That’s crazy. I just had this discussion with our director of Human Resources and it’s because we accept federal funding. Perhaps it’s our abundance of caution but everyone in the room knows it may be causing additional strain on finding good employees.

But the policy is likely because of Medicare. I talked with the head of our Human Resources department about it specifically and it’s because we accept federal funds as a hospital. Now the place I work is in Oregon and I haven’t looked into OHAs stance on the matter but would assume it follows Oregon laws regarding marijuana.

That’s it then, more safety related positions will them and require people not partake.

We only test at the beginning or if there is an accident/injury. Every other hospital I know does as well. It could be out of an abundance of caution, but Medicare is big business.

It’s weird they won’t let you if it’s a non-safety related position. Most places now where it’s legal know they won’t have as many good candidates if they continually test.

Not even when you were hired?

Not even when hired? We test at the beginning to show we do it and then only again if there is an accident/injury.

Part of the problem is it’s still schedule 1 at the federal levels. Any business that accepts money from the federal government has to test for it. So healthcare is a big one because almost all of them take Medicare reimbursement. It’s not that simple because of its schedule 1 classification.

That is one of my favorite drives.

You’ll need reservations but Dediko is a Georgian restaurant in downtown that is very good. It’s right next to treat which also has great ice cream.

The waterfront area is good for wine tasting, food selection is so so. If you are here after mid March, the farmers market on weekends is great to find a local memento to remind you of your trip. Pop local is down on the waterfront and also has a really nice selection of local items that just don’t fall into the tourist junk category which is nice.

I think that is your best bet unfortunately. I suppose it might be worth contacting the county health department to make a complaint about unhealthy conditions but a lot of Washington counties are run by the good ol boys clubs, and they don’t like to enforce things unless it’s next to their properties. I pity the county official that has to come over there.

People just need to be considerate of each other.

My parents were having some issues with their neighbors unlicensed junkyard. The county needs multiple complaints from multiple neighbors. When enough people start to call in the problem, it gets in their radar and becomes an issue for them to address because it’s effecting multiple people. I think they needed like a minimum of 3 or 4 different complaints.

It’s a little close to Idaho but what can you do?

It gets annoying when a perfectly good MacBook Pro stops being allowed to get their new OS though. It’s starting to limit what software I have but the laptop works great. It’s apparently unavoidable.

Does this graph include the dark money donations to Republicans that was designed to be hidden?

It’s very well put together already. You could keep it the way it is and have it be a really useful tool for many people. It shows you put a lot of care and thought into it.

This is really great! I just gave it a go on a drive I make most weekends.

Some suggestions, but please know this is already excellent. I’m just giving these in case you like to tweak things.

Have larger areas of the map load instead of needing to move the map, then hit the button to load cameras for that area. It’s a bit cumbersome, but might be unavoidable? I needed to know where the cameras were in order load them on the map. Not the best for people who don’t know an area well.

Oregon would be helpful too as others have said. We have a lot of crossover on the border. Washington is better though.

Perhaps have pre selected major routes that someone can tap and get multiple cameras. Just a nice to have for quickly getting info for major routes.

One of the best feature is me being able to build my own routes! That is super helpful for those of us in rural areas. So really nicely done! Please don’t take offense to these suggestions, just food for thought on an already excellent app.

Well it is, but that service will go away if people cannot make money doing it. One way or another, the consumer will have to pay.

Right, but it’s not worth doing if you don’t make good money. What you just described isn’t actually very much, so without tips, it’s unlikely people will do this job.

The reality is, without tips no one is going to do that job. If you value that service being available to you, you will tip accordingly.

I think it's super valuable to know your neighbors. As an introvert though, it can be difficult for me to figure out how to go about that. I think for the most part you would be welcome and the introverts would be incredibly grateful that you made the effort. Sometimes it's just feeling like you know a name that really gets the ball rolling.

Exactly, they find a way to bring more people in to keep the wages low. The real problem is it’s a brain drain in those countries. Many of them actually need highly educated and skilled people to stick around to build up their economies but the US takes many of them.

We complain a lot here about other countries having bad economies while we steal their highly educated and use them to keep our own wages lower.

Actually I work with several h1-b visa holders. If there is less of a certain skill than what is needed then the cost of that skill goes up. If we bring people in from other countries, it prevents that increase and also drains resources from other countries that could benefit from that person’s skills.

I just don’t want it artificially suppressing wages. If there aren’t a lot of them, then they should be expensive.

They artificially suppress wages.