Many people are probably wondering what practical difference the proposed change in the form of Portland’s City government specified in the Charter might make in their lives. Here’s one: Section 9-402. Improvement Procedure.…

After several weeks of slapping out blog posts at the rate of two or more per day, it’s becoming increasingly obvious to me that sooner or later, something I post is going down…

“The true measure of a nation’s standing is how well it attends to its children – their health and safety, their material security, their education and socialization, and their sense of being loved,…

Happy Valentine’s Day! Steve says these are lorakeets, photographed at the Oregon Zoo, and I chose it as being most illustrative of general sweetness. My personal favorite of the batch he took last…

The League of Women Voters of Portland‘s complete 1990 and 1991 City Government Study reports are now posted on their web site. The 1990 study was the first part of a two-year process…

The Oregonian and the Portland Tribune published complementary articles on Portland’s proposed Charter Reform today. Both reporters, Ryan Frank and Nick Budnick, focus on the form of government issue – a trend likely…

Attached at the end of this post is a letter (pdf) dated February 5, 2007, from Commissioner Dan Saltzman to Mayor Tom Potter. In it, the Commissioner-in-charge of Portland Parks and Recreation points…

Steve took a day off last Friday and visited the Oregon Zoo. Selected photos will be posted here for the rest of the week. The rest are all considerably more charming than this…

Abraham Lincoln, Portland Park Blocks On the anniversary of Lincoln’s birth, from Gettysburg.com: “When the cemetery was dedicated on November 19, 1863, less than half the Union battle dead had been removed from…