This is part two of my report on Amy Ruona’s presentation to the Wilson High School PTA last month, with a few ideas from my parenting experiences sprinkled in. Attached is her bibliography…

Amy Ruona, a social worker who is employed by Portland Public Schools and in a busy Portland hospital Emergency department, gave a presentation on adolescent brain development and behavior to the Wilson High…

Taken from the Vista bridge.

This post from last week on Rogue Pundit is meaty reading. It is very helpful in relating loss of timber money and base county property taxes. One particularly interesting paragraph: “Add up the…

Five facts I learned from Commissioner Lynn Peterson, at April’s Coalition for a Livable Future Summit: 1. Clackamas County is second only to Marion County in leading agricultural producion counties of Oregon. 2.…

… on the Warm Springs Reservation, taken during our trip to Kahneeta over the winter.

OK, here’s the final section on the Survey proposing Vision Statements for Portland in 2030. The proposals for Social Portland: • We are a community whose members care about and are committed to…

Here are the proposed Vision Statements for Natural Portland: • Protection and restoration of the natural environment is integrated into every aspect of civic life, guiding all decisions and policy. • All Portlanders…

I’m taking off today, flying to Blighty to spend a week with my family for my father’s 80th birthday on Sunday. A short hop up to Vancouver B.C., then a long overnight flight…

This Thursday afternoon, the Portland City Council will hear the Measure 37 claim of Jeffrey Davis, Debra Carey, and Thomas Karter (Word document), the heirs of a site at the intersection of NE…