NOT POLICING THEMSELVES Are lawsuits the only real discipline for Portland cops?
GOING…GOING…GO, ALREADY Recall spokesman Jasun Wurster essentially admits defeat at council.
A MATTER OF OPINION County picks Chip Shields for senate district 22. Controversy ensues.
WE’RE #1! NOT GOOD ENOUGH! Portland is now the USA’s number one bicycling city, but our spending on bike routes is falling behind other cities.
There’s also a couple of niiiice features for you to wrap your chops around.
FULL CYCLE: On the bike builders in the Oregon Manifest handmade bike festival that starts tonight. Cue BIKEGASM!
TAKING THE HIGH GROUND: About Ethan Nadelmann, the Harvey Milk of drug reform, who came to Portland recently and has some great ideas for our policy-makers. Starting with folks in power who use drugs on the weekends “coming out” about it.
Read the goddamn news.
I think any police force needs to have a civilian oversight committee to keep an eye on what goes on. Having the police investigate themselves is like having the fox guard the chicken house.