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...They're uncomplicated people," says James O. Smith, publisher of the Central Oregonian and the closest the county gets to a political scientist. Unlike Iowa's activists, Crook County's blue-collar residents resist single- issue appeals. Farmers have not fallen prey to the farm movement, and unions have not taken over the mills. Most important, no vote is predictable. Although 51% of the 7,090 voters are registered Democrats, they consistently defy party lines. "They vote the way they think," explains LaSelle Coles, 81, a Democrat who typifies this independence: he is heading up Bush's campaign...
...result is budget-busting pressure for more services that many people do not want in their vicinity. But beyond the fiscal debate, there is a painful ethical dilemma for many communities: Who should bear the burden of the common good? As often as not, neighborhoods are rising up to resist responsibility, and in some cases are turning to violence. "Too often we assume that the human being can achieve a good life without attending to the collective good," says Dr. Willard Gaylin, head of the Hastings Center for ethics in Briarcliff...
Only the most disciplined can resist the urge for better equipment, new hybrids, the latest indestructible orchid. Tools that were once an extension of arm and soul are now computer driven and high tech. Smith & Hawken, purveyor of top-drawer English garden tools, has grown from two guys selling ! tools nine years ago out of a California warehouse to a $30 million business...
...debate over the council's proper role is by no means a new one. When the council was created in 1982, the founders believed the body should consider a wide range of issues and should not resist issues which might be considered political, said former Council Chairman Brian R. Melendez '86, an original member of the council...
...them. Perhaps the most importantthing I have learned is when and how to shut up.Not every clever or cutting remark needs to gosaid. It's scary when I think of the cruel thingsI have said to people towards whom I felt nomalice. Given the set-up, I could not resist thepunchline...