Metro workers hope Portland’s ordinance gets them sick leave, too.
Jim Middaugh
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Hall Monitor
Groundbreaker, Lovetaker
Nick Fish breaks ground on the new Resource Access Center for the
homeless.
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Something Fishy?
Did the Portland Business Alliance Buy a Sit-Lie Vote?
Will Commissioner Nick Fish side with the community or with the Portland Business Alliance on the sit-lie ordinance?
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In Other News
Portland’s anti-war “Raging Grannies” had the case against them dismissed in court on Monday, June 9, after prosecutors were too unorganized to get cops to show up on the right day. Sara Graham and Bonnie Tinker were arrested at last year’s Rose Parade for sitting down in front of a tank. At first they were […]
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Fact Check
Scrutinizing the Candidates’ Junk Mail
If there’s one thing you can learn from this year’s truckload of campaign literature, it’s that candidates have a knack for saying a whole lot of nothing. In case you haven’t been to your mailbox lately, a landslide of fliers have been arriving at your home for the past week, as candidates try to grab […]
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Unhappy Campers
Homeless Protest Continues, Politicos Take Notice
OVER THE PAST two weeks, a makeshift homeless encampment has been growing in front of city hall. Kicking off on Friday, April 25, a few men and women who’d been “swept” out from under the Burnside Bridge—where they usually slept—set up camp on the sidewalk, against city hall’s cement balustrade. They gathered there to protest […]
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Ballot Boxing
For a guy who wants to take over city hall’s third-floor mayor’s office—and who wants to assign bureaus, oversee the city budget, run a few bureaus, and provide overall leadership for the city—Sho Dozono’s campaign has been woefully short on specifics. Until now. On May 2, the day ballots went out—and months after he started […]
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In Other News
OFFENDER LIST GROWS There are now 427 people on City Commissioner Randy Leonard’s “Project 57” list. According to the new head of the program, Bill Sinnott, these people are targeted for felony convictions and enforced drug treatment if they’re arrested downtown for things like having a crack pipe containing drug residue. Sinnott, the former boss […]
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Garren up for a Fight
Ed Garren Scraps for Votes
ED GARREN may be, at most, the current third place candidate in his bid to replace outgoing City Commissioner Erik Sten. Sten’s publicly financed Chief of Staff Jim Middaugh and labor attorney Nick Fish, who beat Sam Adams in the 2004 primary, are the frontrunners. But despite the odds, Garren—a newcomer to Portland and a […]
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Ready, Set, Run!
City Candidate Field Settles Down
The primary election is a little over two months away, and we finally have a sense of everyone who will be in the race. Tuesday evening, March 11, was the filing deadline for those wanting to be on the May 20 ballot. Candidates have until Friday afternoon, March 14, to withdraw from the race, and […]
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Hall Monitor
“I just believe in fairness, and fair is fair. It is exceedingly unfair to change the rules for an election during the election.” That was City Commissioner Randy Leonard during a January 9 city council meeting, when the council was discussing a special election to replace outgoing Commissioner Erik Sten. At issue? Whether to craft […]
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Middaugh Ground
Jim Middaugh Launches City Council Campaign
Last month, Jim Middaugh was camped out in his dining room—which doubled as a command center—coordinating volunteers who were fanned out across Portland, collecting $5 contributions and signatures for his bid for public campaign financing. Defying expectations, Middaugh turned in 1,623 valid contributions in just two weeks, following City Commissioner Erik Sten’s sudden announcement that […]