Mayor Sam Adams has admitted to the Willamette Week that he had sex with 18-year-old Beau Breedlove, an allegation he denied in the run up to the mayoral campaign last year. The Mercury—along with several other news outlets in town—has been pursuing this story aggressively since soon after it first broke. In addition to Adams’ […]
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Leonard’s MLK Speech: “”It must not just be about black people, it must be about poor people, too.”
350 people marched through downtown Portland this afternoon in Sisters of The Road’s annual MLK march, including City Commissioner Amanda Fritz, who acted once again in her capacity as peace keeper. Then there were speeches at St.Mary’s Academy. “Our temptation, with the inauguration of the first president of African American descent, is to think that […]
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Get Your MLK On
City Commissioner Randy Leonard and former state legislator Jo Ann Bowman will be speaking at the conclusion of today’s Martin Luther King jr. march, organized by homeless nonprofit Sisters of The Road. The march convenes in half an hour, at 2pm, at Sisters of The Road (133 NW 6th), and will start actually, you know, […]
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$6.75 Too Much For Slice Of Cheesecake
Last night around 5:30 we fancied eating out. Living in NW, the options are fairly diverse, but I’m picky when I want to be, and so…we began by ruling out the Taste of Jakarta on SW 12th and Jefferson, not because it’s not incredible, but because we’ve eaten there, like, every other meal since it […]
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War of the Sexes, PDX Edition
Is there anything more hilarious than when Portland makes fun of Portland? It is so transparently self-conscious and self-flagellating when the locals turn on each other, stereotypes drawn like shivs. Take the recent I, Anonymous post that ran in last week’s paper, which takes down “Portland men” in anything but a general, sweeping way. Portland […]
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Sustainability Center Will Be “Living” Building
Mayor Sam Adams and Governor Ted Kulongoski have just announced that Oregon’s proposed Sustainability Center will be a first-of-its kind “living building,” assuming, that is, that the so-far imaginary thing ever gets built. The joint press release put out by the mayor’s and governor’s offices this afternoon is remarkable, if anything, for its optimistic language. […]
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Condo Crash!!! Snooping On Portland’s Deserted Open Houses…
Speaking of adventures in unpaid newspaper work, this intern got to spend his last two Sundays at condo open houses, hanging with people named Sean Mele and Ruth Fox, and bugging old people about their employment status.CONDO CRASH: No, the other kind… What did I find out? Story after the jump. On a recent Sunday […]
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Sip & Kranz Closes Playroom
The horror! In related news, “Obama hates mommies,” apparently. He’s banned strollers from the inauguration.
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Hollywood’s Pagoda Faces Demolition
Hollywood’s iconic Pagoda restaurant faces demolition to make way for a dreary Keybank building! The news was first reported in the Hollywood Neighborhood Association’s newsletter this week, and spotted by the Mercury‘s eagle-eyed Art Director, Mark Searcy: There’s a neighborhood meeting next Thursday, January 22 at 7 pm, which appears to be a chance for […]
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“Give Help, Give Help, Choose Local!” Council Launches Volunteering Program
Mayor Sam Adams and all of City Council volunteered at the Oregon Food Bank this afternoon, to kick off the Better Together strategy, encouraging Portlanders to volunteer more during the recession, and choose local businesses, to support the city’s economy. If you’ve never volunteered, now’s the time to do it. Go to the website, portlandisbettertogether.com, […]
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Hey. What’s The Idaho Stop Law?
Hey. Good question. Karl over at the BTA blog has posted 17 of the most frequently asked questions about it over there this morning: This law would make it legal for bicyclists to treat stop signs like yield signs. A cyclist approaching an intersection controlled by a stop sign, would be permitted to roll through […]