Nothing like a call from Commissioner Sam Adams as you’re about to walk out the door. He clarified Commissioner Randy Leonard’s earlier news that the Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) was drafting an amendment to Adams’ Columbia River Crossing resolution, which the council will vote on on Wednesday. “It won’t be an amendment,” says Adams. […]
Amy J. Ruiz
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Randy Leonard’s Conditions
City Hall’s bustling these days, with lobbying back and forth on the Columbia River Crossing. Commissioner Randy Leonard met this morning with folks from the Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT), and I’ve heard that Commissioner Nick Fish is getting an earful from bridge critics as I type this. Given Commissioner Dan Saltzman’s somewhat-wavering support of […]
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Big Bridge Street Theater
If I haven’t yet convinced you how important it is that you get to city hall on Wednesday afternoon to testify about the Columbia River Crossing project, perhaps this will cinch it. There will be street theater outside city hall, from the folks at Cascadia Rising Tide, part of Rising Tide North America, a group […]
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Domestic Partnership Petition Case in Court Again Tomorrow
Back story: Anti-gay activists tried to collect enough signatures to send Oregon’s new domestic partnership law to this November’s ballot. They failed, and then sued in federal court, blaming Oregon’s elections department for improperly discounting valid signatures. In February, a federal judge told the anti-gay activist to piss off ruled that the petition effort fell […]
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Big Bridge Opposition Grows
A coalition of groups–1000 Friends of Oregon, the Bicycle Transportation Alliance, Environment Oregon, and Coalition for a Livable Future–have joined forces to oppose the current slate of options for a new Columbia River Crossing. They’ve pulled together a press conference for tomorrow (at Piccolo Park between Division and Clinton, probably chosen because the property was […]
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Good Morning, News!
Sorry, Portland–it looks like our record Sen. Barack Obama crowd will soon be beat, when he accepts the Democratic nomination in a Denver stadium open to the public. Sen. John McCain says he’ll balance the federal budget in his first term, if elected. “The legalization of gay marriage might make Californians happier.” Guess who’s doing […]
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We Don’t Want It
Tell City Council to Reject a 12-Lane Freeway Bridge to Vancouver
Hey City Council! Stop the 12-Lane Freeway Bridge to Vancouver!
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Hall Monitor
Thanks (for Nothing), Sam
Adams Goes Wishy-Washy on the Columbia River Crossing Project
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Git Educated
A History of Seattle’s Mia Zapata and the Gits
A History of Seattle’s Mia Zapata and the Gits
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BREAKING: Commissioner Dan Saltzman ‘Strongly Considering’ Not Supporting Columbia River Crossing Proposal
Commissioner Sam Adams’ office is busy circulating the city council’s proposed resolution on the Columbia River Crossing, soliciting co-sponsors from the rest of the council before the 5 pm filing deadline. They won’t be getting Commissioner Dan Saltzman’s sponsorship. In fact, he’s “seriously considering” not supporting the resolution at all, according to his chief of […]
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Council Agrees to Amend Cops’ Agreements with Other Jurisdictions, to Increase Oversight
The city council tried to push through a set of intergovernmental agreements between the city and TriMet, to continue to allow officers from other agencies–the Hillsboro or Milwaukie police department, for example–to patrol MAX. But members of the IPR’s Citizens Review Board have big concerns about this legislation, because it continues the status quo–currently, as […]