One more day ’til Friday, Blogtown! Let’s have some news!
Dear Airbnb: You done screwed up with these tone-deaf and offensive ads. Love, The Whole World.
Former first lady Cylvia Hayes’ closely guarded emails were apparently a big pfffffft. The Oregonian fought for months, and Hayes’ lawyer fought back, to get their hands on what ended up being some not-so-juicy details. *sad trombone*
A bunch of Portlanders built accessory dwelling units (ADUs) because the city waived a boatload of fees, but Multnomah County isn’t having any of that. ADU owners are getting hit with giant tax increases as the county reassesses property values and includes the new construction.
Did you break your lightsaber? Want a new one? Here are 28 places in Portland that want to sell it to you.
This is kinda a crummy segue, but a man allegedly wearing a Star Wars mask stabbed a bunch of people at a school in Sweden. At least two have died.
Continuing into the weekend with more sunny, mild weather in Portland:
Three crafty teens in Long Island were arrested for allegedly breaking into a school over summer break to change their grades. The ringleader switched one of his grades from a 94 to a 100, apparently. Kids these days.
Joe Biden won’t be running for president, he announced yesterday in a speech that took some shots at his would-have-been competition, Hillary Clinton.
HIllary’s facing some other hostility today. She’s in the hot seat answering questions from a House panel about her actions during the attacks on Benghazi, Lybia, where four Americans were killed.
Nearly 50 former heads of US defense and diplomacy took out a full-page ad in the Wall Street Journal in an attempt to get political and business leaders to pay attention to, and fight, climate change.
The camerawoman who was shamed by the internet and lost her job after being caught on camera tripping a Syrian refugee is suing. Good luck with that.
My kid won’t stop watching this seriously awful video. Now, I give it to you:
Ahh, hadn’t heard much about cylvia lately – the idiot whose influence took down a beloved Govenor!
HAHA, RE AirBnB, it’s SUCH a white Person thing to be upset about their ad AND MISS THE REST OF THE POINT!