Good morning, Portland. Here are some very important links.
Firs up is this week's feature by the Mercury's Jenni Moore. It's on taxidermy in Portland.
This week I finished my first feature story and explored something very specific and personal to me: my feelings of revulsion for your precious taxidermy.
Overkill https://t.co/Y1mN7qrvzG
— Jenni Moore (@JenniferKayMo) January 17, 2018
Check out Thacher Schmid's story on R2DToo, which moved from Old Town Chinatown to a spot near the the Moda Center. A nugget in there: "As the city debates whether its rising homeless population has contributed to less-safe streets, city data suggests there were fewer reported crimes in the Lloyd District from June through November 2017—after R2DToo had moved in—than in the same period over the prior two years. At the same time, reported crimes in Old Town Chinatown have risen since the camp moved out, and as compared to the same period during the prior two years in that neighborhood."
Dirk VanderHart writes about the Oregon constitution and how it's hurting Portland's $258 million housing bond. Could changes be on the way?
A Portland food cart owner was arrested for exposing his erect penis to a female delivery driver multiple times.
Will lowering traffic speed limits on residential streets help prevent traffic deaths in Portland? 45 people died on Portland streets in 2017.
REMINDER: Mail your Measure 101 ballot by today, or drop it off in person by next Tuesday.
Dust off your cargo shorts: Dave Matthews Band is coming to The Gorge Amphitheater this summer.
"The FBI is offering a new $10,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of a sexual assault suspect who's been on the lam for almost a quarter-century," the Oregonian reports. "Barrett Preston Busschau, now 42, disappeared from Oregon in 1993 after he was released from jail pending trial, according to the FBI. The agency said investigators think he might have gone to California or Panama but that his last known sighting was in his native South Africa."
Portland is not on this list:
Amazon’s list of finalists for #HQ2 @CNBC pic.twitter.com/RAAchC4nKY
— Carl Quintanilla (@carlquintanilla) January 18, 2018
Everything is terrible:
Breaking News: NASA said 2017 was the second-warmest year on record. The trend continued even without El Niño, which helped make 2016 the hottest. https://t.co/FBXCIBIeVC
— The New York Times (@nytimes) January 18, 2018