Author Trevor Loudon interview during the Morning Show tomorrow in the 7 O’clock hour.

Author of “Barack Obama and the enemies within” and his new book “The Enemies within”

Listening to Trevor speak was the highlight of the “Gathering of the Eagles” conservative event I attended over the weekend up in Turner. He spoke about many things which I thought were relevant to what is really taking place in the country today. His analysis on the fracture in the Republican part was spot on and his proposed solution was even better. By declaring now the 2016 cabinet it will give the GOP, Tea Party, Independents, and even reformed Democrats, who are sick of increase taxation and plain out lawlessness by the administration something to support. We need representatives who reflect the values of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights to everyone equally under the law.

It will be a great interview so tune in and learn more about the truth and Trevor Loudon.

Check out his website

Wrapping up the 18th annual Mid-Willamette fire school in Sweet Home last week. The event was a successful collaboration of the Oregon Department of Forestry, Willamette, Siuslaw, Umpqua, and Rouge River National Forests.

“The Fire School provides essential training in wild land fire for new firefighters and offers seasoned firefighters a chance to expand their skills and explore leadership opportunities” said Co-incident Commander Craig Pettinger.

Trainees spend the first part of the week in an intensive classroom setting that includes several field sessions. The five-day course culminates in a live fire exercise at the end of the week.

I had a great time participating in the media day coverage event of their final live fire final exercise. I was privileged to interview Candice Lawrence about the week and ask her some questions about this upcoming fire season.

Listen to the interview here

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The Oregon Supreme Court has finally cleared the way for a Portland man to circulate petitions calling for a statewide vote on banning studded tires.  Jeff Bernards was opposed from the outset by a group led by a former Governor Kulongoski spokeswoman, who now works for a public relations and lobbying firm hired by tire companies.  He won in court, so he can now try to collect 80-thousand signatures.  He says he will try to collect 110-thousand signatures, to be sure the studded tire ban qualifies for the ballot.  Bernards says studded tires cause more damage to Oregon roads than the state can afford to fix.  Opposition to the measure is expected from drivers in rural areas.

Frustrated Republican legislators are accusing Governor Kitzhaber’s negotiating team of giving away the store in labor contract talks.  The state budget was 3.5 billion dollars in the hole to start with last session, so legislators hoped to hold the line on salaries and benefits for unionized state workers.  But legislators don’t negotiate with state worker unions, which strongly backed Kitzhaber for Governor—the Governor’s office negotiates the salary and benefit deal with the unions that heavily financed his campaign.  The deal hikes the total cost to the state for its unionized workers by about seven and a half percent….and it came in 42 million dollars over budget.  A spokesman for the Governor called the deal ‘a reasonable settlement’. The ‘reasonable settlement’–42 million dollars over budget–coupled with news that recession-battered state revenues are already 200 million dollars short of budget estimates may force legislators to cut further into state programs when they meet in February.