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Electon 2008 is mostly over, and the trends on the west coast are clear. Most incumbents won, as usual. Democrats did well in Washington, Oregon and California, as well as nationally. Ballot measure kings EYMAN, SIZEMORE and MANNIX continued their losing streak, not even managing one win in Washington or Oregon. With energy and transportation, voting, and criminal justice issues dominating, Oregon and California both posted 12 ballot measures, continuing the thread of direct democracy on the coast. read more>>
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The North Coast in THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE UGLY
Garbed in sweats, a backward-turned baseball cap, and an unlit cigarette, Cannon Beach resident Mike Balesky fits the classic profile of the modern-day poker junkie. The 35 year-old Balesky has carved a minor livelihood both from local medium-stakes tournament- and ring-games, as well as from internet sessions and visits to Las Vegas. In one such venue—a lounge somewhere on the Oregon Coast (precisely where is none of your business)—he has joined about thirty other bettors for the weekly game. 
Gifts That Make a Difference, Grace Bazaar, 34th Annual Seaside Holiday Gift Fair, 8th Annual Help Feed The Hungry, Sixth Annual Holiday Abundance Swap, 13th Annual Starving Artist Faire, Artist’s Open Studio Tour, 4th Annual Manzanita Alternative Gift Market. 
On Saturday, October 25, 2008, NYC – West Village, the world's largest sage smudge stick traveled across Christopher Street, home to generations of queer history, ending at the Stonewall Inn, site of the defining event that marked the start of the modern gay rights movement in the United States, June 28, 1969. And today faces gentrification, driving queer communities out of Manhattan's West Village. 