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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.

Tom’s Tidbits- The silver lining

Greetings! As Karl Rove was spinning the 2012 Republican collapse, FOX’s Megyn Kelly famously asked “Is this just math that

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Tom’s Tidbits- Can we solve ANY problems anymore?

Greetings! In last month’s newsletter, on the heels of the riots in Ferguson, Missouri, we offered several articles on abuses

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Tom’s Tidbits- Cops and Courts gone wild

Greetings! Now that the protests and over-the-top police actions have stopped in Ferguson, Missouri, the story has all but dropped

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Tom’s Tidbits- Inversion? Diversion. It’s EVASION!

Greetings! I’ve been hearing a new term bouncing around the media lately.  Washington’s most recent faux outrage involves “inversion”.  Inversion

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Tom’s Tidbits-  Please, just stop talking.

Greetings! It was just over a year ago, in April of 2013, that ISIS officially announced its existence.  Just over

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Tom’s Tidbits- DON’T end money in politics… at least not this way!

Greetings! Bills to amend the Constitution are finally moving through the Senate and House that are supposed to address what

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Tom’s Tidbits- Democracy’s dead, so what’s the cure?

Greetings! A recent study documented the obvious… our government doesn’t give a damn about the wishes of the American people. 

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Tom’s Tidbits- The McCutcheon Fiasco

Greetings! One thing on my mind this month: the abominable Supreme Court decision in the McCutcheon v. FEC case.    Shaun

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Tom’s Tidbits- Finally… local radio returns to Portland’s airwaves!

Greetings! 488 days… that’s how long we’ve been without, informative, local, actual-over-the-air talk radio in Portland.  3 days… that’s how

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Tom’s Tidbits- Football is ready to stand alone

Greetings! The SuperBowl is one of the few remaining events Americans all gather together for.  108.4 million people watched this

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Tom’s Tidbits- Two reasons 2014 is already better than 2013

Greetings! …and our best wishes for a Happy 2014 for everyone! January means taking stock of the past and looking

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Tom’s Tidbits- A call for your support

Greetings! It’s been slightly over a year since we lost a good friend… November 9, 2012, was the day that

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