Happy Halloween, Blogtown! Let’s have some news! Feeling icky? Have you eaten at Chipotle lately? There’s an E. coli outbreak that’s sickened 22 people so for that inspectors are blaming on Chipotle stores in Oregon and Washington. Sorry about the trick-or-treating: Rain. Booooooo. Authorities report there were no survivors in a crash involving a Russian […]
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No-Cause Evictions Affect Monster Population
THINK IT’S HARD to find a home in Portland? At least you’re human! Monster advocacy groups are reporting that, in Portland’s tight rental market, they’re receiving complaints from houseless monsters that landlords are discriminating against them just for being who they are. Take Werewolf, for example. Over the summer, because of record-high temperatures, he kept […]
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$67 Million More for Affordable Housing and a New Idea: Linkage Fees
Kathleen Marie City Council to the rescue. Portland City Council is taking this housing emergency seriously. Last week, as we reported, Housing Commissioner Dan Saltzman was able to win Mayor Charlie Hales’ vote on a proposal to increase the amount of urban renewal dollars spent on affordable housing from 30 percent to 45 percent. Commissioner […]
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Good Morning, News!: Oryx Owner Speaks Out, Novick Suggests Coliseum Demo, And Candidates Don’t Like Mainstream Media
It’s Thursday again, Blogtown. Let’s have some news! Amelia Templeton Yellow Nose in his non-natural habitat after escaping his other non-natural habitat. Yellow Nose—the Oryx who rose to internet fame after escaping from his Portland hills home and being spotted in Forest Park—is safely back with his owner, tech founder Reed Gleason. Gleason told the […]
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Warning: Some Guy Pretending To Be An Uber Driver Picked Up A Portland Woman
Creeper alert: Some guy pretending to be an Uber driver picked up a Portland woman. Earlier this month, a woman ordered an Uber ride at Southeast Grand Avenue and Alder Street. A few minutes later a blue Toyota Rav4 stopped near her and she asked the man inside if he was her Uber driver, according […]
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Portland is Poised to Enact the Strongest Fossil Fuel Legislation in the US
Portland’s climate activists are having a really good Wednesday. Mayor Charlie Hales and Commissioner Amanda Fritz next week plan to introduce two resolutions that, if passed by City Council, would officially declare Portland’s opposition to fossil fuels. The wording of the resolutions is complicated, but places the city in official opposition to all projects “that […]
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Portland Considers Nation’s Strongest Fossil Fuel Restrictions
Here’s How They’d Work
Portland City Council considers nation’s strongest fossil fuel restrictions.
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No-Cause Evictions Affect Monster Population
Why Landlords Are Discriminating Against These Poor Ghouls
Why can’t scary monsters find a home in Portland?
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The City Promises More Affordable Housing Funds. Will It Follow Through?
Portland’s Got a Spotty History Living Up to Similar Commitments
Will the city be able to reach its new goals for spending on affordable housing?
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Hood River Activists are Gathering Signatures to Block Nestlé’s Bid for Water
Oxbow Springs water A group trying to block Nestlé from getting rights to siphon water from the Columbia Gorge has the go-ahead from Hood River County to start collecting signatures for their ballot initiative. Citizen-led group Local Water Alliance (LWA) in September filed a ballot initiative that would prohibit large-scale water-bottling operations in the county. […]
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Good Morning, News!: An Oryx On the Loose, A Lot of Rain, and Jeb Bush’s Money Problems
It’s finally the weekend, Blogtown! Let’s have some news! Has your oryx gone missing? If so, it’s been spotted in Forest Park. Please pick up your oryx. Hurricane Patricia, which was as one point the strongest hurricane ever recorded, weakened to a tropical storm before making landfall in Mexico. Speaking of storms, here’s your weekend […]
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The City May Increase Affordable Housing Funds by Nearly $67 Million Over the Next Decade
Portland City Council on Wednesday will consider a proposal by Mayor Charlie Hales to dedicate an additional $66.7 million to subsidize affordable housing over the next 10 years. Hales today announced he’ll introduce a plan to increase the amount of tax-increment financing (TIF) set aside specifically for creating affordable housing in five urban renewal areas […]