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From vehicle maintenance to community issues, Tom covers what matters to drivers in Portland.

Tom’s Tidbits- These companies CHOSE to build our Sellwood Community

Greetings, It seems all too easy to see the dark side of the world today and almost impossible to see

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Tom’s Tidbits- No one cares about the military

Greetings, As the government shutdown continues one issue is coming to the forefront… military pay.  There’s a lot of shutdown-related

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Tom’s Tidbits for October 2025

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Tom’s Tidbits- Good or bad, America won’t survive

Greetings, In 1776 Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence and the United States of America sprang as a fully

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Greetings, The best thing about summer is taking time off, and that’s exactly what I’m doing this month.  Hope you

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Tom’s Tidbits- What if your car had $23 BILLION in deferred maintenance?

Greetings, Here’s a peek behind our curtain for you.  Imagine our Service Advisors going through their day when the phone

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Tom’s Tidbits- AI will destroy Humanity… just sayin’.

Greetings, 12,000 years ago the Agricultural Revolution gave Humanity the dangerous new toy of leisure time, which led to civilization

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Tom’s Tidbits- Corruption is the disease… here’s the cure

Greetings, In the mid-14th century “corruption” meant rot, decay, or disease of living things leading to destruction or death, but

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Tom’s Tidbits for April 2025

How the “tariff thing” will affect us… and you. Greetings, It’s one of the most common questions floating around today

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Tom’s Tidbits- Who are we?  Who do we WANT to be?

Greetings, The first two months of America’s New Golden Age don’t seem to have brought a renaissance quite yet.  Instead,

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Tom’s Tidbits- Kayfabe for everyone!

Greetings, On Monday, Americas swore in our 47the president.  I try to stay away from empty politics in this column

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Tom’s Tidbits- Goodbye to Bob’s Red Mill

Greetings, I heard some horrifying news recently… Bob’s Red Mill was closing!  The red building on the Milwaukie Expressway is

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