BEST OF PORTLAND: By the People, For the People
Table of Contents: | By These People
July 1st, 2009
The Good, The Bad And The Awful | WW’s biennial ranking of metro-area legislators.45 comments
June 24th, 2009
The Adams Report | Fourteen fascinating things we learned from Attorney General John Kroger’s investigation.57 comments
June 17th, 2009
Ink-Stained Wretch | Matt Gone hated his ailing body. Then he drew on it.35 comments
June 10th, 2009
Down and Out in the City of Roses | WW’s guide to enjoying the summer, economy be damned.3 comments
June 3rd, 2009
Futurehaus | A local company is building a house you can heat with a blow-dryer.49 comments
May 27th, 2009
This Is Lents | Does this long-neglected neighborhood really need a new minor league baseball stadium?62 comments
May 20th, 2009
Undercover Jesus | A sweet-talking son of a preacher man has persuaded the City of Portland to become a partner with 500 churches. Here’s how.52 comments
May 13th, 2009
Eric The Enlightened | How a guru from Beaverton raked in millions as a New Age psychic.46 comments
May 6th, 2009
Best New Band 2009 | Portland’s music scene insiders pick their favorite breakthrough acts of the past year.44 comments
April 29th, 2009
Shuttered Portland | You sent us shots of a crucifix, painted toes, an infant and more.52 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
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COPY EDITORS: Matt Buckingham, Sarah Smith, Leigh Van der Werff
ART DIRECTORS: Maggie Gardner and Ben Mollica
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