Listen to KPOJ this morning? No? Oh, well. You can catch up with it here. We’ve got a great news section this week. EAST OF EDEN East Portland is Getting Poorer—And Angrier. SCRAPPERS KICK ‘EM TO THE CURB City Tries Another Version of Its Sit-Lie Ordinance. SIMON SAYS Two people do what Matt Davis says, […]
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Matt Davis was news editor of the Mercury from 2009 to May 2010.
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Simon Says
Two people do what Matt Davis says, prompting a huge distortion of Matt Davis’ perspective.
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Kick ’em to the Curb
City Tries Yet Another Sit-Lie Approach
City tries yet another version of its sit-lie ordinance.
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No Parks Bond Measure
Nick Fish has postponed a planned parks bond measure scheduled for this November. Instead, Fish does still plan to move ahead with a housing levy instead, possibly next year or the year after. And it’s “entirely likely,” he says, that there’ll be money for mental health in the mix. I flagged this issue last December, […]
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Scott Westerman Resigns From Police Union
DAVE NEESON Amazing. There are actually people in politics in Oregon who can say the words “I am resigning.” It is with deep regret that I am announcing that I am resigning as president of the Portland Police Association, effective June 19, 2010. I will be taking an intermittent leave of absence between today and […]
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Mercury’s Endorsements: City Commissioner #3—Vote For Jesse Cornett
This post co-authored by the Mercury’s editorial board: Matt Davis, Wm.Steven Humphrey and Sarah Mirk[Here’s the first of the Mercury‘s 2010 election endorsements. We’re going to be endorsing right here on Blogtown in the big races, and gathering all our endorsements together in a special endorsement issue out May 6.] This election has been the […]
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Blue Oregon Scraps Commenter Anonymity
This is all because somebody nameless called Mark Wiener an “assfucker.” Am I right? Writes editor Kari Chisholm: “The first foundation of community is identity. Whether your metaphor is a water cooler, or a small town, or a bar called Cheers, you have to have a place “where everybody knows your name” if you’re going […]
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Saltzman: Westerman Now “Ineffective”
Here’s a newsworthy snippet. Police Commissioner Dan Saltzman thinks Scott Westerman should resign as police union boss, following the recent road rage revelations. We asked him the question during this morning’s endorsement interview, and this was his response: “I do believe he’s rendered himself, to be, in my eyes, I would think, ineffective. But it’s […]
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Roberta Phillip Out Of County Race
Roberta Phillip has withdrawn from the county race. She has a policy job at the county, and has found it hard to balance the needs of working that, full time, with working on the campaign. PHILLIP: OUT OF THE RACE
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Commissioner #3 Endorsement Interview
Morning Blogtownies. We’re doing the Mercury‘s endorsement interview with candidates for Dan Saltzman’s seat at 8:30, and I wanted to give you the opportunity to suggest questions. Both for Saltzman himself, and Jesse Cornett, Mary Volm, Ed Garren, Martha Perez, and Spencer Burton. Mainly we’re looking for a reason to believe in one of the […]
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Mayor Adams Breaks Bad Budget News To City
Mayor Sam Adams has been meeting this afternoon with the heads of all city bureaus, and the bosses of unions, too—inside the cave at the Portland Building. It’s a very grim budget picture, and he’s been preparing everyone for job cuts. “Since World War Two, this has been the toughest recession on Portlanders,” he said. […]
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Thomas Lauderdale: Fund The Symphony
Oh, God. You know you’ve stirred shit up when the Pink Martini founder gets on the blower. And City Commissioner Dan Saltzman may very well have done that by saying he’ll send the symphony to New York “over my dead body.” LAUDERDALE: FUNDS THE SYMPHONY “It’s one of our biggest assets, in this community—our arts,” […]