The Josi Report
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Along with most of the world, we here
Edge were appalled, shocked and frightened by
the Oklahoma City bombing. We rarely cover the
"news" in these pages, but this incident is
something that all Americans must speak out
against.
It seems a bunch of white guys who didn't get
to play "war" enough as adolescents have
succumbed to paranoid fears of Big Brother, and
have somehow been able to justify treason and
the murder of children. We have seen this
coming in America for years, the kind of
thinking that says we must destroy a village to
save it. The kind of intolerance, fear, and plain
old hate seen in the Anti-Gay initiatives of the
OCA. The bombings and murders of doctors by
Anti-Abortion zealots. The ongoing racial
violence and discrimination against aliens, legal
and otherwise. The use of religion as a litmus
test of patriotism. Prayer in school, and all that.
Well, you have to put up with a lot of horseshit in
a free country, but 5,000 pounds is too much.
There is a law in this country which states that it
is illegal to plot the overthrow of the
government by violent means. By non-violent
means is fair; give it a shot, the Republicans
managed it. If you don't like the laws, you vote
for change. You don't murder children. These
idiots who did this should never be allowed to
draw a free breath and never be let to forget it
was the future of this country that they have so
hideously betrayed.
Your beloved reverend is a "reverend" for two
reasons: first, to tease the "true believers" —
those who believe "God said it, Jesus did it, I
believe it, that settles it"; and second, because he
believes that compassion, hope, and a place for
the spirit are necessary for all human beings,
regardless of dogma. The First Amendment gives
him the freedom to follow his beliefs and speak
his mind. It gives him the freedom to publish his
views and to criticize the government. If so
inclined, he could mount a run for office, and
change the laws he disagrees with. This is a
nation of laws, and those laws were written to
protect the people from tyranny. They work
pretty Well, all things considered, better than
any other country on the planet so far. So,
please, folks, speak out against hate, vote against
intolerance, work for peaceful resolutions of
conflicts.
And remember, for evil to prevail requires that
good people do nothing.
stock of w here we have been, w here we are, and where
w e are going. It is part of the grow th experience of all
hum an beings. I have experienced such a period of
introspection this past year. This process has led me to
a decision that I need to share w ith you.
To begin with, I w ill be resigning m y seat in the
H ouse of R epresentatives effective som etim e this fall. I
have enjoyed the years I have served as your elected
official in Salem and w ill rem em ber them fondly. My
life has been enriched by the opportunity to m eet and
w ork with m any of you and to have the privilege of
helping som e of you through difficult times.
My decision to leave is based on several
considerations. The first is my fam ily; as m any of you
know , I have a wife, daughter and a young son. W hen I
first ran fo r this office I knew that it w ould m ean a
trem endous tim e com m itm ent on m y part. Initially,
being your R epresentative w as exhilarating and the
tim e spent aw ay from m y fam ily w as not an issue.
H ow ever, as I grow older, I find I m iss m y fam ily m ore
and m ore w hile I spend extended periods aw ay from
hom e cam paigning, doing constituent w ork and
attending legislative sessions. Because of this I find
m yself questioning my com m itm ent to the office. This
is not fair to you, as you deserve som eone w ho can
w holehe artedly devote them selve to the state's and to
your interests. T hat is w hy I am telling you now about
m y decision, so those interested in being appointed to
finish m y term m ay pursue the position.
The second reason I am resigning is that I have
recently been offered a business opportunity in Hawaii.
T he tim e is right for m e to reach out to this new career
and lifestyle. My fam ily has suffered financially over
the last five years w hile I have been your public
servant; the enum eration one receives as a
R epresentative does not replace the revenue I have
given up in m y personal business w hile tending to state
duties. It is im portant to take care of m y fam ily needs
Also, coming up will be more about the end of
the Lewis and Clark trail, and the village that
later became the site of Cannon Beach. We have
a copy of the map William Clark drew (see
below), and are continuing our efforts to gather
information for a possible archælogical
investigation of the site.
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now.
O ne of the considerations that has m ade it easier to
m ake th is decision is that during the years I have
served you, a m arked change has occurred in the way
politics is conducted in this state, O regon has been
follow ing the national trend w hereby men and w om en of
m oderate beliefs and conciliatory behavior are being
m arginalized in our political system . W e are rapidly
dividing into polarized interest groups and political
parties that have no interest in building understanding
and com m on ground betw een us, but rather in
dem eaning those w ho do not happen to agree w ith the
goals or view s of our particular group. W e are
becom ing increasingly dogm atic and rigid, less
accepting and benevolent tow ards each other, the earth,
and the w ell being of future generations. I am having
trouble dealing w ith the building cynicism tow ards
g overnm en t and politicians. I have tried to m ake a
positive difference by being here in Salem , I hope that I
have. N ow it is tim e for som eone else. Thank you for
giving m e the honor of being your S tate R epresentative.
I w ill alw ays be grateful.
Tim Josi
Well, as our constant readers know, the price of
newsprint keeps going up and up, and two
Oregon publications bit the dust last month. This
W eek and The Downtowner ceased publishing in
Portland. In Houston, TX, The Post, which had
survived for 111 years, printed its last issue;
leaving the fourth largest city in the country
with one daily newspaper.
We have entertained conspiracy theories in the
past (and were justified), and are again
suspicious of the owners of the Media. The
excuse is just too good to be true: "We have to
raise the price of newsprint (thus forcing many
small alternative voices out of business, and
silencing a lot of critics). But it’s not our fault;
blame the environmentalists, who won’t let us
cut down trees. (And we won't let you raise
hemp, which makes the best paper there is,
faster and cheaper than anything else, because
you might just smoke it.)"
So, the Edge, like a lot of small papers, will be
forced to either reduce the number of pages or
the number of copies we print, or in the best
possible of all worlds we will receive tons of
support from our advertisers and readers to
survive this crisis; but things are kind of scary
right now for all newspapers in America.
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Mr. Josi, Democratic Representative from Bay City, has
been sending us the Josi report regularly for several
years; and we regret that this is the first time we have
printed it. We are reminded that you don't miss the
water 'til the well runs dry. We have, for the most part,
been proud of Mr. Josi's work in the legislature and the
district, and his responsiveness to our problems. We
wish him and his family well. And to his replacement,
good luck; it will be needed. — ed
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