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Editor s note:
Last year, just days after Oregon got its first reported cases of COVID-19, I put an offer on a house in the Orchard District. As a first-time homebuyer, it felt crazy to do so at that time and people tried to talk me out of it but as we ve seen over this past year, 2020 did not bring a real estate crash like other calamities have wrought on Bend in recent memory. Now, seeing homes get snapped up sight unseen or for much more than they were a year ago, I feel like one of the lucky ones, to the extreme.
More vaping lobbyists linked to Big Tobacco
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A second lobby group that played a key role behind the scenes in a government backbench revolt that killed vaping regulation last year has links to tobacco industry funding.
As 28 backbenchers were pushed on June 23 to sign a letter condemning a proposed ban on importing nicotine solution for e-cigarettes, sparking a Senate inquiry, Legalise Vaping Australia set up a fighting fund in partnership with the Australian Retail Vaping Industry Australia, a lobby group which was secretly funded by Philip Morris.
The links further expose the hidden money trail behind e-cigarettes, which have otherwise been promoted as hurting the tobacco companies.
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By the evening of October 5, Liberal senator Hollie Hughes knew she had the numbers for her biggest political coup – the establishment of a Senate inquiry that she would chair into the e-cigarette industry.
After months of wrangling, she was ready to celebrate – over drinks with two British American Tobacco lobbyists.
“Oh we do love you @senator hollie,” Michael Kauter, the former deputy federal director of the Nationals, posted on social media that night last year alongside a photo of Hughes in a Canberra restaurant with her arm around him. Kauter’s husband, Professor David Gracey, was on Hughes’ other side. Gracey, who is a renal specialist at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, is an adviser to Kauter’s lobbying firm.
Tifton welcomes Satsuma fruit distribution center There are numerous local growers, but few other local packing houses in the area. (Source: Tifton Grapevine) By Dave Miller | December 30, 2020 at 8:49 AM EST - Updated December 30 at 8:51 AM
TIFTON, Ga. (WALB) - The Satsuma Co., a citrus packing and shipping plant focusing on crops grown in South Georgia and North Florida, has begun operating its processing and distribution center in Tifton, as reported by Frank Sayles of the Tifton Grapevine.
“We discovered this burgeoning citrus industry in South Georgia and North Florida, and we feel like it’s exciting and fun,” said Duke Lane, one of the company’s active seven partners. “We wanted to do something fun.”
The Satsuma Company begins operations in Tifton. Submitted photo
TIFTON â The Satsuma Company, a citrus packing and shipping plant focusing on crops grown in South Georgia and North Florida, has flicked the switch on its Tift County processing and distribution center.
âWe discovered this burgeoning citrus industry in South Georgia and North Florida and we feel like itâs exciting and fun,â said Duke Lane, one of the companyâs active seven partners. âWe wanted to do something fun.â
The other active partners are Will McGehee, Kent Hoots, Kim Jones, Dennis Wright, Buck Paulk and Justin Jones, company officials said in a statement.