BEST OF PORTLAND: By the People, For the People
Table of Contents: | By These People
October 28th, 2009
Natural Selection10 comments
October 21st, 2009
Left Out | Why are two virtually identical eighth-grade girls treated so differently by Portland Public Schools?56 comments
October 14th, 2009
Who Took Our Jobs? | Oregon’s unemployment is at the top of the charts—again. Here’s why.88 comments
October 7th, 2009
Text Appeal | On the eve of the city’s biggest literary blowout, we hounded Wordstock authors with the questions that really matter. And some that don’t.0 comments
September 30th, 2009
Censored | The ten biggest stories ignored by the major media.21 comments
September 23rd, 2009
Meet Dr. Know | Got a question? Ask our new brainiac. 12 comments
September 16th, 2009
Modest Mouseketeers | His band rules the world, so why is Isaac Brock starting from scratch with two obscure Portland bands? 14 comments
September 9th, 2009
It’s Not My Fault | What people will say to get out of a Portland parking ticket.31 comments
September 2nd, 2009
The Young And The Jobless | WW’s economic survey shows nothing divides Portland like its overeducated, underemployed newcomers. How are young creatives getting by?93 comments
August 26th, 2009
You Spent Our Money On What!?!?! | From a new video camera to record Sam Adams’ every move to accommodations at a chi-chi D.C. hotel, here’s how city council is spending taxpayers’ money.25 comments
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[July 23rd, 2008]
This is America. And in America, dammit, we vote. For presidents, idols, dogs, city commissioners, you name it—we live and breathe and sweat beautiful, shimmering beads of democracy.
And with WW’s annual celebration of everything that makes this burg such an invigorating, amazing and sometimes bizarre place to live, we asked you to vote once again.
Every other week of the year, we tell you what we like (and loathe). But this week is different. Because nobody knows this city better than you. So we’ve made the heart of this year’s Best of Portland our improved, expanded, hyper-local readers’ poll.
We carved up our city into 12 districts (look right) that we figure are a good match to the city’s geographical and cultural diversity. Then we asked you to name the best your district has to offer, along with city-wide questions about the big stuff: media, politics...hair removal.
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You sure rose to the challenge: 2,674 of you filled out the online ballot. The top turnout, with 433 voters, came from Neglected Southwest—apparently the hills aren’t so neglected after all. We’re throwing a Voter Appreciation Party at the Dublin Pub (6821 SW Beaverton-Hillsdale Highway, 297-2889) on Thursday, July 31.
You’ll find all the results of our cultural election here, organized by topic with the winners listed by district, in alphabetical order.
One more thing. We can’t resist offering our own opinions, so we’ve also included some of own, far more idiosyncratic Bests. They’re inside the dot boxes with the big headlines—from Ruby the turkey vulture to Brittan the Barber Babe. Enjoy and celebrate the Best of this city we call home. —Ben Waterhouse.
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EDITOR: Ben WaterhouseCONTRIBUTORS: Elianna Bar-El, Byron Beck, Tiffany Lee Brown, Kelly Clarke, Anna Dukehart, Jeremy Gillick, Whitney Hawke, Hannah Hultine, Kat Hyatt, Casey Jarman, Matt Korfhage, A.P. Kryza, Laura Shinn, Michael Mannheimer, Amy G. McCullough, Richard Meeker, Aaron W. Mesh, John K. Minervini, Carin Moonin, Sara Moskovitz, Hanna Neuschwander, Corey Pein, James Pitkin, Jonah Sandford, Beth Slovic, Ethan Smith, Hank Stern, Mike Thelin, Leigh Van der Werff, Ben Waterhouse, Joseph Watts, Marianna Hane Wiles
COPY CHIEF: Kat Hyatt
COPY EDITORS: Matt Buckingham, Sarah Smith, Leigh Van der Werff
ART DIRECTORS: Maggie Gardner and Ben Mollica
PRODUCTION STAFF: Brian Brown, Snow Blackwood, Nicholas Curtin, Soma Honkanen, Tom Humphrey, Christie Wright
PHOTOGRAPHERS: Erik Bader, Darryl James, Vivian Johnson, Brian Lee
WEB EDITOR: Ian Gillingham
WEB PRODUCTION & MAP MAGIC: Rob Adams, VIctor Graf
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