ILLUSTRATION BY TRIPPER DUNGAN Ever since the Mercury first reported the list of rental properties targeted in a city-commissioned audit on discrimination in Portland’s rental market, we’ve been reaching out to the landlords/managers/owners in search of comment and/or explanation. This morning, I spoke with Cody Halsey, president of Cascade Community Management. One of his company’s […]
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Graffiti: Are You Feeling “Degraded” Yet?
Here’s a snippet of an email we received the other day from Mary Ann Pastene,Co-Chair of the Northwest District Association Safety and Livability Committee. She wanted to inform us that a couple of our newspaper boxes in her neck of the woods (NW 23rd Ave) had some graffiti on them. The Northwest District Association is […]
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Landlords, HUD Respond to Release of Names in Discrimination Audit
After our story on the identification of 26 rental properties accused of discrimination in a recent audit hit newsstands starting yesterday—and after other newspapers published their own reports on the list later—the landlord trade group Metro Multifamily Housing Association issued a statement this morning. The statement is contrite, saying the group’s board of directors is […]
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What an Interesting Local News Story on Digital Projection in Portland’s Movie Theaters!
Thirty-five mm film can cost a fortune to ship, Ken Boddie of KOIN 6! Fascinating stuff.
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First Look at the Portland-Shot Grimm
It’s still unknown if Grimm, which shot its pilot in Portland, will continue to be made here—but this extended preview for the show sure doesn’t do Portland any favors. This clip condenses what I suspect is the series’ entire pilot into a genuinely awful four-minute chunk; I’d say “Enjoy,” but that word doesn’t seem appropriate. […]
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Writin’ and Sellin’
Photo: Scott Mills “Sometimes when you’re walking through the store, seeing so many books on the shelves, you think, how can I cause a ripple in this gigantic ocean?” —Kevin Sampsell in the New York Times Author and Powell’s employee Kevin Sampsell received a nod in the New York Times‘ Book Review this past Sunday, […]
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“This Meeting Is a Beautiful Thing. But When’s the Next One?”
Loretta Smith It was billed as a forum where African-American men could gather and be heard discussing their needs—and their futures—while Multnomah County crafts its spending plan for the next year, and it was led by the county’s first African-American commissioner in 20 years, Loretta Smith. “When it’s time for me to go, I don’t […]
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I, Anonymous: Beavertron’s Worst Defender
It’s no secret that Portland takes its frustrations out by picking on Vancouver and the ‘burbs, and the weekly flood of bridge ‘n’ tunnelers (we have more than enough relevant bridges and tunnels to apply the term) is the oft-complained about (albeit lucrative) bane of many a downtown bartender and server’s existence. In general Portland […]
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Float Hand Eye Supply’s Boat. Er… Float
Generally speaking, I only attend parades if they’re gay, but this sounds like fun: Hand Eye Supply, the really nice store in Old Town that sells supplies for all types of making, from tools to aprons, is getting a float in this year’s Starlight Parade on June 4—but don’t tape down your spot just yet […]
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Wonder Northwest: At Last, A Place to Live Out Your Cosplay Karaoke Dreams
Between the just-wrapped Stumptown Comics Fest, the annual flea market that is the Portland Comic Book Show, the Portland Retro Gaming Expo, and the not-too-far-away Emerald City Comicon, one would think Portland already has its fair share of nerd conventions. But one would be wrong, apparently: The first Wonder Northwest (no relation to San Francisco’s […]
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Unfortunate Signage in SE
Spotted at 78th and Stark. And no, that is not Comic Sans…it is a knock-off font.
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JTTF Deadline? FBI’s Special Agent for Portland Retiring at the End of the Month
Balizan For anyone grumbling that the work on Portland’s Joint Terrorism Task Force dalliance has been moving too slowly, you might be pleasantly surprised by a sudden speed-up. Art Balizan, the special agent in charge of Portland’s FBI field office, is leaving at the end of the month. Which means Mayor Sam Adams will be […]