The presidential campaign trail rumor of the day was a “bombshell” story about Sarah Palin, under wraps at the Anchorage Daily News. Rumor is it had something to do with her missing medical records, or the truth around Trig’s birth. (I’m not usually a conspiracy theorist, but I’m not convinced the VP candidate gave birth […]
Amy J. Ruiz
Posted inElection 2008
Have You Voted?
It’s too late to safely mail your ballot in, but you can drop it off at any library, at the Multnomah County Elections office (SE 10th and Morrison), or at unofficial spots like either Obama headquarters (NE 15th and Killingsworth or SE 30th and Division), among other places. And if you’re still one of those […]
Posted inMovies & TV
Anybody Got Some Spare Change?
I.O.U.S.A. looks at exactly how financially screwed America is.
Posted inNews
Fact Check
Are the Candidates’ Mailers Accurate?
Dissecting the candidates’ campaign lit.
Posted inNews
Hall Monitor
Whirlwind
Mayor-elect Sam Adams crowns Commissioner Dan Saltzman as police commissioner.
Posted inArtsy
Spooky Opera
I have a confession to make: I hate the expectation to dress up for Halloween. I’m an adult, and I’ll skip the costume, thank you very much. This marks me as a party pooper who hates fun, which is not true. I love Halloween in other respects: The crisp fall air, the pumpkins, the candy, […]
Posted inDrunk
Two Wonderful Bits of News from the OLCC
The OLCC says: Some businesses gain an hour of alcohol sales when DST ends PORTLAND, Ore. – Oregonians will officially move their clocks backwardone hour at 2:00 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 2 as Daylight Saving Time ends. As aresult, some nightclubs, bars, taverns and other licensed premises thatstay open until 2:00 a.m. or 2:30 a.m. will […]
Posted inPolitics
What Starts on Blogtown Ends on Blogtown
In response to allegations from Commissioner Randy Leonard that cops were spreading info about his daughter on the Internets (i.e., on the Mercury‘s site), Police Chief Rosie Sizer investigated and documented her findings in a letter to the mayor today. The police bureau’s Internal Affairs Division poked around, “to investigate the possibility of a Police […]
Posted inPortland
The Hawthorne Bridge Death Trap
I have an irrational fear the causes me to avoid the center lanes of the Hawthorne Bridge. Those counterweights look like two massive, blunt 880,000 pound guillotines. I mean really… how strong are the cables holding them up? Emails like this, from Multnomah County, sure don’t help. Hawthorne Bridge to close Tuesday for emergency repair […]
Posted inPolitics
Will an Obama Victory Lead to Celebration, or Chaos?
Friday’s All Things Considered on NPR had a fascinating piece with 15 voters from York, Pennsylvania, who candidly discussed the issue of race. One white woman, Leah Moreland, had this to say about her fears: “I don’t want to sound racist, and I’m not racist…. But I feel if we put Obama in the White […]
Posted inNews
Good Morning, News!
Hey, sales of new homes are up 2.7 percent! Er, but they’re still way the hell down from last year’s numbers. With just over a week to go, Reuters breaks down the battleground states in the presidential election. If any of them are still battlegrounds. An 8-year-old shoots himself with an Uzi while attending a […]
Posted inCity Hall
Mayor-elect Sam Adams Names Dan Saltzman as Police Commissioner
UPDATE: Commissioner Dan Saltzman will be the next police commissioner. “I arrive at this decision after careful consideration and have determined this action to be in the best interest of the city,” Mayor-elect Sam Adams says. Letting Saltzman’s “steady hand” lead the police bureau will allow Adams to focus on high school drop outs and […]