News If insanity is repeating the same behavior and expecting a different result, the people behind a proposal to develop a private casino in Wood Village might seem a little crazy.  After all,    More

Brew Views As if still fueled by all that nose candy at the end of GoodFellas, Scorsese’s desert follow-up Casino is the highest-grade Marty party, with all the tricks of his middle period deployed as ofte   More

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

News A little more than three hours after election results showed Oregon voters soundly rejecting Measure 75, the measure's supporters issued the news release below to say they'll be back in 2012 with another run at getting voters' OK for a private casino in Oregon. “The Portland area will be getting a casino in the next few years and we believe it is better on our side of the river, paying ...   More

News The Secretary of State's office announced this morning that only one of the two initiatives that would clear the way for a casino at the old dog track in east Multnomah County has gathered enough signatures to make Oregon's Nov. 2 ballot. In this case, one out of two isn't good enough to get the casino into the Wood Village site because both initiatives require voter approval for the gambli...   More

News The backers supporting a casino at the old dog track in east Multnomah County today unveiled drawings today of what the gambling joint would look like if Oregon voters OK the idea on Nov. 2 (and if casino supporters are right that voter approval this fall of Measure 75 is all that's needed to put the casino in Wood Village.) The press release and the drawings released by the Good For Oregon...   More

News Supporters of putting a casino at the old dog track in east Multnomah County announced this morning they've dropped their lawsuit against the Oregon Secretary of State's Office. The Good For Oregon Committee had sued over a ruling by elections officials that one of two casino initiatives it proposed for the Nov. 2 ballot failed to gather enough valid signatures. Elections officials ruled th...   More

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RIFF CITY I Can Lick Any Sonofabitch in the House is an unlikely, Southern-rock cornerstone of the Portland music scene. The band's three solid studio albums are a nice showcase for frontman/founder Mike Damron ...   More