This afternoon around 2:30 pm an estimated 300 Occupy Portland demonstrators met up on the waterfront and marched to the Oregon Convention Center to protest a Bank of America “homeowner outreach” event. Here’s how BoA describes their event. If you are experiencing financial hardship, please register to attend a Bank of America customer outreach event […]
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Junk Mail to the Rescue!
As we all know, the US Postal Service is on financially shaky ground. But have no fear, a plan is in the works. USPS USPS is running TV and radio commercials nationwide trying to hook businesses into promoting their services via standard mail. Sound familiar? Okay. So it’s junk mail. But, according to the Wall […]
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The Red Fang Air-Guitar Battle for World Domination
Flex those fingers and dust off those finest guitar-shred facial contortions, for tomorrow night is the Red Fang Air-Guitar Battle for World Domination, a battle royale of imaginary guitar skills. Red Fang and video director Whitey McConnaughy have put this evening together at Dante’s, and they’ll be shooting the whole event for the new Red […]
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The 68 Percent
I won’t pretend to speak for the 99 Percent, but according to a new Washington Post/Bloomberg News poll, a full 68 percent of Americans now support raising taxes on households with incomes over $250,000. That includes 81 percent of Democrats, 67 percent of independents, and even 53 percent Republicans. That’s about as close to a […]
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People Want Populist Democrats
Gee, you think that people would like Democrat politicians to take a stand against banks? Politico noticed that Barack Obama received his first accolades in a while on domestic issues on Sunday: With an offhand attack on Bank of America’s plans to impose a $5 debit card fee, President Barack Obama may have stumbled into […]
Posted inCity Hall
Mayor Adams Addresses “Appropriately Grim” Call for Budget Cuts
Citing a confidential draft memo—and comments uttered by Randy Leonard during council—we broke the news this morning about some potentially steep budget cuts facing Portland next year. Mayor Sam Adams’ office has just released the final versionof the budget memo. And during a break from today’s long city council meeting, he agreed to answer a […]
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BREAKING: Randy Leonard Lets Secret Budget Woes Slip During Council Meeting
ILLUSTRATION BY NICK PATTON The budget knife, once again, is about to turn inward. Remember this spring when the Portland City Council was cheering its good budget fortunes, for the first time in several years, with the mayor ladling out millions in cash for well-intentioned projects? The good times appear to be coming to a […]
Posted inFood and Drink
Oh, Thank Heaven?
Look, Stumptown is good every other day of the week, but I’d venture that a hefty portion of our readers are poor enough to at least consider this deal: Promotion only available in U.S. and Canada. From 7 to 11 am (GET IT?) tomorrow morning, 7-Eleven will be giving away free coffee. Pair that 16 […]
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The Tea Party Is Right About This
From the Department of Stopped Clocks: this idea—brought to you by the Tea Party—should be adopted: abolish the paper dollar, replace it with a dollar coin. The guys at TPM are sneering at it the idea, it seems, because some teabaggers in Congress proposed it. Yes, dollar coins already exist and, no, they’re not widely […]
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Sweet, a Slot Phenomenon
Also, let’s just come to terms with the fact Ghostbusters 3 will never happen and this is probably the closest thing we’ll ever get. In related news, the Mercury should get one of these for our meeting room.
Posted inGreen
Solar Jobs Heat Up
Sure it’s slow moving, but solar jobs are on the rise. Despite Solyndra’s recent crumble, a new report shows that solar jobs have increased by 6.8 percent since last August. According to the 2011 National Solar Jobs Census, there are now 100,237 solar jobs across the nation with 6,735 created in the last year. Solar […]
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Lost Blazers Season Would Cost Portland Millions
If you don’t follow professional basketball much, you might not know—or care—that a protracted labor dispute between wealthy NBA owners and wealthy NBA players may wind up canceling all or part of the upcoming Trail Blazers’ season. Maybe—especially if you’re unlucky enough to have to commute through the stupidly congested Rose Quarter—this sounds like fantastic […]