Between Us KBOO Radio

Senator Mark Hass is running for Oregon Secretary of State.  He seeks to
fill the seat vacated by the death of Dennis Richardson.  He talks with Don
Merrill about why he thinks the housing crisis and the homelessness crisis
are not as connected as people believe, how he'll ...

Don Merrill talked with Secretaries of State of nearly a dozen states to see
how they felt about their individual voting processes in advance of the 2016
election.  He discusses their comments with C. Norman Turrill, president of
League of Women Voters of Oregon.

Robert Neimeyer is a Republican who wants to fill the seat that was vacated
by former Governor Kitzhaber. He's critical of what he calls "stupidity" on
the part of Democrats both locally and federally, and he had some strong
ideas about how to bring balance to government. ...

Stephen Johnson is a home care specialist and a democrat who is running for
Oregon Governor. He talked with Don Merrill about his support for guns in
Oregon schools, why the state can't afford to pass up jobs that have been
previously called a bad fit for the state's "chara...

Steve Phillips is the author of the new book, "Brown is the New White", a
critical discussion on changes that are coming to the American body politic
in advance of the population shift from majority white to "other than white"
by 2044. He talks with Don Merrill about Berni...

Cliff Thomason is a gubenatorial candidate from Oregon's Independent Party.
He strongly believes in Oregon agriculture and agricultural based solutions
for some of Oregon's financial problems. Among them, he thinks the hemp and
marijuana industries need access to legitima...