Illegal short-term rentals posted on Airbnb may keep more than 1,500 units out of the Portland housing market—even after the city’s much-publicized clampdown on Airbnb takes effect this winter. The finding comes at a bad time for the 47 percent of Portlanders who rent: A recent report from Metro found the Portland metro region needs […]
Cornelius Swart
Posted inMusic
The Subsistence Musician
Consolidated’s Heart and Soul
Characterized as a fusion of Front 242 and Public Enemy, Consolidated is one of the most radical music projects in America–1989’s Friendly Fascism LP was even voted one of the 10 most political albums of all time by the Alternative Press. Yet after nine LPs, Consolidated’s heart and sole member, Adam Sherburne, has decided to […]
Posted inNews
On My Soapbox
DEAR VERA
Last month, the Portland Alliance revealed that Police Chief Mark Kroeker had made statements to a Christian group back in 1989 that many considered “anti-gay” as well as sexist. According to tapes of a speech called “The New Social Order,” and “Family Discipline,” Chief Kroeker referred to alternative lifestyles as a form of perversion. He […]
Posted inNews
Minefield of Dreams
Plans for Major League Baseball Stumble
“No one’s going to stop us from bringing Major League Baseball to Portland,” asserts Lynn Lashbrook. In his late 40s, Lashbrook garnered a love for the sport in his boyhood town of Kansas City. Now, he heads up a local nonprofit group–Portland Baseball Group–which, for the past few years, has been single-minded about bringing America’s […]