Elections City Commissioner Amanda Fritz wants you to believe she has created jobs in Portland...
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News Last week, WW reported Gov. John Kitzhaber had selected Portland lawyer Elisa Dozono to replace Steve Ungar on the powerful five-member Lottery Commission.
That would be a plum assignment for Dozono, whose public service includes being former Mayor Vera Katz's spokeswoman, work...   More

News Jennifer Williamson, who is seeking the Democratic nomination in Oregon House District 36 (Southwest Portland), seems to be struggling with being called a “lobbyist.”

She is a lobbyist—but her claim that her opponent might try to label her as one raises questions about the accuracy of one of Williamson’s own campaign mailers.

In the mailer, which reached Democratic voters ...   More

News A new city audit says the proposed $62-million Oregon Sustainability Center, which may never get built, is already costing the city a lot of money.City Auditor LaVonne Griffin-Valade this morning released her agency's review of how efficiently the City of Portland spends money on downtown office spac...   More

News Mayoral candidate Eileen Brady has now officially eclipsed the $1 million mark in fundraising for the May primary, state filings show.
That's a big number for any city race and particularly impressive considering Brady is a first-time candidate. Her opponents, former City Commissioner Charlie Hales and State Rep. Jefferson Smith (D-Portland) have raised $569,000 and $451,000 respectively, sinc...   More

News A couple of weeks ago, the three principal mayoral candidates turned over their personal income tax returns. At the time, Eileen Brady turned over returns from 2008, 2009 and 2010 as did Charlie Hales. But State Rep. Jefferson Smith (D-Portland), on...   More

News No recent political issue polarized Oregonians more than Measures 66 and 67, the personal and corporate income tax increases voters approved in 2010.
In the Portland mayoral race, the tax measures have been a point of contention between State Rep. Jefferson Smith (D-Portland) and Eileen Brady. In 2009 and 2010, Brady served on the board of the Oregon Business Association, which lobbied hard to...   More

News Multnomah County Elections Director Tim Scott this afternoon rejected a complaint filed yesterday against mayoral candidate Charlie Hales.That complaint alleged Hales was not a legally registered Oregon voter when he filed to run for mayor.
Here's Scott's response the complainant...   More

News An elections-law complaint against former City Commissioner Charlie Hales threatens his campaign for mayor. Portlander Seth Woolley, a Green Party activist, filed complaints late Tuesday with the city auditor, Multnomah County and the state Elections Division based on facts report...   More

News The Protect Our Salmon Committee, a group trying to place a measure on the 2012 ballot that would mostly ban gill-netting and tangle-netting on the Columbia River and other Oregon waters reported a whopper of a check over the weekend—$250,000 from Norman Brenden. That contribution is the largest by far any individual or group has made i...   More