Letters to the Editor YOU THINK WE EAT FUNNY?Whether you think a raw-food diet is radical extremism or not ["Raw Power," WW, Sept. 3, 2003], the bottom line is that there is universal, widespread, unbiased and document ...   More

Letters to the Editor NEW TOILETS DON'T WORK FOR CRAPYour article on water hogs in the Aug. 27 issue of WW ["Hydro Hogs"] was once again a good one. How people can manage to use and waste so much water is alarming. I d ...   More

Letters to the Editor SWIFT VISIT, BUT NOT SO SWIFTA point of clarification on the colony of swifts at Chapman School ["Back to Reality," WW, Aug. 20, 2003): The birds congregate for three to four weeks, not three to f ...   More

Letters to the Editor RABBLE WITHOUT A CAR Like many fellow inveterate bus-riders, cyclists and pedestrians, I was offended by the cover tagline for "Homer's Odyssey" [WW, July 30, 2003], which reads, "City Hall and O ...   More

Letters to the Editor HOUNDS OF HELL I've watched the popularity of owning large dogs grow exponentially in the past 20 years. Correspondingly, I've experienced the change wrought upon the city parks as they've been t ...   More

Letters to the Editor SCISSOR KICK I liked your article on Homer Williams ["Homer's Odyssey," July 30, 2003]. There is an error, however, that should be corrected. Scissor stairs, Homer's magic solution to his Macadam ...   More

News * OK, so it all depends on Vera: If Her Honor announces this week that she won't seek a fourth term in 2004 (as is widely expected), then Congressman Earl Blumenauer battles City Commissioner Jim ...   More

Music Stories MUSICFEST NW KICK-OFF PARTY KICKS OFF...UH, MUSICFEST NW The gripping countdown to Musicfest Northwest 2003--three days that will shake Portland music to its core, and possibly divest you of a fe ...   More

Winners & Losers WINNERSWhat? I can't hear you--I've got a monopoly in my ear! Qwest finally vanquished the City of Portland in the year-long rate debate. The city agreed to pay retail for phone service to city office ...   More

Rogue of the Week There's a serial killer on the loose in Southeast Portland--a murderer who is poisoning dogs in Laurelhurst Park.Signs posted around the park say that four dogs have died and at least a dozen more ...   More