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Sarah Shay Mirk reported on transportation, sex and gender issues, and politics at the Mercury from 2008-2013. They have gone on to make many things, including countless comics and several books.
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Big news is breaking on the $50 million Lents Stadium deal and in a bizarre turn of events, Lents Mexican restaurant El Pato Feliz is at the center of it all. Three separate groups involved in deciding the future of the Lents Triple-A stadium deal all decided to meet tonight at “The Happy Duck” tonight […]
The bike issue hits the streets this afternoon, packed with bike secrets from around the city (including Reverend Phil‘s tips on how to get arrested and Patrick Alan Coleman’s revelation of his trademarked “Peloton Pincer”). That can only mean one thing: the nation’s largest free bike festival is upon us! PedalPalooza is here, with 199 […]
My favorite comics artist Jason is signing copies of his new book Low Moon this afternoon at Cosmic Monkey (5335 NE Sandy Blvd) — he’s not doing a reading or giving a talk because, it turns out, the Norwegian artist thinks big speeches are a big waste of time. “I try to avoid speaking in […]
After months of financial troubles and rocky negotiations with their landlord, low-cost Portland office space provider CubeSpace is shutting its doors. CubeSpace owners Eva Schweber and David Kominski sent out this depressing email last night: For roughly three years, Eva and I have poured ourselves into CubeSpace. We have poured in all of our financial […]
“Another day, another racial controversy at the Power & Light District,” read the first line of a Kansas City Star article this weekend. It’s our new friends Cordish Development back in the uncomfortable media spotlight! The Blazers and our fair city are currently working with Cordish development to turn the Rose Quarter into a 24-Hour […]
Amidst the velvet paintings and disco-shirted mannequins at Vendetta‘s Giant Gay Garage sale this weekend, I found this mysterious photo. At first I thought it was some sort of Jeff Wall-inspired arranged scene. “Where did you get this?” I asked the vendor. “I used to work at a photo lab,” he explained. “That photo was […]
The Portland Development Commission released some numbers yesterday that neighbors have been waiting for – three budget scenarios for the Lents Beaver’s stadium deal. The power is in the hands of the Lents Urban Renewal Committee to decide whether they should delay $42.3 million in planned projects and use the money to fund one big, […]
STOP THE PRESSES! At the Columbia River Crossing project sponsor’s council meeting this morning, Mayor Adams piped up for two good ideas. After the mayor raised environmentalist allies’ ire by proposing and approving the fattest, car-friendliest 12-lane option for the bridge back in February, his wheels turned toward the recognizable “sustainability champion” direction this morning. […]
Rock Bottom: Maybe? New unemployment numbers get mixed analysis. Neocolonial! Enlightened Leader! Anti-Arab! Muslims across Middle East have an array of strong opinions on Obama’s big speech in Cairo. Regime Change Renege: An important element Obama slipped into his speech — the end of the Bush “regime change” era. For this Obama will be hailed […]
So far this spring I have personally killed two basil plants and four tomato plants and, as Weather.com informs me “deadly lightning” is brewing, the rest of my garden might not have a fighting chance. But that does not stop me from lusting after this great home-garden-bike project. Garden! Bike! A Dirty Ride! Brilliant! Hat […]
As I posted about an hour ago, politico Steve Novick took the stage last night at an anti-stadium-deal event in Lents Park and cajoled the audience to immediately inform Commissioner Dan Saltzman he should kill the $50 million proposal. Well, looks like Novick is feeling a little morning-after regret. Not for speaking out against the […]
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