Category Archives: Feature Articles

Insider Tips for Tom Dwyer Service

Posted on July 27, 2017 by tomdwyer

We’re not like other shops, and that’s YOUR advantage! We’re a full-service automotive shop offering rational, prioritized service advice based on YOUR auto ownership goals. But we’re more than that… we’re Tom Dwyer Automotive Services, and we’re not like any … Continue reading →

Posted in 2017 June and July, Feature Articles, New Client Orientation, Newsletter Columns, Newsletters | Tagged appointments, ASE certified, brochure, client, courtesy shuttle, estimates, feature articles, features, inspections, orientation, shop features | Comments Off

Kris Kobach to investigate Election Integrity… NOOO!!

Posted on May 19, 2017 by tomdwyer

Trump’s Election Integrity Investigation Headed by… wait for it… vote thief KRIS KOBACH! The Bible asks, “Which of you fathers, if your son asks for a fish, will give him a snake instead?” We now know the unsurprising answer is … Continue reading →

Posted in 2017 April, Feature Articles, Newsletter Columns, Newsletters, Politics | Tagged american, best democracy money can buy, census, corrupt, crosscheck, cybersecurity, democracy, election, election integrity, election integrity project, fraud, GOP, immigrant, kansas, kobach, palast, pence, political, republican, suppression, trump, voter, voter cross check, voter fraud, voting | Comments Off

Examining Reality Without a License

Posted on April 28, 2017 by tomdwyer

Oregon agency embarrasses state over traffic light timing On the heels of a worldwide March for Science to raise awareness of science and promote its role in policy making, we ran across a story right here in Oregon that exemplified … Continue reading →

Posted in 2017 April, Feature Articles, Newsletter Columns, Newsletters | Tagged beaverton, engineer, jarlstrom, oregon, oregon state board of examiners, osbeel, photo radar, photo tickets, practice engineering without a liscense, reality, red light, red light cameras, research, science, swedish air force, timing, traffic light, yellow light | Comments Off

Save the Internet with just ONE click

Posted on April 28, 2017 by tomdwyer

John Oliver makes another splash in Net Neutrality Surprise, surprise… the Trump Administration wants to end Net Neutrality. On the bright side they’re asking for your comments… at a poorly advertised, hard to find, and difficult-to-use public comment page. Comedian … Continue reading →

Posted in 2017 April, Feature Articles, Newsletter Columns, Newsletters | Tagged ajit pai, comment, fast lane, fcc, filing, gofccyourself.com, internet, isp, john oliver, net, net neutrality, Obama, slow lane, telecom, trump, verizon | Comments Off

We sang the Healthcare Blues… AND LOVED IT!

Posted on April 25, 2017 by tomdwyer

Report back from the 6th Annual Inner City Blues Fest! We spent the weekend in an intimate club filled with around 800 of our closest friends, all dressed to kill, listening to the rumbling growl of Norman Sylvester, the glistening … Continue reading →

Posted in 2017 April, events, Feature Articles, Features, Newsletter Columns | Tagged bob gross, doo doo funk, hcao, healing the healthcare blues, health care for all oregon, inner city blues festival, jesse jackson, ken cropper, larhonda steele, linda hornbuckle, mad as hell doctors, mary flower, mic crenshaw, norman sylvester, obo addy, okropong, oregon, ozier, rainbow coalition, single payer, strangetones | Comments Off

Don’t just sing the Healthcare Blues… FIX THEM!

Posted on April 13, 2017 by tomdwyer

The Inner City Blues Fest is back for its 6th dynamite year! Imagine yourself enjoying an excellent dinner in an intimate club filled with around 800 of your closest friends… all dressed to kill. The stage lights flare as the … Continue reading →

Posted in 2017 April, events, Feature Articles, Features, Newsletter Columns, Newsletters | Tagged bob gross, doo doo funk, hcao, healing the healthcare blues, health care for all oregon, inner city blues festival, jesse jackson, ken cropper, larhonda steele, linda hornbuckle, mad as hell doctors, mary flower, mic crenshaw, norman sylvester, obo addy, okropong, oregon, ozier, rainbow coalition, single payer, strangetone | Comments Off

The Envelope, Please…

Posted on March 22, 2017 by tomdwyer

Here’s the winner of our $500 Referral Reward yearly award Our Referral Reward Program is our way of saying “thanks” when our existing clients generously refer new clients to our shop. Every time a new client comes in we ask … Continue reading →

Posted in 2017 Feb Mar NL, Feature Articles, Newsletter Columns, Newsletters | Tagged planned parenthood, quarterly, referral, referral reward, yearly | Comments Off

Should Business and Politics Mix?

Posted on March 22, 2017 by tomdwyer

One of our clients didn’t think so, but here’s Tom’s view… When a client recently asked about our “#NotNormal-RESIST!” bumper stickers, we told her they “were in protest of the new administrations irregular behaviour”. It didn’t sit well. “Politics has … Continue reading →

Posted in 2017 Feb Mar NL, Feature Articles, Newsletter Columns, Newsletters | Tagged agenda, alec, big business, british east india company, business, chamber of commerce, chic-fil-a, citizen, civics, clients, climate change, commons, corporations, customers, democrat, feature articles, features, fossil fuel, gm, government, halliburton, history, hobby lobby, infrastructure, kboo, KPOJ, main street, main street alliance, merchant prince, Middle class, militarization, military, nfib, politics, Progressive, reagan, republican, robber baron, rush limbaugh, single payer, small business, small business adminstration, society, standard oil, supreme court, thom hartmann, tidbits, united fruit, wealthy, xray | Comments Off

The Best Turks are the Young Turks

Posted on March 22, 2017 by tomdwyer

The best news you aren’t watching… but everyone else is The Founders thought the Press important enough to protect it in the Constitution, while Donald Trump calls it the “enemy of the people”. Who to believe? There’s truth in both … Continue reading →

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A Last Look Back at 2016

Posted on January 11, 2017 by tomdwyer

All our Feature articles from a very long year. What kind of newsletter covers police violence, summer camps, labor motivation, single payer healthcare, community radio, screaming hot blues, and the best gasoline for your car? If you live in Portland … Continue reading →