Jesse Cornett has qualified for public financing this afternoon. Here’s his press release, shamelessly cut and pasted. This is a candidate’s dream: Jesse Cornett Qualifies as the Only 2010 Voter-Owned Candidate for City Council PORTLAND — City Council candidate Jesse Cornett officially qualified today for public financing in his race to unseat City Commissioner Dan […]
Matt Davis
Matt Davis was news editor of the Mercury from 2009 to May 2010.
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Mahmoud Ahmadinejad: Wearing His Patented “Erase-a-Jew” Specs…”Say, there are no Jews with them on!” he said. ENRICH THIS!!! Iran steps up its uranium program—Mahmoud Ahmadinejad wears some scary glasses. SUPERBOWL AD KERFUFFLE!!! No, no…the other one. The “green police” one for the new Audi. Hey, speaking of green police… TOYOTA RECALLS 437,000 PRIUSES!!! Boner. JONATHAN […]
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Live Twogging Adams’ State Of The City
MAYOR ADAMS AND COMMUNICATIONS BOSS ROY KAUFMANN BEFORE THE MAYOR’S STATE OF THE CITY SPEECH TODAY Using the hashtag #sotcPDX. Feel free to chime in: Update 2:27 Full text of the speech after the jump… 2010: THE STATE OF THE CITYMayor Sam AdamsFeb. 5, 2010 Good afternoon Portlanders, City Club of Portland, members of the […]
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“Basically, we shot an unarmed black guy running away from us.”
Says Scott Westerman, head of the Portland Police Association, in the Oregonian. Dude just HIRED a public relations firm, too. Having said that, Westerman also said something remarkably smart: “No one should ever forget this,” Westerman said: “The citizens of Portland and the state of Oregon are the ones who give police officers the legal […]
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Read The Goddamn News
In case you missed it, I was on KPOJ 620AM at 8 o’clock, as I am every Thursday, talking about this week’s news run with host Carl Wolfson. You can listen again here. Here’s the scoop: JAIL, INC. Is privatizing jail health care a lethal idea? ILLUSTRATION BY MARK SEARCY CH-CH-CH-CHáVEZ 39th Avenue changes its […]
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Novick For Kitz, Dean for Bradbury
The Viagra Ad Democratic Primary race for Governor is getting increasingly fraught, with both sides claiming high profile endorsements this week. “Yes on 66/67” leader and former senatorial candidate Steve Novick came out this morning for John Kitzhaber, describing him as a man who “has spent his entire political career boldly telling the truth.” Meanwhile, […]
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Recall Recall To Hit City Club Address Tomorrow
Still no word back from the second campaign to Recall Sam Adams about a contract with Kevin Mannix’s signature-gathering firm, or the rent on a downtown office, unearthed by the Mercury yesterday. But there was a note out to supporters of the recall yesterday: Portland Future PAC – The Recall Sam Adams People 10:30 AM […]
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Jail, Inc.
Is Privatizing Jail Health Care a Lethal Idea?
Is Privatizing Jail Health Care a Lethal Idea?
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Cool Runnings
Jesse Cornett’s chances of advancing beyond the May primary are as strong as the Jamaican bobsled team’s in the 1988 Olympics.
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Breedlove Really Ramps It Up A Notch
From young hotcakes’ blog this afternoon: I wrote this recently, after hearing some of the feedback on my book deal. People assumed I was writing a sex tell all, and many people said things like “He’s only 22, he doesnt have a life. What would he know to write about?” This is for all those […]
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Recall Recall Office Opens In City Building—Have Reportedly Now Hired Mannix’s Sig Firm
TOTAL RECALL RECALL: STILL AMAZING The second campaign to recall Mayor Sam Adams appears to be using some of its meager contributions to rent an office on the corner of SW 10th and Morrison. Ironically, the office is in a Smart Park building owned by the City of Portland. RECALL SAM ADAMS OFFICE: SW 10TH […]
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Campbell’s Death: Our Fault, Not The Cops’ (At Least, In Part)
I had a good time on KBOO this morning with Talk Radio host Lisa Loving—discussing local media and police accountability here in Portland. Why not download the 57 minute show this evening, if you need to cure your insomnia? KBOO: THEY’VE GOT A NICE LOGO…AND YOU CAN TALK AT LENGTH WITHOUT INTERRUPTION, OR LISTENERS, PRESUMABLY […]