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<p>[QUOTE="Black Friar, post: 3148622, member: 76221"]For Oregon, Governor Tom McCall, 1913-1923, governor from 1967-1975. Advocated and achieved urban growth boundries, made Oregon beaches open to everyone. No such thing as private only access to all coastal Oregon and the Columbia river. </p><p><br /></p><p>This from Wikipedia, (I'm really lazy, sorry) "</p><p><b>Thomas Lawson "Tom" McCall</b> (March 22, 1913 – January 8, 1983) was an American <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politician" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politician" rel="nofollow">politician</a> and journalist in the state of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oregon" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oregon" rel="nofollow">Oregon</a>. A <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Republican_Party" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Republican_Party" rel="nofollow">Republican</a>, he was the state's thirtieth <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Governors_of_Oregon" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Governors_of_Oregon" rel="nofollow">governor</a> from 1967 to 1975. A native of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massachusetts" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massachusetts" rel="nofollow">Massachusetts</a>, McCall grew up there and in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Oregon" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Oregon" rel="nofollow">central</a> Oregon and attended the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Oregon" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Oregon" rel="nofollow">University of Oregon</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugene,_Oregon" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugene,_Oregon" rel="nofollow">Eugene</a>. After college, he worked as a journalist, including time at <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Oregonian" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Oregonian" rel="nofollow">The Oregonian</a></i> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portland,_Oregon" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portland,_Oregon" rel="nofollow">Portland</a> during <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II" rel="nofollow">World War II</a>.</p><p><br /></p><p>Later he worked in radio and then in television as a newscaster and political commentator. He made an unsuccessful bid for Congress in 1954, losing in the general election to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edith_Green" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edith_Green" rel="nofollow">Edith Green</a>. While working for TV station <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KGW" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KGW" rel="nofollow">KGW</a>, he produced a documentary on pollution in Oregon, which helped to spur environmental cleanup of the air and the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willamette_River" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willamette_River" rel="nofollow">Willamette River</a>. In 1964, McCall won his first political office, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oregon_Secretary_of_State" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oregon_Secretary_of_State" rel="nofollow">Oregon Secretary of State</a>, followed by two terms as governor, where he worked towards environmental cleanup, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oregon_Bottle_Bill" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oregon_Bottle_Bill" rel="nofollow">bottle bill</a>, and public ownership of beaches on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oregon_Coast" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oregon_Coast" rel="nofollow">coast</a> among others. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_McCall_Waterfront_Park" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_McCall_Waterfront_Park" rel="nofollow">Tom McCall Waterfront Park</a> in Portland is one of several items named in his honor.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Black Friar, post: 3148622, member: 76221"]For Oregon, Governor Tom McCall, 1913-1923, governor from 1967-1975. Advocated and achieved urban growth boundries, made Oregon beaches open to everyone. No such thing as private only access to all coastal Oregon and the Columbia river. This from Wikipedia, (I'm really lazy, sorry) " [B]Thomas Lawson "Tom" McCall[/B] (March 22, 1913 – January 8, 1983) was an American [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politician']politician[/URL] and journalist in the state of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oregon']Oregon[/URL]. A [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Republican_Party']Republican[/URL], he was the state's thirtieth [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Governors_of_Oregon']governor[/URL] from 1967 to 1975. A native of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massachusetts']Massachusetts[/URL], McCall grew up there and in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Oregon']central[/URL] Oregon and attended the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Oregon']University of Oregon[/URL] in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugene,_Oregon']Eugene[/URL]. After college, he worked as a journalist, including time at [I][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Oregonian']The Oregonian[/URL][/I] in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portland,_Oregon']Portland[/URL] during [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II']World War II[/URL]. Later he worked in radio and then in television as a newscaster and political commentator. He made an unsuccessful bid for Congress in 1954, losing in the general election to [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edith_Green']Edith Green[/URL]. While working for TV station [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KGW']KGW[/URL], he produced a documentary on pollution in Oregon, which helped to spur environmental cleanup of the air and the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willamette_River']Willamette River[/URL]. In 1964, McCall won his first political office, [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oregon_Secretary_of_State']Oregon Secretary of State[/URL], followed by two terms as governor, where he worked towards environmental cleanup, the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oregon_Bottle_Bill']bottle bill[/URL], and public ownership of beaches on the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oregon_Coast']coast[/URL] among others. [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_McCall_Waterfront_Park']Tom McCall Waterfront Park[/URL] in Portland is one of several items named in his honor.[/QUOTE]
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