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8211 SE 6th Ave
Portland, OR 97202

8am - 6pm Monday - Friday
Office Only: 8am - 11am Saturday

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From vehicle maintenance to community issues, Tom covers what matters to drivers in Portland.

Who Will Help In YOUR Hardest Time?

Who will help in YOUR hardest time? The Trauma Intervention Program was there when WE needed them. -By Charles Letherwood,

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What does my vehicle need in this heat?

What does my vehicle need in this heat? We may have some good news for you Let’s start with some

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The Appearance of Impropriety- A primer on a SCOTUS gone bad

The Appearance of Impropriety A primer on a SCOTUS gone bad For years there’s been so many jaw-dropping revelations from

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Who Owns Our Supreme Court? Meet Leonard Leo’s Federalist Society

Justice Clarence Thomas is currently at the center of an ethics scandal.  Actually, SEVERAL ethics scandals, and actually, several other

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The Audacity of George

George Santos kicks off his 2024 Presidential Re-Election Campaign at Wallace Books in Sellwood* (by Charles Letherwood, special to Your

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The Devil In All Of Us- With Tyre Nichols’ death, let’s look at where evil comes from

The Devil In All Of Us With Tyre Nichols’ death, let’s look at where evil comes from (updated from Feb

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What is the “Dark Enlightenment”?

What Is The  “Dark Enlightenment”? It’s the opposite of America. And it’s here. A truism of Conservative thought is “ideas

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MediCare fraud- A feature, not a bug

MediCare Fraud A feature, not a bug. “Insurance giants are exploiting Medicare Advantage-a corporate-managed program that threatens to result in

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Get Ready for Winter- Two critical areas of concern for winter driving

(Originally posted Dec 2011, updated Sep 2020 and Sep 2022 by Tom Dwyer Automotive Services) Fall is just ending, but

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RUN FOR SOMETHING!

Sick of the political candidates?  It’s because YOU aren’t in the race! In a never-ending quest for common ground, we

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Ranked Choice Voting

Ranked Choice Voting We’ll be voting on it in Portland in November… better understand it now. Portland voters face some

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The Powell Memo- Because every road starts somewhere.

The Powell Memo The roadmap to our current situation was drawn in 1971 If you look around at our media/political/corporate

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