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Housing Bureau Boldly Demands Almost All of City's Remaining Surplus Cash
by Denis C. Theriault Portland City Hall's annual budget dance has kicked off pretty much on schedule—after the budget office this afternoon posted long-awaited 2015-16 funding wish lists from the...
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SpongeBob still exists. Let's pretend he doesn't. by Denis C. Theriault MY FAVORITE THING about SpongeBob SquarePants is knowing that the guy who voices SpongeBob's fat and dimwitted best friend,...
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In his State of the City speech, Charlie Hales pitches woo at the labor movement. by Denis C. Theriault TOM CHAMBERLAIN, the head of the Oregon AFL-CIO and an occasionally rumored political candidate,...
View ArticleJohn Kitzhaber Should Resign as Governor, Says the Oregonian Editorial Board
by Denis C. Theriault The Oregonian's editorial board, the opinion arm of the state's largest daily paper, called on Governor John Kitzhaber to resign this afternoon—unable to stomach the latest burst...
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by Denis C. Theriault So... I guess we're paging Governor Kate Brown now? The ongoing ethics scandal swamping Governor John Kitzhaber's office—over the blurred lines between his fiancée's private...
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ACLU Sues Two Years After Gresham Transit Officer Forcibly Seizes, Searches...
by Denis C. Theriault More than two years after a Gresham transit officer grabbed hold of a police accountability advocate filming the aftermath of a man's arrest in downtown Portland—seizing her...
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Governor Kate Brown? Kitzhaber Resignation Rumors Hit Fever Pitch
by Denis C. Theriault All hail Governor Kate Brown?After MSNBC tweeted this morning that the secretary of state, who would replace Governor John Kitzhaber in the event of a resignation, had suddenly...
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Oregon's Governor? It's Still John Kitzhaber, Says John Kitzhaber
by Denis C. Theriault Governor John Kitzhaber's attorney had already told the Oregonian, using fuzzy words like "hope and expect" in the face of today's sudden flurry of resignation rumors, that...
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Getting back together with the feds won't save us from terror attacks. by Denis C. Theriault PRETTY MUCH EVERYONE in Portland City Hall agrees that our cops' current casual relationship with the FBI's...
View ArticleGood Morning, News: Kitzhaber's Resignation Switcheroo! "Peace" with Putin!...
by Denis C. Theriault Governor John Kitzhaber really WAS going to quit yesterday, according to several of the Oregonian's sources, who went into remarkably deep, keen, and insightful detail about the...
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Kate Brown Just Sent a Damningly Strange Email About Governor Kitzhaber
by Denis C. Theriault Yesterday's weirdness over Governor John Kitzhaber's increasingly shaky handling of the ethics scandal swamping his career—he changed his mind about resigning? after calling...
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After Top Democrats Demand His Resignation, the End Appears Nigh for Governor...
by Denis C. Theriault The scandal-fed political vise squeezing Governor John Kitzhaber in recent weeks has tightened untenably over the past few hours.The state's treasurer, Ted Wheeler, and two top...
View ArticleGood Morning, News: Laptop Wars! LGBT Bigotry! The Continuing Saga of John...
by Denis C. Theriault The suddenly invisible Governor John Kitzhaber sure had a horrible day yesterday. An agonizingly public yoyo bounce over his resignation in the face of steadily building...
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The John Kitzhaber and Cylvia Hayes Scandal: A Handy Primer
by Denis C. Theriault This was originally posted at 10 am yesterday. It's been updated to reflect developments since then that culminated in the announcement this morning that Governor John Kitzhaber...
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Charlie Hales Has Begun Raising Serious Campaign Cash—from a Longtime...
by Denis C. Theriault It's been 16 years or so—the end of Vera Katz's second term—since Portland's had an incumbent mayor running for re-election. Put that way, it seems like an astounding amount of...
View ArticleThe Chairman of the Multnomah County GOP Has a Novel (Dick Joke) Take on...
by Denis C. Theriault What's that saying, "Don't stick your ___ in crazy?" Yeah, looks like @GovKitz broke that rule.— Eric Fruits, Ph.D. (@ericfruits) February 13, 2015
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Who's mostly to blame for Governor John Kitzhaber's resignation? John Kitzhaber. by Denis C. Theriault THE ONLY DRAMA left for Governor John Albert Kitzhaber, in the final hours of a historic fourth...
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Hales' plans for the Central Eastside would benefit a major campaign donor. by Denis C. Theriault MAYOR CHARLIE HALES might have timed things a little bit better, given what's become of John...
View ArticleGood Morning, News: Jerome Kersey Has Died, You Can't Smoke in Parks, and...
by Denis C. Theriault Jerome Kersey, who famously wore No. 25 for the Portland Trail Blazers during what was arguably their apotheosis, was a legendary link to the Portland that lived and grunted...
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Hales, with "Reluctant" Vote, Swings Portland Back into FBI Anti-Terror Task...
by Denis C. Theriault denis c. theriaultChief Larry O'Dea, left, sits benignly. Across the room, activist Joe Walsh turns his back to the council.It was so much easier back in 2001, almost a...
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