Wait…Novick isn’t running for Governor. But the former US senatorial candidate did consider it, he says, in a remarkably candid post on Blue Oregon today. It’s probably smart for Novick to avoid a run for the office—he doesn’t need to start looking like the perennial losing candidate, and John Kitzhaber is widely regarded as unbeatable […]
Matt Davis
Matt Davis was news editor of the Mercury from 2009 to May 2010.
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Leonard Tussles With Copwatch Over Saltzman’s Record As Police Commissioner
City Commissioner Randy Leonard came to the rare defense of Police Commissioner Dan Saltzman during the council session this morning, with one of his classic rhetorical blow-ups. Why keep an ongoing conflict at a slow burn when you can ramp it up to boiling point with a few choice remarks? COPWATCH’S DAN HANDELMAN: TOOK THE […]
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SENATOR CHIP SHIELDS ENDORSES LEW FREDERICK FOR HIS OLD HOUSE SEAT!!! Frederick put out the following Facebook update this morning: “I am impressed that Lew really knows our District and its people,” says Shields. “He has campaigned in it for years, and talked to thousands of our neighbors in his run for County Commissioner. The […]
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Calling Bullshit On The Recall Recall
It’s been two days now since Recall spokesman Jasun Wurster told Willamette Week reporter Nigel Jaquiss about a second effort to recall Mayor Sam Adams. Some folks are starting to wonder if this re-recall is simply a figment of Wurster’s imagination, however. Like, an “implanted memory,” perhaps. “We’ve definitely got commitments from 15 to 25 […]
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Mental Health Groups Want Chasse Cops To Quit
An alliance of four Mental Health groups plans to call Thursday for the resignation of the three Portland police officers involved in the death in custody of James Chasse, a man with schizophrenia, back in 2006. The National Alliance on Mental Illness, Disability Rights Oregon, the Mental Health Association of Oregon and the Mental Health […]
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SECOND RECALL!!! Nigel Jaquiss at the WW has the story you’ve been longing for. Or not. I’m going with not. SHO DOZONO’S CLOSED RESTAURANT!!! Has this in the window now. WTF? TREASURY MISLED PUBLIC!!! About the bailout. Speaking of which, we saw the new Michael Moore film on capitalism last night: Hank Paulson is a […]
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About This Glenn Beck Internet Meme
Friday afternoons were made for stories like this: WIPO is considering a domain name dispute between conservative commentator Glenn Beck and the owner of a satire site called GlennBeckRapedAndMurderedAYoungGirlIn1990.com. Beck is suing the proprietor of the site, claiming that it’s a violation of the “trademark of his name.” Can’t sue in regular court, because of […]
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On Giving Credit Where It’s Due
HOW MANY TIMES?!?! If you’re going to rip off another local media outlet, give them credit. If it’s not your paper’s policy to do so, change the policy. Also: The days are disappearing where newspapers can act like assholes to one another. We’re all in this together, and I’d like us all to start acting […]
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Chasse Protester Pleads Guilty To Misdemeanor
Protester Chantilly Geigle, who was arrested for splurging red paint around the entrance to city hall on the third anniversary of the death of James Chasse, plead guilty to a misdemeanor in court yesterday. Geigle was originally charged with felony criminal mischief after the city presented a bill of $1,440 to clean up the paint—16 […]
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Portland Makes Passiveaggressivenotes.com
With an email from CoffeehouseNW barista Tim Roth. Personally I don’t see what Roth’s problem is. We paid for our double-tall-mochalattos. We should have gotten them exactly the way we wanted them and the barista should have known. We shouldn’t have to talk to him. Also, what’s wrong with writing a friendly note? After all, […]
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“Democrats Have To Have Guts.”
Alan Grayson. Remember the name. Republicans are “foot-dragging, knuckle-dragging neanderthals” on health care. “The Republicans have nothing even remotely resembling a plan.”
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City Hiring Consultant To Probe Chasse Probe
Press release. More soon: Portland City Auditor to Hire Expert to Evaluate the Portland Police Bureau’s Handling of the James Chasse Investigation: Portland City Auditor LaVonne Griffin-Valade has announced plans to hire a nationally-recognized expert to evaluate how the Portland Police Bureau handled the internal investigation of the 2006 in-custody death of James Chasse, including […]