Steve Morgan WHEN A BRAND-NEW, multimillion-dollar deck began breaking dramatically apart on the Morrison Bridge in 2012, there were plenty of places to focus blame. In a lawsuit that went to trial earlier this year, Multnomah County, the bridge’s owner, made scathing claims against the Washington State-based construction outfit that installed the deck, and the […]
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Portland Police Lieutenants Are Letting Go Of The Controversial “48-Hour Rule.” Will Their Underlings Follow Suit?
Patrick Long One of the more controversial protections Portland cops get in their union contracts is about to be a moot point for the police bureau’s highest-ranked organized workers. City Council on Wednesday is scheduled to vote on a revised contract with the Portland Police Commanding Officers Association, which represents the city’s police lieutenants. Among […]
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It’s Budget Bump Season! Which City Bureaus Are Greediest This Time Around?
The Portland Police Bureau’s rank-and-file officers’ union has been catching flack for its billboards pushing for more cops in Portland. That’s partly fair, given the Portland Police Association’s tone-deaf move of putting put a billboard that says “Having More Police Matters” across the street from where a “Black Lives Matter” banner has sat for more […]
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Is Portland About to Stop Fighting Workers Who Want to Unionize? Mayor Charlie Hales Says “Yes.”
City Hall’s not made much easy for city workers looking to unionize in recent years. When Portland parks rangers wanted to organize in 2013, the city swore it wanted to help, before throwing up roadblocks that complicated the process. And when the union Laborers’ Local 483 tried, several years back, to argue that Portland Parks […]
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Portland Cops Arrested A Woman Twice For the Same Crime. It May Cost You $12,500.
Tasha Moore, the FIRST time she was arrested Portland police may have done 22-year-old Tasha Jacqueline Moore a favor when they arrested her on charges of possessing meth and heroin in a January 27 traffic stop. By two days later, court records show Moore had enrolled in the county’s STOP court program, well regarded for […]
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UPDATE: Stumptown Coffee Sold to Peet’s
UPDATE 2:45 pm: Stumptown Vice President Matt Lounsbury just called back to confirm that Peet’s now has 100 percent ownership of the company, but says that customers can expect “business as usual,” and that no Portland jobs will be lost as a result of the sale. There are also no plans for Stumptown products to […]
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This Week’s Style Events: FashioNXT, Aesthete Society, PLATFORM, & More
WEDNESDAY, OCT 7 • FashioNXT is as close as you can get to a major fashion week experience in the Pacific Northwest, and it kicks off this week with a mix of designers from China, Portland, and television, and a rarely-seen-in-Portland-vibe that’s fun to dress up and experience at least once a year. I’ll be […]
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The Weekend Shopper: Union Rose, Haunt, & “Socktober”
• First Friday at Union Rose features Vivid Element apparel, including a new collection of dresses and separates called “Earth and Stars,” and RubyGirl jewelry, plus apple cider (“spiked if you like”). Union Rose, 7909 SE Stark, Fri Oct 2, 6-9 pm • Elsewhere for First Friday, Haunt is featuring a trio of art and […]
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What’s Portland’s Housing Emergency Worth? $30 Million For Now.
Marc Jolin lays down what $30 million can buy. Mayor Charlie Hales says Portland’s in a housing emergency, but funding solutions to that crisis will mostly have to wait ’til July. A week after Hales’ abrupt announcement he’ll ask his colleagues to formally declare a state of emergency, we’ve got a pledge of millions to […]
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At Least 98 Portland Dispensaries Will Sell You Pot On Thursday
The list of Portland dispensaries that plan to sell you legal pot on Thursday is growing in real time. Earlier today, the Oregon Health Authority posted a database on its Medical Marijuana Dispensary Program page that lets you sort the state’s dispensaries by city, and whether or not they plan to sell recreational pot once […]
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Commissioner Steve Novick Is Doing Street Fee Polling Again—On the Cheap This Time
Shawn DiCriscio Last year, City Commissioner Steve Novick spent nearly $45,000 on a pair of polls (see here and here) that attempted to divine how Portlanders felt about various options for funding streets. Now, as he weighs whether to put a gas tax before voters, Novick’s going the budget route. The transportation commissioner is asking […]
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Lobbyist Paul Romain, the Portland Street Fee’s Greatest Foe, Is a Ted Wheeler Supporter
Ted Wheeler wants to talk roads. As the state treasurer mounts a campaign for Portland mayor, he’s repeatedly taken Mayor Charlie Hales to task for a halting and confused efforts to secure millions for city streets last year. One person he’s apparently convinced: One of the single largest enemies to any “street fee” proposal that’s […]