Metro-Area Politics Archives

August 30, 2005

• Spend Some Time With 'Portland Charter Review'

August 16, 2005

• (Updated) Can You Hear Me Now?

August 10, 2005

• On Legislation, Administration, And Erik Sten

August 08, 2005

• Neighborhood Survey Good, But Where Are Questions About ONI?

August 07, 2005

• (Updated) Collect THIS

August 03, 2005

• Lobbying Lobbyist Registration Into The Ground

August 02, 2005

• (Updated) Right-Wing Vision: Ignore, Trivialize, Demonize

July 21, 2005

• (Updated) Portland's Try For PGE Purchase Fails

July 14, 2005

• (Updated) Bradley F. Tellam's Curious Ideas On Ethics

July 13, 2005

• Investigator Clears Hennessee Of Undue Influence Over Contracts
• Briefly Revisiting The 'Foundational Moment'

July 09, 2005

• Council Chambers Should Not Be 'Walled Garden'

July 08, 2005

• (Updated) City Officials Launch Community Visioning Process

July 07, 2005

• On The City Club Of Portland's 'Community Scan'

July 06, 2005

• New City Code And Standards For ONI Heading Toward Approval

July 02, 2005

• The New Face(s) Of PDC

June 30, 2005

• Lobby, Lobby, Who's In The Lobby?

June 27, 2005

• An Example Of A 'Best Practice' From Blogging Officials

June 24, 2005

• Here's Some Of What We've Missed

June 22, 2005

• (Updated) A Momentary Return To Talk Bureau Assignments

June 17, 2005

• What? Sam Adams Has A Blog? Who Knew?!
• Council Hears Testimony On PDC, Part Two

June 16, 2005

• City Council Pay Raise Flashback
• Council Hears Testimony On PDC, Part One

June 15, 2005

• Sleuthing The PDC Executive Director Finalists

June 14, 2005

• Activity At The Sam Adams Blog
• (Updated) PDC Feeding Frenzy
• Bureaus, Bureaus, Who's Got The Bureaus?

June 13, 2005

• The Re-Founding Of The City Of Portland

June 09, 2005

• Mark Rosenbaum Appointed To PDC

June 06, 2005

• Sam Adams' Imminent Blogosphere Debut

June 04, 2005

• Catching Up With 'Portland Charter Review'

June 01, 2005

• Wireless Industry Emailing Portlanders To Prevent Cellular Tax?

May 31, 2005

• City Council Members State Their Bureau Preferences

May 27, 2005

• On The Bureau Innovation Project And The GREAT Committee

May 21, 2005

• Boyle's Bomb-Throwing

May 19, 2005

• The Imminence Of Jury Duty
• Oh Yeah, Voter-Owned Elections Was Adopted By Council

May 18, 2005

• New Evidence That JTTFs Used To Spy On Political Groups

May 17, 2005

• (Updated) Southeast Community Group Demands Reforms At PDC

May 13, 2005

• City Shouldn't Abandon Idea For Neighborhood Service Centers

May 12, 2005

• Is There Appeal In An Appeal?

May 11, 2005

• Making Sausage At City Hall

May 10, 2005

• Saltzman Takes One Amendment Out, Puts Another One In
• Further Notes On Who Will (Or Can) Hear The Beam Appeal

May 09, 2005

• Unexpectedly, Matt Hennessee Talks Burnside Bridgehead

May 07, 2005

• Public Campaign Financing And The 'Incumbent Question'

May 06, 2005

• PDC Releases Plan For Consideration Of Beam Protest
• Leonard Proposes Migrating PDC Into New City Bureau
• (Updated) Beam's Protest And Potter's Intervention

May 04, 2005

• Potter Releases 'Bureau Innovation Project' Report
• Continuing To Out The Clevenger Connections

April 28, 2005

• It's Official: Portland Leaving JTTF
• Debunking Today's 'Oregonian' JTTF Coverage

April 24, 2005

• Recently On 'Portland Charter Review'

April 22, 2005

• KGW's Bizarre JTTF Headline
• (Updated) Potter Moves To Withdraw From Joint Terrorism Task Force

April 21, 2005

• (Updated) Potter And Jordan To Hold Joint Press Conference

April 19, 2005

• Pre-Launch Of 'Portland Charter Review'
• City Council Delays JTTF Oversight Vote Another Week

April 17, 2005

• Request For Comments On Proposed 'Charter Review' Weblog

April 13, 2005

• Potter Makes Second Nomination For Portland Development Commission
• Fred Stickel's War On Civil Liberties

April 08, 2005

• Report From Voter-Owned Elections Hearing

April 05, 2005

• Council Should Refer 'Voter-Owned Elections' To Voters

March 31, 2005

• Other People's JTTF Coverage, Again
• Decision On JTTF Oversight Postponed Three Weeks

March 30, 2005

• Judge Rules In Favor Of Francesconi Contributors
• Denver Questions JTTF Participation
• Some New And Remaindered JTTF Links
• JTTF Questions Just Get Curiouser And Curiouser

March 29, 2005

• KGW Obtains Police Bureau Memo On JTTF Issues
• Getting Back To Basics In The JTTF Oversight Debate
• New FBI Website On JTTF Fails To Answer Important Questions
• (Updated) 'Do your own research... Make your own decisions'

March 28, 2005

• A Friendly Warning About Debating The JTTF On This Site
• (Updated) Neighborhood Activist Seeks Delay Of JTTF Resolution
• Prior Discussions On Review Of JTTF Records
• Inside The Mind Of A Local Terrorism 'Expert'

March 27, 2005

• Why Don't Our Local Officials Blog?
• (Updated) 'Oregon Crossfire' To Take Up JTTF Discussion

March 26, 2005

• New Archive Category Added For JTTF Story
• Head Of Independent Police Review Heading To Denver

March 25, 2005

• Oregon's Blogosphere On Portland And The JTTF
• 'We won't overstate the stakes here'

March 24, 2005

• JTTF Story Begins To Hit Nationally
• 'It comes down to trusting the people who serve this community'

March 23, 2005

• (Updated) Early Federal (And Media) Reaction To City's JTTF Demands
• City Sets March 30 Showdown Over Joint Terrorism Task Force

March 22, 2005

• (Updated) Resolution Establishing Criteria For JTTF Participation To Be Unveiled

March 21, 2005

• Vaporware And The Secret Sauce

March 20, 2005

• Something Smells Fishy About Local Television

March 18, 2005

• (Updated) Officer-Involved Shooting Grand Jury Records Could Be Opened

March 17, 2005

• City Auditor Fighting To Keep Head Of Independent Police Review
• A Superficial Look At Training Requirements For JTTF Officers

March 16, 2005

• Paper Reports Richard Rosenthal To Be Offered Denver Job

March 15, 2005

• Do You View The Voodoo?

March 11, 2005

• Is It Too Early To Start Discussing Elections?

March 10, 2005

• On That Fred Buckman/Oregon Mutual Utility Plan
• (Updated) Portland Reacts To PGE Decision

March 09, 2005

• Palace Intrigue At The Portland Development Commission
• Leonard Resolution On JTTF Reportedly Expected 'Soon'

March 07, 2005

• Two Myths About The Joint Terrorism Task Force

March 04, 2005

• Audio Of City Council Voodoo Session
• Long Wait For FOIA Response On JTTF Begins

March 03, 2005

• (Updated) Breaking: Mazziotti Resigning From Portland Development Commission?
• Civil Disobedience In Multnomah County, One Year Ago

March 02, 2005

• You Cannot Petition The Council With Voodoo!

March 01, 2005

• Council To Consider Adams' Lobbyist Registration Plan

February 27, 2005

• Open Letter To Michael Arrieta-Walden, 'Oregonian' Public Editor

February 25, 2005

• Voodoo At City Hall

February 24, 2005

• No, Really, Just What Did He Say?

February 23, 2005

• Inside The Mayor's JTTF Oversight Protocol

February 22, 2005

• (Updated) 'Oregonian' Abuses Its Op-Ed Responsibilities

February 17, 2005

• So Just What Did They Say?
• Lonnie Roberts' Process Switcheroo

February 16, 2005

• 'Oregonian' Ignores Context And Specifics In JTTF Editorial

February 12, 2005

• (Updated) Saltzman Blames Opposition To JTTF On People Who 'Hate Police'

February 09, 2005

• More Collaborative Budget Process Gets Underway
• 'Communique' Publishes Compilation Of Same-Sex Marriage Coverage

February 08, 2005

• Unseal The Grand Jury Records From James Jahar Perez Shooting

February 06, 2005

• (Updated) Exclusive: What You Don't Know About The Joint Terrorism Task Force

February 02, 2005

• What Drugs Is The 'Oregonian' Editorial Board Taking?

February 01, 2005

• Anyone Else Run Across Sam Adams' Proto-Blog?
• 'Communique' Files FOIA Request Regarding JTTF

January 29, 2005

• (Updated) Portland FBI Suddenly Stops Talking About City And JTTF?

January 17, 2005

• Potter And Adams Move To Retire Campaign Debts

January 14, 2005

• (Updated) Commissioner Adams Floating His Lobbyist Registration Plan
• 'Oregonian' Sees Test Of City's Form Of Government

January 13, 2005

• First Council Agenda Of Potter's 'Strong Mayor' Experiment

January 12, 2005

• Fastest City Council In The West!

January 09, 2005

• Portland's Joint Terrorism Task Force Decision Makes FOX News

January 08, 2005

• Commissioner Leonard Takes To The Airwaves
• (Updated) City Council Dopplegangers In Action

January 06, 2005

• Guidelines For Mayor's 'Bureau Innovation Project' Released
• Mayor Signals Move Towards More Community Discussion

January 05, 2005

• To Hell With Predictions, We've Got Demands
• Correction Regarding The Charter Provision Mentioned Yesterday

January 04, 2005

• (Updated) 'Strong Mayor' Experiment Hits Speedbump

January 03, 2005

• A Very Full Day Of Swearing

January 02, 2005

• The Pesky Problem With Platitudes

December 31, 2004

• (Updated) Dramatically New City Council Begins Work Next Week

December 26, 2004

• First Official Salvo Fired Over Portland And JTTF

December 23, 2004

• Do Candidates Abuse 'Clean Elections' Systems?
• Eight Scenes From A Final Council Session

December 22, 2004

• Ding Dong The Rink Is Dead

December 21, 2004

• (Updated) Onward Portland, Beyond The Big Box

December 20, 2004

• (Updated) Breaking: Joint Terrorism Task Force Vote Postponed

December 18, 2004

• City Council Adopts New 'Obstructions As Nuisances' Ordinance

December 14, 2004

• City To Repeal And Replace 'Obstructions As Nuisances' Law?

December 13, 2004

• Indeed, Sam Adams Soon To Launch Weblog

December 12, 2004

• (Updated) Stanford (And Others) Distorting 'Clean Money' Proposal

December 11, 2004

• Brief Update On Changes To Parks Exclusions

December 10, 2004

• Final Coffin Nail For Wrong-Headed Ice Rink Proposal

December 08, 2004

• City Council Adopts Mayor's Murals Proposal

December 05, 2004

• Next Year's Council Open To 'Conversations' Session

December 03, 2004

• Council Begins Consideration Of Mayor's Murals Proposal

December 02, 2004

• ACLU Of Oregon Seeks Joint Terrorism Task Force Spy Files
• (Updated) Council Adopts Initial (Mostly Toothless) Measure 37 Process

November 30, 2004

• A Somewhat Curious Definition Of 'Routine'
• Review Of City Charter On The Horizon

November 29, 2004

• City Council Prepares For Impact Of Measure 37

November 28, 2004

• (Updated) Tom 'Ramrod-Straight' Potter Versus Jim 'Bulging War Chest' Francesconi

November 26, 2004

• Rhetorical Battle Lines Being Drawn Over Campaign Reform
• (Updated) Increase Debate, But Don't Muck With City Charter
• Our Endorsements Versus Election Results

November 25, 2004

• (Updated) Join The New City Government

November 03, 2004

• Withdraw From The Joint Terrorism Task Force

November 01, 2004

• (Updated) Defending Marriage By Redefining Voting?

October 28, 2004

• Yawning Towards The Election

October 27, 2004

• We Don't Like These Very Much

October 24, 2004

• A Slapdash Local Campaign Update

October 18, 2004

• Candidates Pile On The Criticism Of Pro-Potter PAC

October 17, 2004

• Potter Again Disavows Political Committee Using His Name

October 15, 2004

• (Updated) Power Brokers, Light Rail, Backtalk, And Word From The Web
• (Updated) Candidates To Go Wild As Editor Gets Drunk
• (Updated) Local TV News' Abject Public Affairs Failure

October 13, 2004

• Endorsement: Yes On Six County Measures, No On Two
• Endorsement: No On Measure 36

October 12, 2004

• Endorsement: Sam Adams For Commissioner No. 1

October 11, 2004

• Endorsement: Tom Potter For Mayor
• Commissioner Leonard Solicits BlueOregon's Advice On JTTF

October 10, 2004

• Endorsement: Yes On Measures 31 And 32, No On Measures 33 Through 38
• An Overdue, Quick, And Dirty Campaign Round-Up

October 06, 2004

• (Updated) Mass Confusion Among Polls In Mayoral Race

October 03, 2004

• Just Who Is This Len Bergstein Person Anyway?
• Mediocrity For Mayor!

September 29, 2004

• Who Is Polling Negatives About Sam Adams?

September 28, 2004

• Endorsements, Profiles, Fundraising, Polls, And Debates

September 26, 2004

• What A Difference Five Months Makes In Campaign Spin

September 24, 2004

• (Updated) While We Fight A Cold, Go Read This Other Stuff

September 23, 2004

• 'I'm More Confused Than When I Went In'

September 21, 2004

• Neighborhood And Public Involvement Standards Update

September 18, 2004

• Forums, Endorsements, And Other Things (Plus A Final Word On Polls)

September 15, 2004

• (Updated) Three Francesconi Contributors Indicted For Illegal Donations
• (Updated) 'Equality Is Not The Privilege Of The Majority'

September 12, 2004

• A Word About The Process Of Candidate Endorsements

September 11, 2004

• Campaign Update On Polls, Housing, And Money

September 09, 2004

• (Updated) City Council To Consider Resolution Opposing Measure 36
• Mayoral Poll Shows Potter With Strong Lead Over Francesconi

September 08, 2004

• That Push-Poll, Candidate Profiles, And A Scuttled Debate

September 07, 2004

• Mayoral Candidate Potter Speaks With East Portlanders

September 04, 2004

• Mayor Releases Draft Of Murals Proposal

September 03, 2004

• Who Is Push-Polling Negatives About Nick Fish?
• Local Candidates Talk Arts And Culture

August 31, 2004

• (Updated) Some Hot Campaign Round-Up Action!

August 27, 2004

• Council Candidate Fish Speaks With East Portlanders
• (Updated) Returning For A Friday Campaign Round-Up

August 25, 2004

• Potter And Dean To 'Walk The Streets'

August 20, 2004

• (Updated) Further Rumblings On Francesconi's Negative Campaign

August 19, 2004

• (Updated) KOIN 6 News: Liars Or Incompetents?
• Police Union Retracts Endorsement Of Francesconi

August 18, 2004

• (Updated) Francesconi Fulfills Promise To Run A Different Campaign
• Report From The Central City Concern Mayoral Debate
• A Nice Campaign Update To Keep You Occupied

August 14, 2004

• New Mayor Should Call A Strategic Plan Summit

August 11, 2004

• (Updated) Francesconi Radio Ad Slams Potter's Tenure As Chief

August 06, 2004

• Mayoral Candidate Francesconi Speaks With East Portlanders

August 02, 2004

• (Updated) Mayor's Police Bureau Resolutions On Wednesday's Agenda

August 01, 2004

• Arts And Culture And Candidates

July 29, 2004

• Council Accepts Report Of Independent Reservoir Panel

July 28, 2004

• (Updated) Council Authorizes Acquisition Of Naitos' Block 8

July 24, 2004

• The Policy And Politics Of The Potter Plan

July 23, 2004

• Follow-Up On Purchase Of Land For Community Center
• 'Use Of Force' Write-Ups To Be More Extensive Than Thought

July 22, 2004

• Council To Vote On Purchase Of Land For Community Center
• 'The item you've all been waiting for.'

July 21, 2004

• Francesconi's Folly

July 18, 2004

• On Skepticism, Politics, And 'Non-Accusation Accusations'

July 16, 2004

• City Council To Vote On Cross-Assignment Legislative Authority
• (Updated) Some History Of Commission Government
• The Return Of The Friday Campaign Round-Up
• The Politics Of Clean Money

July 15, 2004

• In Defense Of Commission Government

July 14, 2004

• An Ethic Of Accessibility
• Commissioners Likely To Get Authority To 'Meddle'
• Don't Throw The Baby Out With The Bathwater
• Draft 'Clean Money' Proposal Available Online

July 10, 2004

• 'Clean Money' Campaign Reform Proposal Nears Release

July 09, 2004

• (Updated) Yay! A Campaign Round-Up Item!
• (Updated) Code Provision Scuttled Proposal On Police Bureau

July 08, 2004

• (Updated) Mayor Reportedly Quashes Francesconi Proposal
• (Updated) City Hall Gloves Come Off In Mayoral Campaign

July 07, 2004

• Mayoral Campaign Tidbits (No, Really!)

July 04, 2004

• Campaign Finance And The Appearance Of Impropriety

July 03, 2004

• (Updated) Anti-Marriage Ballot Measure Was An Inevitability

July 02, 2004

• Movement Towards Inner SE Community Center Stalls
• (Updated) Will Multnomah County Commission Give Oregon To Bush?

June 29, 2004

• Mayor Back At Work, But Battling Rare Cancer

June 28, 2004

• (Updated) Recall-Happy Right-Winger Again Violates Campaign Finance Rules

June 22, 2004

• 'Tribune' Gets Jumpstart On General Election Campaign

June 21, 2004

• Pay Raise Quickie

June 19, 2004

• On Pay Raises And Politics, Briefly

June 16, 2004

• Naito Corporation Offers Alternative Proposal For Fire Station On Block 8
• City Council Approves Pay Raises For Elected Officials

June 13, 2004

• On Systemic Breakdowns And The Need For Leadership

June 11, 2004

• (Updated) Investigation Ends Into Bureau Of Licenses Tax Information Leak

June 10, 2004

• Phil Busse Launches Post-Election Version Of 'Me For Mayor' Campaign
• (Updated) Tram Tram Tram Went The Folly

June 09, 2004

• Funny 'Oregonian' Editorial Accuses Others Of Misrepresentation
• (Updated) Francesconi Outlines New Campaign In Conference Call
• Whatever Happened To 'Favorite Son'?

June 08, 2004

• (Updated) City Council Agrees To Not Bury Mt. Tabor Reservoirs

June 07, 2004

• (Updated) Petitioners Drop Current Recall Campaign, Will Start Over Again

June 06, 2004

• A Requiem For The Written-In

June 04, 2004

• (Updated) The Unreported Numbers From The Final Official Election Results

June 02, 2004

• (Updated) Francesconi Campaign Staff Shake-Up?

May 31, 2004

• Our Current Mayor, Our Wannabe Mayors

May 30, 2004

• (Updated) David Reinhard Is A Little Confused

May 28, 2004

• Interview: Sandra McDonough

May 26, 2004

• The Black Hole Of May 18 Primary Election Write-In Votes

May 25, 2004

• Irrelevancy, On Sale To The Highest Bidder

May 24, 2004

• (Updated) Signature Gathering Begins For Constitutional Prohibition Of Same-Sex Marriage
• Hey, Guess What? Campaign Items!

May 20, 2004

• (Updated) Shake-Ups, Strategies, And Apparent Confessions

May 19, 2004

• The Mandate-Free Primary

May 18, 2004

• City Votes To Damage Its Own Electoral Process
• (Updated) A Few Random Late-Nite Observations
• (Updated) The Post-Primary Landscape
• (Updated) The Polls Are Closed, Here We Go
• (Updated) May 18 Primary Election: VOTE OR DIE!

May 17, 2004

• (Updated) It's Election Eve, Do You Know Where Your Ballots Are?

May 16, 2004

• Francesconi Surrogates Slam Pro-Potter PAC

May 15, 2004

• 'Oregonian' Bungles Measure 26-53 Endorsement

May 14, 2004

• Friday Election Campaign Update
• (Updated) Updates From The Same-Sex Marriage Front

May 13, 2004

• (Updated) Thursday Election Campaign Update

May 12, 2004

• (Updated) Wednesday Election Campaign Update
• (Updated) John Belgarde Fined For Previous Elections Law Violations
• Majority Of Independent Panel Opposes Reservoir Burial
• Media Finally Notices Measure 26-53

May 11, 2004

• Tuesday Election Campaign Update
• 'Tribune' Reports Old Facts As New News

May 10, 2004

• (Updated) Time For Another Quick Campaign Update Item

May 08, 2004

• (Updated) R.I.P. Jim Spagg
• Endorsement: None Of The Above For Commissioner No. 4

May 07, 2004

• (Updated) Friday Election Campaign Round-Up

May 06, 2004

• Is Francesconi Violating City Ethics Guidelines?
• (Updated) New Poll Shows Large 'Undecided' Vote In Portland
• (Updated) Chief Foxworth, Mayor Katz Respond To Letter From Inquest Jurors
• Quick Catch-Up On Other Campaign Items
• County Chair Diane Linn To Apologize For Lack Of Public Involvement

May 05, 2004

• (Updated) Jim 'Help Local Business' Francesconi Outsources Campaign Tasks
• Digging Around In Other People's Endorsements, Part II
• Non-Partisan Election Night Events?
• (Updated) Digging Around In Other People's Endorsements, Part I
• Endorsement: James Jahar Perez For District Attorney
• (Updated) Recall District Attorney Michael Schrunk

May 03, 2004

• (Updated) A Rare Monday Campaign Round-Up

May 01, 2004

• Endorsement: Sam Adams For Commissioner No. 1

April 30, 2004

• Your End-Of-Week Election Campaign Round-Up

April 29, 2004

• (Updated) Commissioner Sten To Endorse Tom Potter
• (Updated) Open Thread On KGW Mayoral Debate

April 28, 2004

• A Quick Interjecting Interlude For Some Politics

April 27, 2004

• A Rare Early (In The Week) Election News Round-Up
• Last Day To Register To Vote In May 18 Primary Election

April 26, 2004

• Majority Of Contributors To Randy Leonard Gave $1000 Or More
• (Updated) Another Local Candidate Ad Hits The Airwaves
• (Updated) Other Francesconi Campaign Finance Reporting Errors
• City Posts Campaign Finance Reports Online

April 25, 2004

• City Moves Closer To Relocation Of Fire Station #1
• Endorsement: Naito, Roberts, Rojo de Steffey For County Commissioner

April 24, 2004

• Help Us Decide Which Candidate Forum To Attend
• Submit Questions For Two Upcoming Mayoral Debates
• (Updated) End-Of-Week Election Round-Up

April 21, 2004

• City Moves One Step Closer To Inner SE Community Center

April 19, 2004

• (Updated) Politics As It Should Be
• Two Brief Missives From The Mayoral Campaign

April 18, 2004

• Last Friday's City Club Mayoral Forum
• The Latest Francesconi Switcheroo?
• Endorsement: Vote 'No' On Measure 26-53

April 15, 2004

• The Problem With Jim (And Ed), Part II

April 14, 2004

• The Problem With Jim (And Ed)
• Voters' Guides And Endorsements From Elsewhere

April 13, 2004

• Waging The Transparency Wars, Part II

April 12, 2004

• (Updated) Exclusive: Waging The Transparency Wars
• Potter Fans Form PAC, Newell Battles 'Willamette Week'

April 11, 2004

• The Incumbent Vs. The Insurgency

April 09, 2004

• Candidates Fair, Part III: Mayor

April 08, 2004

• City Council Approves Exploration Of 'Clean Money' Campaigns

April 07, 2004

• Candidates Fair, Part II: Commissioner No. 1
• Candidates Fair, Part I: Commissioner No. 4

April 05, 2004

• (Updated) Weblog Election Coverage That Isn't Ours!
• One Week Later, A Rally For Life

April 03, 2004

• Voting Down Fear And Loathing In Multnomah County, Part II

April 02, 2004

• Voting Down Fear And Loathing In Multnomah County, Part I

April 01, 2004

• Neighborhoods Celebrate Thirty Years Of Involvement

March 31, 2004

• Random Moments From City Hall
• New Parks Exclusion Ordinance Approved By City Council

March 30, 2004

• (Updated) Mayor Katz Calls For Public Inquest In Shooting Death Of Jahar Perez

March 29, 2004

• City Council Candidate Changes Position On Same-Sex Marriage
• Endorsement: Phil Busse For Mayor

March 27, 2004

• A Word About Candidate Endorsements

March 26, 2004

• Two Must-See Campaign Events Coming In April
• Multnomah County Holds First Public Hearing On Same-Sex Marriage
• (Updated) Adams And Fish In An Honest To Goodness Campaign Debate
• Exclusive: City Again Moves To Fine Mirador Over Mural
• (Updated) Court Rejects Legislators' Motion To Intervene

March 25, 2004

• (Updated) Mayoral Coverage, Mayoral Forum, And Mayoral Thoughts
• (Updated) Arrangement To Speed Same-Sex Marriage Dispute To Supreme Court Begins

March 24, 2004

• Changes Made To Parks Exclusion Ordinance

March 23, 2004

• Charter Review Committee Votes 'No' On Defining Marriage
• Recent Developments Regarding Bureau Of Licenses
• Wanted: Someone To Organize An Election Event

March 19, 2004

• Primary Campaign Quickies And Crabby Commentary
• (Updated) Governor Confirms State Will Not Recognize Same-Sex Marriages
• Citizen Involvement Committee Hears Testimony On Public Process

March 18, 2004

• County Attorney Begins Referencing 'Cooper' Precedent
• Lawsuit Filed To Stop Benton County From Issuing Same-Sex Marriage Licenses
• New Parks Exclusion Ordinance To Undergo Further Changes

March 17, 2004

• (Updated) Oregon Supreme Court Asks For Arguments On 'Standing'
• (Updated) ACLU Offers Reminder Of Commitment To JTTF Oversight
• Multnomah County To Hold Hearings On Marriage

March 16, 2004

• State Refuses To Certify Same-Sex Marriage Licenses

March 15, 2004

• The Folly Of Kelly Clark And Hardy Myers
• (Updated) County Continues Issuing Same-Sex Marriage Licenses
• Examining Multnomah County's Options

March 14, 2004

• Commissioner Francesconi's Constitutional Switcheroo?
• (Updated) Leonard Claims 9,000 Businesses Avoiding Business Income Tax
• (Updated) The Night Before The Next Stage

March 13, 2004

• (Updated) Same-Sex Marriage News Potpourri
• Oh Yeah, There Are Elections Going On, Too
• The Frontlines Of History

March 12, 2004

• (Updated) Correction: Attorney General's Opinion Supports County's Argument, But Urges Respect For Legal Process
• Hearings Set In Multnomah County Same-Sex Marriage Case
• 'Oregonian' On Public Meetings Law

March 11, 2004

• So Just What Did Happen In The Multnomah County Lawsuit Today?
• Breaking News: Citizen Committee To Discuss The 'Process Question'
• (Updated) Exclusive: County Has Not Been Ordered To Justify Its Actions
• (Updated) Breaking News: Groups Ask Oregon Supreme Court To Halt Same-Sex Marriages
• Downtown Waterfront Urban Renewal Area Will Continue

March 10, 2004

• (Updated) No Opinion From Attorney General Until Next Week?
• (Updated) More Votes For The 'Civil Unions For All' Solution
• Is The Lawsuit Against Multnomah County Merely A Political Tool?

March 09, 2004

• (Updated) Roberts' Charter Amendment Sent To Sub-Committee
• State Legislative Counsel Releases Legal Opinion On Same-Sex Marriage
• (Updated) City Sets All-Time Record For Number of Mayoral Candidates

March 08, 2004

• Lonnie Roberts Strikes Back
• Two Random Things About Kelly Clark
• (Updated) Neighborhood Rebellion Against Leonard Begins
• (Updated) Judge Refuses Request For Temporary Restraining Order

March 07, 2004

• (Updated) How The Process Unfolded
• (Updated) A Same-Sex Tour Through 'The Sunday Oregonian'

March 06, 2004

• (Updated) Process And Religion, Via Other Portland Weblogs
• Know Thy Enemies
• Recall-Happy Right-Winger Returns

March 05, 2004

• On The Matter Of Standing
• (Updated) From Communication To Conversation?
• Analysis Of Lawsuit Against Multnomah County, Part III
• Analysis Of Lawsuit Against Multnomah County, Part II
• Analysis Of Lawsuit Against Multnomah County, Part I
• Lawsuit Filed Against Multnomah County Officials
• (Updated) The Process Distraction, Part II

March 04, 2004

• Same-Sex Marriage Opponents To File Lawsuit Friday Morning
• Other Oregon Counties Now Debating Same-Sex Marriage
• What Newspapers Do Best
• (Updated) The Process Distraction

March 03, 2004

• (Updated) Same-Sex Symmetry
• (Updated) Mayoral And Council Candidates On Same-Sex Marriage
• (Updated) Francesconi Delays Council Action On Park Exclusions
• Weblog Links On Same-Sex Marriage
• (Updated) Analysis And Commentary On Same-Sex Marriage In Oregon
• News Links On Same-Sex Marriage
• (Updated) Breaking News: State Attorney General Releases Statement On Same-Sex Marriage
• (Updated) Multnomah County Begins Issuing Same-Sex Marriage Licenses
• (Updated) Late Night At 501 SE Hawthorne

March 02, 2004

• The Politics Of Local Same-Sex Marriage
• Republicans Respond, Democrats MIA
• (Updated) Breaking News: Multnomah County To Begin Issuing Same-Sex Marriage Licenses

March 01, 2004

• City Council To Consider New Rules For Park Exclusions

February 29, 2004

• Mayoral Candidates Talk Business

February 27, 2004

• Your Weekly Tour Of Local Campaign Items

February 26, 2004

• Quick Roundup Of The Housing Inspector Controversy
• Extension Of Downtown Waterfront Urban Renewal Area Delayed Again
• (Updated) City Council Designates Dignity Village Site As A Campground

February 25, 2004

• Multnomah County Looking Into Same-Sex Marriages

February 24, 2004

• (Updated) City Council Likely To Designate Part of Sunderland Yard As A Campground?

February 20, 2004

• (Updated) Extension Of Downtown Waterfront Urban Renewal Area Postponed
• Mayoral Field Rises To Sixteen (And Other Local Campaign Items)

February 19, 2004

• (Updated) More Reaction To The McCollister Posters

February 18, 2004

• Another Mayoral Campaign News Round-Up
• (Updated) Council Adopts 'Time, Place, And Manner' Ordinance
• (Updated) City Council Okays Negotiations For Washington-Monroe Site
• (Updated) Mayor Links Posters Seeking Photo Of Scott McCollister With 'Vigilante Justice'

February 17, 2004

• Waste Not, Want Not

February 16, 2004

• Mayoral Candidate Tom Potter Starts Posting To Campaign Weblog

February 14, 2004

• Mayoral And Council Candidates: Link To Your Opponents
• Council Candidate Chases Vandal, And Other Campaign Tidbits
• Details On The Housing Inspector Investigation

February 13, 2004

• (Updated) Results Of Investigation To Cause 'Major Changes' At Bureau Of Licenses - MAJOR CORRECTION
• Commissioner No. 4 Race Begins For Real As Leonard Files For Council Run

February 12, 2004

• Mini-Interviews (From Elsewhere) With Candidates And A Commissioner
• Candidate For Leonard's Council Seat Spends Night In Jail

February 11, 2004

• (Updated) 'Time, Place, And Manner' Ordinance Heads For City Council Vote Next Week

February 10, 2004

• (Updated) The Campaign Of One Hundreds
• 'A weblog by some important public figures...'

February 07, 2004

• (Updated) Measure 30 Post-Mortem... Via Worldwide Pablo

February 06, 2004

• (Updated) Mayor's Office To Take Charge Of Budget, Not Shuffle Bureau Assignments

February 05, 2004

• More On The 'Civic Identity' Of A 'Perfect Portland'

February 04, 2004

• Campaign Round-Up And Whatnot
• City Club Of Portland Seeks Suggestions For Research And Program Topics
• City Council Refers To Voters Changes To City Charter's Elections Provisions

February 03, 2004

• Measure 30 Joining Measure 28 On The Trash Heap
• Greens Endorse James Posey After Holding Mayoral Candidates Forum
• OLCC Questions Viability Of Local Liquor Control Ordinance

January 28, 2004

• (Updated) State Elections Division Proposes Civil Penalties Against Defunct Right-Wing Vera Katz Recall Campaign

January 27, 2004

• More On Francesconi Filing, And Opponent Reaction

January 26, 2004

• (Updated) Francesconi Officially Files For Mayor's Race

January 25, 2004

• (Updated) Open Reservoirs Receive Listing In National Register Of Historic Places
• (Updated) Busse Prediction On Francesconi Platform Plans Comes True
• (Updated) Our Mayoral And Council Campaign Round-Up
• The Civic Identity Of A Perfect Portland

January 22, 2004

• (Updated) Neighborhoods And Businesses Divided Over Local Liquor Control Authority
• City Conducts Survey Of Its Handling Of Recent Snow Storm

January 18, 2004

• Round-Up Of 'Sunday Oregonian' Measure 30 Coverage

January 17, 2004

• Mayoral Candidates Seek Green Endorsement

January 16, 2004

• Robert Ball Is Out, And Other Week-Ending Campaign Items
• Round-Up Of Stories On Measure 30
• Report From The 'Bus Project' Debate on Measure 30

January 14, 2004

• Greens To Host Mayoral Candidates Forum
• (Updated) Tom Potter Launches Community-Based Campaign Website
• Remember That Thomas Lauderdale Rumor?
• (Updated) As City Council (Likely) Approves Reservoir Review Panel, Anti-Burial Group Releases Q&A With Saltzman
• 'Willamette Week' Notices Transit Mall Project

January 12, 2004

• (Updated) Getting Back To The Mayoral And Council Campaigns

January 10, 2004

• The Political Life Of Snow
• Busse Officially Launches Mayoral Bid

January 07, 2004

• Local Liquor Authority Heading For Council Consideration

January 05, 2004

• Robert Hinds Announces Mayoral Bid On Platform Of 'Total Quality Management' For City Hall

January 02, 2004

• Twelve Stories To Watch For In 2004

December 29, 2003

• The Return Of The Pioneer Courthouse Square Ice Rink

December 26, 2003

• Community Budget Forums Planned For Next Month

December 25, 2003

• The Politics Of Campaigns, And Of Newspapers

December 24, 2003

• Document Offers Look At Leonard Proposal For 'Mini City Halls'

December 23, 2003

• Restoration And Thanks
• Commissioner Saltzman Names Members Of Reservoir Review Panel

December 22, 2003

• Phil Busse To Open Mayoral Campaign Platform To Community Review

December 21, 2003

• Curses Foiled Again
• Posey Wins Mock Election, Busse Talks Bud's Ball, And Other Campaign Items
• Portland Police Bureau To Release Guide To Reform Recommendations

December 19, 2003

• Early Reaction To The Mayor's Murals Proposal (And Some Additional Thoughts)

December 18, 2003

• Recommendations Of Public Involvement Task Force Approach Final Form
• (Updated) Mayor Katz Releases Proposal For Public Murals

December 17, 2003

• 'Oregonian' Interviews Interim Head Of Portland Business Alliance
• Perhaps Unexpectedly, Portland Development Commission Extends Downtown Waterfront Urban Renewal Area

December 16, 2003

• Portland: The City With Balls
• Mayoral Reassignment Of Bureaus Confirmed For Early Next Year
• Tom Potter Emphasizes Strategic Planning And Performance Measurements In Speech To Rotary

December 12, 2003

• Fate Of Downtown Waterfront Urban Renewal Area To Be Decided Next Week?
• Mayoral And Council Campaign Tidbits
• (Updated) 'It matters who you are, not what you're saying'

December 11, 2003

• City Council, TriMet Approve Light Rail On Downtown Transit Mall

December 09, 2003

• Creatives To Get Grants From City

December 08, 2003

• (Updated) Panel Appointed To Review Open Reservoir Replacement Project
• (Updated) Mayoral Field Grows By One More

December 07, 2003

• 'Mercury' On ONI, Leonard, And So-Called Mini City Halls

December 06, 2003

• More On Kimbrough's Departure From The Portland Business Alliance

December 05, 2003

• (Updated) Papers Report That Portland Business Alliance Is Ready To Give Kimbrough The Boot
• (Updated) Exclusion Zones And 'Preponderance Of Evidence'

December 03, 2003

• City's 'Exclusion Zones' Found Unconstitutional, Council Set To Make Changes

December 02, 2003

• A Mayoral Campaign Endorsement (But Not For Mayor)

December 01, 2003

• City Council To Approve Light Rail On Transit Mall

November 30, 2003

• Auditor Releases Thirteenth Annual 'Service Efforts And Accomplishments' Report

November 28, 2003

• Quick Roundup Of PGE Coverage

November 21, 2003

• (Updated) Metro Columnists, City Hall, And The Mt. Tabor Reservoirs
• End Of The Week Catch-Up On Proposed PGE Purchase

November 20, 2003

• (Updated) Jason Newell Officially Announces Candidacy For City Council

November 19, 2003

• Some PGE History As Many Continue To Boggle Over Neil Goldschmidt

November 18, 2003

• More On The Strange World Of Police Discipline
• Calling Current Process 'Incestuous' Sam Adams Calls For Citizen Members Of Budget Committee
• (Updated) Enron Announces Plans To Sell PGE, City And Others React

November 17, 2003

• (Updated) Former Police Chief Tom Potter Officially Announces Mayoral Campaign

November 15, 2003

• (Updated) Neighborhoods To ONI: Return To Your Roots
• The Strange World Of Police Discipline
• Neighborhoods Move To Inject Themselves Into Political And Media Spheres
• The Politics Of Neighborhood Involvement

November 14, 2003

• Reconsidering Urban Renewal Districts And Tax-Increment Financing
• Mayoral And Council Candidate Tidbits From Stern and Stanford

November 13, 2003

• (Updated) Just When Is Public Comment On New Alternatives For Transit Mall Revitalization Project?
• Neighborhood Housing Activists Conduct Pre-Summit Survey On Neighborhood Issues

November 12, 2003

• (Updated) Some Additional (And Late) Responses Regarding Leonard, Clear Channel, And Community Murals
• City Auditor Likely To Include Questions About ONI In Future Citywide Surveys
• Public Tensions, Competing Views, And Questions Of Approach As Neighborhood Summit Draws Near
• (Updated) Mayoral And Council Candidates Compare Themselves To Current City Hall

November 11, 2003

• Semi-Random Unsupported Musing: Does Katz Want Control Of ONI?

November 09, 2003

• (Updated) Exclusive: Commissioner Leonard To Announce Cessation Of Negotiations With Clear Channel Over City's Sign Code
• 'Oregonian' Columnist Slams Head Of PGE

November 07, 2003

• Leonard Declares Diginity Village To Be 'Transitional Housing'
• More On PUD Failure, PGE, And City Hall

November 05, 2003

• (Updated) More Coverage On PUD Vote Aftermath

November 04, 2003

• (Updated) PUD Measures Failing By Wide Margin
• (Updated) VOTE OR DIE! (PUD Edition)

November 03, 2003

• More Filings For 2004 Municipal Elections
• Two Perspectives On City Hall And Neighborhood Involvement

October 31, 2003

• (Updated) Kroeker Era Officially Ends As Foxworth Sworn In Under Mantle Of Community Policing
• Mysterious New Transit Mall Options Remain Unseen As Public Comment Deadline Nears
• Ye Olde PUD News Roundup

October 30, 2003

• The JTTF Oversight Amendment That Wasn't
• Does Getting 'Back To Basics' Mean Abandoning A Greater Vision For Portland?

October 29, 2003

• (Updated) City Council Unanimously Renews Terrorism Task Force, Protests USA PATRIOT Act

October 28, 2003

• PUD Candidate Coverage From 'Oregonian' And Elsewhere

October 27, 2003

• (Updated) Citing Jobs As Top Priority, Nick Fish Says No More Studies: "We Need Action, Now"
• Rojo de Steffey Out, Adams In, Fish Officially Announces

October 26, 2003

• Quick Roundup Of PUD News

October 24, 2003

• Commissioner Saltzman Releases Text Of Proposed USA PATRIOT Act Resolution
• Everyone's Smacking Down The Goldschmidt Rumor

October 23, 2003

• 'WW' Endorses PUD, As 'Oregonian' Columnist Calls Election Process Corrupt

October 22, 2003

• Interview: Mayoral Candidate Phil Busse Discusses Small Business, Public Involvement
• Yet Another Candidate Files To Run For Francesconi's Council Seat
• (Updated) Motion To Stay Injunction Granted In PUD Ballot Title Language Case

October 21, 2003

• Wither Injunctive Relief?
• (Updated) Mayor Katz Asserts City Council Not Interested In Revisiting Open Reservoir Replacement Project
• Appeals Court Could Rule Today On PUD Ballot Title Language

October 20, 2003

• (Updated) Multnomah County Appeals Decision In Court Battle Over PUD Ballot Language
• (Updated) Mt. Tabor Design Winner Has Potential To Blunt Opposition To Reservoir Burial

October 19, 2003

• (Updated) The Black Hole Of Mayoral Campaign Email Addresses
• (Updated) Tinkering With City's Sign Code, But Not Without Questions Being Raised

October 18, 2003

• (Updated) 'Sunday Oregonian' Addresses PUD Debate From Several Angles

October 17, 2003

• (Updated) Breaking News: Federal Court Issues Injunction Against Misleading Ballot Title In Upcoming PUD Election
• (Updated) A Whole Bunch Of Coverage On The Mt. Tabor Reservoirs Lately
• (Updated) Update On 2004 City Council Race

October 16, 2003

• (Updated) Attorneys With Ties To Private Utility Industry Pad List Of Contributors To Bogus 'Citizens' Group Opposing PUD

October 15, 2003

• (Updated) Opposing Camps Settle In For Three-Week Debate On People's Utility District
• Another Candidate To Enter The 2004 Race For City Council
• (Updated) Is 'The Oregonian' Working On A Big Breaking Political Story?

October 14, 2003

• (Updated) City Council Needs To Hear From Supporters Of Resolution Protesting USA PATRIOT Act

October 13, 2003

• (Updated) Officials Break Ground On Controversial South Waterfront Development

October 11, 2003

• Swirl Of Conflicts And Confusion Over Leonard's Changes To ONI Continues

October 10, 2003

• (Updated) City Nears Naming Mt. Tabor Above-Ground Design Winner

October 07, 2003

• (Updated) 'Oregonian' Weighs In On Neighborhood Involvement As Chief's Forum Questions Commissioner Leonard
• Another Mayoral Candidate Joins The Campaign

October 05, 2003

• (Updated) Websites For Candidates In Next Year's Local Elections?
• (Updated) The Financially-Lopsided Battle Over Creating A Public Utility District

October 03, 2003

• (Updated) A Couple Of Tidbits From The Mayoral Race
• (Updated) Neighborhood Activists Challenge Leonard On Role For Office Of Neighborhood Involvement

October 02, 2003

• Portland Police Bureau Releases Status Of PARC Recommendations
• (Updated) Opposing Sides On Reservoir Burial Dig In

September 26, 2003

• (Updated) City Council To Take Up Resolution Against USA PATRIOT Act (Finally)

September 23, 2003

• (Updated) PGE Front Group Starts Running Anti-PUD Television Ads

September 19, 2003

• Report On Small Business Proposes Changes For City, Business Alliance, And Development Commission

September 18, 2003

• (Updated) City Elections Website Now Includes Candidate Background Information

September 16, 2003

• 'Oregon Blog' Interviews Mayoral Candidate (And 'Mercury' Editor) Phil Busse

September 11, 2003

• Design Festival Tries To Boost (Or Bootstrap) Portland's Creative Reputation
• Business Gets 'Good Faith' Break, Manufacturer Moves Headquarters To Portland

September 10, 2003

• Some City Council Reaction To Albina Ministerial Alliance Event

September 09, 2003

• Commissioner Sten Says 'No' To Possible Mayoral Campaign

September 07, 2003

• Ron Tonkin Statement On Mayoral Possibilities
• Partial Media Round-Up On Saturday's Albina Ministerial Alliance Event

September 06, 2003

• (Updated) Albina Ministerial Alliance Report Slams Portland Police Bureau, District Attorney

September 05, 2003

• Portland Police Bureau Responds To Ten Questions From Albina Ministerial Alliance
• Scott McCollister Suspension Letter Reveals The Depth Of Mark Kroeker's Illogic
• (Updated) Is Ron Tonkin Running For Mayor? (And Other Mayoral Tidbits)
• The PARC Recommendations
• (Updated) More On The Adoption Of The PARC Report

September 04, 2003

• City Council Unanimously Accepts PARC Report, Police Bureau To Update In 30-60 Days

September 03, 2003

• (Updated) 'Portland Tribune' Reveals Former Police Chief Tom Potter To Run For Mayor
• Blumenauer's Exit Throws Next Year's City Elections Into The Air Again
• Dismissing Kroeker

September 02, 2003

• (Updated) Two Meetings To Keep Police Issues Center Stage This Week
• Past And Future Chiefs Of Police
• (Updated) Mayor Names Derrick Foxworth As New Chief Of Portland Police Bureau
• (Updated) Congressman Earl Blumenauer Announces He Will Not Launch Mayoral Campaign

September 01, 2003

• Katz To Name New Chief Of Portland Police Bureau Tomorrow
• (Updated) In Tuesday's Dueling News Conferences, Katz Addresses Kroeker And Blumenauer Announces Plans

August 31, 2003

• (Updated) Hopes And Fears As Portland Police Bureau Changes Hands

August 30, 2003

• Slim Details And Much Speculation On The Day After Kroeker's Resignation

August 29, 2003

• Resignations From Citizen Committee, A Critical Report On Police Shootings, And McColliser's Discipline
• (Updated) Portland Police Chief Kroeker Abruptly Resigns At Request Of 'Intermediaries'

August 25, 2003

• More On The Showdown Over Pioneer Courthouse

August 23, 2003

• (Updated) Francesconi Monkeywrenches Federal Construction Plans For Pioneer Courthouse

August 19, 2003

• Katz To Pitch City Fund For Business Recruitment And Retention
• Update On The Portland Bill Of Rights Defense Committee's Proposed Civil Liberties Resolution

August 18, 2003

• Blumenauer On Neighborhoods, Briefly

August 15, 2003

• Commissioner Leonard and Representative Merkley On The Gulf Of Tonkin

August 14, 2003

• So Just What Is Going On With The Obstructions As Nuisances Ordinance Anyway?

August 13, 2003

• Local 2004 Election Pieces Begin To Fall Into (And Out Of) Place

August 12, 2003

• The Gulf Of Tonkin

August 11, 2003

• It's South Waterfront Week, As 'Second Downtown' Nears Approval

August 02, 2003

• City Council Moves Towards South Waterfront Housing Compromise

July 26, 2003

• Irony Briefly Seizes Control As Citywide Public Involvement Standards Taskforce Enters New Stage
• Citing Costs, Business Coalition Joins Opposition To Mt. Tabor Reservoir Project

July 23, 2003

• Notes From The Mayor's News Conference (Plus Some Reaction)
• Leonard Gives ONI New Responsibilities (And Possible Name Change) As 'Two-Track' Bureau
• Katz Not To Seek Re-Election As Mayor

July 20, 2003

• (Updated) Comments Due In Two Days For 'What Goes On Top' Guidelines And Designs For Mt. Tabor Reservoir Replacement
• Blaming Government Policy, Letter Writer Excuses Local 'Terrorism'

July 11, 2003

• Council Changes Rules For Citizen Police Review, Community Policing's Poor Scores, And Judging Kroeker
• (Updated) City Council Makes Amendments, Heads Towards Approving South Waterfront

July 10, 2003

• (Updated) Follow-Up On Leonard's Decision Regarding Murals

July 09, 2003

• (Updated) Breaking News: Commissioner Leonard Suspends Enforcement Of Ordinance Against Murals
• (Updated) City Continues Assault On Livability, Targeting More Murals In Southeast

July 07, 2003

• (Updated) Francesconi Assumes Blumenauer Is Running As The Congressman Talks With Portlanders

July 06, 2003

• A Couple Brief Notes On The Cultural Divide Of The Thin Blue Line

July 04, 2003

• Police Records On Shootings And Deaths Missing, As Citizens Committee Shut Out

July 03, 2003

• Just A Little Random Irony
• (Updated) Police Re-Enactment Fails To Answer Questions, As Salem Considers Changes On Use Of Force
• City Council May Delay Decision On South Waterfront Plan

July 02, 2003

• (Updated) Roll Call Of City Council Members In Attendance At Kendra James Forum
• (Updated) Media Roundup On 'Catastrophe' Of Kendra James Forum
• Anger And Frustration Vented But Kendra James Forum Produces Little Real Progress

July 01, 2003

• Organizers Call Tonight's Forum Step Toward Healing And Reform As Bureau Examines Rules For Traffic Stops

June 29, 2003

• Blumenauer Launches Series Of 'Vision For Portland' Discussions

June 27, 2003

• Pearl Development Prompts Conversation About Urban Renewal Districts

June 26, 2003

• Debate Resurfaces Over City's Ban On Public Camping
• (Updated) Breaking News: Chief Kroeker On Discipline Of Officer In Kendra James Shooting

June 25, 2003

• Water Bureau Billing Mess Continues To Stir Controversy

June 23, 2003

• 'Recreation Versus Retail' In Memorial Coliseum Plans
• (Updated) Mural Battles Continue Beneath Morrison Bridge

June 22, 2003

• Memorial Athletic Recreation Center Receives Warmest Response At Public Meeting For Coliseum Plans

June 20, 2003

• Poorly-Promoted Meeting Of The Citizen Review Committee Yields Complaints About Authority And Independence
• (Updated) Plans Proceed For 'Second Downtown'

June 19, 2003

• (Updated) Evidence of A Blumenauer Mayoral Run Mounts As Second 'Vision For Portland' Event Is Announced

June 17, 2003

• Blumenauer To Discuss 'A Vision For Portland'
• BPA Claims Four Portland Police Officers Circulating Its Mayoral Recall Petition
• Forum On Kendra James Shooting Officially Announced (Plus: Independent Police Review Seeks Volunteers)
• Neighborhood Businesses Share Neighborhood Association Concerns Over Real Impact Of Public Involvement

June 13, 2003

• Young Portlanders Want Access, Outreach, and Recognition In Public Involvement

June 12, 2003

• Leonard Seeking To Give Neighborhoods Some Liquor Authority
• Blumenauer Campaign Conducting Telephone Poll Which Includes Mayoral Race

June 11, 2003

• Cultural Communities Seek Relationship Building and Cultural Specificity In Public Involvement

June 10, 2003

• On Public Involvement, City Staff Has Real Concerns (But Some Common Ground) With Neighborhoods
• Kendra James Grand Jury Speaks, Community Forum Re-Announced

June 09, 2003

• (Updated) Glancing At the Prospective Field of Mayoral Candidates

June 08, 2003

• Blumenauer On Portland, Planning, and 'Cultural Creatives' (Plus: Why I Believe He's Running for Mayor)
• (Updated) Protester Reports On Doing Time With the PBA, Writing Essay On 'Trouble'

June 07, 2003

• (Updated) As Expected, Francesconi To Run for Mayor

June 06, 2003

• (Updated) 'Recall Summer' Begins As Second Campaign Changes Name, Disavows A Supporter, and Officially Files

June 05, 2003

• Left-Wing Recall Campaign Officially Dismisses Right-Wing Recall Campaign
• County Works On Plan As State Uninterested In Collecting Tax

June 04, 2003

• 'Mercury' Story On Recalls Already Out of Date
• Freedom of Preach Redux
• Anti-Tax Activist Says West County 'Dominated By Liberal Women Leaders'
• New City Website Waits In the Wings

June 03, 2003

• Neighborhoods See Need for Transparency, Representation, and Funding in Public Involvement Process
• Unlikely Cooperation Between Recall Campaigns Ends Before It Begins
• Forum Details Surface As Aftermath of Kendra James Shooting Continues
• Artists Seek to Restore City's Murals

June 02, 2003

• (Updated) Awaiting the Convergence of Young Creatives and Public Involvement

June 01, 2003

• Journalism, Public Information, and Trust in the Kendra James Case

May 30, 2003

• (Updated) Details of Upstart Mayoral Recall Campaign

May 29, 2003

• Antagonistic Recall Campaigns Challenge Seriousness, Compatability

May 28, 2003

• Better Portland Alliance Throws Support to Upstart Recall Campaign?
• 'WW' and 'Mercury' Weigh In on Aftermath of Kendra James Shooting
• Recall Effort Grows More Complex As Second Campaign Joins the Fray

May 27, 2003

• Widening Split Between City and Portland Business Alliance?
• More on Kendra James Fall-Out

May 23, 2003

• On Parent Activists and School Board Winners
• (Updated) The Taxman Cometh (But How?)

May 22, 2003

• More Tax Vote Follow-Up
• (Updated) City Awards Garage Contract to Star Park, Minority Chambers
• Amidst Concerns Over Elitism, Waterfront Park Plan Approved

May 21, 2003

• Election Wrap-Ups

May 20, 2003

• Portland School Board Winners
• (Updated) The Vote Heard 'Round the State
• Happy Election Night (Maybe?)
• Turnout At Approximately 48 Percent
• Impacts and Intrigues of the Downtown Parking Garage Contract
• Turnout At Approximately 45 Percent
• (Updated) Complaint Filed Against 'Recall Vera' Campaign
• Vote Or Die!

May 19, 2003

• Mayor Katz to Hold Public Review of Kendra James Shooting
• One Day Until 26-48, Continued
• One Day Until 26-48

May 18, 2003

• Two Days Until 26-48, Continued Again
• May 20: Yes on 26-48 Party
• Two Days Until 26-48, Continued
• Two Days Until 26-48

May 16, 2003

• Four Days Until 26-48

May 15, 2003

• KGW Poll Finds Wide Margin for Passage of Measure 26-48
• Five Days Until 26-48

May 14, 2003

• Six Days Until 26-48
• Freedom of Preach
• Peace Encampment Announces Intention to Remain, With New Mission

May 13, 2003

• June: Upcoming Neighborhood Discussions On Citywide Public Involvement Standards

May 12, 2003

• Eight Days Until 26-48

May 11, 2003

• Nine Days Until 26-48

May 10, 2003

• The Visitation of Jack Peek
• Mayor and City Club Spar Over Report on Community Policing

May 09, 2003

• Portland Business Alliance to Lose Council Garage Vote

May 07, 2003

• (Updated) May 20 Special Election Endorsements

May 06, 2003

• Angling on the Mayoral Race
• City Bureau Recommends Taking Garage Contract Away from Portland Business Alliance

May 03, 2003

• Upcoming Portland School Board Candidates Forum On May 8

May 02, 2003

• Is Vocal Opposition to the Portland Business Alliance Growing?

April 29, 2003

• PBA Offers to Buy Mayoral Election

April 27, 2003

• Countdown to 26-48

April 25, 2003

• Run, Earl, Run

April 20, 2003

• 'Young Creatives' Target OLCC

April 16, 2003

• Public Involvement Versus 'Civic Anarchy'

April 15, 2003

• Update on PI Standards Task Force

April 04, 2003

• Sten Gives Mad Props to Weblogs

April 02, 2003

• News Conference Access, Continued

March 31, 2003

• Update on 3/27 News Conference Incident
• This Friday: 'State of the City'

March 28, 2003

• Mayor's Comments on Protests
• Protests, Policing, and Politics

March 27, 2003

• The PBA and SB 742
• Communique Barred from City Press Conference

March 26, 2003

• Save the Peace Camp
• Call Mayor, Oppose Increased Force

March 25, 2003

• 'Trib' on Protests, Tactics, Business
• (Updated) To Flag or Not to Flag?

March 22, 2003

• City Council Reacts to M20

March 18, 2003

• 'Safe City' Press Conference
• Police Bureau Policy on Antiwar Protests
• 'Operation Safe City'

March 14, 2003

• Kimbrough Carries His Past With Him

March 06, 2003

• March on the Portland Business Alliance
• Council Unlikely to Revisit War Issue
• PBA Mismanages More Money

March 04, 2003

• Bridging the Cultural Divide

March 03, 2003

• Teachers Ratify Contract

March 01, 2003

• City Tells Legislature to 'Shut Up'

February 27, 2003

• 'Possibility in the chaos'
• Keeping Up With the Schools Plan

February 26, 2003

• PBA Mismanages Budget
• School Plan Coverage, The Day After

February 25, 2003

• Strike Averted? Schools Saved?
• Tax Would 'Buy Back' School Days

February 22, 2003

• Citywide Public Involvement Standards Taskforce
• Rink Backers Change Rules, Again

February 20, 2003

• Last Night's Moot Hearing on the Reservoirs
• Tongue Lashing

February 19, 2003

• Public Forum on Reservoir Replacement

February 18, 2003

• Ghosts of Kimbrough Rinks Past

February 14, 2003

• New Ice Rink Revelations

February 13, 2003

• And Then There's the PBA School Funding Plan
• More on the Portland Business Alliance

February 08, 2003

• Catching Up on the Tax Proposals

February 07, 2003

• Student Strike in Words

February 06, 2003

• Children's Levy Ratio Dumped
• City and County Working Towards Tax

February 05, 2003

• You Cannot Petition the Council with Prayer!
• 'Mercury' Takes on the PBA

February 03, 2003

• Self-Referential Coverage
• The Pink Life

January 31, 2003

• Sleight-of-Hand in City Development Process

January 29, 2003

• (Updated) Is Leonard Literate?

January 24, 2003

• Rumblings of a Recall

January 22, 2003

• Council Shitcans Antiwar Resolution
• Onward Unto the Fireworks

January 21, 2003

• City and County Press Forward on Levy

January 17, 2003

• The Cultural Divide Between City and Citizen

January 16, 2003

• Breaking News: Reservoir Forum on February 19
• Antiwar Resolution on Its Way to Council
• Yesterday's Reservoir Comments

January 14, 2003

• Wednesday Event Reminders

January 12, 2003

• Rink Rhetoric Shifts

January 09, 2003

• Kitzhaber, Government, Community, and Portland
• 'Mercury' on Municipal Ice Rinks
• Progress on Children's Levy?

January 08, 2003

• Blumenauer to Run for Mayor?

January 07, 2003

• City Dismisses Opposition to Reservoir Plan

January 06, 2003

• Council to Get Antiwar Resolution

January 05, 2003

• Words Around the Reservoir

January 03, 2003

• Government Waste
• Plans for Citizen Survey Results

January 02, 2003

• Annual City Performance Review

December 31, 2002

• Invisible Borders
• Reservoir Group Makes 'Oregonian'

December 28, 2002

• No Rink Before November '04
• Battling for Mt. Tabor

December 25, 2002

• 'Mercury' Ponders Council's Suckage

December 24, 2002

• Leonard Versus BDS

December 23, 2002

• Whatever Happened to the Poster Ban?