File under: You can't make this stuff up.

So I've been meaning to share the story of Corvallis' state representative with all the out-of-state readers. I've hesitated 'cause I wanted to make sure that I had all the facts straight, but then I realized that this was a blog and I'm not a reporter. God, this would be way better around a bar with a couple of pints of Fat Tire or Cut-Throat Porter (which isn't available in Oregon by the way - but I digress).

To keep this blog entry to a manageable size, I'll just give you the synopsis:

• Young female state rep gets run down by a jealous woman who claims that the rep was having an affair with her boyfriend,


• Incident breaks both legs of the rep and confines her to a wheel chair.


• Boyfriend, a janitor at the state house, denies the whole thing and claims sexual harassment.


• State police find a small amount of Methamphetamine in the rep's car during the crime scene investigation.


• Rep is forced to resign from the state house, but before she leaves, essentially zeros out her annual operating budget by giving huge raises to family members on her staff.

Is that the craziest thing you've ever heard of? The only thing that could elevate this tale to the level of Marion Berry is a very public apology followed ultimately by renewal, forgiveness, and re-election. But there's still plenty of time....

Now, the back story to put some meat on 'dem bones:

• In its fight against the recent surge in meth' use, the Oregon state house recently voted to take sudafed off the shelves and make it perscription only. I don't think our rep voted for it.
• Our rep had the worst attendance record in the house and was nearly defeated in her second term re-election because of it.
• The janitor quit his job and got a relatively big pay-off from the state government to make his sexual harassment claim go away.

...Crazy. ...completely crazy.