As we know, Forest Park is in trouble, and its existence relies on volunteer work and non-profit groups like the Forest Park Conservancy. Today Parks Commissioner Nick Fish and Portland Parks and Recreation Director Zari Santner outlined a series of steps for the management of Forest Park, which include defining a partnership between the Conservancy […]
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Hundreds Gather to Keep Jefferson HS Alive
A school board work session on Wednesday, June 16 began with a huge crowd of Jefferson supporters, mostly African-American, filling the boardroom and the lobby outside. They numbered in the hundreds, and a Portland policeman stood guard from an upper balcony. For thirty minutes, they gave passionate testimony about why Jefferson should not be closed. […]
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Underwater oil globs. Slick-covered birds, dying marshlands, exterminated seafood stocks. No, we’re not talking about the BP Gulf disaster for a change. In the Niger Delta, neglected oil pipelines have been quietly spewing one Exxon Valdez per year, for the past 50 years, into the area’s sensitive marshlands. If you read one thing today, read […]
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Victimless Criminal Court
When Domestic Violence Victims Don’t Show Up
Why are so many domestic violence cases dismissed?
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Immigrants Rally Against Deportation Policy
The Homeland Security department’s Secure Communities program is meant to send illegal immigrants packing when they commit a serious or dangerous crime. It works by matching up police fingerprinting with Homeland Security records and activating the deportation process after somebody is arrested. Secure Communities has been most heavily implemented in the counties on the U.S./Mexico […]
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Lents Resident to PPS: Closing Marshall Would Squander Eastside Progress
The school board has been getting a lot of criticism over the proposed closure of the Marshall campus in outer Southeast, which would leave only a small magnet school at that location. Now they want to do the same with North Portland’s Jefferson High School. Lents residents have been asking Portland Public Schools to consider […]
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WNE #5: Speed Dating in Battle Ground
Okay, Blogtown. I went speed dating, just like you said to. And I have to use some words to describe it, words that you won’t like hearing. Brace yourself. Speed dating was pleasant. I had some nice conversations. I really expanded my boundaries. Ha! Who wishes they had voted for the Masturbate-a-thon now? NOT PICTURED: […]
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BP’S IDIOT RENT-A-COPS BAR BEACH ACCESS: El Prezzo will announce several response steps to the Gulf crisis tomorrow, including a proposal to set up an escrow account for BP to pay damages. …if things keep going this way, the world’s only immortal animal may be a “clear” winner. Get it?! It’s a jellyfish! It’s clear! […]
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Kyron Horman Search Gets Paranormal
From a KATU KOMO report about recent leads on the missing boy: Detective Frank Fahrney of the Yreka Police Department said the sightings were reported this week, shortly after a psychic in Idaho reported the missing boy might be found there.…Fahrney said the Idaho psychic called a tip line in Sacramento, Calif., and his information […]
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From Park Blocks to the Auction Block
As announced a while back, Portland’s iconic Custom House between NW Broadway and the North Park Blocks is going up for auction. Brian Libby Two banners hanging from the building direct potential bidders to AuctionRP.com, the federal government’s clearinghouse for unwanted government real estate. Visit the site and you can see who’s bidding on the […]
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NW Mayors: We Want High-Speed Rail
The American Public Transit Association’s annual convention wrapped up yesterday in Vancouver, BC… leaving those of us who would have loved a badge and week in Canada to see if any of the discussions there gestate into actual newsworthy policy decisions. In a symbolic moment for the future of high-speed rail in the Pacific Northwest, […]
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BP is doing everything it can to limit negative press coverage as its stocks tumble and lawmakers call on the company to stop paying dividends. We, as a “media outlet,” need to fight back… so now I will libel BP on our highly-trafficked blog. BP KILLS BABIES. BP CAUSED GLOBAL WARMING. BP WANTS THERE TO […]