Matt Davis
Matt Davis was news editor of the Mercury from 2009 to May 2010.
Grand Jury Declines Prosecution In Collins Case
Hopefully we’ll get the transcripts next week, and pore through them for any new information. From the District Attorney: Early this afternoon the Multnomah County Grand Jury declined to return any criminal charges in the death of Jack Dale Collins. The Grand Jury heard from 28 witnesses over the course of two days. The District […]
Blood In The Bike Lanes
Just back from city club, where my rant was surprisingly well received. You can catch it tonight on OPB at 7 o’clock if you were too busy to tune in this afternoon. Or you can just read what I had to say, after the jump. “Thank you. First of all I’d like to thank city […]
Good Morning, News!!
RANT!!! I’ll be “ranting” at City Club today on the theme of “blood in the bike lanes.” In general the rant is about our priorities as a city, and could very well end my career. Planned Parenthood Advocates of Oregon director Roey Thorpe and former Willamette Week news editor John Schrag will also be ranting […]
Recall 2 Needs 1,000 Signatures A Day
20 volunteers from the second campaign to recall Mayor Sam Adams gave a press conference on the city hall steps this morning to ask citizens to please, sign a petition form already. RECALL 2 SPOKESWOMAN AVEL GORDLY (CENTER) AND BEAU BREEDLOVE (BEHIND HER, WITH SIGN) Recall spokesperson, former state senator Avel Gordly, was joined by […]
Jesse Cornett: Who’s Grandstanding Whom?
I sat down with Jesse Cornett this morning in the Seattle’s Best opposite city hall, to ask him more about his opponent, Dan Saltzman’s accusation yesterday that he is “grandstanding” over the police-related deaths of Aaron Campbell and others, by calling for a public debate on police oversight issues. CORNETT: ACCUSED OF “GRANDSTANDING” BY CALLING […]
Meet A County Candidate: Jeff Cogen
Jeff Cogen is the hot favorite to win the race for County Chair in the upcoming May Primary. Indeed, he’s likely to take over in the job as interim chair today as long as the vote goes his way. We’ll have interviews with his two opponents here over the coming days, of course, but I […]
Read The Goddamn News
THE LIFE AND DEATH OF JACK DALE COLLINS What we now know about the homeless man shot by Portland Police. ILLUSTRATION BY AIDAN KOCH DEMOCRACY: REBOOTED Oregon progressives set priorities at 400-strong Bend-er. MINDS WILLING BUT BUDGETS WEAK 16 beds at Hooper detox will go unused. ANARCHY-LITE The half-assed riot on Monday may have set […]
Hall Monitor
The half-assed “riot” on March 29 may have set the cause of police reform in Portland back about two years.
At Last: Council Approves Better Cop Oversight
City council has tonight finally voted to approve police oversight improvements suggested by City Commissioner Randy Leonard two weeks ago. City Commissioner Amanda Fritz asked for a vote to be delayed so that her human relations committee could weigh in last week. Some feel that Fritz’s “public process” concerns were misplaced. Still… AARON CAMPBELL’S MOTHER, […]
Breedlove: “You are the loseres.”
Beau Breedlove has struck back at those who may have described him as a “fame seeker” in the comments on an earlier Blogtown post, linking to his comments on the recall. I am aiming STERN LOOKS in your direction, Kiala Kazebee. *And on another note-By Beau Breedlove on Uncategorized To all those people who have […]
Saltzman Back At Cornett: “The community is not served by using the tragic deaths of Aaron Campbell and others to forward a political campaign — or even more distastefully, a political career.”
SALTZMAN AND CORNETT AT THE MERCURY’S CANDIDATE OLYMPIAD EARLIER THIS YEAR BAM. Dan Saltzman just accused Jesse Cornett of grandstanding with the deaths of Aaron Campbell and others, after Cornett called on him yesterday to talk publicly about police issues. At the end of his two page letter back to Cornett this morning, listing all […]