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Matt Davis
Matt Davis was news editor of the Mercury from 2009 to May 2010.
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“Ethical Breach”?
Saltzman Donation to Girlfriend’s Charity Draws Scrutiny
Should Dan Saltzman have disclosed a conflict before donating $600,000 in taxpayer money to his girlfriend’s charity?
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Gary Hansen Uses Mercury Quote In Mailer
From our interview in the spring. We suggest you throw a dart at your ballot in this race, incidentally.
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Jesse Cornett In PSU Diversity Controversy
Fresh from hitting out at Dan Saltzman over Saltzmangate, Jesse Cornett has managed to get challenged on his claim to have helped pass an Oregon version of the Rooney Rule last year when he was a lobbyist at PSU. Jake Thomas at the Portland Observer reports: Portland City Council Candidate Jesse Cornett has backed down […]
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Cops Release “Kids’ Guide To What We Do”
And some of us in the Mercury news room have spent the last few minutes trying to imagine what it might look like. Email me your entries. Win a prize. Sarah Mirk is going to the actual launch in an hour or so. God save her. Here’s January “the intern” Vawter’s effort: And Patrick Coleman’s, […]
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Mental Health on The Daily Show
Someone just sent me the link to former first lady Rosalynn Carter talking about mental health on the Daily Show. “One thing that’s really difficult is the media,” she says. “We have to have you say good things, and if you get my fellowship we can help you out.” “I could learn a lot,” said […]
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Adams Thanks Colleagues For Courage On Sewer Money For Bikes
The mayor thanked Dan Saltzman and Nick Fish, “who are taking some heat for this on the campaign trail,” for voting to allocate $20million in sewer money to kickstart his bike plan this morning. “I just want to thank my colleagues for their courage on this, even if it has been mangled by others into […]
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Oregon Congressman Calls Goldman Sachs “Gambling Addicts” On House Floor
This is Peter DeFazio. He’s from congressional district four, and is facing a pretty smooth ride in the primary. But I wanted you to watch this, because it turns out that Oregon congressmen are capable of actually saying something interesting, and not just rambling on about streetcars and “decades of decision” and blah blah blahhhhh. […]
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Did You See This HOrseshit?
Update, 10:37:”The metro area’s $3.5 billion tourism industry…” It’s ASTONISHING that a major metro newspaper doesn’t even take the time to do the math on such an obviously bogus statistic. For that to be true, the city would have to take in $9,589,041.10 PER DAY in tourism dollars. NINE AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS A […]
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Today: Emergency Call In Hour On Sit-Lie Vote
Courtesy of the Facebook group The Sit/Lie Ordinance is Unconstitutional. Really. Stop Trying To Fix It: The city council has considered and will vote on an ’emergency’ new sidewalk management ordinance on Thursday. It is vital that Portland residents call the city council NOW and let the council know that this law is unnecessary, unappreciated, […]
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Saltzmangate: Dan Says “Ethical Breach” Accusations Are “Politics Of Desperation” In Election
City Commissioner Dan Saltzman described questions about his possible conflict of interest in voting to give $600,000 to his girlfriend’s charity without disclosing their relationship as “the politics of desperation” this evening, when he was ambushed by a TV crew from Katu at a church in North Portland. SALTZMAN: “POLITICS OF DESPERATION” Saltzman, along with […]