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Warmest winter in Salem. But are City leaders global warming deniers?

Meteorological winter -- December, January, February -- is over. It's official. This past winter tied with 1934 for the warmest winter ever in Salem, Oregon. Portland also had its warmest winter.  It's pretty damn obvious that the weather here in the northwest is getting weirder. Not only here, of course. All over. The cause is global warming. Almost certainly. I'd leave out the "almost," but I'm scientifically minded, and science is never 100% sure about anything. Just very highly sure. Three years ago we had a unusual spring cold spell. This year, we had an unusual winter-long warm spell. Just as…
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Bike boulevards are cool. Help Salem get them.

A great new group in town, Salem Bike Boulevard Advocates, needs your help. They're pushing to make Salem, Oregon a much more bike-friendly town. Which was the subject of my Strange Up Salem column in Salem Weekly a few weeks ago.  Angela Obery seeks to change things. She’s a long-time resident of the Highland neighborhood who has formed a Salem Bike Boulevard Advocates group. After talking with Obery I’m super-enthused about her vision. This could be a game-changer for enhancing our quality of life, along with making Salem more attractive to people and businesses thinking of coming here. A bike…
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