Mayor seeks feedback on new sidewalk management plan.
Matt Davis
Matt Davis was news editor of the Mercury from 2009 to May 2010.
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Davids vs. Goliath
Is the 2010 Gubernatorial Race Already Over?
Is the 2010 gubernatorial race already over?
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Road to Somewhere
David Byrne’s Energizing Bicycle Diaries
David Byrne’s rambling bike odyssey starts a conversation he can’t even
finish, in a good way.
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Hall Monitor
Defiance
Police commissioner defies council colleagues and keeps the city’s
secret list under wraps.
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Wurster: Won’t Tell How Many Recall Signatures
Recall Sam Adams spokesman Jasun Wurster addressed council this morning with a handful of his allies in the audience—one gentleman wore a pair of sunglasses and a Stars and Stripes shirt, another a baseball cap with a placard attached, reading “LIAR.” I couldn’t take a photograph, I’m afraid, because my camera broke. Wurster told council […]
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Breaking: Chasse Sergeant To Be Suspended
Police Chief Rosie Sizer has released the findings of an internal review of the 2006 death of James Chasse—a man suffering with schizophrenia—this morning, finding barely any wrongdoing by her officers apart from Sergeant Kyle Nice, at the scene, who failed to follow the bureau’s directives on transporting a subject to hospital in certain situations […]
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Vote For The Best New Leaders
The Oregon Bus Project is hosting its Wheelies awards on October 5, and is soliciting your online vote for who should win. It’s like the Oscars of state politics. Here are the nominees: Citizen-Driven Campaign Award:Nick, Zach and Jake Klonsoki, for the Dollar Check-OffJody Wiser and Tax Fairness Oregon, for tax fairnessSunset Primary School 4th […]
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Saltzman Defies Majority: Keep Secret List
Police Commissioner Dan Saltzman has defied a majority of his council colleagues by issuing a memorandum this afternoon refusing to publish the city’s so-called “secret list” of downtown offenders, three weeks after three city commissioners asked him to do so. Is Saltzman making a stand? “I’m just looking at the issue, I think, in a […]
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Good Morning, News!!
DUCKS COACH REFUNDS FAN’S TICKET COST!!! A fan who traveled to watch the team’s recent loss to Boise State sends coach Chip Kelly a disgusted letter and an invoice, asking for a refund. Kelly sends a personal check. AFGHANISTAN SITUATION WORSENS!!! Is still George Bush’s fault, for focusing on Iraq. PROTECT OUR PROFITS!!! Here’s a […]
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Adams On The HQ Hotel: 17 Minutes Of Talk
The mayor is not avoiding my phone calls about the convention center hotel. It turns out it was probably just my time of the month—male (shrimp) do have hormonal cycles, you know. So, here are the mayor’s answers to my questions from this morning: a1.Were you avoiding my phone calls? “No. I’ve got to get […]
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A Mercury-Reading Veteran Returns
A few months back we got this photo of Portlander Fred Erlenbusch serving his time in the army in Baghdad, reading a copy of the Mercury on one of Saddam’s palace chairs. Today, Fred (he preferred to be referred to by his first name than “Specialist Erlenbusch,” so…you know…happy to oblige) dropped by the offices […]