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Good morning, Portland. Please do me a personal favor and click these links.

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Allison Kerek

Six people died in car crashes in Portland between July 30 and August 19, the day 15-year-old Fallon Smart was hit and killed on Hawthorne Ave. You need to read Dirk Vanderhart’s piece in this week’s issue on the battle to change speed limits in Portland.

Take it from me, school districts just don’t understand. “Portland Public Schools officials are rethinking a district ban on rap music on buses after allegations of racism,” the Oregonian reports. “The district had banished hip-hop from its buses, deeming the genre ‘inappropriate.'”

Speaking of school, a senior at Aloha High School is going viral for her amazing student ID photo. Buzzfeed got her story. Here it is:

Oregon House Democrats are upset at Republican Dan Mason, whose attack ad features the home phone number of his election opponent, Janeen Sollman.

“Have you had Chick-fil-A?… It’s pretty awesome.” An on-call Portland police officer was arrested for drunk driving after crashing his city-owned car in Happy Valley in March. KATU just got the dash cam footage of Officer Daniel Chastain‘s arrest, and it documents him lauding Chick-fil-A to the Clackamas County deputy driving him to jail.

Some guy is accused of throwing “explosives” under a motorhome in SE Portland. Yikes.

Donald Trump’s running mate, Gov. Mike Pence, was a very boring cartoonist in law school:

After 52 years, Colombia and Farc “announce deal to end the Americas’ longest war,” the New York Times reports:

Colombia’s government and the largest rebel group in the country have reached a deal to end more than 50 years of conflict, the two sides announced Wednesday, paving the way for an end to the longest-running war in the Americas.
For four years, the Colombian government and the rebels have been locked in negotiations. Time and again, they have emerged from the negotiating table to assure a weary public that another impasse had been eliminated, another hurdle cleared.
This time, the two sides declared that a final deal had been clinched.

Ok, that’s about it folks. Remember to attack the day like the dunker, and not the dunkee:

3 replies on “Good Morning, News: Portland’s Drunk-Driving Cop Loves Chick-fil-A”

  1. After losing the awesome Nightly Show because it did not get shared on social media enough, it concerns me that Doug Brown’s articles might not be getting shared ‘enough ‘ on social media. I just found Brown’s articles maybe a few weeks ago because I’ve been following PPB policy changes closely. Then I read great reporting on that inhumane Bakery not paying Latino workers and just now the article on the European Kindred gangs in Oregon. All articles that the Oregonian wouldn’t touch. In the past I haven’t read the Mercury closely or on a regular basis . If the Mercury covered serious topics on a regular basis in the past, I must have missed them. Honestly, this is the first time I remember the Mercury consistently having serious and sometimes the best reporting on local issues and I’ve lived in Portland for over two decades. Keep up the good work Doug. Eventually your reporting will catch on.

  2. After losing the awesome Nightly Show because it didn’t get enough social media shares, it concerns me that Doug Browns’s top notch reporting might not be getting enough shares. I started reading Brown’s articles maybe a few weeks ago because I’ve been following PPB policy changes closely. Then I read about that inhumane Bakery not paying Latino workers and today I just read about the European Kindred gangs. Both are articles that the Oregonian wouldn’t touch. If the Mercury covered serious issues on a consistent basis, I must have missed them and I’ve lived in Portland over two decades. Keep up the good work Doug. Eventually your reporting will catch on. Locals are just not used to quality journalism coming from the Mercury. Brown, however, is definitely making an exceptional brand name for himself by those who have found his articles.

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