News Officially, it’s not a recession. But according to a recent WW poll of several barflies, everybody’s broke. You probably know how to cope with hard times. Pack a lunch. Ride a bike. Find a ...   More

Q & A Before he morphed into one of the few real leftists still taken seriously by the mainstream press, author Thomas Frank had an even lower profile. A University of Chicago-trained academic and now-Wash ...   More

News Joel Haugen, the not-really-that-Republican challenger to Democratic U.S. Rep. David Wu, is suing Oregon Secretary of State Bill Bradbury...   More

News It's been a while since we checked in on the only Portland City Council race that'll be on the November ballot.
Granted, it's still summer, and nobody else has been paying attention, either. But the campaigns are using their public financing to prepare for what looks like it could be a...   More

News If Mayor-elect Sam "Plastic Bag Tax" Adams, Commissioner "Sustainable" Dan Saltzman or Randy "   More

News First the worldwide bad press for "bike rage," now this.
From George W. Bush's interview Wednesday with the Bangkok Post and...   More

News Stop, collaborate and listen: If Vanilla Ice annoys your neighbor, but his beats don’t violate city decibel limits, does it still warrant a fine? This dispute coming soon to Multnomah County Cir ...   More

News Yesterday's New York Times Book Review had a well-worth-reading review of "Buying In," a new book by the NYT Magazine's consumption columnist, Rob Walker.
T...   More

News (Sorry about that headline.)
Quoted on a Poynter Institute post about Sen. Barack Obama's upcoming appearance at the UNITY journalists' convention ...   More

News It happened at the July 9 meeting:


*977 Grant revocable permit to Willamette Week to close NW Quimby St between 22nd Ave and 23rd Ave on July 23, 2008 (Ordinance)
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