Feb. 23: Benton County Stormwater Meeting

How does the rain that falls in Benton County lead to pollution in the Willamette River? The problem is not the rain, but pollutants in the ground it falls on, and the Benton County code is being updated to address this issue. ∴ The county is planning a public meeting – scheduled from 7 to 8 p.m. on Feb. 23 at the Corvallis-Benton County Public Library meeting room – to focus on the updates to the county code, which are designed to improve water quality through local erosion control and some “post construction” stormwater management requirements. Read more at The Benton County Website

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AP Sources: Obama admin. weighs regulatory panel

BREITBART NEWS, 5/19, 2009 by Martin Crusinger - WASHINGTON (AP) - The Obama administration is actively considering creation of a regulatory commission to protect consumers of financial products in an effort to crack down on some of the abuses that helped trigger the current financial crisis, according to administration and industry officials. Read more at Breitbart...

brainchild: How about a citizen regulatory commission to crack down on lawmakers, eg. Barney Frank, Chris Dodd and others? Read More......