Mayor Sam Adams plans to meet with downtown retailers tomorrow morning between 8 and 10am, under Pioneer Square. I’ve been asking for the details of the meeting for the last nine days, ever since Adams met with advocates for the homeless to discuss possible replacements to the sit/lie law. Several phone calls, two Tweets, and […]
Matt Davis
Matt Davis was news editor of the Mercury from 2009 to May 2010.
Posted inMovies & TV
Holy Crap, That’s a Lot of Film
I have a correction to this week’s feature this week about Dan Halsted, curator of the Grindhouse film festival. In the story, I caught up with Halsted to talk about his recent unearthing of 200 kung fu films at a closed-down theater in a crack alley in Canada, and how they’re all gonna be screened […]
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Read The Goddamn News
NOBODY LOSES An interview with all the candidates for North Portland’s vacant senate seat. We even made an endorsement, because we’re not chickenshit: Jo Ann Bowman for state senate! NORTH PORTLAND’S WOULD-BE SENATORS…PHOTO BY DAVID REAMER DEBATING FOR DOLLARS Sarah Mirk has a fascinating roundup of lobbyists’ spending in Salem over the course of the […]
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Saving Shaolin
Portland Film Geek Unearths Grindhouse Goldmine
One of Portland’s biggest film geeks unearths a grindhouse goldmine.
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Hall Monitor
Micromanagement
In a defiant mood, Police Chief Rosie Sizer presents her racial
profiling plan to city council.
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Nobody Loses
Choosing North/Northeast Portland’s Next State Senator
Choosing North/Northeast Portland’s next state senator.
Posted inBikes
British Transportation Minister In Portland
British transportation minister Sadiq Khan was in Portland today, meeting with Metro Regional Council President David Bragdon to talk about Portland’s active transportation management strategies: KHAN: Checking out a bike lane opposite Metro’s headquarters on NE MLK this afternoon… Khan is a Labour Member of Parliament for Tooting—a district of South London just four miles […]
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Obama On Health Care: Preview of Remarks
The President plans to address a joint session of congress on health reform tonight. His press people have released the following previewed excerpts. I’m seeing the words “health insurance exchange,” but not explicitly the words “public option.” Still, judge for yourself. I am not the first President to take up this cause, but I am […]
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Homeless Resource Access Center Back On Track After City Settles Urban Renewal Appeal
City Commissioner Nick Fish can go ahead and build his Resource Access Center (RAC) for the homeless in Old Town, now that he and Mayor Sam Adams have settled an ongoing appeal over the use of River District urban renewal money to finance the deal. Fish unveiled new designs for the center last month: CENTER: […]
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Oregonian Publisher Retires
Evidently Fred Stickel was reading my tips for turning the paper around last month. 12.Your publisher. Wonderful man. But perhaps he’s getting a little old for this? That’s probably illegal, what I just said. But you know, there are ways around the labor laws… Oregon Media Central had Stickel’s retirement announcement in a media release […]
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Visitors To Portland Generated $3.8billion In ’08—Are We “Buying” Favorable Press Coverage?
City council is listening to a presentation by Travel Portland this morning: $3.8billion was generated in the Portland Metro region from tourism and visitors last year. That supported 30,500 jobs, generated $62million in local taxes, $80million in statewide taxes. $589million was spent in eating establishments, and $552million on lodging. $98million was spent on cultural tourism. […]
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Recall Campaign Files Complaint Against Adams
The campaign to recall Sam Adams has filed a complaint with the secretary of state’s office this afternoon over an alleged altercation between the mayor and one of its signature gatherers last week in Pioneer Square. ADAMS: DID HE FLIP OUT? Here’s a press release just put out by campaign spokesman Jasun Wurster. (Portland, OR) […]