Down The Sewer Pipe – Politically Speaking

Now that you all know the  “Sad Awful Truth” of being elected to public office, which is not dependant on smarts but the number of votes.  It seems odd that so many elected persons think that somehow they became elected on the value of their own personal brain matter.  Such is not the case because…

There are five things that we need to cover first before we continue the discussion. 5. Have a working relationship and understanding of the United States Constitution.             Every state in the union has a constitution and its basis is the United States Constitution.  All local laws, referred to as ordinances, must conform to both…

Down The Sewer Pipe is a blog about politics as it relates to governance in Portland Oregon, Oregon in general, and the United States of America overall.  I will not comment on your community and how things are run there, as I do not live there. This is designed to look at politics as a…