In 2011, a team of Texas consultants hired by the Oregon Lottery visited dozens of Portland-area bars, restaurants and “delis” with video slot and poker machines to ask hundreds of patrons about their gambling habits. What they found is the exact opposite of the fun-loving image the lottery has cultivated for years. The biggest chunk […]
Our Two Cents – Perhaps the most positive and optimistic report in a long history of dour and dingy documents plopped out of the Oregon State Hospital this week – Excellent! All fixed. Turns out bricks and mortar, charming lists, graphics and more gobbledegook faux-business lingo evoke good psychiatric care. Everyone go home – watch […]
From the Salem Statesman Journal, April 25, 2011 Oregon State Hospital has been in the crosshairs of federal civil-rights investigators since mid-2006, and there appears to be no end in sight to the long-running inquiry. In fact, federal lawyers at the forefront of the investigation made two recent trips to Salem to gather more information […]
Opinion editorial from the Salem Statesman Journal, December 26, 2010 Governor-elect John Kitzhaber must tackle the issue head-on There is much on John Kitzhaber‘s to-do list as he prepares to return to the governor’s office. Yet, it’s evident that the governor-elect is well aware of the U.S. Department of Justice’s interest in the Oregon State […]
From the Salem Statesman Journal, December 18, 2010 Current governor had refused to meet with federal lawyers, but Kitzhaber might agree to a first face-to-face in February Talks between state officials and the U.S. Justice Department are planned for early next year, opening a new, high-level line of communication in the expanding federal investigation of […]
From the Salem Statesman Journal, November 20, 2010 Now what? That question looms for Oregon leaders in the wake of a letter sent last week to Attorney General John Kroger by a top lawyer in the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice. The two-page letter, which arrived on the eve of Thursday’s […]
From the Salem Statesman Journal, November 14, 2010 State officials will gather in Salem on Thursday for a ceremony hailing the looming opening of a “world-class” psychiatric facility that will replace the aged and obsolete Oregon State Hospital. Officials tout a new era of progressive care —changes that could resolve a four-year federal investigation into […]
From the Salem Statesman Journal, August 12, 2010 Governor, DHS director reject legislator’s appeal to cancel days for front-line hospital staffers A state legislator has called for Gov. Ted Kulongoski to cancel furlough days for workers on the front lines of patient care at the Oregon State Hospital. But Kulongoski and Human Services Director Bruce […]
From the Eugene Register-Guard, June 26, 2010 The proposed facility in Junction City faces declining support from lawmakers who are worried about the cost Opponents of a proposed psychiatric hospital in Junction City are gaining traction in their push to scrap it, because of a flagging state budget outlook that calls into question Oregon’s ability […]
The Oregon State Alcohol and Drug Policy Commission has produced a strategic plan in the form of a report to outgoing Governor Ted Kulongoski. It’s short on details and how to pay for it – but otherwise the report is terrific. Affirming the strategy in this report, and shifting funds to meet this blatant need […]
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