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September 10, 2009

Did You All Hear? That Alley Guy Finished That Walk Thing He Was Doin' There

I admire heart, spirit, and passion, and that's why I like Allen Alley.

Not enough to vote for him, mind: he's a Republican, after all. But he's a nice guy. Cared enough to walk 400 miles through the center of Oregon, from Baker City to Portland. Talked to people, did about 100 community events along the way.

And what does he get for his trouble?

The upper right hand corner of page B2 of Wednesday's Metro section of The Oregonian. The piece as published, written by the Shadout Mapes, was actually edited down … I only found out by reading the online version that he'd did all those community events.

That, and barely a blip in the polls. Meanwhile, the newsers are undoubtedly waiting for their invitations to the Atkinson roll-out, even though he's pretty much announced already.

If this was, like 1970 or 1980, he'd have someone like Tom McCall or Vic Atiyeh as opponents and he'd be getting more ink.

But, latterly, the ORGOPpers don't want candidates with good taste – they want candidates who taste good.

Posted by The Chinuk at September 10, 2009 03:14 PM