You don't know what you've got 'til it's gone

Real estate deals come and go all the time, but we only get one Metolius Basin every several million years.

This tune goes out to Carla, who spent the afternoon liveblogging the debate on the proposed Metolius river basin development as it made its way to an unhappy but inconclusive finish. (Check out the rare extra verse at the end.)

The bill goes back to conference, so no pink hotels, no boutiques, no swingin' hot spots--not yet, anyway.

To mix my Joni Mitchell with my Yogi Berra: It ain't over 'til it's over.