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The best policy: Having a policy
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…
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I admire and support John Canda
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…
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The VisionPDX Poll
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…
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Humorous headline
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…
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Workplace violence – Workers’ Compensation?
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…
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Immediate, near, far
Which did you notice first – the bunny in the foreground, the arch/vegetation, or the view through and behind them?
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Tending my garden, cheering the Ducks
The weather was much too lovely this weekend in Portland to spend time indoors blogging. I mowed the grass (the push mower fell apart just as I finished, so I hope we’ve reached…