I mean, seriously? Seriously? It’s a joke. Joke. Funny joke. Ha ha ha. IT’S A JOKE. RIGHT?
Matt Davis
Matt Davis was news editor of the Mercury from 2009 to May 2010.
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County Commissioner Jeff Cogen Would Sign The Recall
Here’s some well-timed news for the Friday night news cycle. A rumor has been doing the rounds that County Commissioner Jeff Cogen told the Willamette Week this week he’d sign the petition to recall Sam Adams if he was asked to. The paper has been calling around local pols, asking them where they stand, and […]
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In Which I Swim A Mile In The Willamette
Like most Portlanders, I like to do stupid shit occasionally. So, last night I did some stupid shit. I joined about 20 triathletes at six o’clock to swim a mile in the Willamette, in advance of the Freshwater Trust Portland Triathlon on August 23. I’ve been training in the pool for the last three months, […]
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Oregonian Does Good Reporting on Homelessness
I wrote that as a headline because as far as I’m aware, this is news. Former city hall beat reporter Jim Mayer has moved back to the mothership and spent the last few days chronicling tensions between downtown shoppers and tourists and the homeless there. The piece is measured in tone, and quotes people on […]
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Hall Monitor
Water Fight
The federal government is likely to charge Portland taxpayers $100
million to filter its pristine water.
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Conflicting Accounts
Was Old Town Stabbing Victim Actually a Violent Slumlord?
Was Old Town stabbing victim actually a violent slumlord?
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Sweeney’s Room
Power Struggle Erupts at Lincoln High School
Power struggle erupts at Lincoln High School after principal asks a
teacher to move rooms.
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Sisters of the Closed
Drug Problems Shut Homeless Café for a Month
Drug problems shut Old Town’s homeless café for a month.
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Oregonian: Big Meeting At Three
That’s what we’re hearing, following this morning’s announcement by the paper’s parent company. Updates as we have them. In the mean time columnist Anna Griffin brings some refreshing twhumor (tweeumor? tumor? humeet? hutwu?) to bear: Update, 3:42pm: Not much more than was already reported, it turns out. Newhouse had rescinded its job pledge—the promise that […]
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Portland Scores 1000 Electric Cars
Oregon has been named a test market by the Electric Transportation Engineering Corporation, which today announced achieving $99.8million in federal funds to study electric vehicle usage. The state could be getting up to 1000 Nissan Leaf cars, and up to 2,500 charging stations in 2010, according to a press release just put out by Mayor […]