Letters to the Editor Getting Fiscal With Avakian Regardless of whether or not [Brad] Avakian’s fiscal issues [“Not Paying His Dues,” WW, Sept. 14, 2011] are or are not the same issues many of us private citizens r   More

Murmurs Two City Council candidates who are also state lawmakers face pressure to get their fundraising done before the May 2012 primary. State Rep. Mary Nolan is running for City Council and Rep. Jefferson   More

Letters to the Editor What Year is this, Again? OMG tell me this is a joke: A 2011 cover story [“Mack to the Future,” WW, Sept. 7. 2011] about an emotional, white (shamelessly put to the forefront by the author) rapp   More

Murmurs Rep. Jefferson Smith (D-East Portland) said Tuesday he will run for mayor of Portland against former City Commissioner Charlie Hales and businesswoman  Eileen Brady. Smith, 38, is a founder of t   More

Letters to the Editor Dear Sir, As a former sportswriter, if I were Jonathan Crowl’s editor, I would have taken the first draft of his “Gang Green” article [WW, Aug. 31, 2011] and torn it to shreds in his face. I wo   More

Murmurs Two prominent lawmakers are close to major career moves: Two-term state Rep. Jefferson Smith (D-East Portland) spent the weekend at the coast with his wife to arrive at a decision whether to enter t   More

News Portland was safely removed from the 9/11 attacks, but the national response to those now-historical events affected this place as much as any other. From eroded civil liberties to the stubborn persis   More

Letters to the Editor KIDNAPPED BY CROWS Your coverage of Colin Meloy’s story with crows on the cover is a good example of the hip nepotistic slant of your paper. Lots of writers in Portland would love to get this kind   More

Murmurs The man behind pdxmugshots.com—a site that posts booking photos and charges their subjects $39 to remove them—has identified himself. Portlander Kyle Ritter, 35, also runs pdxbars.com and previous   More

Letters to the Editor We loved your article [“Cheat Local,” WW, Aug. 17, 2011]. Journalism such as this pins the testicles back on the media; great job. We too were casualties of the Groupon locust invasion. My resta   More