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Multnomah County hires Willamette Week news boss Hank Stern without an interview.
The Portland Mercury  |  Matt Davis  |  04-22-2011  |  Politics

Portland City Hall's Popularity Contest Has Been Shaken Up by the Adams Scandalnew

Portland City Hall is as fraught with popularity anxiety as a Hollywood high school prom. And it seems to be going through a curious reorientation in social pecking order following revelations that our metaphorical football captain, Mayor Sam Adams, kissed 17-year-old Beau Breedlove in the building's second floor restroom.
The Portland Mercury  |  Matt Davis  |  02-05-2009  |  Politics

Portland Mayor's Sex Scandal Strikes Backnew

Two weeks to the day after taking his oath of office as Portland's first gay mayor, Sam Adams admitted that he'd lied about the nature of his sexual relationship with teenage legislative intern Beau Breedlove, and that he had coached Breedlove to lie about it on his behalf.
The Portland Mercury  |  Matt Davis  |  01-22-2009  |  Politics

Disturbing the Peacenew

Anarchists break off from PDX peace march.
The Portland Mercury  |  Matt Davis  |  03-22-2007  |  Politics

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