AltWeeklies Wire
Fourteen Fascinating Things from the Investigation of Portland's Mayornew
Behind the report Oregon Attorney General John Kroger released regarding the investigation of Portland Mayor Sam Adams' relationship with Beau Breedlove is an extraordinary amount of detail even the casual observer should find fascinating.
Willamette Week |
Nigel Jaquiss, Beth Slovic and James Pitkin |
06-24-2009 |
Politics
How an Oregon Guru Raked in Millions as a New Age Psychicnew
Eric Pepin is a balding, heavyset 42-year-old from Beaverton, Ore. who claims he can heal the sick, control the weather, travel between dimensions and communicate with God. He teaches his secrets on CDs and DVDs that sell for up to $299 each on his website. And people buy them.
Willamette Week |
James Pitkin |
05-13-2009 |
Culture
Tags: Eric Pepin, New Age
An Ex-Lab Assistant at an Oregon University Charges Its Researchers with Cruelty to Rodentsnew
Tony Carr abruptly walked away from a lab assistant job at Oregon Health Science University after three months, saying OHSU's animal research can't be justified ethically or scientifically. Now Carr is going public, hoping his story will prevent unnecessary suffering and lead to better science that doesn’t rely as much on animals.
Willamette Week |
James Pitkin |
04-22-2009 |
Animal Issues
A Portland Cop Says a Complaint About His Boss's Dirty Dance Stifled His Careernew
Officer Tom Brennan says his career as a Portland cop hit a dead end the night a superior officer ground his crotch against Brennan’s wife at Dixie Tavern.
Willamette Week |
James Pitkin |
03-11-2009 |
Crime & Justice
One Woman Challenges Oregon’s Rollover for a Health Insurernew
When Karen Kirsch’s health-insurance premium jumped from $444 a month to $559 a month in one year, she called bullshit on Oregon's State Insurance Division by challenging a rate increase it approved.
Willamette Week |
James Pitkin |
02-18-2009 |
Economy
Oregon Rep. Takes Aim at State Insurance Divisionnew
Oregon Rep. Chip Shields plans to introduce a bill in the coming weeks that would tighten procedures and encourage more public input in the State Insurance Division's rate-approval process.
Willamette Week |
James Pitkin |
02-18-2009 |
Politics
He Joined the Gang When He Was 13, Now He Can't Get Outnew
Membership in one of the nation's most notorious criminal gangs can have its benefits: money, girls and a ready cadre of friends. But it may also be a dead end with no easy exit.
Willamette Week |
James Pitkin |
02-18-2009 |
Crime & Justice
Some Portlanders See a Double Standardnew
A city leader loses his job when the public learns embarrassing details of an affair he’d cultivated in his past. Portland Mayor Sam Adams’ current predicament? No. It’s the situation faced in 2006 by then-Police Chief Derrick Foxworth.
Willamette Week |
James Pitkin |
02-04-2009 |
Politics
Profiles In Caution: Half of Oregon's Democratic Lawmakers Bravely Have No Commentnew
After years complaining that the Bush administration instituted torture, lied its way into a war that killed more than 4,000 Americans, and generally treated the Constitution like toilet paper in a Taco Bell bathroom, senior Democrats now show little stomach to pursue criminal charges.
Willamette Week |
James Pitkin |
01-21-2009 |
Civil Liberties
Meet the Oregonians for McCain After Backing Clintonnew
A search of campaign records turned up seven such people. Together they've given McCain just 0.4 percent of the $920,444 he's raised here. But the fact that their existence points to a problem for the Obama campaign that runs deeper than a handful of bitter donors in one blue West Coast state.
Willamette Week |
James Pitkin |
10-01-2008 |
Politics
Federal Raid on Iranian Charity Stokes Debate About Tightened Bush Sanctionsnew
Two weeks after federal agents raided the largest Iranian charity in Oregon, employees at Child Foundation have regained possession of their seized cell phones and fax machines. But the feds are still holding the charity's computers and remaining silent about the reasons behind a raid that's alarmed many Iranians.
Willamette Week |
James Pitkin |
07-31-2008 |
Civil Liberties
A Portland County Proposes Calorie Counts on Chain-Restaurant Menusnew
Portland's dual reputations as a food-lover's mecca and a bastion for progressive politics may soon be married on menus across the city.
Willamette Week |
James Pitkin |
07-16-2008 |
Food+Drink
Why Doesn't Oregon Let Bounty Hunters Chase Down its Most Wanted?new
Since 1974, this state has banned bail bondsmen from operating inside its borders -- one of only four states in the country to do so. Critics say it's no coincidence that in Portland alone, there are thousands of wanted criminals walking the streets.
Willamette Week |
James Pitkin |
07-02-2008 |
Crime & Justice
The Death of a Landlordnew
Plenty of people want to kill their landlord. Not many are accused of actually doing it, hacking him to pieces, offing a roommate at the same time, then dumping both bodies 30 miles away in the sticks.
Willamette Week |
James Pitkin |
06-11-2008 |
Crime & Justice
Clinton Campaign Owes Oregon Public Schoolsnew
As Sen. Hillary Clinton’s bid for the Democratic presidential nomination flames out, her campaign leaves behind more than $40,000 in unpaid rental costs and overtime fees at Oregon public schools where she and ex-President Bill Clinton spoke.
Willamette Week |
James Pitkin |
06-04-2008 |
Politics
