Sideswipe: April 19: Bread in captivity
18 Apr, 2021 05:00 PM
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Leave scam A Taiwanese man came up with an ingenious way of getting extended paid leave from work: he got married four times and divorced three times in just 37 days. According to Taiwanese law, a person has the right to eight days paid work leave when they get married, which is exactly what one unnamed clerk received when he got married last year. After that, it s back to work but the hero of our story had prepared for this in advance. On the last day of his eight-day leave, the man divorced his wife, only to marry her again the next day and ask for another paid leave, to which he felt he was entitled to, by law. He went on to marry the same woman four times, and divorce her three times in 37 days, for a total of 32 days of paid leave.
Customer reportedly fired six shots at Millcreek store clerk. He missed.
One suspect is in custody, and police are searching for a second man.
| April 5, 2021, 2:51 p.m.
A dispute over a declined credit card at a Millcreek convenience store almost turned deadly but the man who reportedly fired six shots at the shop clerk missed.
According to police, two men tried to buy several items at the 7-Eleven at 4051 S. State St. shortly before 6:30 a.m. on Friday. The credit card was declined all three times the clerk ran it.
One of the men “began showing the cashier his middle finger,” the Unified Police Department wrote in a probable cause statement, and the other man “produced a handgun and fired six rounds at the cashier,” narrowly missing him.
Anchorage voter turnout low so far compared to last mayoral election Published 2 days ago
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Print article So far this year, many Anchorage voters are taking their time returning their ballots, if they decide to vote in the municipal election at all. As of Wednesday, 21.7% fewer ballots had been returned to the city’s election center compared to the same
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before the election in 2018, data from the municipal clerk’s office show. Deputy Municipal Clerk Erika McConnell said that this year, ballot envelope return totals are lower than 2020 and 2018 to date, but higher than 2019. During the city’s first mail-in election in 2018, when Anchorage voters elected former Mayor Ethan Berkowitz to a second term, voter turnout smashed the city’s previous record from 2012.
House vote sends legislation to the Senate to ward off potential legal challenges
The conversion of hotels and motels to emergency shelters and low-cost housing would be eased under a bill that is halfway through the Oregon Legislature.
The House voted 41-12 on Wednesday, March 31, to send the bill to the Senate.
House Bill 3261 would exclude the conversion of hotels and motels purchased for emergency shelters or low-cost housing from land use challenges in cities and counties. Lawmakers made federal money available for such purchases last year under Project Turnkey, which is overseen by the Oregon Community Foundation.
Rep. Pam Marsh, D-Ashland, said some projects have proceeded, but others have stalled despite community support.