County will institute $19 car tax to replace ailing Sellwood crossing.
Matt Davis
Matt Davis was news editor of the Mercury from 2009 to May 2010.
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Well This Guy Seems Crazy
Fantastic story by KATU. Read it all at Oregon Media Central, including this: Fournier had previously been excluded from Laurelhurst Park for using a stun gun on a minor, according to police records obtained by KATU. Bullock admitted at the time that “there was a question as to whether I had exceeded my authority.” Much?
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Frederick, Lincoln, Collymore For HD 43
Lew Frederick, Karol Collymore and Eddie Lincoln are the three shortlisted candidates to replace State Senator Chip Shields for his old house seat in House District 43—selected by a group of 73 Democratic Party precinct captains at the Martin Luther King jr. elementary school in North Portland tonight. The Multnomah County commissioners picked Shields for […]
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New Council Rules Aim To Reduce Windbaggery
City council is implementing new rules in an attempt to cut down on the length of council meetings. City Commissioners will have to estimate how long they plan to go on for, when they submit an ordinance for review by council, so that people aren’t kept waiting all day while certain city commissioners give us […]
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Some Blunt Feedback On Mayor’s Sidewalk Plan
As reported Monday, the mayor is seeking feedback on his new sidewalk management initiative. He got some this morning from Patrick Nolen, with nonprofit Soapbox Under The Bridge. Nolen had concerns about the repeated mention of private security in the plan, and about its inclusion of the downtown retail strategy. “I would hope that is […]
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Health Reform: “When history calls, history calls.”
Republican Senator Olympia Snowe has said she’ll support democratic health reform legislation this morning. Ms.Snowe: You are a hero. We’re following the action at Talking Points Memo‘s live blog, here in the Mercury news room. So far, this is among my favorite lines: 1:50 p.m.: Did you know that Ron Wyden supports consumer choice in […]
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“They Are Goatf__kers, John.”
It’s worth hanging on for John Oliver’s go-down-in-history remark at the end of the Daily Show‘s evisceration of CNN. The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon – Thurs 11p / 10c CNN Leaves It There www.thedailyshow.com Daily Show Full Episodes Political Humor Ron Paul Interview
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Sit/Lie Replacement Law Draft Online
Mayor Sam Adams has posted the draft replacement to the sit/lie law on his website. As reported in September, the mayor and City Commissioner Nick Fish have finally stood up to the Portland Business Alliance and their ilk and insisted on something constitutional and fair, that doesn’t unfairly target homeless people. Our feedback so far […]
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Well Eff You Too, Travel + Leisure
They’ve said the Portland Building is the world’s ugliest building! Writes “Bunny Wong,” who is bound to be a pseudonym: In downtown Portland, OR, stands an imposing 15-story edifice that’s one of the most hated buildings in America. The façade is an off-putting hodgepodge of faux classical columns, strange and useless decorative elements, and penitentiary-like […]
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Good Morning, News!!
CALL TO LEGALIZE WORLD CUP SEX TRADE!!! To minimize HIV infection among visitors to South Africa next year. Maybe Portland could adapt the idea to pay for renovations to PGE Park? CHINA DESIGN EXHIBITION OPENS!!! Was I the only one who found it absolutely terrifying? KLOSTERMAN: CREATIVE TENSION BETWEEN INTERVIEWER/INTERVIEWEE!!! That’s the way he plays […]
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A Sign Of Things To Come?
I wonder if this crack reporting is a reflection of the changes pushed for earlier this week?
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David Wu’s SUV
The National Republican Congressional Committee has released Youtube footage of Oregon Congressman David Wu driving a huge GMC Yukon truck, despite promising to be a champion for the environment: From Politico: WTOP reports Wu’s camp defended their boss: “Wu, who is married and has two children, bought the black GMC Yukon eight years ago so […]