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Published daily in Bend, Oregon, by Western Communications, Inc. Copyright 2007.
July 28, 2005
Legislative panels formed to discuss difficult and contentious issues usually don't excite us much. More often than not, it seems they're little more than consolation prizes for lawmakers who can't get their colleagues to approve bills that would actually do something. Denied a chance to effect....