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18 Apr 2023, 4:08 am by Jack Bogdanski
And if you can afford to live in Portland, you might also be able to afford private school for your kids, where things are safer.But the No. 1 reason for the enrollment drop seems to be that there are fewer school age kids in Portland these days. [read post]
17 Apr 2023, 3:04 pm by Jack Bogdanski
Portland's descent into lawlessness and corruption has claimed another business, with today's announcement that REI Co-op is leaving the city and not coming back. [read post]
17 Apr 2023, 5:58 am by Jack Bogdanski
He was shown the door yet again by the police bureau on Friday, this time after getting caught moonlighting as a sheriff's deputy in Clark County, Washington, where at last report he lives.The last time old Brian got the ax from the Portland force was for misusing police bureau information to defame then-city commissioner Jo Ann (With the Bullhorn) Hardesty. [read post]
10 Apr 2023, 2:59 am by Jack Bogdanski
The latest on Portland commissioner Dandy Dan Ryan's park lighting fiasco would be funny if it weren't so infuriating. [read post]
10 Apr 2023, 2:32 am by Jack Bogdanski
And right around the corner is a new taxing district for basic city park maintenance. [read post]
7 Apr 2023, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
Vartan and Gillmor said the position is volunteer only and he is not paid, and Vartan asserted the city was notified. [read post]
6 Apr 2023, 3:13 am by Jack Bogdanski
Some days I sit around wondering, who is it that dreams up these dopey, self-defeating local taxes in Portland? [read post]
5 Apr 2023, 11:21 am by Jack Bogdanski
And it may cost half the revenue it raises every year on an ongoing basis.So says the head sadist at the Portland City Hall revenue bureau, which will administer the tax if it passes. [read post]
5 Apr 2023, 7:50 am by Jim Sedor
Dave Dobos, R-Hilltop, Never Graduated MIT as He Has Claimed for Decades” by Bill Bush (Columbus Dispatch) for MSN Lobbying Oregon: “Portland Auditor Finds Insufficient Evidence ShotSpotter Violated City Code” by Jonathan Levinson for Oregon Public Broadcasting The post Thursday’s LobbyComply News Roundup appeared first on State and Federal Communications. [read post]
4 Apr 2023, 7:37 pm by Jack Bogdanski
 They run sites like this in California and Texas — and soon in Portland. [read post]
1 Apr 2023, 1:19 pm by Jack Bogdanski
I see that Portland commissioner Dan Ryan has finally figured out that it might not be such a smart idea to take 200-plus lights out of the parks for a year and change while replacement light poles are on order. [read post]
31 Mar 2023, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
National/Federal Former Trump Officials Must Testify in 2020 Election Inquiry, Judge Says DNyuz – Maggie Haberman and Alan Feuer (New York Times) | Published: 3/24/2023 A federal judge ruled a number of former officials from former President Trump’s administration – including his former chief of staff, Mark Meadows – cannot invoke executive privilege to avoid testifying to a grand jury investigating Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election. [read post]
30 Mar 2023, 5:22 pm by Jack Bogdanski
Here's another stage of the Portland death rattle. [read post]
29 Mar 2023, 7:52 pm by Jack Bogdanski
Their real estate deal with the city will expire in a couple of years, as I recall, and that's probably complicating things. [read post]
28 Mar 2023, 12:59 pm by Jack Bogdanski
Even the arrogant bureaucrats in city government refuse to risk a daily round trip through the ongoing fentanyl festival to work in person at City Hall.Undaunted, the tourism guy prattles on. [read post]
27 Mar 2023, 12:11 am by Jack Bogdanski
We've had a rough few days here in Portland. [read post]
24 Mar 2023, 1:01 pm by Jack Bogdanski
The usual impeccable Portland City Hall timing.Of course, their real timing on this is to soften up the public for a property tax increase for basic park maintenance. [read post]
23 Mar 2023, 7:12 pm by Jack Bogdanski
 The Lund Report, which is doing the best reporting in the state on the drug crisis that is consuming many Oregon cities, has the alarming story here. [read post]
23 Mar 2023, 5:20 pm by Jack Bogdanski
A Google search reveals that Hurst has run unsuccessfully for the Portland City Council, and headed up something called Renew Oregon, but her real claim to fame is that she was "chief of staff" (dear God, the pretension) for one of city's worst-ever mayors, Char-Lie Hales.Regardless of her credentials or lack thereof, Hurst's argument is weak. [read post]