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Guest Photo Quiz
Photo and quiz question by Luke Fritz This aircraft sits next to the Lufthansa A340-300 at PDX in the morning. Can you guess what it is, along with the airline and usual destination?…
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Remember to apply for your stormwater discount
If you have your current City of Portland Water bill in hand, it takes less than five minutes to apply for a monthly discount on your residential and/or commercial stormwater disposal fee. You…
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My father, the World Record holder
My father is 80 years young today. His given name is Richard Maxwell Jones – he goes by Max, or R.M. Jones. Born in 1927 to a working family in Birmingham, he won…
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1.5 billion
That’s how many gallons of gasoline were sold in Oregon last year. Adding just 10 cents more tax to each gallon would generate $150 million in revenue for repairing roads and bridges and…
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Next Up at City Council, 6/6-7/2007
Your guess is better than mine, since you’re reading this on your computer and I’m away from mine in England! Check the agenda yourself here. Some items listed last week as upcoming for…
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Update on Measure 37 claims in Portland
The following is adapted from information sent by Chris Dearth, the City of Portland’s Measure 37 manager, to the members of the Citizens’ Advisory Committee on Measure 37, on which I served. All…
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