I guess I didn’t get the memo that was handed out to investigative journalists a few years ago that dictates, “Whenever a nutjob shoots a bunch of people, make sure to ominously allude to the fact that said nutjob played videogames.” Case in point: The Oregonian, which, to their credit, waits a full eight paragraphs […]
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Scratch That Part About Questions On City Business
It turns out Mayor Sam Adams isn’t answering any questions at all. Pursued up the stairs to his office, after this morning’s council meeting, Adams did not respond to an Oregonian reporters’s repeated questions about his schedule today as it relates to city business. Instead, he responded, twice, “I’m happy to answer questions about city […]
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Adams: “I’m Happy To Answer Questions About City Business…”
Mayor Sam Adams has returned to work this morning, having to make his way through a media scrum to get into council chambers for a joint meeting with the Metro Regional Council on how many lanes the Columbia River Crossing should have. ADAMS: REFUSED TO ANSWER QUESTIONS ABOUT RESTROOMS, SMOOCHING… SCENE OF THE SMOOCH: ADAMS […]
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Amanda Fritz on Adams’ decision: “Yesterday, two young women were killed and seven people injured in gunfire on Portland’s streets.”
From the commissioner’s blog: Yesterday, two young women were killed and seven people injured in gunfire on Portland’s streets. Recently, a man with no home froze to death in a cemetery, while hundreds of people live on our streets every day. Portlanders continue to lose their jobs due to the recession. The City Council must […]
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Downtown Shooter Named
The shooter in the Downtown Portland Shooting has been identified as 24-year-old Erik Salvadore Ayala. Did you know him? Call 503 502 2106. Or email: news@portlandmercury.com. Police have also confirmed that the vehicle located in Downtown Portland (pictured, below), is associated with Ayala.
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Adams: Staying. “I will work harder than I ever have in my life.”
From Adams’ communications director, Wade Nkrumah: Mayor Sam Adams: “I will work harder than I ever have in my life to meet the challenges facing our great city” PORTLAND, OR — Today Mayor Sam Adams released the following statement: Tomorrow, I go back work as your mayor. I know I have let you down and […]
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Leonard: “Realized He Had Once Again Been Less Than Truthful With Me…”
City Commissioner Randy Leonard has responded to the Mercury‘s earlier inquiry asking him to react to this morning’s new revelations about the city hall smooch. Hi Matt- I am really focused, at this point, on making sure the city is getting all of its work done in a responsible and professional manner. Yesterday, during our […]
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Sizer on Downtown Shooting: “A Random Act Of Violence Of The Kind That Makes You Despair For America.”
“I think it’s extraordinary that this many people can be shot in Portland, Oregon,” said Police Chief, Rosie Sizer, at a noon press conference. “The randomness as well as the scale, that’s outside anything we’ve known in Portland, Oregon, in the past.“ 16-year-old Ashley Lauren Wilks from Portland is the first identified fatality in last […]
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Smoooooooooooooching And The Law
Before the Mercury‘s former news editor quit to become the mayor’s sustainability and planning policy adviser, this reporter covered cops, courts, crime, and civil rights issues. So I should probably draw your attention, once again, to the fact that nine people were shot by a gunman in downtown Portland last night, in what is perhaps […]
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Nine Shot Downtown Saturday Night
UPDATE, 10:24am Again, from the cops: Last night around 10:30 pm, a male subject began shooting people who were standing on the sidewalk in front of The Zone nightclub and Kells Tavern and Pub in Downtown Portland. After shooting a total of nine people, the man shot himself at the scene. Officers arrived in the […]
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Saltzman: “He’s A Master At Keeping His Cards Close To His Chest…”
City Commissioner Dan Saltzman was the last to meet with Mayor Sam Adams this afternoon, taking 20 minutes after their meeting to make phone calls from his office before leaving by the back entrance on SW 5th. “It’s my sense that he’ll let us know his decision on Monday,” he said. “He asked my advice, […]