The 2010 Oregon Special Legislative Session began on Monday morning with a series of ceremonies and procedural motions.

We will be covering a broad swath of issues: protecting and creating family wage jobs; trying to improve the economy and business outlook; retaining employees; emergency funding for high unemployment; improving education; controlling health care costs; enhancing the environment and sustainability; providing for extra services during this severe recession, and holding government accountable.

Clearly, while this is a brief one month session, as the old expression goes: “No one is safe while the legislature is in session.”  I’ll be watching and doing my best for you and the Oregon we all love!

For those wondering about the injury, I recently fractured my shoulder in a ladder accident over the interim, but I’m doing alright now!