Advice from resilient workaholic Mayor Sam Adams.
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How to Get Shit Done in Portland
Advice from City Hall’s Resilient Workaholic, Mayor Sam Adams, to the Incoming Administration
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Sexual Politics
Transgender Tweens
Portland nonprofit says the time to work with transgender kids is long before puberty.
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Hall Monitor
Yes, “Homelessness Sucks”
Homeless and business interests reach an uneasy truce.
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Sex, Justice, and the American Way
Hustler Publisher Larry Flynt on How Sex Has Shaped American Politics and the World
Why WikiLeaks and Hustler aren’t such strange bedfellows.
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The Un-Smoked Cigars
Can Public Campaign Financing Survive Another Brutal Election?
In May election, the incumbents are in, idealists out!
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It’s the Cheater’s Ballot!
We’ve Done the Hard Work—All You Have to Do Is Vote!
The Mercury‘s absurdly thorough election endorsements!
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“The Man in the Shadows”
Meet Mark Wiener: The Most Politically Powerful Man in Portland (Whom You’ve Probably Never Heard Of)
The most politically powerful man in Portland?
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Hall Monitor
State of the Twit-y
Mayor Adams’ speech leaves out police accountability and better funding for mental health.
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Rise of the Blogs
City Audit Shows Mainstream Media Flagging
City audit shows blogs beat mainstream media in stimulating discussion.