Martin writes: Do you have any idea why these things keep popping up? I’ve had two at a property I manage near 40th and Powell, and at first I thought it was just someone being a creative dick. But this morning I saw one in the Original Taco House parking lot, and the barista at […]
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Leonard Wants Revived Visitor Center
Randy Leonard wants to renovate a historic architectural building in Waterfront Park and lease it to the Rose Festival for offices for $1 a year. The building was originally designed by the modernist Oregon architect John Yeon, and showcased at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. YEON BUILDING: Back in the ’50s, and […]
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This Week’s Adams Protesters…
Four more protesters used the slots for 3-minute open testimony in council yesterday to make the case against Mayor Sam Adams, over the Breedlove scandal. You can watch their testimony on Youtube here and here. In the first clip: Gaye Harris said Adams had hurt the reputation of gays and lesbians. Larry Crowley spoke about […]
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Council Approves 12 Lane Bridge
Council has voted this afternoon to accept a 12 lane bridge across the Columbia River, with a committee created by the CRC project sponsors’ council that will look at tolling and management of the bridge—as reported on Blogtown this morning. The resolution passed despite fierce opposition from City Commissioner Amanda Fritz: FRITZ: Stuck the knife […]
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So… Who Went to PIFF?
Every year, the Mercury gets varying amounts of shit for whatever we write about the Portland International Film Festival, an event that’s beloved by some and ignored by others. PIFF wrapped up its 32nd annual festival on Sunday, and this time around, they showed some really solid stuff (my personal favorite out of the films […]
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Bike Budget on the Chopping Block
It’s red alert over at the Bicycle Transportation Alliance blog, where staffers just found out this week what the global economic meltdown means for Portland’s bike budget – a 40 percent cut to one of the city’s most visible programs, Safe Routes to Schools. Last year the budget for Safe Routes, which hires “bike ambassadors” […]
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Homeless Yandell Back Inside
An uplifting email this morning from David Yandell, the former Radiocab driver who became homeless last November, after having done numerous good works for charity. I wrote about his story in an In The Shadows column at the time, and since then, I’ve seen Yandell fairly frequently drinking coffee at the Backspace cafe on NW […]
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ACLU Compares Secret List Cops To Nazis
UPDATE, 6:34pm:From Mr.Rosenthal: Matt — I am very disappointed in the headline and first sentence of your blog, and request that you issue an apology to me and Officer Myers. I did not compare Officer Myers to the Gestapo. You accurately quoted me in your blog, I related in court that I told the Oregonian […]
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Adams: 12 Lanes! And a committee!
Mayor Sam Adams plans to recommend 12 lanes for the Columbia River Crossing this afternoon, hoping to salvage his “green” reputation by convening a cross-river committee to monitor all the concrete, once it’s been built. Adams has revealed his choice in an opinion article in the Oregonian this morning, co-written with Vancouver mayor, Royce Pollard. […]
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Adams Gives Interview To Supporter
Sam Adams has given an in-depth interview to Hollie Teal, the blogger who organized the rally outside city hall last month. Teal admits that she doesn’t exactly consider herself an objective journalist: I received warnings that he was a cutthroat politician, that he was arrogant, and that he might be trying to manipulate me. It’s […]
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Council To Pay More Than $100k To Pervocop Victims
City council is scheduled to vote on Wednesday to pay out $105,205 to Breanna Wyatt and Kaitlin Johnson, two women who were alleged to have been sexually harassed by former Portland cop John Wood. PERVOCOP: LIKE ROBOCOP, ONLY PERVERTED, NOT ROBOTIC…AND…AN OCTOPUS… Wood, who resigned from the police bureau in November, 2006, is alleged to […]
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Adams Convenes Committee On CRC Bridge
Faced with increasing pressure, even from his own former council ally, Randy Leonard, to come up with a recommendation on number of lanes and tolling for the Columbia River Crossing, it appears that Mayor Sam Adams has taken a leaf out of former mayor, Tom Potter’s (never written, never published) “art of Potteresque leadership” book. […]