Almost two years ago, apartment vacancy rates in Portland dropped under five percent. This marked a critical juncture in Portland housing, since experts say anything below five percent represents a seller’s market in which landlords control the shots. Yet, in spite of ominous warning signs of a housing crunch, the City of Portland has been […]
Josh Woodard
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Brother Against Brother
Is In-Fighting Tearing Apart the Local NAACP?
On Saturday morning, even before the most recent meeting for the NAACP chapter began, the event had disintegrated into a shouting match. About 30 members had gathered with the hope–albeit slim–to resolve several issues that, for the past year, have been tearing apart the local chapter of the renowned civil rights organization. As current board […]
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Crouching Student, Hidden Handgun
Lawmakers Try To Get Guns Out of Schools
In 1999, school officials found a loaded handgun in the unattended backpack of a school janitor at Mount Scott Elementary. The janitor–a concealed weapons permit holder–sued the school for firing him, claiming they lacked the legal authority. According to current state law, any citizen with a concealed weapon permit may bring a firearm onto school […]
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Free My Car!
Lawmakers Propose to Curb Vehicular Freedoms
After years of laissez-faire policy, it seems as if legislators are poised to determine how we can drive our cars–from cell phone use to what tires we can have. If they’re successful, cars in Oregon may be saddled with as many laws as a racecar with bumper stickers. Ever since the New England Journal of […]
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SODOMY, COCKFIGHTING AND THE LAW
An Overview of The Legislative Season in Salem
If State Representative Betsy Close (R-Albany) has her way, Oregon’s teens will be on a tight leash, effective immediately. Over the past few weeks in Salem, Close has introduced a series of bills that, if successful, will curtail liberties throughout Oregon–not only those for youth, but perhaps yours as well. From demanding that the Ten […]