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Thursday, May 13, 2010

Mercury Best Illustration We Never Got To Run

Posted by Matt Davis on Thu, May 13, 2010 at 3:08 PM

We'd slated a story for Tuesday night about Mayor Sam Adams cutting the Police Bureau's mounted patrol unit as part of his upcoming budget. Obviously a lot has happened since then, and we ended up going with a story about the settlement of the James Chasse Jr suit. Which itself seems like weeks ago now, but that's newspapers. Jon Sperry whipped out this incredible illustration, which never made it into the paper. And based solely on a description of the illustration on Monday night, the Mayor asked for a framed copy, so...

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Hey, speaking of newspapers and a week being a long time in politics, check out this interview I did with Jake Thomas from the Portland Observer on Sunday (scroll down to the second video). We go back and forth bitching about everything that's wrong with Portland, but I go on at considerable length about the need to reprioritize mental health focus in the police bureau, the Chasse case still not being settled, and the fact that the Mayor really should take charge of things from Dan Saltzman. I'm not saying me and God talk every day, or anything. But the interview seems eerily prescient just four days later.

 

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Nice work, Jon!
Posted by Jackattak on May 13, 2010 at 3:21 PM · Report
2
i hate those god damn horse patrols. they just harass people and shit everywhere. really, i have to move so you can walk down the sidewalk on a horse, wtf?
Posted by andres on May 13, 2010 at 3:30 PM · Report
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I like the $ signs for eyes on the pig. It's the little details like that make Jon so good
Posted by Sūṕër Ḉḩüñdŷ on May 13, 2010 at 3:47 PM · Report
4
Gays shoot horses, don't pay.
Posted by Alexjon on May 13, 2010 at 3:52 PM · Report
5
HOLY SHIT!!! : D
Posted by Will Radik on May 13, 2010 at 3:53 PM · Report
6
Great picture, but can't imagine Adams would really want to hang that. Did he really ask for a copy? Or am I just being really gullible?
Posted by Blabby on May 13, 2010 at 4:12 PM · Report
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@Alexjon: My vote for comment of the week.
Posted by rabblevox on May 13, 2010 at 4:15 PM · Report
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Matt, how can you possibly give up all your power to control policy in Portland to go hobnob with insufferably southerners in New Orleans???
Posted by Ted on May 13, 2010 at 5:01 PM · Report
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I suppose it was too late to add Saltzman and Sizer to the cartoon ...
Posted by Andrew Wilkins on May 14, 2010 at 11:25 AM · Report

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