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To be fair, if there was no illegal act, whether or not he loses his job should be decided by the other commissioners based on City policies for termination of City employees. It should be part of the investigation of whether or not City resources were used inappropriately, or what is inappropriate as far as public interface. Sam should not resign.

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I think Sam Adams has served the public admirably and devotedly in his career. I'm disappointed in his lie, but I also know that many many leaders have made poor personal decisions yet done great things for many people in their career. As long as this was about Sam's personal life, and not a legal or work related incident, I hope we can move on and let Sam serve as our mayor. I think he can do it better than anyone else. I hope he doesn't resign, and that we can let the investigation proceed. I would like to have a place to publicly voice support over the calls of the Oregonian, Police Ass'n, and Just Out; I don't think they speak for everybody, they are just able to get their voices out more effectively.

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Having universal coverage will help in so many ways. Besides just being the moral thing to have in our society, one way or another, we all end up paying for people to get medical care, because when people get ill without coverage, they may end up not being able to pay their bill, thus requiring those bills to be recovered through higher fees for those who are paying. They may also have resisted getting treatment earlier, or preventative treatment, because they did not have coverage, costing more later. They may be causing stress and deprivation to their families with lost time from work, and the mounting bills.

As far as employers go, I think this would be a huge benefit to smaller employers. Small businesses are hurt more acutely by lost time due to illnesses (considering that early care ends up in less lost time), for one thing. Another thing is I believe that it helps small businesses be more competitive as an employer, because the insurance would be automatic. For me, I could never consider working for a small firm of 6 or 7, because their insurance costs for my family would not be possible for me to take. They are too small to get good group rates, or to be able to cover my family.

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I'm coming in late, so maybe this has been discussed. But the thing that bothers me about the GPS on Oregon registered vehicles, is that vehicles passing through, or not registered but driving regularaly in this state are not contributing their share to road upkeep.

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