The results of Portland’s homeless health survey show the dire need for housing… now.
Nick Fish
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Dis-Connected
Cuts Force Homeless Project to Change—But in What Direction?
No one is really sure where a model homeless program is headed.
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Wag the Beard
Mayor Tom Potter sports a new look, while Commissioner Randy Leonard skips vacation to finish summer homework.
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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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Summer Snooze
City hall’s taking a summer nap—except for Commissioner Nick Fish
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Crossing That Bridge
The city council gets spun both ways on the Columbia River Crossing big bridge project.
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Thanks (for Nothing), Sam
Adams Goes Wishy-Washy on the Columbia River Crossing Project
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Then There Were Two
Amanda Fritz and Charles Lewis Enter the Ring
JUST OVER A WEEK AGO, there were 28 people vying for a job at city hall. But the May 20 primary election dashed a lot of dreams, and left three men—Sam Adams, Randy Leonard, and Nick Fish—with secure employment for the next few years. What’s undecided is who will be taking the seat Adams vacates, […]
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The Morning After
It takes an election, apparently, to help the city council pass a budget. Within days of Commissioner Sam Adams‘ victory over Mayor Tom Potter-endorsed Sho Dozono, tensions between Adams and the mayor seem to have melted. While they were on opposite ends of a budget standoff last week, by Friday afternoon, May 23, the two—plus […]
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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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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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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 […]