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"The time that you spend flirting or sending your signals at work is obviously time that you're not working, so it can affect your job performance," Pamela Baack says.
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"A lot of employers pretty strongly discourage romances because if there is a breakup or spat it affects everyone else in the office," says Donald Baack.
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"You don't want to be sending each other romantic e-mails while you're at work; you don't want to be giving each other little kisses," says Pamela Baack.
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"You've got to be smart about this," says Pamela Baack, co-author with her husband Donald of The Everything Romance Book.
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For two years, Baack has been writing letters, emailing and attending numerous neighborhood meetings to get Portland to accept liability for the few pedestrian connections he wants to create.
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"I think it's imperative that they do," Baack says.
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Baack has devoted the past 15 years of his life to building walking trails-all because of Siskiyou, an overactive dog that once needed lots of exercise.
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But Baack estimates he's built 500 stairs and 50 pedestrian connections with the group he founded, SW Trails.
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Baack, 72, changed that, but not without creating some unrest among Portland's bureaucrats.
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His stair-building in the public rights of way screeched to a halt in 2008, after Baack helped construct steps in one yard and the homeowners realized Portland's sidewalk rules left them potentially liable for accidents.
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