Metro Council president David Bragdon was up at the zoo yesterday with an African hedgehog, trying to predict the weather. “Not only has the hedgehog been wrong three of the past four years,” says Bragdon, “but this year the orangutans’ prediction about the Super Bowl was wrong. They picked the Cardinal jersey instead of the […]
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Trimet Makes Ticket Machine Changes
Last month I posted a video featuring yours truly and Portland Transport activist, Bob Richardson. We went to 18 MAX ticket machines and found a bunch of them to have problems. Well, Richardson finally received a response to the video from Trimet, and it turns out, they’re making a few changes: 1. Responsibility for ticket […]
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The Best Speech You’ve Ever Heard…
Last week I reported on city council’s efforts to build a homeless resource access center downtown. Don’t worry, nothing’s actually happening—it’s still two years from being ready, just as it was two years ago. But there was another aspect to the city council hearing on the subject, that I’ve just not been able to let […]
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Doorstepped: Defendant Allegedly Tasered Three Times, Beaten By Cops, Trying To Open Her Own Front Door
A 26-year-old woman is alleging she was subjected to excessive force by Portland Police after they Tasered her three times and beat her on her own front doorstep two weeks ago. One of the officers involved in the alleged incident was former sheriff’s deputy Brett Burton, who transferred to the Portland Police Bureau last year, […]
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Another One Bites the Dust: Dirty Little Secret
Can somebody please do something about this economy problem? Please? I know it’s not as exciting as a sex scandal, but it’s pretty suck. Seriously, get on it. The latest victim: Dirty Little Secret. And quickly too: The salon, where many a Portlander has gotten their hair did, and which only a few years ago […]
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OUTRAGE!!! Whiplash is NOT Coming to Portland!
You can’t imagine how delighted I was to read the press release that arrived today: World’s Toughest Rodeo Presents ‘Toughest Cowboy’at the Rose Garden March 14 Hang onto your cowboy hats, Portland! The World’s Toughest Rodeo® 2009 National Tour is coming to the Rose Garden on Saturday, March 14th. Watch true-grit cowboys compete in spectacular […]
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Public Wants 12 Lanes For Columbia River Crossing
75 people have signed up this afternoon at a public hearing on the Columbia River Crossing, here at City Hall. Council was expected to make a tentative decision on how many lanes the bridge should have, next week, but Adams just announced that they’re going to extend the hearing until late February, so there’s time […]
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What Goes Around Comes…Er…Around…
Spotted by a vigilant reader of today’s New York Times: Editors’ Note An article on Saturday about Sam Adams, the mayor of Portland, who is under fire after admitting that in 2005 he had a sexual relationship with an 18-year-old intern, included a quotation from Christopher Stowell, the artistic director for the Oregon Ballet Theater, […]
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Homeless Access Center May Now Open 2011
Back in 2007, I wrote a feature about the city’s planned Resource Access Center for the homeless, when it was expected that the center would be opened in “fingers-crossed, 2009.” Here’s the latest design:RESOURCE ACCESS CENTER: Housing Authority of Portland Projects Manager Mike Andrews Presents To Council This Morning… Well, it’s 2009. And now, those […]
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Adams Interrupts Public Questions On Fitness To Lead
Mayor Sam Adams may find it more difficult than expected to do the city’s business, if this morning’s council session is anything to go by. The second item on this morning’s agenda was the appointment of two new members to the cops’ Citizens’ Review Committee: Barbara Anderson and Rochelle Silver now join the group. But […]
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Sam Adams’ Spokesman Resigns
Sam Adams’ director of communications, Wade Nkrumah, has resigned. As far as this reporter is aware, it’s the first resignation from Adams’ officeโI asked Nkrumah yesterday at 5pm if anybody had resigned, and he said “no.” Adams’ office is not commenting on the departure, which leaves an $80,000 position vacant for someone with a specialty […]
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Saturday Shooting: Note.
24-year-old Erik Ayala left a note for his Milwuakie roommate Saturday in an envelope marked “OPEN ON SUNDAY,” according to detectives, who released more information on the shooting at a 3pm press conference this afternoon.AYALA: Left note… “To my friends and family: I am sorry,” read the note. “And to my friend, [name redacted],” the […]