Oregonian editor Sandy Rowe is stepping down, to be replaced by executive editor Peter Bhatia. Bhatia is the same forward-thinking dude who told City Club in April that he thought the Kindle might save newspapers. That, and the fact that you can’t take your laptop into the bathroom to read the paper online while you’re […]
Matt Davis
Matt Davis was news editor of the Mercury from 2009 to May 2010.
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$3.9 Million Gift For PSU—PDC Loses $2million, So We’re Up $1.9 Million Before Lunch
Mayor Sam Adams and Governor Ted Kulongoski have been at a big hoo-ha press conference at PSU this morning to announce the gift of $3.9million to the university’s Computational Sciences Program, by PSU alumni Fariborz Maseeh. GOVERNOR KULONGOSKI AND MAYOR SAM ADAMS: SAT THROUGH A 45-MINUTE PRESS CONFERENCE THIS MORNING, THANKING DR.MASEEH FOR HIS GIFT […]
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Santa-gate, Saturday Night
This December’s Brewhaha is a little different. Instead of discussing campaign finance reform or urban renewal, we’re having a whopping party. Everyone who’s anyone in Oregon politics will be there, and there’ll be alcohol, which judging from my experience with Oregon politicos, means there’ll probably also be an orgy* at some point. Come dressed as […]
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Be The Mercury’s Next News Intern
So Sean Breslin has fled town for some plum job interviews in Philly, and the Mercury news team is looking for another intern. The internship lasts three months and will start in January. Send some clips, a short cover letter explaining why you’re perfect for the internship, three 80-word story pitches and a resume to: […]
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Ed Garren Runs For Saltzman’s Seat
Driving to Ed Garren’s manufactured home park on Hayden Island yesterday afternoon, I got stuck in traffic. If only someone would widen the bridge across the Columbia, I thought. D’oh! And so began our candidate Q&A. Garren’s home looks out over the existing Columbia bridge, and he’s been active in fighting for environmental justice in […]
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Does Nick Fish Love Parks More Than Housing?
I know, I know. That sounds like a remarkably divisive question, coming from a columnist who recently professed a desire to have the Commissioner’s babies. Actually, I still do want to have Nick Fish’s babies—WHATEVER HIS WIFE THINKS. But occasional Mercury freelancer Amanda Waldroupe has a fascinating feature in this week’s Street Roots, grilling Fish […]
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Video: Council’s Pearl District Loo Smackdown: Updated with Handy Poll!
Yesterday’s blog post about the ruckus in city council over a new Pearl District loo sparked a lot of controversy in the comments. So last night I went back over the spat on the city’s video archive, and pulled the relevant clip for you to watch: VIDEO CLIP: YOU CAN WATCH THE ENTIRE HEARING AT […]
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Read The Goddamn News
HOUSES, NOT HANDCUFFS Prostitution Report: Jail Doesn’t Work. Illustration by Jon Sperry SALTZMAN BACKS DOWN With quotes from each commissioner, accompanied by my HALL MONITOR column, accusing Saltzman of acting like a bad parent to the police union. H2OH, CRAP! Read this story for Brett Superstar’s illustration, if nothing else. And of course, breakers on […]
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H2Oh, Crap!
City Stalls Water Test for Thanksgiving
City comes under fire for stalling an E. coli water test on
Thanksgiving.
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Saltzman Backs Down
Police Commissioner Reinstates Suspended Officer
Police Commissioner Dan Saltzman bows to police union pressure.
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Rate The City of Portland’s Website
Personally I give it major minus points for the absence of blinking text. The survey takes “five minutes” to complete, apparently.