AltWeeklies Wire
Seven Things Portland Should Do to Get Serious About Being Greennew
Sometime between Gov. Tom McCall's speeches and Al Gore's Nobel Prize, Portland ceded the green crown. Here's how to get it back.
Willamette Week |
Corey Pein |
04-16-2008 |
Environment
Portland's New Tent Citynew
The city's day labor site on MLK Boulevard still has fences to climb.
Willamette Week |
Corey Pein |
03-12-2008 |
Immigration
Tags: Immigration
Internet Addiction: The Seedy Underbelly of the Information Superhighwaynew
An estimated 9 million people in this country are addicted to the internet -- if true, this means it is more seductive to Americans than cocaine (with 6 million regular users).
Willamette Week |
Corey Pein |
02-27-2008 |
Tech
Pee-Town Revisitednew
In an effort to provide homeless people a place to relieve themselves, Portland kept its City Hall bathrooms open overnight. So far, that's cost the city $46,500 in its first five months.
Willamette Week |
Corey Pein |
01-30-2008 |
Policy Issues
Tags: public policy issues
The New Order: Portlands Publicly Financed Electionsnew
The surge of publicly funded candidates raises two key questions before the financing program goes to a voter referendum in 2010: Can the city afford it? Is it too easy to get public financing?
Willamette Week |
Corey Pein |
01-30-2008 |
Politics
Welcome to Pleasantville, er, Portlandnew
More Taxes? No problem! Does this city ever take off its rose-colored glasses?
Willamette Week |
Corey Pein |
01-16-2008 |
Politics
Hyping the Weathernew
A recent Oregon storm may not have lived up to the hype -- but the coverage could be more frightening than the event. To wit, our awards for the past few days.
Willamette Week |
Corey Pein |
12-05-2007 |
Media
Tags: media
Prison Can be a Walk in the Parknew
Picking up wet leaves in the cold for 5 cents an hour is an opportunity to "develop appropriate work habits," according to the Oregon Department of Corrections and Portland Parks and Recreation. It's also an opportunity for Portland Parks to save $387 a day by hiring state prisoners to do work that city union officials say should be done by its full-time employees.
Willamette Week |
Corey Pein |
11-28-2007 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Portland Foresees Big Bill for Prez Candidate Securitynew
The Portland Police Bureau expects to spend $600,000 guarding presidential candidates who campaign here in 2008. That sum could pay the annual salaries of 15 new officers.
Willamette Week |
Corey Pein |
11-07-2007 |
Politics
Turns Out Portland's Not So Bike-Friendlynew
But here's how it could be.
Willamette Week |
Corey Pein |
10-31-2007 |
Transportation
Tags: transportation
Is Oregon Congresswoman's Bill a 'Blank Check' for Bush Spies?new
U.S. Rep. Darlene Hooley is in an odd spot for a Democrat -- sponsoring a wiretapping bill that civil libertarians warn is a ripe for abuse.
Willamette Week |
Corey Pein |
10-17-2007 |
Politics
Should We Divest From Iran?new
Oregon's pension funds help keep Iran's government afloat, but some would like to change that.
Willamette Week |
Corey Pein |
10-10-2007 |
International
Tags: Iran, international
Faith Takes On Reason in Latest Anti-Meth Media Blitznew
Television stations in Portland, Eugene and Medford are donating airtime to a documentary, called Crystal Darkness, which echoes the current federal line on meth -- a message that's faith-based, in-your-face and, according to independent studies, ineffective at best.
Willamette Week |
Corey Pein |
10-03-2007 |
Drugs
Inside Portland's 'Transportation Mafia'new
Depending on your point of view, Earl Blumenauer has either masterfully maneuvered the levers of Washington to achieve longstanding goals, or brazenly used tens of thousands of dollars he's raised from those who stand to benefit from the streetcar expansion to make federal funding possible.
Willamette Week |
Corey Pein |
09-19-2007 |
Transportation
Tags: transportation
Expansion of Portland's Free Wi-Fi is Stallednew
Pacific Power and the wi-fi provider, MetroFi, have failed to strike a deal for how much to charge MetroFi for drawing power to run its system.
Willamette Week |
Corey Pein |
08-29-2007 |
Tech
