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3rd & Choke

A bungled land deal costs the city $5 million—with taxpayers on the hook for the next 293 years.


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At the corner of Southwest 3rd Avenue and Oak Street lies an empty, weed-filled lot that may be the most costly dirt in the city’s history. The lot is on its way to costing its owner nearly    More
 
Wednesday, March 20, 2013 NIGEL JAQUISS

Green Party Activist Sues Kate Brown Over Hales Elections Complaint

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Seth Woolley, a Green Party activist and two-time candidate for Secretary of State, has filed suit (PDF) in Marion County Court against Secretary of State Kate Brown alleging that the elections division, which Brown controls, failed to properly investigate an earlier elections complaint Woolley filed aga...   More
 
Tuesday, March 19, 2013 by NIGEL JAQUISS

Anti-Fluoride Campaign Picks Up Checks

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Clean Water Portland, the committee opposing the proposed fluoridation of Portland's water reported receiving three checks in recent days. The committee got $5,000 from a Utah company call Abundant Living Information Services; $3,000 from a local man named Roger Burt and $1,000 from a Californi...   More
 
Monday, March 18, 2013 by NIGEL JAQUISS

The Hard Truth About Oregon's Prisons: They Work

So why does Gov. John Kitzhaber want to “reform” them?


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Oregon has one of America’s best prison systems.  Gov. John Kitzhaber knows that. After all, he helped build it. When Kitzhaber was governor from 1995 to 2003, he spent hundreds of millions   More
 
Wednesday, March 13, 2013 NIGEL JAQUISS

City's Ombudswoman Releases Annual Report

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The City of Portland employs an ombudswoman named Margie Sollinger as a repository for complaints about city agencies. In the past, the ombudsperson has been in the thick of serious doings—the federal investigation that resulted city parking meter czar Ellis McCoy's f...   More
 
Tuesday, March 12, 2013 by NIGEL JAQUISS

Co-Chair of Ways And Means Redefines "Tax"

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State Rep. Peter Buckley (D-Ashland) today redefined what a tax is. Buckley, a five-term incumbent, knows a lot about taxes—he's co-chairman of the Joint Ways and Means Committee, which writes the state's budget.But when Buckley stood today to talk about a new proposal from the Oregon School Boards Association that would cut public employee retirement benefits by $1.8 billion, he c...   More
 
Monday, March 11, 2013 by NIGEL JAQUISS

Political Donors Like Kids More Than Nature

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The May 21 election this year has something for everyone—school board races; a renewal of City Commissioner Dan Saltzman's children's levy; the fluoride war; and even a Metro ballot measure seeking some operating funds for its green spaces.
The early money is flowing towards the kids. Saltzman's raising money through ...   More
 
Friday, March 8, 2013 by NIGEL JAQUISS

Decision Date Delayed in High-Profile Bar Trial

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The three-member Oregon State Bar trial panel tasked with deciding a major legal ethics case has pushed the date of its decision back to May 7. As WW reported last fall, Barnes Ellis and Lois Rosenbaum, two of the Northwest's leading securities lawyers, face conflict of interest charg...   More
 
Wednesday, March 6, 2013 by NIGEL JAQUISS

Debt on Pointe

Oregon Ballet Theatre owes $300,000 in back rent. Just in time, here comes the arts tax.


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City officials finally produced details last week of a new arts tax that voters passed last November, requiring Portlanders to pay $35 a year to fund arts teachers in the public schools and suppor   More
 
Wednesday, March 6, 2013 NIGEL JAQUISS

Pro-Fluoride Campaign Picks Up More Checks

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The campaign proposing to fluoridate Portland's drinking water is raking in hefty contributions ahead of the May 21 ballot battle over the issue.
Healthy Kids, Healthy Portland reported $5,000 checks from the Nurses United Political Action Committee; the Oregon Dental Hygienists' Association and from Heal...   More
 
Monday, March 4, 2013 by NIGEL JAQUISS
 

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