Between Us

Ted Roe is a Democrat who is running for the seat in Oregon House District 41.  He talked with Don Merrill about why he is a student of Thomas Jefferson regarding public service, why he doesn't want schools to be simply about teaching students to take tests and why Oregon n... Read more

Patti Milne is a Repubican running for the Oregon Senate seat in the 11th Dist.  She talked with Don Merrill about why public safety with regards to marijuana use and undocumented immigrants are among her highest priorities, why it makes no sense to single out organizations... Read more

Ken Moore is a Democrat running for the Oregon House in District 24 which serves Yamhill County. He talked with Don Merrill about how he feels people who have concealed carry licenses are the "good guys", why he thinks his enthusiasm is why people chose him to run against a... Read more

Mike Nearman is a Republican running for the Oregon House in District 23.  He talked with Don Merrill about how reduced timber revenues have affected Polk County and why he opposes the Sherrif's way of handling them, how his timetable for joining the race got speeded up and... Read more

Republican Kim Thatcher currently holds the seat in House District 25 but is running for the seat in Senate District 13.  She talked with Don Merrill about why a return to vocational training in high school is important for kids who may not choose college, how checks and ba... Read more

Jim Thompson is an Oregon Republican who is running for House District 23.  He talked with Don Merrill about why he thinks his district is ready for a Repubican, why he is not a proponent for marijuana and why, as a strong constitutional republican, he believes opponents to... Read more

Garrett Rosenthal is a Democrat running for House District seat 37.  He talked with Don Merrill about how some of the revenue problems in timber counties might be related to taxpayer choice, why him being a policy wonk will serve his constituents and how his environmental e... Read more

Dennis Richardson is a Republican lawmaker in the Oregon legislature who wants to be Oregon's next Govenor.  He talked with Don Merrill about why Cover Oregon needs to be scrapped, why trade with China is essential to Oregon's economy and why a baseball analogy best applies... Read more

Jerry Greenfield is one-half of the famous Ben and Jerry's Ice Cream.  He was in Portland as part of Ben and Jerry's "Free Ice Cream Day", an event the company holds once a year to thank customers.  He talked with Don Merrill about company subsidaries operating in Israeli s... Read more

Thomas Goetz is an author who was motivated to write about the search for a cure for TB.  Inspired by his family, he received advanced degrees in public health and was drawn to the relationship between German microbiologist Robert Koch and England's premier mystery writer, ... Read more