Yes on 66/67 campaign director Kevin Looper has a “wall of hate” in his campaign office, which I photographed this morning while I was talking to volunteers who were going out canvassing. There’s some pretty disturbing mail on the wall—returned from “no” voters. What lies beneath the “no” campaign’s high-ground rhetoric? There’s more after the […]
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Matt Davis was news editor of the Mercury from 2009 to May 2010.
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Oregonian “Censors” “Yes On 66/67” Ad, To Remove References To “Chickenshit” Publisher, After Printing “No” Campaign’s Lies
YES ON 67 SPADEA: RAN, “CENSORED,” THIS MORNING If you’ve been following Sarah’s reporting on the Oregonian‘s Spadea advertisements for the “Yes on 66/67” campaign, you’ll know that the paper’s change in editorial policy in December—to allow political ads on the front page—has been controversial. O PUBLISHER ANDERSON: “CHICKENSHIT” Well, this morning’s Oregonian carried a […]
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Haiti Benefit Raises Nearly $180,000—Now, Let’s Look In The Gift Horse’s Mouth…
Congratulations to sometime Mercury freelancer Stephen Marc Beaudoin for organizing last night’s benefit for Haiti, which is likely to have raised $180,000 for MercyCorps. The high number is in large part due to a matching donation agreement by the Ray Hickey Foundation, and a $23,000 donation from American Steel’s Howard Hedinger. It’s a remarkable achievement […]
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City Reaches Big Soccer Deal With Paulson
Council will vote on the deal next week. Download details of the agreement here. And here’s the mayor’s statement: Dear Portlanders, The City today reached a final agreement with Peregrine, LLC to bring a Major League Soccer (MLS) franchise to Portland and renovate PGE Park. This effort will bring immediate construction jobs to Portland and […]
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Songs For Haiti Gets $50,000 Match
I just got my ticket for tonight’s Songs For Haiti event at the Aladdin Theater. There are still about 180 tickets left, according to organizer Stephen Marc Beaudoin, but they’re shifting fast. Get ’em here. Or, if you can’t make it to the show but still want to donate, you can do that here. There’s […]
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Read The Goddamn News
RISE OF THE BLOGS City audit shows blogs race ahead of mainstream media in stimulating citizen discussion about Portland government. ILLUSTRATION BY WILDER SCHMALTZ SEE YA AT DA PARTY, RICHTER Total Mayoral recall launches. LOAN SHARK HUNTING Closing the loophole that lets fraudulent mortgage lenders off the hook. DUCKING THE ISSUE The unassuming Dirty Duck […]
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Meeting the Press
What would Martin Luther King Jr. do about Measures 66 and 67?
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Rise of the Blogs
City Audit Shows Mainstream Media Flagging
City audit shows blogs beat mainstream media in stimulating discussion.
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See Ya at Da Party, Richter
Total Mayoral Recall May Launch This Week
Second effort to recall Mayor Sam Adams may launch this week.
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Bill Bradbury Launches Jobs Strategy: Wants “Bank Of Oregon”
You may recall this time last week, blogger T.A.Barnhart covered Democratic gubernatorial candidate John Kitzhaber’s launch of his jobs strategy. Well, this week he’s been covering the strategy of Kitzhaber’s rival for the Democratic candidacy, Bill Bradbury. Here’s what he has to say on the issue: By T.A.Barnhart Last week, John Kitzhaber began the “serious” […]
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Haiti, Anderson Cooper, And Ethics…
Perhaps you’ve not seen this yet, but you will, soon. CNN’s Anderson Cooper dragged a bloodied boy from the scene of looting in Haiti today, and has blogged about it. There’s both live footage and some pretty vivid images, including this one: ANDERSON: SAVED BOY FROM LOOTING Here at the Mercury, we’re inclined to think […]