Readers Respond to Debate Over the Cleanup of Willamette Cove “If that beautiful beach looking across at the hills had a wealthy neighborhood above it on the bluffs, this wouldn’t be an open question. It would be cleaned up.”
North Portlanders Want a Contaminated Beach Turned Into a Park. Government Officials Propose to Bury the Toxic Waste Onsite.
Metro Garbage Fee Increase Panned The agency plans to raise tipping fees, the charge per ton that haulers pay to dump garbage at Metro’s regional transfer stations.
What Could Change the Minds of Portland Voters on a Transportation Tax? Make It Bigger. Other West Coast cities—Seattle and Los Angeles—persuaded voters to spend on projects with far more eye-popping price tags.