Murmurs The two guys from Lake Oswego who want Oregonians to approve a giant casino in east Multnomah County are back again. Last week, Matt Rossman and Bruce Studer got approval to begin gathering signat   More

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Murmurs The arrival of big-box retail in downtown Portland encountered another snag last week. Target Corp. has long been eyeing a downtown Portland location, and in October the Daily Journal of Commercerepor   More

Letters to the Editor I was surprised when I received the call from [WW reporter] Corey [Pein] asking about my residency [“Home Away From Home,” WW, Jan. 4, 2012]. I never considered it would be a news story that my    More

Murmurs Mayoral candidate Eileen Brady continues her torrid fundraising—she’s brought in $486,000 to Charlie Hales’ $294,000 and Jefferson Smith’s $171,000. But Brady returned two contributions this w   More

Letters to the Editor In all the excitement of your 2011 recap, [“2011: The Costume Party,” WW, Dec. 28, 2011] Willamette Week forgot to include somebody on the costume party invite list: THE MAESTRO Costume: Tuxedo,   More

Murmurs FROM THE EDITOR: Sometime soon, Dwight Holton and Ellen Rosenblum each will announce their candidacies for the state attorney general’s seat incumbent AG John Kroger will vacate next year. Holton    More

Letters to the Editor He should win a key to the city just for listening to the whiny karaoke renditions of “Creep” by aging hipsters [“Voodoo Child,” WW, Dec. 21, 2011]. Over and over and over and over. And appl   More

Murmurs Occupy Portland reportedly did $85,000 in damage during its 39-day stay in Lownsdale and Chapman squares-—this according to the Parks & Recreation Bureau. But a retired Parks Bureau plumbe   More

Cover Story All Images WW Photo IllustrationsDavid Wu’s tiger suit was the tip-off that 2011 was going to be a strange one. The year opened with a sitting congressman posing in a child’s orange-and-black    More