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== News ==
== News ==
=== Monday | August 30, 2010 ===
'''Former Spokeswoman for Transportation Office is Awarded DUII'''<br />
Falls off motor scooter while allegedly intoxicated. Mid-life transportation crisis for would-be Portland City Council Person Mary Volm?<br />
Go to story: [http://www.mycentraloregon.com/news/state/ap/191115/Former-Portland-candidate-faces-Ore-DUII-charge.html Former Portland candidate faces Ore. DUII charge ]
=== Friday | August 27, 2010 ===
=== Friday | August 27, 2010 ===
[[File:N-Jonesmore-Street-1913 Courtesy Dan-Davis VintagePortland.jpg|thumb|Horse teams and hand tools--that's how streets were built a hundred years ago.]]
[[File:N-Jonesmore-Street-1913 Courtesy Dan-Davis VintagePortland.jpg|thumb|Horse teams and hand tools--that's how streets were built a hundred years ago.]]

Revision as of 20:04, 30 August 2010

News

Monday | August 30, 2010

Former Spokeswoman for Transportation Office is Awarded DUII
Falls off motor scooter while allegedly intoxicated. Mid-life transportation crisis for would-be Portland City Council Person Mary Volm?
Go to story: Former Portland candidate faces Ore. DUII charge

Friday | August 27, 2010

Horse teams and hand tools--that's how streets were built a hundred years ago.

Ninety-Seven Year-Old "Green Jobs" Initiative
These employed folks (and their horses too!) from nearly a century ago already had "green jobs." Then cars came along and ruined everything.
Go to story: N Jonesmore Street, 1913

Thursday | August 26, 2010

Burnt Coal Fires Up Young Artists
Kids tell Oregon’s Boardman Coal Plant to walk the plank.
Go to story: In Portland, Students and the Community “Paint Past Coal”

Wednesday | August 25, 2010

Canine Cops To Sniff Rails From Portland To Seattle
Amtrak's Vernae Graham claims doggy detectives to thrust noses into "all sorts of illegal substances."
Go to story: Amtrak Goes to the Dogs

Tuesday | August 24, 2010

Portland Casinos Await Voter Approval
Measure 75's passage will bring gambling halls to Multnomah County dog tracks. Coming next: dens of iniquity and houses of ill repute.
Go to story: Ore. casino backers drop lawsuit, voters to decide

Monday | August 23, 2010

Pakistan Flood Relief: Be The Change
As Pakistan's "epic floods" continue, Portland's Mercy Corps dives in.
Go to story: Project: Pakistan Flooding - Mercy Corps is providing clean water, staple foods and clean-up tools to families affected by massive flooding in Pakistan, which has killed at least 1,600 people and affected 20 million people.

Sunday | August 22, 2010

Portland's fake Jimi Hendrix poses with Vancouver B.C.'s actual blonde.

Vancouver B.C. Blonde Does Her Part To Help "Keep Portland Weird"
Beer, Jimmy Hendrix and a "sunny and stinking hot" Saturday Market are all part of her plan.
Go to story: Perfectly Portland

Saturday | August 21, 2010

Portland's Mayor Takes Aim At Loose Cannons
Mayor Sam Adams asks openly female city attorney to come up with new strategies for reducing gun violence in city. Local firearm fanatic Kevin Starrett derides proposal as "a desperate move by a disgraced mayor."
Go to story: Portland Mayor Proposes Gun Restrictions After Rash Of Shootings

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