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It's a Dead Heat in the Portland Mayor's Race

New Poll: Smith Surging, Hales Improving, Brady Stalled

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The race for Portland mayor is a dead heat, with a new poll showing that state Rep. Jefferson Smith is gaining late momentum, and that businesswoman Eileen Brady is making no progress with voters despite spending nearly $1 million on her campaign.The poll was conducted by DHM Research for O...   More
 
Wednesday, May 2, 2012 by WW Editorial Staff

Inbox: Unwashed Masses Weigh In


Letters to the Editor
So you guys like [Jefferson] Smith, think he has the best ideas, and understands the needs of the city better than anyone, but you are endorsing [Charlie] Hales [for mayor]? [“Election Is Coming   More
 
Wednesday, May 2, 2012 WW Editorial Staff

Murmurs: Gambling on a New Lottery Boss.


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The Oregon Lottery generates more than $500 million a year, most of it from video gambling machines in bars and taverns. Longtime Lottery Commission Chairman Steve Ungar is stepping down and Gov.    More
 
Wednesday, May 2, 2012 WW Editorial Staff

WW’s Endorsements

Our picks in the 2012 Primary.


Elections
City of Portland Mayor: Charlie HalesCity Council Position 1: Mary NolanCity Council Position 4: Steve Novick U.S. House of Representatives Oregon’s 1st, (R): Delinda MorganOregon’s 3rd   More
 
Wednesday, May 2, 2012 WW Editorial Staff

Hales Abandons TV Ad That Makes Bogus Claims About His Help for Public Schools (Updated)

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Mayoral candidate Charlie Hales has taken down a TV ad that The Oregonian’s PolitiFact today busts as "false" for Hales' claims he helped keep Portland schools open during a budget crisis while he serv...   More
 
Monday, April 30, 2012 by WW Editorial Staff

Inbox: Questions On Torture Claim


Letters to the Editor
If this is true, it’s very disturbing [“Sleepless in Abu Dhabi,” WW, April 18, 2012]. But there is no proof at all other than his story, which even WW says it cannot confirm. Can the FBI reall   More
 
Wednesday, April 25, 2012 WW Editorial Staff

Murmurs: Somthing Rotten in Tomatogate

Have you been snared in an illegal speed trap?


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Former State Sen. Charlie Ringo (D-Beaverton) filed a class-action lawsuit April 3 in Multnomah County against the City of Portland, alleging the city has been improperly enforcing a temporary 35-   More
 
Wednesday, April 25, 2012 WW Editorial Staff

The People’s Mayor: Timothy Hutton


Elections
We sincerely hope you will find our endorsements persuasive. But we would be remiss if we didn’t mention the mayor’s race includes another choice. Timothy Hutton, the people’s choice. Hu   More
 
Wednesday, April 25, 2012 WW Editorial Staff

Election is Coming

For the City Hall throne and other races, we reveal our picks for the 2012 primary.


Cover Story
Candidate Photography by Kenton Waltz This local election season has had all the intrigue of Game of Thrones, with scheming, betrayals...   More
 
Wednesday, April 25, 2012 WW Editorial Staff

Video: Mayoral Debate Club

Watch it again, or see what you missed

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We're sending the leading mayoral candidates back to school—David Douglas High School, to be precise—at 7 pm this Sunday for Mayoral Debate Club. There'll be no chewing gum, no running in the halls, and definitely no dodging the questions as WW and KATU team up to give Eilleen Brady, Charlie Hales and Jefferson Smith a pop quiz.
Update: The debate is now over. You can relive t...   More
 
Saturday, April 21, 2012 by WW Editorial Staff
 

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