By issuing a statement saying he didn’t do anything illegal because he’s not married to his girlfriend. Call me a stickler, but I didn’t think the city attorney’s primary role was criminal defense. And in any case, I’d be interested to see this argument tested in court.
Matt Davis
Matt Davis was news editor of the Mercury from 2009 to May 2010.
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O: Saltzman Was Shy About Disclosure
The Oregonian has picked up on Saltzmangate. Now the Commissioner is reneging on his position yesterday, citing shyness as a reason not to have made the disclosure: “In retrospect, maybe I should have done that (disclose his relationship),” he said, but he’s shy and the thought of announcing his private life and outing someone “who […]
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BREAKING: Did Saltzman’s Girlfriend Misrepresent Her Role In Grant Procurement Process?
You tell me: SALTZMAN: STAFF CLAIM THIS IS “NOT A CAMPAIGN ISSUE” Jumping… Yesterday we broke a story about City Commissioner Dan Saltzman failing to disclose a conflict before voting to give $600,000 in taxpayer dollars to his girlfriend’s charity. Saltzman’s girlfriend, Liz Burns, told the Mercury yesterday that she wasn’t involved in this particular […]
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Good Morning, News!!
UK CONSERVATIVES HATE GAY PEOPLE!!! Would-be MP for Sutton & Cheam led prayer sessions to “cure” them. BP’S CONTAINMENT CHAMBER!!! Probably won’t work. APPLE MAY FACE ANTI-TRUST PROBE!!! Playing right out of Microsoft’s playbook—the one they bitched about for years. ANGEL’S AFFAIR WITH TIGER WOODS’ MISTRESS!!! And is it just me, or did this guy […]
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What’s Important To Street Roots Vendors?
Nice little project up at the Street Roots website this weekend, photographs of a bunch of vendors holding placards that tell us what’s important to them: A bit inspiring, a bit heart-breaking at the same time. The fact that everyone really wants pretty similar things, and that we’re still so woefully inadequate at providing any […]
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BREAKING: Should Dan Saltzman Have Declared A Conflict Before Giving $600,000 To His Girlfriend’s Charity?
Portland commissioner accused of conflict of interest.
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Saltzman, Cornett Take More Endorsements
The race for Dan Saltzman’s seat is starting to get a little fraught, with both sides securing more endorsements. Broadly, the insiders seem to be for Saltzman, while those wanting to see change at city hall seem to be plumping for Cornett. WILDER SCHMALTZ City Commissioner Dan Saltzman was enthusiastically endorsed by fellow city commissioner […]
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It’s An Art Explosion For Collymore
COLLYMORE: COFFEE CUP ACTUALLY CONTAINS AN ART EXPLOSION Occasional Mercury arts writer and queer issue editor Stephen Marc Beaudoin has fallen head over heels for Multnomah County Commission candidate Karol Collymore, and he’s throwing her an “Art Explosion” event this Friday night. Among Collymore’s achievements on the campaign trail, it seems, is bringing about a […]
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Why Wasn’t City Race In Candidates Gone Wild?
I was going to let this slide, but Bus volunteer Jake Oken-Berg got feisty in the comments on my Candidates Gone Wild post from Tuesday, asking if I’d asked anybody at the Bus on the record why the City Council race wasn’t included. So I asked Jefferson Smith, who runs the Bus, and here’s what […]
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“Thanks for your testimony. Really appreciate it.”
Mayor Sam Adams has been sitting through the testimony on the new sit-lie law in council this afternoon. I’d be down there in person, but we’ve been doing endorsement interviews here at the Mercury, so I’ve been catching up on the end of the session over the council video. Best quote of the afternoon so […]
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Trimet Looking For Guy Who Got Off Bus
Investigators from the Portland Police Bureau’s Major Crash Team are asking the public’s help in identifying a Tri-Met bus passenger that got off the bus involved in the fatal accident on Saturday night. This male passenger exited the bus at NW Glisan and Broadway just prior to the accident. The bus dropped the passenger off […]