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Friday the 13th
Sadly, I already used the black cat photo Steve put in my “Images” file, plus Jade isn’t very scary. This looks like Victorian London by the Thames in the gloom, as much as…
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Outcome of Police Internal Review hearing
Yesterday, as a result of Dan Handelman pulling this item from the Consent Agenda, the Council agreed it to make it a non-emergency ordinance; to inform the Citizens Review Committee about the change…
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May was a Bad Choice
“Milk was a Bad Choice” ~ May was a Bad Choice Anna Griffin reported in Monday’s Oregonian that the relationship between Mayor Potter and Commissioner Erik Sten is strained. Well, gee, what a…
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Troubling on so many levels
“Are we having fun yet?” takes on a whole new meaning at the Eco Alberto Park in Ixmiquilpan, Mexico. It’s a theme park where for $10 a night, tourists pretend to be migrants…
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Funding the Courts
An Oregonian Editorial today calls attention to Oregon’s low pay for judges in our state courts. “The judiciary needs attention for one simple reason. When Oregon citizens go to court, they encounter crowded…
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Testimony on Sponsorships in Parks
Submitted five minutes ago, so I plan to skip the morning classes at the Oregon Nurses Association convention in Eugene tomorrow morning in order to testify orally at City Council. Dear Mayor Potter…
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Is this a minor administrative matter?
One of the core and hidden questions in Measure 26-91 is exactly how much future Mayors would get to do behind closed doors, if Portlanders vote to change our form of government. I’ve…
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Minor details
Anna Griffin’s article in the Oregonian today on the policy for corporate Sponsorships in Portland’s parks, contains a couple of minor but significant errors. I’ll state up front it’s my fault, since Anna…