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Why are we expected to constantly be connected? twenty years ago we'd probably talk on the phone every few days and see each other once a week. A hundred and twenty years ago we'd write each other ...

Throw some red meat to Clackamas County and Vancouver residents by paving all of I-205 to the limit of the easement. Shut down I-5, through Portland and reclaim the real estate to create more housing ...

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