Rudy Soto has entered the already pretty crowded field vying to defeat City Commissioner Dan Saltzman. IMAGE COURTESY OF RUDY SOTO SOTO AND PRESIDENT OBAMA IN 2007, WHEN OBAMA VISITED AS A PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE “I’m running against Dan because Dan is basically, let’s be real, he’s the most vulnerable and weak,” says Soto. “And he’s […]
Matt Davis
Matt Davis was news editor of the Mercury from 2009 to May 2010.
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Saltzman’s Bunch Of Clowns Gather On Alberta
Ed Garren was probably right to avoid last Friday night’s candidate meet-up on North Alberta—not because his rivals to unseat City Commissioner Dan Saltzman are indeed a “bunch of clowns,” as he said last week—but because it was freezing cold, miserable, and wet up there. It’s time for some blinky text. WHO HOLDS AN OUTDOOR […]
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Think Out Loud on Taser Use
It’s been fascinating, so far, and there are still twenty more minutes. Listen here.
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Pat McCormick, “No on 66/67” Man, Is Chicken
Blue Oregon ran a story about this earlier today, but it seems the leading “No on 66/67” lobbyist, Pat McCormick, is too chicken to come to the Mercury for an endorsement interview on the tax measures. So, we interviewed his opponent, Steve Novick, yesterday, alongside a chicken. With McCormick’s face on it: We called McCormick […]
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Warhol Foundation Gives $100,000 To TBA
Portland’s Time Based Art festival has snagged a 2-year, $100,000 grant from the Andy Warhol Foundation for the 2010 and 2011 festivals. The Warhol Foundation, which focuses on supporting contemporary art that is experimental, under-recognized, or challenging in nature, says the TBA festival has secured a prominent place in the public imagination: “…Perhaps most impressive […]
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Read The Goddamn News
Did you miss me on KPOJ this morning, shamelessly promoting the Mercury‘s news section with Carl Wolfson and Christine Alexander? Well, here’s a podcast. At one point on air this morning, Wolfson referred to me as the news editor of Willamette Week, but that seems to have been “corrected” in this MP3 version, in case […]
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Small Business Council Says Yes on 66/67
Still no word back from the “no on 66/67” folks about this endorsement interview they’re seemingly too chicken to arrange with the Mercury. In the mean time, the Oregon Small Business Council has endorsed a “yes” vote this afternoon. The OSBC has 400 members across the state, from retailers to realtors, manufacturers to auto shops. […]
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Even Saltzman’s Uncle Thinks Big Soccer Is Nuts
City Commissioner Dan Saltzman had to endure a lecture from his own uncle in city council this morning, on the idiocy of Major League Soccer. HAL SALTZMAN: GAVE HIS NEPHEW A GOOD TALKING TO THIS MORNING Hal Saltzman actually played two seasons for the Portland Beavers in 1948 and 1949, before being drafted to Cleveland. […]
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Biz Whizz Francesconi Slams O-ditorial Tax Line
Former City Commissioner, Portland Business Alliance puppet and one-time mayoral candidate Jim Francesconi (we reluctantly endorsed him, but his rival was Tom “form a committee” Potter, so what were we to do…) has taken a leaf from the Mercury‘s bl-ook and called out the Oregonian editorial board for endorsing a “no vote” on the upcoming […]
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Garren: Other Candidates Are “Bunch Of Clowns”
City council candidate Ed Garren has removed the gloves, calling his fellow rivals to take down Police Commissioner Dan Saltzman a “bunch of clowns” in a late night blog comment posted here in the early hours. GARREN: FEISTY Garren was photographed with the other candidates on Sunday at the Overlook Cafe, and council candidate Spencer […]
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City Almost “Drops” Anti-Camping Law…Doesn’t
The City of Portland appears to have reneged at the last minute, last night, from effectively dropping its controversial anti-camping law for homeless people who keep their camps discrete. The city’s Office of Management and Finance (OMF) pulled an item from tomorrow’s agenda, late last night, that would settle a class-action lawsuit related to the […]
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Saltzman Rivals To Stage Joint Event Fri Night
The five candidates vying for public campaign financing to depose police commissioner Dan Saltzman plan a joint appearance this Friday night, at the corner of 11th and NE Alberta, at Dough Nation, starting at 6pm. The five candidates will each speak for five minutes, starting at 7pm, and are hoping Portlanders will show up and […]