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Published daily in Bend, Oregon, by Western Communications, Inc. Copyright 2007.
By James Sinks / The Bulletin
September 24, 2006
Once, Oregon was a beacon.
During the same time the Vietnam War and Watergate scandal cast a pall over national politics in the 1960s and 1970s, the state developed a reputation as a place of innovation and strong political leadership, of risk-taking and bipartisan solutions.
Gov. Tom McCall,....