The primary election for Oregon’s next governor ends tomorrow night—if you haven’t voted yet, find ballot drop sites here. For weeks, former Pixelworks CEO Allen Alley has been trailing former NBA player Chris Dudley in the Republican primary polls. As we reported when we endorsed Alley, Dudley’s been raking in money and running a big […]
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Did Ya Vote Yet? You’ve Got Until Tomorrow…
Check the Mercury‘s Cheater’s Ballot if you’re not sure how to vote. And then, there’s this guy…
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Saltzman Tells WW: “I’ve Experienced Vindictiveness” By Mayor Sam Adams
Beth Slovic gets the scoop. The vindictiveness is because Saltzman sided with Police Chief Rosie Sizer on Monday, when she stood up to the mayor on the budget, it seems. We’re still waiting for a call back from Saltzman, which I’d say is unlikely to come, frankly. Until it does, I’ll selectively quote Slovic’s story […]
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Does Saltzman’s Plight Help Or Hinder Cornett?
DOES SALTZMAN’S PLIGHT HELP OR HINDER JESSE CORNETT? WILDER SCHMALTZ Jumping… Dan Saltzman’s election opponent, Jesse Cornett, just released a lengthy statement about the mayor’s decision to take back control of the police bureau—which Anna Griffin just described pointedly as a “political whipping” of Saltzman. But the Mercury has endorsed Cornett for the office, although […]
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Election Night Parties
Oy, campaign managers…email the Mercury and tell us where your candidate’s election night party is going to be, would you? Thank you, sweetie. Thanks, heaps.
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British Election Watch Part Four: Boulton Blows Up, And Brown Resigns
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has announced his willingness to resign today, making way for the selection of a new Labour Party leader by September. The move is seen by almost everyone as Brown’s attempt to woo the Liberal Democrats, after that party’s weekend talks with the Conservative party over a coalition have failed to […]
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Oregon’s A Small State: Fill In The Blanks
Anna Griffin’s column last week used Saltzmangate as an opportunity to highlight what a small state Oregon is in terms of people having relationships within the political community: Ponder this family tree and see if you don’t feel dizzy: Saltzman’s chief of staff, Brendan Finn, recently began dating Karol Collymore, a candidate for Multnomah County […]
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Cornett Wants “Real Ethics” Code For Portland
City Council candidate Jesse Cornett has pledged to bring a new code of ethics to Portland on his website this morning: Real Ethics for the City of Portland Portland’s Code of Ethics should be real and enforceable. In the unfortunate chain of events last week where a City Commissioner likely violated two sections, a huge […]
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BREAKING Saltzmangate: Soto Files Ethical Complaint With Attorney General’s Office
Update and jumped, 3:59pm: Here’s a comment from the Attorney General’s office: “We have reviewed the assertions in in Mr. Soto’s letter and concluded that neither the Department of Justice nor the Ethics Commission has the legal authority to investigate an alleged violation of the Portland City Code.” Update, 12:07 The complaint is after the […]
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British Election Watch Part Two
The first exit poll suggests there’s going to be a hung parliament. What does that mean? It means that while the toff-ish Conservatives might win more votes than any other party, they won’t have a majority, and they’ll struggle to win any votes in the house. Here’s a good explanation at the BBC’s website. Here’s […]
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Volm: Saltzman Shut Me Out Of Campaign Event
Mary Volm says the Lloyd District Community Association has reneged on a pledge to invite her to a campaign forum today, at the Red Lion Hotel in the Lloyd District. Instead, they invited City Commissioner Dan Saltzman to speak to them on an exclusive basis, leaving Volm outside…in the parking lot… Volm spoke to the […]