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Metro Housing Bond Cruising to Victory in Portland Area

So is a statewide measure that will expand how the money can be used.

Mailer for Washington County Chair’s Race Includes Image of a Swastika, Inflaming Already Hotly Contested Election

“With Kathryn Harrington, Portland is on the march.”

WW’s November 2018 Endorsements For Portland City Hall, Multnomah County and Metro

This contest between Jo Ann Hardesty and Loretta Smith promises a historic outcome: the election of the first black woman to the Portland City Council.

Pamplin Media’s Newspapers Divide Over Whether to Support Metro’s $653 Million Housing Bond

In a reversal of the expected vote, the Portland editorial board opposed the bond; a Washington County editorial board supported it.

Why Does Housing In the ‘Burbs Depend on Portland Voters?

From the vantage point of Portland, Measure 26-199 looks like a slam dunk. The regional planning agency Metro aims to bite into the area’s housing shortage by raising $653 million in property taxes and using the money to build as many as 3,900 new units of affordable housing in three counties: Multnomah, Washington and Clackamas.

Who Is Not on the Oregon Ballot But Has the Most at Stake This November?

Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler. He won’t be up for re-election until 2020, but the final two years of his first term will be shaped by what happens this fall.

Video: At Debate, Opponent of the Metro Housing Bond Challenged Over Race

“I guess if we’re going to play the race card I guess I can’t win,” said Washington County Chair Andy Duyck. “Wrong color of skin. I guess I can’t win.”

The Dialogue: What Readers Have to Say About Portland’s Surplus of Hotel Rooms

Last week, we wrote about Portland’s hotel-building spree (“Making Rooms,” WW, Aug. 29, 2018). Currently, the city’s hotel rooms are only 69 percent occupied. Regardless, a 14-story, 600-room, $244 million Hyatt Regency is in development near the Oregon Convention Center.

Portland’s Latest Natural Menace Is “Out of Control, Hungry and Completely Lawless” Yellow Jackets

According to a Metro email thread obtained by WW, this is the time of year that yellow jacket queens leave their nests, abandoning hungry, buzzing youths to lawless anarchy.

Portland Is In the Midst of a Hotel-Building Spree. Can Visitors Keep Up?

But by the time the Hyatt opens, Portland may have a glut of hotels. The city is experiencing a hotel-building boom—one that observers worry could leave the Rose City with more rooms than visitors.

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