http://blogtown.portlandmercury.com/BlogtownPDX/archives/2009/06/25/24000-on-public-agency-credit-card-too-much Comments On: $24,000 On Public Agency Credit Card: Too Much? by Matt Davis en-us Copyright 2009 Portland Mercury. All rights reserved. This RSS file is offered to individuals, Portland Mercury readers, and non-commercial organizations only. Any commercial websites wishing to use this RSS file, please contact Portland Mercury. webmaster@portlandmercury.com (Portland Mercury Webmaster) Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:00:01 -0800 Sat, 21 Nov 2009 21:15:00 -0800 Foundation http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Posted by you've been poisoned.]]> Thu, 25 Jun 2009 20:16:59 -0700 Portland Mercury
Posted by Will Radik]]> Thu, 25 Jun 2009 19:19:10 -0700 Portland Mercury
Still though, I don't think Woolson has done anything wrong. He reports to the MERC Commission. The MERC Commission wants Woolson to advocate for a HQ Hotel, and similar projects. Woolson has only done what his bosses asked of him.

And having an after-hours work meeting at American Cowgirls isn't scandalous. I've been to that joint a dozen times for happy hour, and there was never any dancing on the bar or an amateur stripper pole. There weren't any customers either. Which is why the joint is no longer in business.
Posted by Anonymous503]]> Thu, 25 Jun 2009 14:57:50 -0700 Portland Mercury
This has to do with some very specific slight or transgression, probably over the convention hotel or maybe the CRC.

Doesn't really matter. Woolson's days are numbered. Metro is getting power-hungry, so they'll take control of the hiring process and fire him. Reminds me of the City Council's grab of the PDC purse strings. Politicians are busy consolidating power in this town, but no one raises a stink because these are supposed to be the liberal "good guys."

It's unclear to me that this position at the MERC really calls for "analysis" more so than "public relations." Anytime we chase another person with some kind of private-sector, business sensibility out of a public position we lose, because the public sector doesn't understand sh*t. That doesn't mean they should be subservient to private interests rather than the public, just that the understanding is very valuable.

(Bragdon is going to be mayor someday because he's fresh-faced, liberal, and lives and breathes the "Portland Way" planning nonsense that Metro spews, despite all evidence that it doesn't actually reflect any kind of reality.)
Posted by Blabby]]> Thu, 25 Jun 2009 14:44:18 -0700 Portland Mercury