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An important edition of Next Up at City Council
There are some weeks when the Portland City Council’s public hearings agenda looks dull to most people. I hope that by posting Next Up at City Council regularly since the beginning of the…
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Next Up at City Council 12/5-6, 2007
The Portland City Council’s Agenda for this coming Wednesday morning shows a scheduled hearing on allocating over $76 million in funds to various bureaus and projects. Any questions? Feel like you’ve had plenty…
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T-shirt weather
With the possibility of snow, and certainty of a cold afternoon watching the Civil War in Eugene tomorrow, I’m posting this to remind myself of all the lovely summer days where we can…
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Bumped again, back again
My two sites were down again overnight, due to a second wave of attacks against another of Lynn Siprelle’s mothering sites. We’ve switched to a new provider with better defences, and hope that’s…
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Columbia River Crossing bridge
The Oregonian‘s Dylan Rivera reported today that “experts” say a new $4.2 billion bridge is needed to replace the current bridge on I-5 between Portland and Vancouver. I first covered the proposal on…
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Biofuels = Expensive beer
That title got your attention, didn’t it? The Oregonian reported Sunday that biofuel production is increasing the price of beer, threatening significant impacts on Portland’s thriving microbrewery industry. “Hops and barley acreage has…
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