Letters to the Editor A Different Kind of PreparednessIt’s true. The earth could shake and my home comes tumbling down. The markets could crash and my savings turn to dust. The beautiful mountains around us will cert ...   More

Letters to the Editor Cut The Man Some Slack, AlreadyThe toddler-esque attitude of the American citizen never ceases to amaze me [“Oba-Meh,” WW, Jan. 20, 2010]. Perhaps John Bradach’s statement, “He ...   More

Letters to the Editor Loose ChangeYour article on Obama’s first year shows there will always be a lunatic fringe that thinks with their heart and not their head. [“Oba-Meh,” WW, Jan. 20, 2010]. Even thoug ...   More

Letters to the Editor Try Real Solutions for Real Problems[Re: “House Divided,” WW, Jan. 13, 2010:] Obama does not fix the problem in one year, so let us have a big protest in San Francisco. How long have the p ...   More

Letters to the Editor Measures May Hurt More Than HelpI’m a college-educated, unskilled, over-50 worker living on a poverty-level income, and I see problems not being discussed: 1) The presence of income tax-free Was ...   More

Letters to the Editor It’s About The City, Not Sam [Re: “Rogue of the Year: Sam Adams,” WW, Dec. 30, 2009] I was very excited about Sam Adams becoming mayor of Portland. In technical terms, I thought (an ...   More

Letters to the Editor It’s “Horrible” To Be Attracted To Someone?Re “Internal Affair,” WW, Dec. 23, 2009: Ted Wheeler, get off your high horse. You have two employees, Vailey Oehlke and Jana ...   More

Letters to the Editor [Re: “Cheerless,” WW, Dec. 16, 2009]:Clearly this student was disruptive. However, all other issues aside, is it not the job of coaches and teachers to recognize that a teenager with a bad ...   More

Letters to the Editor Scrooge McPgeYou wrote last week that “PGE is spreading $37 million worth of holiday cheer” (with help from the Utility Reform Project) [Murmurs, WW, Dec. 9, 2009] in the form of refund ch ...   More

Letters to the Editor [Re: “Here’s the Pitch,” WW, Dec. 2, 2009]: Good article. Among other things, the concept is also showboat window-dressing for a business that needs (and wants!) to continually burni ...   More