Letters to the Editor I just got back from New York and saw a very different picture in my two days of biking around the island [“Bikelash,” WW, June 12, 2013]. Folks there are frustrated at the lack of operability   More

Murmurs Officials pushing the Columbia River Crossing are concealing the true costs of multimillion-dollar deals they have reached to win support of manufacturing firms affected by the proposed freeway br   More

Letters to the Editor Rating our Lawmakers Even noting that the assessments are preceded by the comment, “What follows is mostly gossip and opinion,” as a constituent of [state Rep.] Tobias Read, I am surprised at WW�   More

Murmurs Mayor Charlie Hales faces a decision about what to do regarding Baruti Artharee, his chief public safety adviser and liaison to the Police Bureau. As first reported on wweek.com, Artharee has ac   More

Letters to the Editor In your recent interview with anti-fluoride activist Kim Kaminski [“Hotseat,” WW, May 29, 2013], she mentioned Carl Sagan as her inspiration to become an environmentalist. What she fails to me   More

Murmurs Companies on the hook for a Superfund cleanup of Portland Harbor are paying millions to study the toxicity of Willamette River fish. But that doesn’t include $920 for new metal signs, designed by    More

Letters to the Editor We need to be sympathetic to all people, but I think that tolerant Portlanders, while their hearts are in the right place, may not understand the scope of this problem [“Change Is Hard,” WW, M   More

Murmurs Multnomah County Sheriff Dan Staton is mulling the idea of turning in his badge for a run at a seat on the county commission. Staton, sheriff since 2010, confirmed to WW that he has met with Multn   More

Letters to the Editor It’s important to keep in perspective the goal of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program: to help families experiencing food insecurity make ends meet [“Counting Cards,” WW, May 15, 2   More

Murmurs City Commissioner Steve Novick is ready to flush Portland’s toilet-sales department. The newest member of the City Council says the efforts to market the patent sidewalk commode known as the P   More