PLEASE HELP MOM FIND HER HOMELESS SON !!!!!!!!!!!
LAST SEEN AT THE PORTLAND MISSION AT 111 W BURNSIDE STREET,PORTLAND OREGON.
BRYAN HAD MENTIONED TO THE NIGHT SUPER AT THE MISSION THAT IN OCT HE WORKED AT THE HOWLOWEEN HAUNTED SCREAM. PLEASE IF ANY ONE KNOWS HIM OR HAS SEEN HIM BE SO KIND TO LET ME KNOW AT melodyrose64@yahoo.com. OR TELL HIM HIS MOM HAS BEEN SEARCHING FOR HIM WITH ALL HER HEART.
THANK YOU !
I UNDERSTAND THIS IS NOT A POLITICAL STATEMENT. BUT I HAVE TRIED EVERY BLOG I COME ACROSS TO FIND HIM.

BRYAN GENE BIRDSELL
D.O.B. 3-10-79
SMALL TAT ON CHEST
BLUE EYES DARK DISHWATER BLONDE HAIR
BULKEY BUID,QUITE DEMENURE.

I almost forgot...

I was reading over election news from my home state and came across something interesting. It appears that for the first time in many years, Democrats may actually control the state house.

My former state representative, Craig Eiland, is the first to state publicly he intends to seek the position of Speaker of the House.

As I was telling my mom earlier today, Jeff Merkley reminds me a lot of Craig Eiland. Besides the obvious similarity of their height, they're both similar in how they do well in leading people, in bring people together, etc. Merkley made a pretty good Speaker of the House, and I'm sure Eiland would as well.

It's exciting, as if they can win the state house - and keep it after the 2010 election - they could control the redistricting in Texas. And as we all know, the districts there right now are atrocious.

Last night, it became obvious to me after looking at the numbers that Gordon Smith just couldn't win. A number of people at Grand Central Bowl and the Convention Center probably heard me say so.

I've been pretty good with numbers ever since I was young. And I went over the numbers over and over again, and I just couldn't see how it could be statistically possible for Smith to win re-election.

I even walked my very tired self all the way from Grand Central Bowl to the Convention Center so I could hear Jeff speak. But many felt the numbers were just too close for a victory speech.

Well, today that prediction has played out - KGW and The Oregonian have called the race for Jeff Merkley.

Congratulations Jeff! Now we'll have two Senator working for Oregon.

Abby and I headed into Portland earlier this evening to the Obama/Merkley headquarters for a rally with Senator Ron Wyden, Jeff Merkley, and Governor Howard Dean.

As a Deaniac from 03/04, I try to attend any event where Governor Dean is speaking. And when Abby heard the event was at the "Bama" office, she couldn't wait to go.

We were lucky enough to get a ride from our neighbors, who were headed out for a Sunday drive, so we only had to take TriMet home.

One thing I want to advocate for if I win my position on the Gresham City Council is increasing the number of official ballot drop locations in eastern Multnomah County.

Did you know that according to the listing on the county elections' web site, there are only four locations for voters to drop off their ballots east of I-205? Those locations are the Midland Library on 122nd, the Rockwood Library on Stark Street, the Gresham Library in downtown Gresham, and the Fairview-Columbia Library in Fairview. Once the Troutdale Library is finally built, that will add a fifth location.

There's approximately 120,000 voters east of I-205 - about 30% of the county's voters (not to mention more than half the county's land area) - yet only 18% of the county's drop locations.

Friday was the last day to mail your ballots in here in Oregon. From now through Election Day you need to turn your ballot into an official drop location.

You can find a list of those drop locations on your county election dept.'s web site, which can be found here.

I know a lot of political activists like myself were out doing campaign work tonight and weren't able to see Obama's primetime commercial.

After a quick search, I found it online: