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WINNERS
1. Eastsiders may finally get a classy place to
lodge visitors. Entrepreneur Roy Jay, hoping to buck the
blighted neighborhood's history of failed development proposals,
announced a plan to erect a 1,000-bed hotel near the Convention
Center.
2. Good news for local recycling buffs came
with Metro's new rules. Now most Portlanders get to sort
their reusable materials into just three batches: one bin
for paper and fiber, one for metal and plastic containers,
and one paper bag for glass. In Tualatin and Wilsonville,
it's even easier: one bin for glass and another for everything
else.
3. Yes, it's true that a lot of legislative aides
in Salem are related to lawmakers. But that's partly
because no one else will take such a lousy-paying job. Legislators
tooks steps to change that last week, doubling aides' monthly
salary to $1,846.
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LOSERS
1. Hoops-loving Portland firefighters may
lose a hallowed firehouse tradition if administrators have
their way. Following an Oregonian report that firefighters
are twisting knees while driving the lane, city officials
may limit their roundball action to H.O.R.S.E. and 'Round
the World.
2. Tri-Met's westside MAX line is beginning to look
like the Death Train following the Oct. 11 death of a man
who was hit while walking along the tracks in Washington
County, the fifth such death since the line's opening in
September 1998.
3. Anti-tax activist Ted Piccolo's radio attacks
on City Commissioner Charlie Hales must give pause to state
Rep. Randy Leonard, who had been eying a Hales challenge.
If Piccolo jumps in the race, Leonard will have to contend
with a well-funded opponent who could split the anti-Hales
vote.
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