This Week in the Mercury
Thursday, October 1, 2009
News Read The Goddamn News
Posted by Matt Davis on Thu, Oct 1, 2009 at 8:33 AM
NOT POLICING THEMSELVES Are lawsuits the only real discipline for Portland cops?
GOING...GOING...GO, ALREADY Recall spokesman Jasun Wurster essentially admits defeat at council.
A MATTER OF OPINION County picks Chip Shields for senate district 22. Controversy ensues.
WE'RE #1! NOT GOOD ENOUGH! Portland is now the USA's number one bicycling city, but our spending on bike routes is falling behind other cities.
There's also a couple of niiiice features for you to wrap your chops around.
FULL CYCLE: On the bike builders in the Oregon Manifest handmade bike festival that starts tonight. Cue BIKEGASM!
TAKING THE HIGH GROUND: About Ethan Nadelmann, the Harvey Milk of drug reform, who came to Portland recently and has some great ideas for our policy-makers. Starting with folks in power who use drugs on the weekends "coming out" about it.
Read the goddamn news.
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