCULE BEER TAX Oregon Partnership, a non-profit group dedicated to combating alcohol and drug abuse, has thrown its support behind an increase in the Oregon beer tax, which hasn’t been raised in 32 years. “Now is the time,” says […]
On Tuesday, March 31 2009 at 6 PM the hour-long BBC documentary video “Hearing Voices” will be screened at the Multnomah County Central Library in Portland, at 801 S.W. 10th Avenue. The 1995 documentary interviews a number of voice hearers and presents many different points of view on this little-understood phenomenon. The video will be […]
ALIEN BOY is a documentary film by Portland filmmaker Brian Lindstrom, and produced by the Mental Health Association of Portland. The film is about the life and death of James Chasse. Visit our ALIEN BOY web site and make a donation to help finish this community-based film project.
Opinion editorial by Mitch Greenlick, D-Portland; mitchgreenlick@msn.com Friday night I opened a very thoughtful e-mail on the condition of education funding and asking for increased funding for K-12 education. It was late in the evening and I found myself responding much more fully than I usually do at that time of night after a difficult […]
This update is provided by Disability Rights Oregon for February 13 2009 Oregon State Hospital Advisory Board Bill Stumbles On Tuesday, the Senate Health Care and Veterans Affairs Committee held a hearing on Senate Bill 25. This bill would create an advisory board for Oregon State Hospital. The original bill called for a board made […]
From the Oregonian, February 15 2009 The widow of a mentally distressed man who fell to his death from the roof of the Veterans Affairs Medical Center after seeking help there is suing doctors for $4.5 million. The suit claims that emergency room doctors who saw Jon Jacobsen on Feb. 5 and 6, 2007, failed […]
From OPB.org, February 13 2009 Like their colleagues across the country, legislators in Oregon are examining every nook and cranny of the current year’s budget. They have to figure out how to fill what could be an $800 million gap in cash. But some state agencies and social service advocates are warning lawmakers to avoid […]
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