They might be gone at the end of the month.
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The Run-down Stewart Apartments Are a Sanctuary for Poor Portlanders
They Might Be Gone at the End of the Month
Dirk VanderHart
I'm a news reporter for the Mercury. I've spent a lot of the last decade in journalism — covering tragedy and chicanery in the hills of southwest Missouri, politics in Washington, D.C., and other matters elsewhere.
I've been in Portland three years, love it and want to help make it better. Let's keep it amicable!
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Hall Monitor: The People in Your Neighborhood
Overlook’s Neighborhood Association Has a Dumb Idea: Exclude the Homeless!
Overlook’s neighborhood association has a dumb idea: Exclude the homeless!
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Good Morning, News: CEOs Bail on Trump, Confederate Statue Doomsday, and the City Threatens Overlook
(Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) So Donald Trump finally denounced the Charlottesville racists yesterday, two days after one of them (allegedly) plowed his dodge into a crowd of activists and killed a woman. Was it a forceful, impassioned exclamation—like, say, a routine Trump tweet about the New York Times? Nah. As the Times itself reports: […]
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The City Could Extend Renter Protection Law’s Life By Six Months
Activists demonstrate against no-cause evictions outside of Multnomah County headquarters in April 2016. Dirk VanderHart As local landlords mount a renewed legal challenge to the relocation payments Portland’s requiring of landlords these days, the city’s getting ready to extend the law’s life-span. As soon as next month, the Portland Housing Bureau plans to put legislation […]
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City Threatens to Cease Recognizing Neighborhood Association Considering Homeless Discrimination Bylaw
Residents of Hazelnut Grove in 2015. The camp has since grown into a collection of tiny homes. James Rexroad The city will consider “exercising its authority to suspend, and perhaps eventually terminate” its recognition of the Overlook Neighborhood Association if the group’s board next week votes to approve a discriminatory proposal that would prevent houseless […]
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Good Morning, News: Trump Makes Threats, the New Police Chief Waffles, and Dumb Neighborhood Politics
More alliterative bluster from the Worst President America Will Ever Know this morning. Trump tweeted that the military is “locked and loaded, should North Korea act unwisely” with its fast improving nuclear arsenal. The NYT takes pains to note: “As a practical matter, Mr. Trump’s tweets do not necessarily indicate a specific change in military […]
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City Council Just Demanded Early Statements from Cops After Shootings. Here Are Three Big Questions.
What a bizarre, fast-paced ride we’ve been on lately in regard to city policy after police shootings. At this point last month, most citizens assumed cops were being interviewed by internal police bureau investigators right after they used deadly force. That was, after all, a central promise of a police union contract last year. Then […]
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Portlanders Just Forced Changes to Contentious Police Oversight Proposals
But the Outcome Is Still Up in the Air
But the outcome is still up in the air.
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Hall Monitor: The End of Saltzman’s Easy Streak?
One of Next Year’s Council Races Is Shaping Up to Be a Doozy
One of next year’s council races is shaping up to be a doozy.
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Angry Portlanders Have Forced Changes to Contentious Police Oversight Proposals. Here’s a Rundown
Sometimes outrage works. Last week, Portland City Council took up three proposed changes to police oversight in the city. As tends to happen with these things, most of those changes were met with derision from the public. During a marathon hearing lasting more than five hours, the council listened to person after person tearing the […]
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Good Morning, News: Meet Chief Outlaw, Trump’s Foundering Support, and More Trouble for Rod Monroe
Danielle Outlaw, your new police chief. Portland, we’re skipping the pleasantries today to get straight to all of the news. I know a lot of you read these for the pleasantries, but you’re out of luck. New Police Chief! After a months-long process that saw 33 applicants whittled to 4 finalists, Mayor Ted Wheeler announced […]
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Mike Marshman Out, Oakland’s Danielle Outlaw In as New Portland Police Chief
Danielle Outlaw, Portland’s new police chief Portland Police Chief Mike Marshman will be out of a job soon, as Mayor Ted Wheeler announced today that he’s picked Oakland Deputy Chief Danielle Outlaw, 41, to lead the Portland Police Bureau (PPB). Outlaw, a 19-year veteran of the Oakland Police Department, will become Portland’s third female and […]