The Good, The Bad & The Awful

Reader, beware: What follows is mostly gossip and opinion.

Murmurs: Black Women Now Lead Portland Fire and Police Bureaus

In other news: Portland school district says more housing improves outcomes.

Portland Public Schools Lobbies for Housing Bill to Support “Desegregation”

Teachers File Federal Lawsuit Saying the Oregon Education Association Prevented Them From Quitting the Union

An anti-union group and three public school teachers filed a new federal lawsuit against the Oregon Education Association.

Business Group Files Paperwork to Begin the Referral of Newly-Passed Billion-Dollar Tax Increase

Gov. Kate Brown already signed the newly passed tax increase into law. Now, a powerful business group will seek its repeal.

PSU Students Help Design a New Burnside Bridge Before the Big One Hits. It Could Include a Bat-Signal.

When the Big One hits, the Burnside Bridge will crumble. Debris will crush portions of Naito Parkway, Interstates 5 and 84, the Eastbank Esplanade and Saturday Market. Drawbridge locks will come unhinged, and the bridge will snap in two and collapse into the Willamette River.

Voters Return Amy Kohnstamm to Portland School Board, Along With a Slate of New Faces

Kohnstamm, Andrew Scott, Michelle DePass and Eilidh Lowery are breezing to seats on the school board.

Damian Lillard Got Parkrose Coach Keanon Lowe Seats For Last Night’s Blazers Game, After Lowe Disarmed a Student Gunman. “That’s a Hero Move,” Says Lillard.

News of Lowe’s life-saving action quickly traveled through Portland and, The Athletic reports, prompted Damian Lillard to get the coach a ticket to Game 3 against the Golden State Warriors.