UPDATE 1:09 PM—The Tribune story has just been corrected; Jefferson Smith says the report mischaracterized his stance toward the protest. The headline now reads: “Mayor candidates split on Occupy Portland Correction: Smith says caamp might not need to end” (oh, hasty updating!). Instead of enforcing an arbitrary deadline, Smith “is willing to see the camp […]
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How Dare This Woman Fight for What She Believes In?
Because she felt so strongly about Occupy Wall Street, Florida woman Stacy Hessler left her family in Florida to go to the protests in New York. Fox News calls Hessler worse than the rest of the “filth” at Occupy Wall Street and notes that she’s “clearly having a midlife crisis of some sort,” while suggesting […]
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Neil Steinberg on Occupy Wall Street
A word of warning: Social protest is fun and exciting, but it packs a powerful counterpunch. Check your history books. All the Vietnam tumult—huge marches, the riots in 1968, Kent State, all of it, do you know what it really accomplished? It made Richard Nixon president. Twice. Neil thinks the occupies should make realistic, achievable […]
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Two Arrested at Occupy Portland
Police arrested two people at Occupy Portland this weekend—not for anything Occupy related, but for alleged drug crimes. Here’s the press release from the cops: On Saturday, October 22, 2011 Central Precinct afternoon shift officers who were detailed to “Occupy Portland” made 2 arrests of known subjects for warrants. The first arrest was for a […]
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Occupy George: Stamp Your Money
This new website, Occupy George, is combining two of my favorite things: Graphs and money. They have templates for rubber stamps you can use to transform dollar bills into infographs. This is far superior to my previous rubberstamp scheme of Obamadollars.
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Coming Up at Occupy Portland!
Denis C. Theriault Among today’s classes: Real World Economics! “Finance is not economics.” The occupation of Portland officially begins its third week tomorrow, and despite a whole host of distracting issues—like how to fit the Portland Marathon, when to reopen SW Main Street and a city snit over the health of Chapman and Lownsdale squares, […]
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Occupy Portland: We Care About the Parks, Too!
Occupy Portland’s media relations people are getting better and better as they learn on the job, some two weeks after their camp at Chapman and Lownsdale squares first took root. Hoping to counter charges by the movement’s critics (and even some otherwise would-be sympathizers) that they’ve been insensitive to their impact on the parks, occupiers […]
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Mayor Sam Adams Lays it Down: He’s In No Hurry to Clear Tents from Downtown
Photographs by Denis C. Theriault While Mayor Sam Adams is out of the country, Commissioner Amanda Fritz, right, will be in charge. Mayor Sam Adams convened a quick Occupy Portland press conference this morning before heading to the airport for a 10-day business and cultural trip to Asia. Although thanks to handsome man Lars Larson […]
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Update on Gun-Toting Occupier
Multnomah County Wondering what happened to the man wielding a gun yesterday afternoon at Occupy Portland? After being taken into custody for carrying a gun after engaging in a fight on the Occupy Portland grounds, 32-year-old Jason Charles Parker (a concealed handgun license holder) was released this morning from Multnomah County Jail. According to the […]
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Man With Gun Arrested Near Occupy Portland
This just in from the police: This afternoon, Wednesday October 19, 2011, at 3:39 p.m., Portland Police officers responded to the report of a man arguing with people at Southwest 4th and Salmon Street, next to the Lownsdale Park encampment of Occupy Portland. Officers arrived in the area and learned that the man displayed a […]
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Mayor to Occupy Portland: No Smoking Pot in Tents
Party’s over. Mayor Sam Adams tweeted this afternoon that Occupy Portland really needs to nix the medical marijuana tent that they set up in Lownsdale Park: We want to do our part to provide clear communication regarding the OccupyPortland protest. Recently, my team and I read some internet posts about OccupyPortland and medical use of […]
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Randy Leonard on Occupy Portland: “I Don’t Feel the Compulsion to Say There Needs to Be an End to This.”
Jennifer Yocom So, in recent days, we’ve heard a lot about the fate of Occupy Portland. Commissioner Nick Fish started it by saying everyone’s wrecking the parks, and someone needs to pay for it and that, maybe, hey, it’s time for the occupation to clear out of downtown. Amanda Fritz was also on hand for […]