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Tuesday | October 26, 2010

Unthank thankful.

Unthank Park's Upgrade: A Thankless Task Thanked
A resourceful City Commissioner manages to thrust two thankful thumbs upwards, expressing "thanks" to "our Parks maintenance staff" for the park's new "facelift."
Go to story: Unthank Park upgrade
Go to park page: DeNorval Unthank Park

Monday | October 25, 2010

South Waterfront: Urban wasteland and ideal film prop.

Secret Revealed: South Waterfront Is Actually Portland's Most Overpriced Film Prop
And you thought South Waterfront was merely "a highrise wasteland of condos no one lives in." But for "budgetless" film directors "it’s a filmmaker’s dream." Why? If you "want to film a scene with a skyscraper environment without the hassles of random people interrupting your shot" the "very deadness of SoWat makes it (an) ideal (location). You’ve got skyscrapers, busses, the streetcar, the tram, the river. And now there’s even a really cute park. It all feels pretty generic.... It could be any city."
Go to story: South Waterfront: Ideal for Filmmakers?

Sunday | October 24, 2010

Root of all evil.

Oregon Woman Seeks Out "Lives To Change"
Presses evil roots into hapless hands of unsuspecting, disconcerted "changelings."
Go to story: Woman seeks to change lives with $100 a day

Saturday | October 23, 2010

Uncooped chicosaur.

Playin' Chicken
Portland "authorities" will let you keep three hens. Where are you gonna put that fowl li'l harem? A stylin' chicken coop, of course!
Go to story: Coop Dreams

Friday | October 22, 2010

Yo Homie! It's EZ Being Green!

Yo Homie! It's EZ Being Green!
Sure, the Environmental Protection Agency paddled Portland General Electric on the bum bum earlier this month to punish the utility for the coal-fired air pollution its Boardman plant inflicts on breathing life forms. Despite these sins, the City of Portland managed to crawl onto "EPA's elite list of Green Power Communities for the city's extensive efforts to reduce its carbon footprint."
Go to stories:
Portland dubbed one of the country’s greenest communities with EPA designation
EPA: Boardman coal plant has been violating pollution rules since 1998

Thursday | October 21, 2010

Public-private leadership council.

Takin' Care Of Business And Workin' Overtime
"Leadership Council" frets that "Portland's hyper-pluralistic decision-making process" may disrupt public development schemes, concocted behind "closed doors," to lure "private investment." Proposes "Community Investment Initiative" to "overcome a uniquely Portland roadblock."
Go to story: Reserves used as template for investment Leadership Council idea

Wednesday | October 20, 2010

Barack Does Bridge City

Barack Does Bridge City
As the President rolls through Portland today, the burning question on the tip of every Portlandian's wagging tongue is: "Does Obama support U.S. Predator Drone Bombing Policy (USPDBP) in his Heart of Hearts (HoH)? Or is this kind of depraved folly the product of a Spiritually Dead National Security Policy (SDNSP) imposed by Nefarious Deep State Forces (NDSF) that infest the Wretched Bowels of the National Security State (WBNSS)?" Enquiring minds want to know!
Go to story: Pakistan, Afghanistan on Obama's agenda

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