Old Town experiment is a go! Another scathing city audit.
Amanda Fritz
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The Incomplete Charlie Hales
It’s Been (Almost) 100 Days! And What Do We Think of Our Mayor? So Far, So Good. But So Far, Not So Much.
It’s been (almost) 100 days since the mayor took office. And what does Portland think? So far, so good… but so far, not so much.
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Hall Monitor
We Are the Safety Net
Another bad budget year, another campaign to protect cash for the needy.
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Mandatory Confusion?
Murky Outcomes for Proposed Parking Rules
No one knows what proposed parking limits for apartments would do, exactly.
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Fly in the Ointment
OLCC Rebuffs City, Okays Beer Buses
The OLCC, once again, rebuffs the city over a food cart beer permit.
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Back in the Cleaning Business
The Portland Business Alliance Wants State Help Reviving Sit-Lie Sidewalk Law
The Portland Business Alliance wants help reviving the unconstitutional sit-lie sidewalk law.
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Hall Monitor
Good for Dan and Amanda.
The sick-leave task force should serve as council’s lawmaking default.
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Hall Monitor
The Cure Is Sometimes Worse
Who will shape the new task force on earned sick time: business or labor?
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And the Survey Says…
We Asked, They Answered: City Hall Staffers Open Up—and Unload!
City hall staffers finally open up—and unload!
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Set It and Forget It!
The 2012 Stories We’re Probably Jerks for Reminding You About
We didn’t die an apocalypse this year, so let’s look back on what actually happened.
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Hall Monitor
A Glimpse Inside the Machine
The vote on Northwest parking meters speaks volumes about Portland politics.