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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- An informed citizenry is a pesky thing

Greetings! A few issues combine this month to illustrate ways our society is damaged.  We are systematically being deprived of

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Tom’s Tidbits- Learning our real priorities

Greetings! Welcome to the new America, the country we get when people who don’t like or understand government attempt to

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Tom’s Tidbits for September- Dance to the beat of a different drummer

Greetings! What is the urgent force behind the latest pounding of the war drums for a strike on Syria?  The

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Tom’s Tidbits- Truth, Justice, or the American Way

Greetings! While we’re all waiting for the sentence in the Bradley Manning trial, I’d like to tell you a story. 

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Tom’s Tidbits- Snowden and the NSA… keep your eye on the ball

Greetings! Did Edward Snowden watch and learn from the lessons of Bradley Manning?  More importantly, have we? Manning leaked information

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Tom’s Tidbits- Obama’s scandals cripple needed action

Greetings! It’s been a rough month for the Obama administration as they fight scandals on all fronts.  Whether it’s because

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Tom’s Tidbits- Priorities matter. And they show.

Greetings! A wise person once said “there’s always time for the things you put first”.  Priorities matter and priorities show

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Greetings! Welcome to spring in Portland!  Back East the weather has been bad enough that Punxsutawney Phil, the Groundhog’s groundhog,

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Tom’s Tidbits- Death from above… Drones are here to stay.

Greetings! Drones are the latest profit driven tool of the military/industrial/congressional complex.  In some ways it’s surprising that it’s taken

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The Big Move is old news… Thankfully!

Greetings! It’s a new year, and the biggest thing to happen in Sellwood for a long time is now history. 

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Tom’s Tidbits- The first closure of the Sellwood Bridge

Greetings! The new year is bringing a huge change, not only to our Sellwood neighborhood but to the entire region. 

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Tom’s Tidbits- Fighting back on the loss of KPOJ

Greetings! This is our first newsletter since the KPOJ crash, so it’s my first chance to say anything about it.

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