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We Welcome You with Open Arms… and Outstretched Hands

by Cosmic Charlie

After a year as a vacant space, it looks like there is potential suitor for the old Ritz Camera shop on SW 4th & Taylor. Coming soon?

There is no shortage of convenience stores downtown. There are three Plaid Pantrys and two 7-Elevens dotting the perimeter, with a cluster of mom-and-pop stores throughout the grid. Some [...]

06.25.2010 See the rest → 0 comments

Of Terror, Children, and Basketball

by Metroknow

Disclaimer: After reading a number of really offensive comments yesterday on the Kyron Horman disappearance, I was pretty visibly upset. This post was what came out. For my more, eh, religious friends, please take it with a large grain of salt – I was pretty worked up. you might skip to the last paragraph before [...]

06.12.2010 See the rest → 9 comments

Our Missing Child

by Betsy Richter

I haven’t wanted to join the parade of people writing, commenting, analyzing and/or navel gazing about the fate of missing 7-year-old Kyron Horman — until today.
Why not cover this story exhaustively in true breaking news fashion, you wonder? Or approach it from the position of a fellow Portland Public School parent, or someone who [...]

06.10.2010 See the rest → 8 comments

Union Avenue and The Wall

by Cosmic Charlie

It’s called the world’s oldest profession for a reason. It’s been around forever. Sex has been a bargaining tool since the beginning of time. An article written by Dan Rather about child prostitution in Portland has been getting a lot of attention. I hate to break it to you, but this is nothing new. The [...]

05.27.2010 See the rest → 2 comments

The New Generation Of Oregonians

by zanger

There are plenty of wonderful places around the world to raise a kid. But, clearly, I’m partial to Portland and the Pacific Northwest. In my mind, the blend of environment, mindset and opportunity is absolutely perfect. Rare is the day when there isn’t something to do or see that is just plain cool or fun.
A [...]

05.26.2010 See the rest → 5 comments

The Metro Race: You Should Care About It

by Gil Johnson

This is going to be a fun election.
The supposedly pro-business candidate would look exactly like a sixties Mad magazine caricature of a beatnik if you put him in a black turtleneck and shades.
The alleged tree-hugger could easily be cast as a patrician U.S. Senator in a Hollywood movie.
And the guy in the middle reminds you [...]

04.14.2010 See the rest → 1 comment

Lunch in the Park

by PAgent

Simon and Helen Director Park is only a block from Pioneer Courthouse Square, but it resonates to a completely different vibe. Quieter, and somehow more private, sunlight shines down between the FOX tower and the Paramount Hotel to illuminate the park with surprising warmth. In the shadow of the buildings the brisk breeze sucks away [...]

03.18.2010 See the rest →

Flushing The Bike Plan Into The Sewer?

by Gil Johnson

Sam Adams, still our fair city’s mayor, is the Will Rogers of public works projects—he’s never met one he didn’t like.
Especially if it has something about it that’s trendy, green or sustainable.
Today, the City Council will vote on Adams’ proposal to siphon $20 million from Portland’s sewer fees to jump start the recently enacted 2030 [...]

03.17.2010 See the rest → 7 comments

What IS That Glowing Orb?

by PAgent

Sunny and 60 degrees.
That’s the forecast for today. And while that hardly constitutes the arrival of spring, the raw unfiltered sunlight is shining down across Portland, and being celebrated in many diverse ways.
In Jamison Square, a gaggle of hipsters ceremoniously exchanged their square-rimmed retro eyeglasses for square-rimmed retro sunglasses.
At Reed College, a small but [...]

02.18.2010 See the rest → 1 comment

African-American Man Stopped by Portland Police, Lives

by Gil Johnson

A young African-American man remains alive and in good health today after being stopped and questioned by Portland Police officers last night.
The man, who said his name is Martell Jered Brandon, was neither tasered, shot with a bean bag gun, shot with a high-powered rifle nor bludgeoned after being intercepted by a pair of police [...]

02.15.2010 See the rest → 19 comments

@mayorsamadams: Twitter On!

by jgx

If we are not part of the conversation or listening to the conversation, then what are we here for? For me the conversation takes many forms today. My personal preferred way is face to face. But that’s not always the way it happens or needs to happen.
We have at our [...]

02.01.2010 See the rest → 12 comments

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