This Week in the Mercury
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Politics One Question Interview with Oregon's New Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici
Posted by Sarah Mirk on Tue, Jan 31, 2012 at 10:10 PM
With 54 percent of the vote (so far), say hello to your new Congresswoman, Oregon!
Suzanne Bonamici has long been projected to win this race against Rob Cornilles, taking over the Congressional seat stretching from West Portland to Astoria that David Wu vacated mid-term last year.
The hustle and bustle of the campaign party after the results were called at 8pm tonight was pretty insane—as media swarmed the new Congresswoman, each reporter got the chance for only one question. Bonamici is only the state's fourth sixth female Congressional representative and tomorrow is a big celebration of women winning the right to vote in Oregon, so I asked her about WOMANHOOD.
One question interview:
MERCURY: How do you feel like being a woman has affected your political perspective?
SUZANNE BONAMICI: "I'm excited about the opportunity to represent this district. Being a woman doesn't have much to do with it, I didn't have any say in the matter. I think there are certainly a lot of young women who have this night as quite an accomplishment, because they want women around the table in leadership. But I've always said, I don't want people to vote for me because I'm a woman, I want them to vote for me because I'm qualified and because of the priorities we share."
Interesting!
That's a bit different than Governor Barbara Roberts' perspective, when I talked to her earlier in the evening about her thoughts on having a female representative for Oregon.
One question interview:
MERCURY: Do you think there will be an impact to having a woman, specifically, in our delegation?
GOV BARBARA ROBERTS: "It's been embarrassing to me to have an entire congressional delegation, no matter how good they were, without a single woman representing the gender that I belong to. This is a really important step for Oregon, to give us a better sense of representation for more than half of our population."
That's all! Goodnight!
Fashion The Specialty Store
Posted by Marjorie Skinner on Tue, Jan 31, 2012 at 6:50 PM
The Sticks & Stones-led The Specialty Store is finally poised for its big official debut. This Saturday (6:-10 pm) at the shop (524 NW 23rd), peruse lines like New York's Pvblic, Chicago's Designer Drugs, and Portland's Harding & Wilson over celebratory drinks and Saucebox chow, plus DJs Lionsden and Easter Egg. Bonus: All (increasingly high end, having moved into the materials territory of woolly mammoth tusk and extinct mackerel shark teeth) Sticks & Stones merch will be 25% off during the event.
- Sticks & Stones
- Siberian Mammoth cufflinks by Sticks & Stones
Sexual Politics Breast Cancer Foundation Pulls Money from Planned Parenthood
Posted by Sarah Mirk on Tue, Jan 31, 2012 at 4:34 PM
Forget Republican pressure to pull funding from Planned Parenthood—the nonprofit's long-time ally in fighting breast cancer, the Susan G. Komen foundation, has done the job for them, yanking $680,000 in grants from Planned Parenthood.
The Komen Foundation's reasoning is that they don't give grants to groups under local, state, or federal investigation. Planned Parenthood is in the midst of a politically motivated probe, spearheaded by a Florida Republican at the request of anti-abortion groups, that's looking into whether Planned Parenthood misspent money. The Komen Foundation has also been under pressure. As NPR reports, several conservative charities have boycotted Komen for its ties to Planned Parenthood, including one group that recalled a pink Bible it had sold to raise money for breast cancer research.
The end result of this is that women may have to pay more for breast exams, or not receive them at all. Planned Parenthood had used the Komen grant money to perform 170,000 breast cancer exams in the past five years. That's a lot of cancer-catches to throw away.
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- Just FYI.
Events It's Happening Tonight!
Posted by Alison Hallett on Tue, Jan 31, 2012 at 3:44 PM
IF YOU WANT BLOOD—Dario Argento is a sick man. He makes sick movies. They look like the sort of rancid fever dreams a sick brain would sweat out under satin sheets. 1977's Suspiria is the distillation of every twisted, nightmarish filmmaking fetish Argento's ever had, into a glossy, beautifully disturbing masterpiece of giallo-inspired horror. BR
Hollywood Theatre, 4122 NE Sandy, 7:30 pm, $7
FORGET IT, JAKE—1974's Chinatown is one of those classics that's actually as amazing as everybody says it is. Roman Polanski, Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway, John Huston, and screenwriter Robert Towne join forces in a truly extraordinary way, and seeing it on the big screen hardly ever happens, so... yeah. Go. EH
Academy Theater, 7818 SE Stark, showtimes, $4
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Books Tonight in Poetry: Eirean Bradley Book Release
Posted by Alison Hallett on Tue, Jan 31, 2012 at 3:14 PM
Tonight at Backspace, a release party for the I in team, the first book of poetry from Eirean Bradley, host and organizer of the Portland Poetry slam. (oh hi steve, what Blogtown poetry ban.) In addition to Bradley, whose above poem made me laugh 3 times, tonight features readings from Smalldoggies Magazine co-founder, Matty Byloos, two-time National Poetry Slam Champion Mighty Mike McGee, and more.
That's tonight at 7 pm, $5.
Poll / Music Radio Moscow: Who's the Asshole Here?
Posted by Ned Lannamann on Tue, Jan 31, 2012 at 2:58 PM
Here's a clip of heavy-psych band Radio Moscow show, from their January 7 show in Ames, Iowa. The band kind of broke up after this, and you'll see why. Here's the short version, distilled from Radio Moscow's PR people: "DRUMMER HURLS FRONTMAN PARKER GRIGGS' OWN GUITAR INTO GRIGGS' HEAD—SENDING HIM TO THE EMERGENCY WARD TO RECEIVE 14 STITCHES TO THE FOREHEAD."
But as you'll see from the video, it looks like Griggs might have started the whole incident by throwing his guitar at the drummer to begin with. As least that's how it looks to me.
The press release also includes a photo of Griggs with stitches in his forehead, which I'll include for ya after the jump. It goes on to say that Griggs quickly assembled a new backing band—and the newly constituted lineup of Radio Moscow plays in Portland tonight, opening for Graveyard at the Doug Fir.
So I ask you, readers, after watching this video—
TV Eastbound & Down Season Three Trailer!
Posted by Wm.™ Steven Humphrey on Tue, Jan 31, 2012 at 2:29 PM
Here's the funny extended season three trailer for Eastbound & Down, which seems to suggest a "love" triangle of sorts between Kenny, Stevie, and Kenny's new best friend—as well as "sunsets that rock my nuts off."
E&D returns Feb 19 on HBO.
Transportation TriMet Gets Tough on Fare Jumpers
Posted by Nathan Gilles on Tue, Jan 31, 2012 at 1:59 PM
If a fare inspector were to catch you trying to skip out on your fare he or she could either: give you a warning, give you a citation, or exclude you from TriMet for up to 90 days.
In December 2011, TriMet issued 10 times as many citations as it did in December of 2010.
Basically the city has decided to replace warning riders who try to skip out on fares to citing them. The figures from TriMet show this trend—note how warnings and citations have been flipped from 2010 to 2011:
Election 2012 The New GOP Platform
Posted by Dan Savage on Tue, Jan 31, 2012 at 1:44 PM
Introducing "Polymormonism."
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Occupy / Bikes Police Release Disco Trike!
Posted by Sarah Mirk on Tue, Jan 31, 2012 at 1:29 PM
The sparkly gold Disco Trike impounded during last week's Occupy solidarity march has been freed! Though police initially told disco tricyler Dan Kaufman that they would hold onto the iconic bike until the court date for his "unlawful operation of sound producing equipment" citation, apparent intervention from the mayor led police to spring the bike early, at Kaufman's request.
Kaufman showed up at the police evidence room this morning wearing a jean jacket, tight blue jeans, an American flag handkerchief, and aviators. I met up with him briefly downtown, where he was taking a victory lap through the central city, blasting KC and the Sunshine Band.
"So what's next?" I asked.
"I'm thinking of planning some kind of civil discobedience," replied Kaufman. Watch out!
Update! The mayor's office says Sam did not intervene in DiscotrikeGate, but directed Kaufman to discuss his property with the police, who decided to release the bike. The mayor and his staff do not get involved in ongoing investigations.
SEX #SexyWhitePeopleProblems
Posted by Wm.™ Steven Humphrey on Tue, Jan 31, 2012 at 12:59 PM
If you haven't read today's Savage Love Letter of the Day, I urge you to do so immediately—especially if you feel like becoming ENRAGED WITH ENVY. Nutshell: Two wildly sexy people (photo attached, OMG) are complaining because the equally sexy girl they want to have a threesome with is engaged.
#SexyWhitePeopleProblems
Anyway, I would happily murder every kitten in the world to boink these two, and it's incredibly frustrating to know that a) they'd never boink me in a billion years, and 2) even if they did want to boink me, they'd ultimately say "no thanks" at the last minute because I murdered all those kittens.
Seriously, READ THIS THING. It will simultaneously make you horny and lose all will to live.
Events / Music Tonight in Music
Posted by Courtney Ferguson on Tue, Jan 31, 2012 at 11:44 AM
- Ghost (Via)
Hawthorne Theatre—Ghost, Blood Ceremony, Ancient VVisdom, 7 pm, $13-15, all ages
Al's Den—Marty Marquis, Eric Earley, Mike Elias, 7 pm, free
Branx—Emilie Autumn, 8 pm, $15-17
Bunk Bar—Sucker for Lights, Foreign Orange, 10 pm, $3
Doug Fir—Graveyard, Radio Moscow, 9 pm, $10-12
Mississippi Studios—Benyaro, On the Stairs, The Lower 48, 8 pm, $6-8
Film / TV Everybody Loves the Tim & Eric Movie!
Posted by Erik Henriksen on Tue, Jan 31, 2012 at 11:29 AM
Haha, jk. About a third of the audience walked out of Tim & Eric's Billion Dollar Movie at Sundance.
As the movie started, Wareheim said he was lingering in the lobby and caught some of the early walkouts."A woman and, I think, her two daughters were leaving right away," he said. "She sees me, and under her breath, she goes, 'Ugh ... You call that creativity? I spent money on that shit?'" He shrugged. "The movie is not for everyone. But there is a part of us that is like, 'Yes!' if it moves people to yell at it or get out. That's great."
There's more to that article (including the fact that a lot of people liked it, too), but I mostly just like the idea of infuriated people walking out of a movie and then immediately bumping into one of the movie's stars in the lobby. Normally that would be kind of awkward, but this lady sounds like she was pretty stoked about the opportunity.
Tim & Eric's Billion Dollar Movie doesn't open in theaters until March 2, but it's available on demand now. Also, it hasn't been screened for critics yet so I can't tell you if it's legitimately terrible or if it's just Tim and Eric's usual shtick that people just weren't prepared for. So I guess you should buy it and then see if you end up walking out of your house.
TV In TV News You Don't Care About: Simon Cowell Cleans House (Read: Fires a Bunch of People)
Posted by Wm.™ Steven Humphrey on Tue, Jan 31, 2012 at 11:14 AM
UNNGHHH!!! I hate all singing reality shows—HOWEVER! I did get a malicious hateful glee out of occasionally tuning in to Simon Cowell's X-Factor, primarily for the following reasons.
1) I like to see him fail.
2) While the singers are somewhat better than those on Idol, that's like saying the glass of donkey semen is somewhat cooler and less viscous today.
3) I hate, hate, HAAAAAAAATE "Pussycat Doll" judge Nicole Scherzinger. In fact she's just maybe two degrees less loathsome than Kim Kardashian—the most hated monster on the planet.
Anyhoo, thanks to abysmal ratings, Simon Cowell is taking drastic measures to save the show by wiping out THREE of the show's stars! From Deadline:
Not only are host Steve Jones and judge Nicole Scherzinger exiting from the Fox show, but now a Simon Cowell insider just told me that his longtime friend and American Idol colleague Paula Abdul won’t be returning as an X Factor judge next season. I understand from sources that none of the three left on their own accord and that it was cleaning house day at the so-so rated reality series. It’ll be interesting to see if there’s any backlash against Simon because of Paula’s popularity.
X-Factor? You've lured me back as an occasional hate-filled viewer for another season.
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- "Tonight's pink slips are brought to you by... Pepsi!"
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Election 2012 No More "Eye of the Tiger" for Newt?
Posted by Paul Constant on Tue, Jan 31, 2012 at 10:59 AM
I personally bore witness to the Newt Gingrich campaign's love of "Eye of the Tiger" when I wound up in the front row of his concession speech in Iowa. But unsurprisingly, and as briefly mentioned by Sarah in GMN, it looks like Newt wasn't allowed to use that song:
The composer of the Survivor hit "Eye of the Tiger" has sued Newt Gingrich to stop the Republican presidential candidate from using the "Rocky III" anthem at campaign events.The lawsuit was filed Monday in federal court in Chicago by Rude Music Inc., the Palatine-based music publishing company owned by Frank Sullivan, who composed the song and copyrighted it in 1982. The lawsuit states that as early as 2009, Gingrich has entered rallies and public events to the pulsing guitar riffs of the song...
Man, yesterday was a shit day for Gingrich. First Mitt Romney called him "sad" and "flailing", and then the composer of one of his favorite songs tells him he no longer has the eye of the tiger.
Food BagelWatch 2012: Kettleman's Update
Posted by Alison Hallett on Tue, Jan 31, 2012 at 10:44 AM
According to the Portland Business Journal,
The Einstein Noah Restaurant Group on Monday said it will offer several kettle-style boiled bagel varieties at its Portland-area Einstein Bros. Bagels stores following its acquisition of Portland-based Kettleman Bagel Co.The Denver-based restaurant chain in November announced that it had acquired the smaller, Portland upstart. In a news release Monday, the company said it would rebrand the five Kettleman locations as Einstein stores over the next five months
But as part of the transition, it is inviting Portland consumers to visit the company's Facebook page — Facebook.com/einsteinbros — through Feb. 13 to vote on their favorite flavor of boiled bagel. The company will announce the top flavors on Feb. 13, three of which will be added to the menu of Einstein's Portland locations.
But click on over to their Facebook page to find the survey, and it's completely buried in posts like this one:
I like good bagels too, but the foodie anguish on display in the comments over there is a tiny bit hilarious.
SEX SL Letter of the Day: We Found Our Unicorn—But She's Engaged!
Posted by Dan Savage on Tue, Jan 31, 2012 at 10:29 AM
We’re a happily married couple who, after a lot of thought and conversations, have decided that we want a threeway with another woman. Through Craigslist, we found a woman who is everything we’re looking for with just one problem: she’s engaged. Her fiance doesn’t know anything about what she’s doing: doesn’t know we exist, doesn’t know that she’s looking, and doesn’t even know she wants a threeway.We’ve encouraged her to be open with her fiance and see if we could possibly do this without deceiving him, but she says that’s a non-starter. There are no extenuating circumstances; he’s doesn't have an unusually low libido or anything like that. For her, it’s a last chance to do something wild before she gets married, and we’re pretty sure she’s going to have a threeway whether it’s with us or with another couple. But we just don’t think it’s ethical to help her be a cheating POS (after all: we’re not devout Catholics like Callista Gingrich).
Are we making the right ethical call here? We’d really like to fuck this girl (and she’d really like to fuck us), but right now we’re leaning towards telling her that if she can’t do this without reaching some kind of understanding with her fiance, then she can’t do it with us.
We attached a photo in the hope that it will encourage a response. Thanks!
Penny And Marco
P.S. We’re huge fans of your column and your podcast. You’ve made our sex life better, our marriage stronger. So thanks.
My response—and, yes, the picture—after the jump.
Fashion / Artsy Magical Beasties
Posted by Marjorie Skinner on Tue, Jan 31, 2012 at 10:14 AM
An offbeat First Friday submission from the up-cycling accessory innovators at Redux: Proprietress Tamara Goldsmith has teamed up with painter and jewelry designer Zachary Pryor for a series of animal portraits whose flat painted surfaces are embellished with 3D elements like seashells and dried flowers in what they're calling their "homage to magical beasties not necessarily from this world." The results are a perfect fit with the winking nature of many of the quirky finds at Redux, which you'll be able to peruse at the opening reception this (First) Friday from 6-9:30 at the shop, aided by the sounds of DJ Dragons & Sh*t. Also, Redux is one of the many retailers participating in Sunday's massive Bargain Hunting clearance sale (a full list of vendors is here) at the Crystal Ballroom from noon-5 pm, your chance to score goods from indie shops and other vendors on the ultra-cheap, complete with cocktail in hand.
- Redux
TV Today in "Donkey Semen": The Story I Refuse to Let Die
Posted by Wm.™ Steven Humphrey on Tue, Jan 31, 2012 at 9:59 AM
According to Claire, producers left the semen sitting out all day in the hot sun — and by the time she got to drinking it, it was boiling hot ... which made the smell unbearable.Claire said it was extremely bitter going down ... "with hints of hay" — and she vomited several times before successfully drinking the entire glass.
As for how the donkey stuff compares to the human variety — Claire added, "It's a lot thicker."
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Politics / Girls Only! / SEX Virginia State Senator Janet Howell is an American Hero
Posted by Dan Savage on Tue, Jan 31, 2012 at 9:44 AM
I'm in love with this woman:
Irked by abortion bill, Va. senator adds rectal exams for menThe state Senate this afternoon gave preliminary approval for legislation that would require pregnant women to undergo ultrasound imaging before an abortion, but not before rejecting a Democratic senator’s attempt to add what she described as “ a little gender equity” to the bill. Democrat Janet Howell of Fairfax County proposed requiring men to undergo a rectal exam and a cardiac stress test before getting prescriptions for erectile dysfunction drugs such as Viagra. “This is a matter of basic fairness,” Howell said.... “It’s requiring [women] to have unnecessary medical procedures, it’s adding to the cost and it’s opening them up for emotional blackmail,” she said on the Senate floor today. “And I was upset because it’s disrespectful of doctors. It’s forcing them to perform procedures they don’t think is necessary.”
She said she was watching television in her hotel room that evening and saw an ad for an erectile dysfunction drug that included a recitation of “all the serious things that could happen to a man who was going to take this medication.... So, I said, it’s only fair, that if we’re going to subject women to unnecessary procedures, and we’re going to subject doctors to having to do things that they don’t think is medically advisory, well, Mr. President, I think we should just have a little gender equity here,” Howell said, explaining her amendment.
Send her an email, tell her she's awesome: SenHowell@gmail.com. (And, no, I haven't looked into her positions on other issues because, at least for right now, I don't want to know.)
News Good Morning News!
Posted by Sarah Mirk on Tue, Jan 31, 2012 at 9:29 AM
24 Hours Till Everyone Shuts Up About the Florida Primary: OH GOD. SO CLOSE. In the meantime, Mittens is still far ahead Newt in the polls, Newt is still being sued for using "Eye of the Tiger" as his theme song, and massive pythons are still the scourge of Florida swamps.
It's Election Day in Oregon! If you happen to live in David Wu's ex-district, in West Portland all the way to Astoria. It is very, very likely that Suzanne Bonamici will triumph over Rob Cornilles tonight but, still, get voting!
Um... Panic? A US intelligence report says Iran is totally willing to attack the US.
Getting Serious: Hillary Clinton is heading to the UN to chime in on plans to pressure Syria's leader to step down, rather than continue slaughtering protesters.
Getting Even: Virginia State Senator Janet Howell was disgusted by a bill that would require ultrasounds for women seeking abortions, so she tacked on a clause requiring rectal exams for men seeking erectile dysfunction prescriptions.
One Trillion Dollars! That's what the deficit will hit this year.
Stephen Colbert's Fake PAC Raised $1 Million: He's pretending to spend the cash on zeppelin rides and unicorns.
Occupy DC Evicted: The protesters vow to remain in their camps despite police requests to move along.
High Stakes Stress Test: The UN testing Japan's nuclear reactors to see if they can withstand another emergency.
Sad Story: The 11-year-old with a gun on the MAX has been placed in state custody.
Cops v. Cameras: A court case in Eugene sets the precedent that police can't review material on cameras without a search warrant.
LGBTQI-Z Big Nonprofit News! LGBT Youth Resource Group Joins Forces With Q Center
Posted by Sarah Mirk on Tue, Jan 31, 2012 at 8:59 AM
While it was prompted in part by bureaucratic necessity, the move segues with a larger societal awareness of queer youth issues like bullying. SMYRC provides counseling and outreach to between 700 and 1,000 local youth on Washington and Multnomah County contracts that total $207,000. For example, it runs the Washington County Pride Project, which runs discussion groups for Beaverton, Hillsboro, and Sherwood teens and families.
Ninety percent of the kids enrolled in SMYRC programs remain or return to school, according to county data, compared to the state's 67 percent graduation rate. SMYRC also runs a beloved drop-in center out of a Cascadia Health building on NE MLK Boulevard.
After SMYRC's executive director stepped down in August 2010, Cascadia wanted to use the building for other projects and it wasn't clear where the youth group would land.
"SMYRC was kind of up in the air. We just raised our hands," says Q Center public relations manager Logan Lynn. "Queer youth need a home and it fits right into our mission, so it was kind of a no brainer. We are the community center for the entire community, but our youth program needed to be beefier."
The merger adds two full-time youth staffers to Q Center's three-person full-time staff. While SMYRC's current home on NE MLK will close, the center will move to a new site (likely also in Northeast) and all of its current programs will continue with the Q Center as its umbrella.
Sports Blazers Lose on the Road (Again), Blazers Suffer a Gruesome Knee Injury (Again)
Posted by Ezra Ace Caraeff on Tue, Jan 31, 2012 at 6:22 AM
In a scene all too familiar to Blazers fans, Portland came up short while on the road, falling 93-89 to the Utah Jazz last night. In a scene all too familiar to Blazers fans, a Portland player left the game with a horrifying knee injury. But other than those things, how was your Monday?
Nicolas Batum was the latest Blazer to be helped off the hardwood as he "twisted" (his words) or "fucked that shit up" (my words) his knee during the game's final minute. Wanna watch a French man suffer? Fine, click here. He downplayed the incident after the game, but a MRI today will determine if Batum is the first Blazers knee-related casualty of this season (other than Oden, I guess) or if his injury just looked worse than it actually was. Regardless, I am purchasing this oh-so-clever domain name.
Nearly as alarming as witnessing Batum's knee snap in two is how the Blazers once again collapsed when not surrounded by the Chalupa-starved masses at the Rose Garden. Now 3-8 on the road, Portland had little excuse to lose to a Utah team that was absent their top scorer in Al Jefferson. Yet they did. The usual suspects—Wesley Matthews, a turnover prone Jamal Crawford, a turnover eating Raymond Felton—all played their part in this latest meltdown. Toronto, Cleveland, New York, Minnesota—all of these teams have fared better away from home than Portland has this season. This fact isn't as looming as today's MRI results, but the Blazers inability to pick up wins outside of Portland is going to be a real issue in the coming months.
2:16 PM UPDATE:
...and exhale. The MRI robot says Batum has a left knee bone contusion. He'll be day-to-day.
Monday, January 30, 2012
Politics City Transportation Workers Protest Cuts
Posted by Sarah Mirk on Mon, Jan 30, 2012 at 5:20 PM
About a hundred union city transportation workers and supporters took to the streets of NE Portland today, marching to protest the $16 million budget cut that could cut 100 jobs and numerous basic projects, like street cleaning. "Sam! Sam! Where are you? You say you're mayor, but you cut your crew!" the crowd shouted, as it headed from North Stanton to Dishman Community Center.
A couple photos of the protest, attended by Democrat House Leader Tina Kotek and City Council candidate Mary Nolan, are below the cut. But the one that sums up the workers' sentiment best is a snapshot below of the two buttons worn by 20-year city veteran Garth Rand: Vote for change, but... aw, shit.
Rand is a "CSI"—no, not a flashy TV show crime scene dude, but a humble sewer investigator. "They have all these grandiose projects, but they don't budget for maintenance," says Rand. "It's coming back to haunt us."
"Do you think your job is on the chopping block?" I asked, but before Rand could answer, another worker shouted back, "Mayor Adams is on the chopping block!"
Union outrage over cuts is unlikely to actually stay the city's axe. The bureau is looking at a giant budget hole for several reasons and at least some cuts seem inevitable.
Jessica Peill-Meininghaus, a mother of four whose husband works as a city carpenter, is optimistic that turning out for the protest can at least make the impact of job cuts clear. She brought her kids to a city council meeting in December and had them occupy the front row, all holding signs saying, "Mr. Mayor, this is an emergency." "You may just see his name on a piece of paper, but there are five people who rely on him," says Peill-Meininghaus, who adds her family would likely have to move if her husband loses his job. "We need to find a long term solution, not a short term cut."
TV RuPaul's Drag Race Returns! TONIGHT!
Posted by Dan Savage on Mon, Jan 30, 2012 at 3:29 PM
I am so damn excited.
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