A letter to the editor of the East Oregonian published on September 9: I was very disappointed that you printed a naked picture in an apparently homosexual setting in the Sunday, Sept. 6 East Oregonian. I immediately ushered the paper to the trash to protect my children. In the future, such things will be cause […]
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In Defense of Kanye West
Like everyone else, I have some thoughts. WILD WILD WEST: THAT NICE WILL SMITH WOULD NEVER HAVE DONE ANYTHING LIKE THIS 1.He was right. Taylor Swift’s video does suck compared to Beyonce’s. I mean, REALLY. What were they thinking, giving it to her? I loved West’s insincere apology, referring to how he “really liked” Taylor […]
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PBA On Street Roots: Alleged “Yellow Journalism”
They stole the headline I would have used, but the folks at Street Roots are reporting that their membership of the Portland Business Alliance is over, following an alleged accusation of “yellow journalism” by the PBA’s vice president of downtown services and chief architect of the sit/lie law Mike Kuykendall, earlier today. The alleged “yellow […]
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Oregonian Publisher Retires
Evidently Fred Stickel was reading my tips for turning the paper around last month. 12.Your publisher. Wonderful man. But perhaps he’s getting a little old for this? That’s probably illegal, what I just said. But you know, there are ways around the labor laws… Oregon Media Central had Stickel’s retirement announcement in a media release […]
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Visitors To Portland Generated $3.8billion In ’08—Are We “Buying” Favorable Press Coverage?
City council is listening to a presentation by Travel Portland this morning: $3.8billion was generated in the Portland Metro region from tourism and visitors last year. That supported 30,500 jobs, generated $62million in local taxes, $80million in statewide taxes. $589million was spent in eating establishments, and $552million on lodging. $98million was spent on cultural tourism. […]
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NYT Gets Woofy On Pearl District Dogs
NW Bureau chief Bill Yardley reports: In the last year, the food safety division of the Oregon Agriculture Department has received more than 600 complaints about animals in food stores, and a disproportionate number of them have come from the Pearl District of Portland, an affluent, dog-passionate procession of newer condominiums and shiny retail shops […]
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Sit/Lie Meeting: Ground Rules
Mayor Sam Adams and City Commissioner Amanda Fritz met with homeless advocates this afternoon to talk about the city’s replacement to the unconstitutional sit/lie law. Adams opened the meeting—which was attended by reporters from KGW, KBOO, Street Roots and the Mercury—by asking that the media agree to some “ground rules.” If someone wanted to say […]
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Salem Lobbyist: I’m Not Sourcing Smear Stories
A Salem lobbyist has denied sourcing smear stories about Democratic legislators whose interests run contrary to those of the companies she represents. Hasina Squires, a lobbyist for Dutch Pacific Resources, was accused over the weekend by Blue Oregon blogger Carla Axtman of spreading stories about former Tigard state representative Larry Galizio. LARRY GALIZIO SANDWICH: HASINA […]
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We Live in the Glorious Future of Telepapers!
Check out this primitive television report on newspapers trying to publish themselves on home computers (ha! fools!). It’s a mix of hilarious (one man interviewed is labeled “home computer owner”) and tragic (newscaster: “The new telepaper won’t be much competition for the 20 cent street edition”). Hat tip to the Queen of Blogtown.
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“The Stripper Who Lost A Breast…”
Local writer Melissa Lion has a piece on the motherf**kin’ Daily Beast (which is edited by TINA BROWN, who knew PRINCESS DIANA) today about local stripper and Mercury contributor Viva Las Vegas. Lion Tweeted about it this morning, but I only just saw it. Lion already has two novels published, so this is hardly a […]
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Just Out Looking for New Editor – Via Craigslist
When Just Out‘s arts and culture editor Jaymee Cuti and news editor Jimmy Radosta walked out of the paper last March claiming they had been paid only sporadically for six months, the publisher of Portland’s only LGBT newspaper announced the pair would be easy to replace— Just Out chief Marty Davis said she had 23 […]
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Today in “SHUT… UP!!”
Shut… UP! Shut… UP! SHUT… UP!!!Goddammit… why can’t I make the font size bigger on this stupid blog?