Nick Fish and Sam Adams kill the sit-lie law for good.
Matt Davis
Matt Davis was news editor of the Mercury from 2009 to May 2010.
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Thumbs Up For PDX Summer Schools Programs
Tonight Mayor Sam Adams has been hosting a presentation at city hall on the summer Youth Corps and 9th Grade Counts programs he and Multnomah County Chair Ted Wheeler have organized this summer, that are aiming to halve Portland’s abysmal 43 percent high school dropout rate. The Mercury first reported on these programs back in […]
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Bowman, Small Biz Owners Talk Health Reform
Oregon Action executive director and best candidate for senate district 22 was up at 7’oclock this morning, for a forum with small business owners in North Portland to discuss health reform with staffers for Senator Jeff Merkley and Congressman Earl Blumenauer. BOWMAN: Met with a dozen small business owners on health care this morning “People […]
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Randy Leonard Is In The Loo Business
“I think I may have finally found my niche,” says City Commissioner Randy Leonard. “I’m sure my supporters and detractors would agree.” RANDY LEONARD’S NICHE: TOILETS… There’s a documentary about the Portland loo, here, but long story short, Leonard designed and built this one in Old Town last year at a cost of $150,000. A […]
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“Homosexual Settings” and the Mature Debate Over Health Reform In Eastern Oregon
A letter to the editor of the East Oregonian published on September 9: I was very disappointed that you printed a naked picture in an apparently homosexual setting in the Sunday, Sept. 6 East Oregonian. I immediately ushered the paper to the trash to protect my children. In the future, such things will be cause […]
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Even Your Mom Endorses Kitzhaber—Now, About These Tax Measures…
Seemed like almost everyone who’s anyone in state politics showed up at the Ecotrust building this morning to endorse former Governor John Kitzhaber for another crack at the job in the 2010 Governor’s race. Attorney General John Kroger—himself a strong candidate for the job once he’s proven himself in the AG’s office—spoke of Kitzhaber’s “moral […]
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Arnold Live On Twitter-Cast
Only for the next five minutes. So many solahhh pahnalls.
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Good Morning, News!!
SWAY-ZZZ!!! To quote Tyler Durden, “you were going to see this later today anyway…may as well get it over with…” OBAMA CALLED KANYE A JACKASS!!! So much for priorities. RESOLUTION OF DISAPPROVAL!!! Against Joe Wilson. GEORGE BUSH’S MEAN STREAK!!! “This is a dangerous world, and this cat [Obama] isn’t remotely qualified to handle it. This […]
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A Memorial For Affordable Housing
“In the world through the eyes of Jesus, the business community has as much responsibility to look after the poor as churches, or synagogues, or mosques,” said Reverend Chuck Cooper, from the United Methodist Church in Gresham, delivering a eulogy for Portland’s affordable housing at city hall this afternoon. “If you do not care for […]
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In Defense of Kanye West
Like everyone else, I have some thoughts. WILD WILD WEST: THAT NICE WILL SMITH WOULD NEVER HAVE DONE ANYTHING LIKE THIS 1.He was right. Taylor Swift’s video does suck compared to Beyonce’s. I mean, REALLY. What were they thinking, giving it to her? I loved West’s insincere apology, referring to how he “really liked” Taylor […]
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Fish And Adams Put The Nail In Sit/Lie’s Coffin, Effectively Telling Business Alliance: Suck It Up
Oof. It’s been a hard week for the Portland Business Alliance. First they get called “petulant children” after accusing the city’s homeless newspaper of “yellow journalism” yesterday, then they get roundly defeated on one of their principle advocacy issues of the last five years. Still, at least the mayor was gracious enough to use the […]
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PBA On Street Roots: Alleged “Yellow Journalism”
They stole the headline I would have used, but the folks at Street Roots are reporting that their membership of the Portland Business Alliance is over, following an alleged accusation of “yellow journalism” by the PBA’s vice president of downtown services and chief architect of the sit/lie law Mike Kuykendall, earlier today. The alleged “yellow […]