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kind of too knee jerk imo. think about the kind of world you want to live in not just what it costs. no pain, no gain.

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The Oregon Historical Society museum is great and a wonderful resource for all of us but we need to also be aware of the ways OHS impacts us even if we never enter the building.

Many books, films and other actually products exist because their creators were able to find the materials and information they needed in OHS's archives. Those photographs of old Portland we enjoy in restaurants and other public places almost certainly came from OHS's photo archives (you can go there and order a photo too!).

There is so much in the OHS library. For example, OHS has hundreds of hours of recordings of Oregonians, famous and ordinary, talking about their lives, about what happened here. And you can go listen to them, hear our history in their actual voices. At least you can now. If you want to be able to in the future Vote Yes on 26-118

My biggest worry, if the measure doesn't pass, is what we will lose forever if OHS cannot afford the staff to gather the boxes in our offices, attics and basements. The stuff that will disappear and with them irreplaceable parts of our history. I'm talking about correspondence of our politicians and corporations, our photographs, our letters and diaries.

OHS is too important to our heritage to let it whither.

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I'm not surprised you don't appreciate OHS since you've never been there. How could you know what it offers that would interest you!

I don't hear you suggesting that the Multnomah County Library be supported by patronage. Or the public schools. Or the Fire Department.

OHS is so much more than a museum (not that that part isn't wonderful and enriching to our lives), it's also a keeper of our heritage, a place where we all can go to find our past. It's not just a place for historians to do research, e.g. anyone can go look for photos of their city, their neighborhood (and you can get a copy!), peruse journals written by pioneers coming across the Oregon trail, read newspapers going way back from all over the state.

I could go on and on, but the point is our history is IMPORTANT and OHS makes it ACCESSIBLE TO ALL. And when this measure passes entry to OHS, both the library and museum, will be free for everyone living in Multnomah County and to school children from the whole state.

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I find it difficult to believe in the sincerity of the Blue Cross representative since deciding to change my Medicare secondary provider earlier this year.

The Blue Cross application form asked extremely detailed questions for several years' history. The questions seemed designed to eliminate anyone who actually gets medical attention OR, more importantly, to put Blue Cross in the position to cancel an insured person for so-called lying because they failed to mention a doctor appointment 5 years ago.

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I am concerned about the proposal to unload liquified natural gas near Astoria and build a pipeline to transport it thru our state for the benefit of California.

I would like to know how the candidates stand on this issue and what they would do to protect us from this danger even though it's not, to my knowledge, going to come thru Portland itself.

posted 5 years ago
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