Category Archives: Feature Articles

A Very Good IDEA- Intellectual Deficit Equalization Act could fix big problems

Posted on April 3, 2013 by tomdwyer

When it comes to federal spending, all states are not created equal. Some states receive far more federal money than they’ve paid in federal taxes. A whopping 84 percent of the states that get back more than they pay in … Continue reading →

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FREE Solar Power- How to put a solar energy system on your house… for free!

Posted on March 4, 2013 by tomdwyer

Have you considered solar energy for your home or business? If a company’s given you an estimate for solar then you may have had a common experience for solar enthusiasts… sticker shock. One of the main things slowing the spread … Continue reading →

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Automotive Amnesty- Get a 15% break on those services you’ve been putting off

Posted on March 4, 2013 by tomdwyer

Every so often, we try to do something to help our clients with the high cost of keeping their vehicles up to snuff. If you’ve had a list of repair recommendations that’s been stacking up on your vehicle then you’ll … Continue reading →

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Save Green By Driving Green- Save 10% on labor charges… oh, and save the planet too.

Posted on March 4, 2013 by tomdwyer

Many of our clients don’t know about one of our shop’s proudest accomplishments, a partnership with Bonneville Environmental Foundation to offset the carbon production of our client’s vehicles. Since we started our Carbon Neutral Program (CNP) in 2007, members have … Continue reading →

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Welcome Back, Buddy- A photo essay on the Sellwood Bridge’s big move

Posted on February 5, 2013 by tomdwyer

The Sellwood Bridge, our rickety neighbor two blocks from the shop, opened ahead of schedule after a one week closure. We’ve written a lot about the bridge throughout its construction, but in celebration of the new bridge we won’t write … Continue reading →

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Conversation With Carl- The Lone Light of Progressive Talk in Portland returns to the air

Posted on February 5, 2013 by tomdwyer

At the far end of Division Street sits a small building with a banana on the side. Once home to an overstock liquidator, it now houses a massage therapist, two vegan restaurants, and a homemade beer shop, but there’s more … Continue reading →

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2012 Year In Review- Our Feature articles from 2012

Posted on January 7, 2013 by tomdwyer

It’s our privilege to send you this newsletter each month, and we don’t take that privilege lightly. You didn’t have to give us your email address, but you did. You don’t have to keep us off your “blocked senders” list … Continue reading →

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Sellwood Bridge Closure- The Sellwood Bridge is closed from Jan 17th -24th. Here’s what we’re doing about it.

Posted on January 7, 2013 by tomdwyer

January is a month for Your Car Matters to take it easy. We have fun going back and looking at everything we wrote about last year. However, there is one issue that can’t just get the “look back” treatment this … Continue reading →

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The KPOJ Debacle- Death comes to Progressive Talk in Portland

Posted on December 4, 2012 by tomdwyer

Well! The Friday after the election turned out to be quite a day for us at the shop. Obama had been in office two whole days when we got the news that KPOJ was dead. The following week was total … Continue reading →

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Icelandic Revolution- Iceland’s Crowd-sourced Constitution

Posted on December 4, 2012 by tomdwyer

“Inside Job”, the story of the 2008 global financial meltdown and its aftermath, opens with the story of Iceland. Before the crisis it was a small but stable country with a quiet and secure financial sector, but the crisis hit … Continue reading →