If you’re at all interested in the push for a higher minimum wage in Portland—or even if you’re convinced its Communist nonsense that will sink the economy—there’s a good opportunity this evening to get a sense of the movement. Kshama Sawant, the Socialist who won a surprising upset last year to earn a seat on […]
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Better News for Portland’s Budget: Surplus Grows Back to $9 Million
A month or so after warning that Portland’s projected budget surplus had dwindled to $6 million and might even fade into nothing—”There is the possibility that there will not be any excess ongoing or one-time resources for FY2014-15,” the budget office wrote—the tireless bean-counters at the Portland Building have some good news. The city’s expected […]
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Secure, v.: succeed in obtaining (something), esp. with difficulty.
A lingering riddle: Back in November, the Portland Bureau of Transportation paid $40,000 (in federal grant funds) for a report. That’s a lot of money, but this “system finance report” was supposed to bring its own rewards. In it, Alta Bicycle Share laid out its plans for finding $5.5 million in sponsorships to help purchase […]
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Madewell Is Coming
Diesel’s Portland store may still be searching for a new home, but Madewell wasted no time claiming their former brewery blocks space, at 30 NW 12th. The windows have been papered over for months, but now the chain—albeit a rather beloved chain—is poised to open officially on April 30. I don’t really get it why […]
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ATTENTION SCOFFLAWS: You Have Until Midnight to Pay the Arts Tax
Because our reader polls are super-duper scientific, it’s a proven fact that 35 percent of eligible Portlanders will refuse to pay the city’s $35 arts tax by midnight tonight. Based on population alone, that’s 200,000 people who’ve decided they can simply get away with not paying a tax approved by 62 percent of voters just […]
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Oh, Crap. It’s Time to Pay the Arts Tax! HAVE YOU DONE THAT YET?
Other papers in town (cough… the Oregonian… cough) seem to be making quite the splash these days with posts built around reader polls and/or comments plucked from previous stories. And now we want to play, too! So here’s a question: Have you paid the arts tax yet? It’s due next Tuesday, April 15. I have […]
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This Week’s Style Events
Get out into that sun and take a look at what’s shakin’ in the shops this week: fine new local designs, new beers ‘n’ bikinis, and a little bit o’ birthday color theory. Okay! —Mabel & Zora is taking a novel approach to their eighth anniversary: In addition to champagne, store discounts, and raffle prizes, […]
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Oso for Oso
I’m pretty sure that a reference to Oso, Washington wasn’t what they had in mind when the owners of Oso Market + Bar opened up shop not so very long ago on NE Grand, but they’ve combined that coincidence with some good vibes anyway, for a fundraiser to benefit victims of the Washington town’s tragic […]
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Meat for Cats & Dogs’ Hail Mary Indiegogo
Meat certainly isn’t the only progressive pet food supply store in town, and it probably isn’t the first to emphasize a raw meat diet for your critters either, but it was Meat’s Heidi Liedeker who has shaped my approach to cat nutrition. I love and trust her store so much that even though it no […]
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Hales’ Office: Time for Last Thursday Vendors to Start Paying Fees… “Probably” This Year
Pressed by Commissioner Amanda Fritz to show some of his cards during a budget work session this afternoon, Mayor Charlie Hales laid out his office’s “nutshell” strategy for tamping down—and not paying for—the NE Alberta bacchanalia known as Last Thursday. Some of it’s familiar: The city wants out of the business of mustering volunteers and […]
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Labor Activists Call Off Demonstrations Against Fubonn Shopping Center
Dirk VanderHart The enormous oculus at Fubonn Shopping Center doesn’t have to worry about protesters sullying its view of 82nd Street commerce any longer. Since last summer, the mall—booked as Oregon’s largest shopping center—has been occasionally hectored by sign-waiving demonstrators, who alleged the business denied employees breaks, owed back pay and mistreated workers. That group, […]
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Conservative Upset That Obama Tried to Get People to Sign Up for Obamacare
This Red State post is maybe the clearest sign yet that Republicans are totally losing their minds over the fact that seven million people signed up for Obamacare. Not that it matters; once the Koch Brothers buy the White House and Congress, Obamacare will be a fond memory held by only the eldest Americans as […]