Oregon Considered

Political Retaliation Downs North Bend Airport Bill

July 12, 2005

0712_northbend1.jpgIn any state legislature, the rule of you scratch my back, I'll scratch yours is so common it goes without saying. The flip side of that rule--retaliation for snubs and offenses--normally remains quiet and unspoken.

That's not the case with a proposal in Salem to expand the North Bend air.

Republican leaders in the Oregon House are not shy about the fact the plan appears dead because a Democrat from Coos Bay didn't cooperate with them on the issue of education funding.

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