Murmurs Diane Roark says she’s the victim of retaliation by the U.S. government for allegedly blowing the whistle on illegal wireless wiretapping by the Bush administration. Roark, a former House Intellig   More

News City Commissioner Amanda Fritz—in a difficult fight for re-election—fueled her primary campaign with $50,000 in loans from her own pocket. Fritz, who would accept only contributions up to $50, needed the money to hang on against a strong challenge from state Rep. Mary Nolan (D-Portland.)Fritz has now forgiven that loan—which in effect turns the $50,000 into one big contribution...   More

Letters to the Editor I don’t usually see this type of bias in WW, but it’s certainly evident in this article [“Mr. Smith Runs From Salem, WW, July 25, 2012]. [Jefferson Smith] saying “we need more police officer   More

Murmurs An ex-employee at an R.B. Pamplin Co. subsidiary says the company fired him after he threatened to report its practice of sending false test results to the Department of Environmental Quality and Or   More

News Rep. Jefferson Smith landed another union endorsement in his race for mayor—the Oregon and Southern Idaho District Council of Laborers, which represents many city workers.

So far, Smith and his opponent, former city commissioner Charlie Hales, have split union endorsements. Smith is backed by the Portland Association of Teachers and the city’s firefighters and police union. Hales has w...   More

Letters to the Editor I think the R should stand for Resolutions [“A is for Adams,” WW, July 18, 2012]. Mayor [Sam] Adams sponsored a resolution declaring the city’s support for a U.S. constitutional amendment to   More

Murmurs Having failed to secure a sit-down interview with President Barack Obama during his quasi-flyover, in-and-out visit to Portland on July 24, WW is very pleased to have landed an interview instead with    More

Letters to the Editor My former boss, Steve Novick, just flunked logic [“Murmurs,” WW, July 11, 2012]. Turns out he’s not in charge of all energy use in “the region”; he’s a player in protecting the PDX citizen   More

Murmurs Ex-Attorney General John Kroger has left for Reed College, but his legacy at the Oregon Department of Justice continues. On July 2, the Harrang Long Gary Rudnick law firm sent the state a $431,0   More

Letters to the Editor Whatever happened to kids just doing kid stuff? [“Teenage Wasteland,” WW, July 4, 2012]. It’s like you are implying if you are a teenager and not into watching bands or drinking coffee, then   More