The mayor’s final budget finds even more money for the safety net.
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Hall Monitor
Reading the (Open) Book of Randy
Commissioner Randy Leonard stays chatty on backroom budget shenanigans.
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Looking Behind the Curtain
Inside Mayor Sam Adams’ Magically Not Terrible City Budget Plan
Inside Mayor Sam Adams’ magically not terrible city budget plan.
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Spin the Ballot!
Can’t Decide Who Should Be Our Next Mayor? City Commissioners? Attorney General? Don’t Worry: It’s the Mercury’s Endorsement Guide!
It’s the Mercury‘s endorsement cheat sheet! Read it, and then go vote!
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Transportation Tension
Budget Woes Strain Mayor’s Relationship with TriMet
Mayor Sam Adams’ relationship with TriMet has been more tense than previously acknowledged.
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Return of the Voicemail!
Calling Sam Adams: Poop, the Waltz, and Slop Buckets
The best of Mayor Sam Adams’ voicemails from the past three months.
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Sam Adams to the Rescue?
City Faces Rough Road in Legal Fight to Keep Campbell Cop off Police Force
Portland’s fight to keep from rehiring Ron Frashour won’t be easy.
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Applying the Brakes
Mayor Wants TriMet to Restore Youth Passes, Free Rail Zone
Mayor Sam Adams is asking TriMet to restore youth passes and the free rail zone.
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Spreading the Wealth
Urban Renewal Experiment Targets Eastside Business Districts, for a Change
Portland finally lavishes some urban renewal attention on the Eastside.
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In Other News
The Campbell arbitration; grand jury clears cops in Potter shooting; and a plan to bury I-5!
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“A Keg of Powder”
Like Clockwork, Arbitrator Rules Against Firing of Cop Who Killed Aaron Campbell
An arbitrator rules in favor of the cop who killed Aaron Campbell, and Portland holds its breath.
