Denis C. Theriault

So… I guess we’re paging Governor Kate Brown now? The ongoing ethics scandal swamping Governor John Kitzhaber’s office—over the blurred lines between his fiancée’s private consulting work and public business and responsibilities—churned through another round of bad headlines yesterday, prompting the Oregonian‘s editorial board to call for Kitzhaber’s resignation just months after it held its […]

“Some of the people shoplifting would steal meat, shove it down their pants, leave the store, and ultimately sell it to a food cart. They’re using it for food and selling it to other people. So really not a healthy way to handle meat.” The expensively flawed Portland Building probably deserves a death by wrecking […]

In a mistakenly sent email griping about our “overly political mayor,” the Zidell family’s public relations guru lays out a plan for stepping away from a development deal with city officials that could help pay for millions more in affordable housing units in South Waterfront. The email also acknowledges the activists whose tenacity helped persuade […]

Look at little ol’ KOIN! They’ve killed the comments on their website and declared “it’s time to be honest about what comment boards have morphed into over the years”: For every great, insightful comment or news tip I’ve seen over the past decade posted to the bottom of a story, I’ve dealt with 50 times […]