Home · Articles · By AARON MESH
 

Rise of the Falcon

Can one man’s millions keep struggling Portland artists aloft?


Cover Story
You won’t believe who is in Brian Wannamaker’s basement. Against one wall, Modest Mouse frontman Isaac Brock plays electric guitar next to a wild boar. Nearby, rock chanteuse Storm Large bel   More
 
Wednesday, March 20, 2013 AARON MESH

Does Anybody Want to Be PBOT Director?

news1_3901

News
The Portland Bureau of Transportation has been chewing up directors lately.

Tom Miller, a protege of former Mayor Sam Adams, was undone by reports about the city's backlog of unpaved roads and media donnybrooks over bicycle projects. Mayor...   More
 
Tuesday, March 19, 2013 by AARON MESH

Oregon City Company Promises Protection From Drones

news1_drone_3833

News
The Oregon Legislature is poised to strictly limit the use of unmanned drones in Oregon airspace this week, as the threat of machines monitoring American citizens from the skies has gripped imaginations on the right and left.

The legisla...   More
 
Monday, March 18, 2013 by AARON MESH

Hales Says Arts Tax Has "Silly" Flaw, Needs Emergency Fix

news2_ballet_3918

News
Mayor Charlie Hales is placing an emergency ordinance on next week's City Council agenda to fix a "silly" technicality in the arts tax passed by voters in November.Hales' office says the way the ballot measure was written, any person making any incom...   More
 
Monday, March 18, 2013 by AARON MESH

Jack Bogdanski Sues City of Portland Over Arts Tax

Blogger known as Bojack calls $35 tax unconstitutional

bojack_sized

News
Lewis & Clark Law School professor and blogger Jack Bogdanski has filed a lawsuit against the City of Portland in Oregon Tax Court, alleging the city's $35 arts tax violates the state constitution.

Bogdanski's lawsuit, obtained today by WW, was filed on March 7.It's the only lawsuit pending against the arts tax, according to a...   More
 
Monday, March 18, 2013 by AARON MESH

Hales Restores $194,000 to Summer Internships He Cut

murmurs.charlie_hales.nar

News
 Mayor Charlie Hales is reversing a controversial decision to cut a city grant to fund summer teen internships.

Hales will restore a $194,000 grant for nonprofit Worksystems Inc. to fund 97 summ...   More
 
Friday, March 15, 2013 by AARON MESH

Streetcar Only Collecting Half of Its Projected Fares

murmurs_3913

News
Portland Streetcar has collected a little over half the fares it projected when it installed $1 fare boxes along its lines last fall.

The lack of fare revenue means the Portland Bureau of Transportation faces a shortfall in funding the streetcar's $8.9 million annual operating budget.
That analysis comes from the    More
 
Wednesday, March 13, 2013 by AARON MESH

Developer Gets Neighborhood Association OK on Mississippi Avenue Apartments

lede_blockbusters_3846

News
The furor over a controversial 81-unit apartment building on Southeast Division Street hasn't just resulted in the city halting construction on the project.

It's also led to more power for neighborhood associations.

Members of the ...   More
 
Tuesday, March 12, 2013 by AARON MESH

Timber Jam

A fired city bureau chief scores one last goal—expanding the parking district around Jeld-Wen Field.


News
Sam Stidham, a sales clerk at West Burnside clothing boutique Reveille, had no idea that parking around the corner from her storefront had jumped to $3.50 an hour during Portland Timbers games.    More
 
Wednesday, March 6, 2013 AARON MESH

Great Moments in Sea Lion Policing

sealion

News
Nothing is as it appears in Clackamas County.Hours after the West Linn Police Department sent out a press release warning the public to avoid a sick sea lion resting on rocks in Mary S. Young Park, the cops delivered an update explainin...   More
 
Tuesday, March 5, 2013 by AARON MESH
 

Web Design for magazines

Close
Close
Close