Portlanders now have a new Internet resource for local development-related news, in more detail and from a different perspective. The Daily Journal of Commerce‘s site, which used to be for subscribers only, is…

The same debate is surfacing (pun) in Portland Public Schools (PPS) as we had in Portland Parks & Recreation earlier this year: How much corporate advertising should be allowed in recognition for corporate…

Mayor Potter has fired John Canda, who he appointed citywide gang prevention coordinator just last year. I’m horrified and outraged. I cannot believe Mr. Canda would suddenly stop doing good work in this…

….as promised in Next Up at City Council 9/26/07

A paragraph in the Tribune‘s Sources Say feature today reminds me of an important snippet that was mentioned at the hearing, but buried in the celebrations surrounding the Portland City Council’s acceptance of…

It’s 3:30 a.m., and my subconscious has woken me up. Apparently it’s not enough to spend all the daylight hours pondering the question of whether to run for City Council, gotta put a…

Back in August, Ryan Korn in the Oregonian reported on laws passed in the 2005 and 2007 Oregon State Legislature addressing violence in hospitals and other health care facilities. Curiously, that link still…

Which did you notice first – the bunny in the foreground, the arch/vegetation, or the view through and behind them?