Pricey gas is pushing TriMet ridership to a record high and a fare-hike is on the horizon – could the time be right to form a Transit Rider’s Union? The upstart group Portland Coalition Against Poverty (PCAP) thinks so. Last week they started a city-wide grassroots campaign to organize a union, donning silkscreened red PCAP […]
Transportation
Posted inFood and Drink
Tacos de Lengua: Bite your tongue
It was either this, Gene Simmons or medical pics you did not want to see… About a year ago, I jumped into the offal fray by ordering my first tongue taco. I wasn’t really sure what the hell to expect from the experience. So I closed my eyes, opened my mouth, and took a bite. […]
Posted inPolitics
BREAKING: Safe, Sound and Green Streets Proposal Currently Dead
Commissioner Sam Adams’ Safe, Sound and Green Streets Executive Committee just wrapped up, and were nice enough to brief me as a committee. A press conference for one, as Adams put it. (Though the Oregonian’s city hall reporter did pop in later.) Long story short: Thanks to the economy, the proposal is currently dead. A […]