Willamette Week - Cover Story http://www.wweek.com/portland/articles.sec-212-1-cover_story.html Sat, 26 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT+7 en hourly 1 Where the Tech is She? - Portland’s software industry is booming. So where are all the women? http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-19236-where_the_tech_is_she_portland%E2%80%99s_software_industry_is_booming_so_where_are_all_the_women.html On a warm morning last June, Mayor Sam Adams stood in front of a crowd of computer geeks at the Eliot Center in downtown Portland...]]> Best New Band 2012 - 10 local acts that Portland’s music insiders think you should hear. http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-19173-best_new_band_2012_10_local_acts_that_portland%E2%80%99s_music_insiders_think_you_should_hear.html This isn’t a list of our favorite bands. If it were, there’d be a big picture of Everclear on the cover. Not the real Everclear—just Art Alexakis and the scabs he hired for his upcoming su]]> Take Me to The River - Portraits of the Willamette. http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-19152-take_me_to_the_river_portraits_of_the_willamette.html The Willamette River divides Portland. Not just physically, east from west, or in the inconvenient gulf that opens whenever a bridge is up. The Willamette shows us the ways we embrace, and betra]]> Election is Coming - For the City Hall throne and other races, we reveal our picks for the 2012 primary. http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-19127-election_is_coming_for_the_city_hall_throne_and_other_races_we_reveal_our_picks_for_the_2012_primary.html Candidate Photography by Kenton Waltz This local election season has had all the intrigue of Game of Thrones, with scheming, betrayals...]]> Last Man Standing - Kurt Thomas would rather foul out than fade away. http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-19093-last_man_standing_kurt_thomas_would_rather_foul_out_than_fade_away.html Kurt Thomas can’t compete with Blaze. The NBA’s oldest player and his team’s mascot are representing the Trail Blazers at Russell Academy’s rundown elementary school gymnasium in Northeast]]> The Road to Hales - Charlie Hales is running for mayor based on his record. It’s full of detours, roundabouts and switchbacks. http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-19054-the_road_to_hales_charlie_hales_is_running_for_mayor_based_on_his_record_it%E2%80%99s_full_of_detour.html Not many people remember the great snout-house debate of 1999.  But Jeff Fish does. His company, Fish Construction NW Inc...]]> Stop Being Broke - Bills due? Babies need shoes? We can help. http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-19010-stop_being_broke_bills_due_babies_need_shoes_we_can_help.html So, you’re broke. Again.  There’s nothing left in the liquor cabinet but orange bitters and banana schnapps, you’ve smoked down all the butts in the ashtray, and your car is still par]]> What the Muck? - The Portland Harbor is a toxic embarrassment. And there’s plenty of blame to go around. http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-18986-what_the_muck_the_portland_harbor_is_a_toxic_embarrassment_and_there%E2%80%99s_plenty_of_blame_to_go.html In any good monster movie, the initial terror comes from knowing there’s something awful out there—even though you don’t get a good look at it.  It lurks in the shadows or just bene]]> Bus Boy - Jefferson Smith built a political machine. Now he’s trying to drive it to City Hall. http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-18963-bus_boy_jefferson_smith_built_a_political_machine_now_he%E2%80%99s_trying_to_drive_it_to_city_hall.html On a recent Saturday morning, a sleepy-eyed retired auto-parts worker named Gavin Griffin opened the door of his Sabin-neighborhood home to find a blond giant on his doorstep.  The strang]]> Lies My Newspaper Told Me - Five things you are wrong about. http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-18940-lies_my_newspaper_told_me_five_things_you_are_wrong_about.html Illustrations by Hawk Krall The scummiest election season, like, ever, is in full swing and the level of American civil discourse is at an all-time low (slut-shaming, anyone?). It seems like it]]> The Evolution of Eileen Brady - From co-op to corporate boardroom, the making of a mayoral candidate. http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-18913-the_evolution_of_eileen_brady_from_co_op_to_corporate_boardroom_the_making_of_a_mayoral_candidate.html It’s dawn on a Tuesday, and 30 women have gathered in a 15th-floor conference room in the Standard Plaza at a sold-out breakfast of coffee, melon and bagels. They’ve come to hear Portland’s ]]> Occupy Central - The Portland movement is instigating the next global protest against corporate power. http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-18880-occupy_central_the_portland_movement_is_instigating_the_next_global_protest_against_corporate_power.html Occupy Las Vegas is on the line. 

On Feb. 29, its members will join a national day of protest against corporations...

]]> Bikin’ In The Rain - A practical guide to riding through Portland’s damp seasons. http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-18854-bikin%E2%80%99_in_the_rain_a_practical_guide_to_riding_through_portland%E2%80%99s_damp_seasons.html The rain will stop. When it does, thousands of smiling noobs will pedal shiny candy-colored cruisers and used mountain bikes with fake suspension forks along our streets. They’ll ride to work a ]]> Beer of the Future - A new era of Oregon hops will better your brew. http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-18817-beer_of_the_future_a_new_era_of_oregon_hops_will_better_your_brew.html Four years ago, things were great for Gayle Goschie. She was growing hops on the same 1,000 acres in the Willamette Valley that her parents and grandparents had tended, selling a key ingredient ]]> Pet Love - Special Valentines: Pooch poetry, cat chat, and warm wishes for goldfishes. http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-18780-pet_love_special_valentines_pooch_poetry_cat_chat_and_warm_wishes_for_goldfishes.html Love and ink create a potent alloy. Shaw Flick’s chest testifies to that. The 29-year-old Portland man is tattooed with a nearly life-size portrait of his dog, Scurvy. Make that Flick’s ex-d]]> Thai Hard - Andy Ricker takes Pok Pok to New York. Do his wings have a prayer? http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-18756-thai_hard_andy_ricker_takes_pok_pok_to_new_york_do_his_wings_have_a_prayer.html Pok Pok? The woman in the woolen hat mouths the words on the sidewalk in Manhattan’s Lower East Side, where Andy Ricker has opened the latest outpost of his Thai-food realm. She scrunches ]]> Weed All About It - Will 2012 be the year Oregon finally adopts a reasonable marijuana policy? http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-18721-weed_all_about_it_will_2012_be_the_year_oregon_finally_adopts_a_reasonable_marijuana_policy.html Oregonians love marijuana. Take a walk along Southeast Clinton Street some summer evening and you’ll get contact confirmation.  The most recent National Survey on Drug Use and Health, from ]]> Jail Birds - The fastest-growing group of inmates in Oregon: Women. A look inside Coffee Creek. http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-18696-jail_birds_the_fastest_growing_group_of_inmates_in_oregon_women_a_look_inside_coffee_creek.html The archetypal prisoner of the last century wore stripes and carried a ball and chain. In the early part of the 21st century, he wore an orange jumpsuit.  The typical 2012 inmate may instea]]> Booze Wars - Grocers think they can finally break the state’s 80-year, nearly $500 million monopoly—but at what cost? http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-18678-booze_wars_grocers_think_they_can_finally_break_the_state%E2%80%99s_80_year_nearly_%24500_million_mo.html Steve Pharo has something just outside his Milwaukie office door that Joe Gilliam wants—$70 million worth of vodka, whiskey, tequila and every other distilled spirit sold in Oregon. PHARO - IM]]> Crazy Enough - Getting off, snorting up and wrestling with family demons—excerpts from Storm Large’s new memoir. http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-18636-crazy_enough_getting_off_snorting_up_and_wrestling_with_family_demons%E2%80%94excerpts_from_storm_la.html Storm Large is calling from the Four Seasons in New York, where she is having lunch. “I’m looking at Martha Stewart, Tom Brokaw, Vernon Jordan,” she says. “I’m in a den of 1 percenters. ]]> 2011: The Costume Party - You didn’t need a funny outfit to make news this year, but it sure helped. http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-18598-2011_the_costume_party_you_didn%E2%80%99t_need_a_funny_outfit_to_make_news_this_year_but_it_sure_hel.html 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 ]]> Voodoo Child - Doughnut kingpin Tres Shannon wants to make the whole city his fun park. http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-18573-voodoo_child_doughnut_kingpin_tres_shannon_wants_to_make_the_whole_city_his_fun_park.html At 2:42 am, Tres Shannon decides we need to see if Occupy Portland has shut down the Port of Portland. It’s a Tuesday morning, 30 minutes after Shannon’s weekly set at Dante’s with his Kar]]> NikeLeaks - Thanks to Julian Assange, we now know how Oregon’s top company fights corruption, counterfeiting and Croatian smugglers. http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-18528-nikeleaks_thanks_to_julian_assange_we_now_know_how_oregon%E2%80%99s_top_company_fights_corruption_co.html Packed aboard buses and flatbed trucks, the workers rolled through the wide boulevards of the central business district of Indonesia’s capital toward the tall towers of the Jakarta Stock Excha]]> Renter’s Hell - Portlanders pay a steep price in the nation’s toughest rental market. http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-18305-renter%E2%80%99s_hell_portlanders_pay_a_steep_price_in_the_nation%E2%80%99s_toughest_rental_market.html The first place Lindsay Bozanich finally found to rent this year came with fingernail clippings in the bed.  They probably belonged to the former resident of her $800 Murphy bed-equipped ]]> Progress Without Pepper Spray - How a burger baron, four indie rockers, a bleeding-heart Muslim and a group of trash tour guides are fighting for the 99%. http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-18259-progress_without_pepper_spray_how_a_burger_baron_four_indie_rockers_a_bleeding_heart_muslim_and_a_gr.html The air is hot and humid in the Portland Building’s dimly lit second-floor auditorium. A mix of flannel-clad twentysomethings, long-haired retirees and fussy neighborhood-watch types have filled]]> Political Animals - A field guide to the six groups that will choose the next mayor. http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-18232-political_animals_a_field_guide_to_the_six_groups_that_will_choose_the_next_mayor.html An L-shaped, linoleum-floored, union hall basement at Southeast 32nd Avenue and Powell Boulevard provided the perfect stage last week to show how power in Portland works.    It was ther]]> A City’s Riches - Introducing four Portlanders who do fabulous work for local nonprofits. http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-18180-a_city%E2%80%99s_riches_introducing_four_portlanders_who_do_fabulous_work_for_local_nonprofits.html You are about to meet a few special people. When Willamette Week decided to award prizes each year to Portlanders under the age of 36 who perform great service for local]]> War Bribes - An Oregon businessman wanted to get “filthy stinking rich.” Now he’s linked to a bribery case and risks losing his biggest customer: the U.S. Military. http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-18160-war_bribes_an_oregon_businessman_wanted_to_get_%E2%80%9Cfilthy_stinking_rich%E2%80%9D_now_he%E2%80%9.html Many successful business owners can’t resist showing off. They get their name in the newspaper...]]> Notes From the Occupation - 48 hours inside Occupy Portland. http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-18140-notes_from_the_occupation_48_hours_inside_occupy_portland.html DJ Nick is back. He needs to get out of here, because DJ Nick is trouble. He’s just one of the problem people the Safety/Peacekeeping Committee worries about in the Occupy Portland camps.  Th]]> The Other Portland - It’s poor, it’s dangerous, it’s growing like crazy—and it’s more important than ever. http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-18071-the_other_portland_it%E2%80%99s_poor_it%E2%80%99s_dangerous_it%E2%80%99s_growing_like_crazy%E2%80%94.html In case you didn’t get the invite, Portland is an endless party in a shining urban utopia where everyone has a $1,000 bicycle, eats locally sourced gourmet dishes from food carts and is blindingly]]>