Political Coffee 3-26-20

Ballot measures to shut down future walkouts by legislators get ballot titles: the unions at it again. https://www.oregonlive.com/politics/2020/03/proposed-ballot-measures-aim-to-stop-oregon-lawmakers-from-walking-out.html

Oregon’s coming severe recession: special session coming to deal with a 2008 style downturn in state revenues: stop the sales tax? https://www.oregonlive.com/coronavirus/2020/03/oregon-faces-severe-economic-contraction-but-its-length-depends-on-coronavirus.html

Sen Tom Cotton’s idea to move pharmaceutical manufacturing back to America: duh! https://www.breitbart.com/health/2020/03/25/pinkerton-tom-cottons-idea-to-insource-u-s-pharmaceuticals-echoes-one-of-our-great-successes-in-world-war-two/

Beer to bike? Innovation in weird Portland: https://www.wweek.com/culture/2020/03/25/from-beer-by-bike-to-stripper-food-delivery-portland-businesses-are-adapting-on-the-fly-to-the-coronavirus-shutdown/

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