And it’s only June The US federal government doesn’t track the number of people shot each year by police, according to this Washington Post article from last September. That didn’t sit well with The Guardian, which launched an investigative project, called The Counted, to fix that oversight. The question of who counts and whom is […]
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City Club of Portland Knows the Rent is “Too Damn High”
“Portland does not have enough affordable housing to meet the needs of its population.” Everybody knows the rent is “too damn high,” and this month the City Club of Portland launched a research study to address our city’s lack of affordable housing. The quote above is the first sentence in the research charge published on […]
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Good Morning, News!: Rose Parade Traffic, Vladimir Putin, and Protests in Germany
Holy crap, it’s hot. Let’s have some news! And let’s start out with some good news: A bicycle v. car wreck last night in downtown Portland didn’t seriously injure the bike rider! The Grand Floral Parade today has some downtown streets shut down until 2 pm. Here’s a helpful article on how to avoid traffic […]
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Mock Not, Lest You … Like Eating Crow
Yeeeaaahhhhhhh, those are dolls. Salem resident Terry Coffey posted the above photo and caption on his Facebook page. See how it bites him in the ass after the jump. Within hours, the post had been shared hundreds of thousands of times by brainiacs like whoever runs this site: ‘merica! Coffey was incredulous. Is this “some […]
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Police Call It Gang Violence, Activists Say Nope
Marcus Cooper, Renee Lopez, Loren Ware, and an unidentified participant (photo courtesy of Benji Vฦฐฦกng) The Portland Police Bureau announced this week it’s permanently moving six officers to its Gang Enforcement Team to “address rising gun violence.” “Recent gun violence has gravely impacted our community and is a reminder to police that we must remain […]
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Good Morning, News!: A Doping Scandal, A Shipwreck, and the Spying Government
You’ve made it all the way to Thursday. Well done. Let’s have some news! It’s Fleet Week, so don’t forget to give yourself a bunch of extra time if you’re driving anywhere downtown. Here’s a list of the ships you can see if you’re not one of the Fleet Week haters. Or even if you […]
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All Gold Everything?
Portland’s Top Bicycling Marks Aren’t Going Anywhere
Movement to downgrade Portland’s bike friendliness is going nowhere fast.
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Locked Out
The Legislature Might Boost Affordable Housing—But Could Leave Out Renters
Legislature trying to mandate affordable housing, but leaves out renters.
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Homeless Campers Want City to “Stop Sweeping Humans”
Steven Entwisle (shown here) says police didn’t sweep the protesters’ area overnight Campers on the sidewalk in front of City Hall this morning say they wanted to be there when Mayor Charlie Hales arrived at work. Even after overnight rains soaked the city, a half-dozen or so dedicated protesters stuck around Monday morning to make […]
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Good Morning, News!: Booze at Burgerville, Pigs Posing, and More Megadrought
What a ham! Pig gets ride home in cop car. Photo courtesy of WXYZ Detroit. Northbound drivers on I-5 this morning should expect 20 minute to two hour delays due to an airport shuttle bus rollover, according to this Oregonian story. Go to tripcheck.com for delay updates. Burgerville is getting booze, you guys! Police say […]
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#PembiMaybe?
Photo courtesy of Chris Fountain Portland commissioners Nick Fish and Steve Novick were scheduled to visit Terminal 6—the site of a proposed propane storage and export facility that Portlanders have been vocal about not wanting—at 11 am today, but they managed to miss the dedicated protesters in the photo above. Climate Action Coalition folks were […]
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Taxi Board Gets New Representative for Commission on Disability
Photo courtesy of John Rosman/OPB Joe VanderVeer, former chair of the Portland Commission on Disability, has agreed to join Portland Bureau of Transportation’s Private for-Hire Innovation Task Force as the commission’s representative, according to PBOT representative Frank Dufay. VanderVeer will replace Sue Stahl, who resigned from the task force last week, citing the city’s failure […]