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Readers Respond to Our Test of the Claim that Protesters Threw Milkshakes Mixed With Cement at June 29 Protest

Last week, WW tested a claim made by Portland police June 29 that protesters had thrown vegan milkshakes mixed with cement. How?

Readers Respond to Calls Emergency Dispatches Fielded After a June 29 Protest

Last week, on wweek.com, we wrote about the nearly 100 calls that Portland’s emergency dispatchers fielded from out-of-state callers complaining about a June 29 protest.

Readers Respond to an Increase in Trash Bills Due to the Portland Clean Energy Fund

Last week, we wrote about how a new tax on corporations for the Portland Clean Energy Fund will increase Portlanders’ trash bills (“Garbage Tax,” WW, June 26, 2019).

Readers Respond to Oregon Senate Republican Walkout: “Stop With This Harrison Ford in ‘The Fugitive’ Act.”

Last week, on wweek.com, we wrote about a walkout staged by Senate Republicans to deprive the Legislature of a quorum and block the passage of House Bill 2020, the carbon reduction legislation that passed the House earlier in the week.

Readers Respond to Plans For Bus-Only Lanes: “If Anything would Ignite a Voter Revolt in Portland, That Would Do It.”

Last week, WW wrote about a plan by City Commissioner Chloe Eudaly to create miles of bus-only lanes along Portland’s busiest streets (“Paint the Town Red,” WW, June 12, 2019).

Readers Respond to the Influx of Tourists in Portland: “Might be Time to Get Out of Dodge”

Last week, WW wrote about the increasingly large flocks of tourists coming to Portland (“The Visitors,” WW, June 5, 2019). In record numbers, people are coming here to hog our trials, smoke our weed and drink our beer.

Readers Respond to a City Hall Plan to Expand a Downtown Parking Lot: “Maybe They Could All E-Scooter in on the Freeways.”

Last week, WW wrote about pushback against a City Hall plan to expand a publicly owned parking lot in Old Town (“Space Exploration,” WW, May 29, 2019). Critics say spending public dollars on increased car parking is bad policy and would undercut the city’s work to reduce carbon emissions.

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