Mayor and Commissioner are joined by local African American leaders to call in the Feds.
Election 2010
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Cornett Qualifies For Public Financing
Jesse Cornett has qualified for public financing this afternoon. Here’s his press release, shamelessly cut and pasted. This is a candidate’s dream: Jesse Cornett Qualifies as the Only 2010 Voter-Owned Candidate for City Council PORTLAND — City Council candidate Jesse Cornett officially qualified today for public financing in his race to unseat City Commissioner Dan […]
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Novick For Kitz, Dean for Bradbury
The Viagra Ad Democratic Primary race for Governor is getting increasingly fraught, with both sides claiming high profile endorsements this week. “Yes on 66/67” leader and former senatorial candidate Steve Novick came out this morning for John Kitzhaber, describing him as a man who “has spent his entire political career boldly telling the truth.” Meanwhile, […]
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I’ll Be On KBOO In The Morning Talking About The Oregonian’s M66/67 Endorsements
8am to 9am, and I’m bound to say something stupid. Hopefully you’ll call in or tune in.
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Nick Fish To File For Candidacy Wednesday
City Commissioner Nick Fish has told the Mercury he intends to file for re-election to his seat on Wednesday morning. He’ll be hosting a kick off party at Holocene at 6pm Wednesday Night, with “pizza and desserts” by Hotlips and “a young lady from the farmer’s market.” The evening will be MC’d by Governor Barbara […]
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Renaud and Cornett Break The Thousand
JESSE CORNETT: FILED 1,253 SIGNATURES Two candidates have filed more than 1,000 signatures this afternoon in an effort to qualify for $150,000 in taxpayer funds to run against City Commissioner Dan Saltzman. Jesse Cornett filed 1,253 signatures, 253 more than the 1,000 required for public campaign financing, this afternoon at around 3:30. Jason Renaud filed […]
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House Majority Leader On Huffington Post: “Oregon Leads The Way”
HUFFPO: PO, HUFF… House majority leader Mary Nolan had a blog entry on Satan’s Post, I mean, Huffington Post Wednesday about the success of Measures 66 and 67. I’ve abridged it here for your curiosity, and in case you don’t feel like giving Ariana the extra hits: Voters around the nation are frustrated – even […]
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Candidates For Saltzman’s Seat Discuss Issues
City Commissioner Dan Saltzman and five of the challengers for his seat took part in the Candidate Olympiad at Backspace last night, organized by the Mercury and the Oregon Bus Project. CITY COMMISSIONER DAN SALTZMAN: FACED COMPETITION, VOTERS… The topics were bikes, police, the new bridge over I-5 and Major League Soccer—and I should probably […]
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BREAKING: Jesse Cornett Makes The 1000
CORNETT: MADE THE 1000 “I have 1016 in my hand, and at least another hundred floating, still, so yes, I expect to turn in no less than 1150 signatures tomorrow,” says Cornett—who is running against City Commissioner Dan Saltzman. Cornett was leading in the race for signatures, earlier this week. CANDIDATE OLYMPIAD: TONIGHT! SERIOUSLY!!! TONIGHT!!!!!! […]
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I’ve Been Reading The Daily Kos—And It’s Been Reading Us, On Measures 66/67
Daily Kos blogger Camden Town picked up on yesterday’s story here on Blogtown about Oregonian general ad sales manager Debi Walery, who happens to sit on the board of the Northwest Grocer’s Association—which paid for the “No on 66/67” ad on the front of the paper last week. In my post, I asked readers if […]
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Finally, Some National Media Attention (On Measures 66 and 67) That Doesn’t Involve Locally Sourced Alfalfa Booties
Bless you, Portland, Oregon. Just when I am starting to grow thoroughly sick of the national press and its fawning over your smug, self-righteous obsession with veganism and 1980s nostalgia, you surprise me. You actually throw me a curve-ball. And fortunately, the nation’s press is paying our city and state some attention for the RIGHT […]
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Novick: “The Progressives Win The Pennant!” On Measures 66 and 67
NOVICK: “THE PROGRESSIVES WIN THE PENNANT!” The lights dimmed for the appearance of Oregon Senate President Peter Courtney, who declared the election, “the greatest vote in Oregon since she decided to be a state.” “You have shocked the world. What you have done, each of you, those who did it over and over and over […]