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Gil Johnson

Flushing The Bike Plan Into The Sewer?

Sam Adams, still our fair city’s mayor, is the Will Rogers of public works projects—he’s never met one he didn’t like.
Especially if it has something about it that’s trendy, green or sustainable.
Today, the City Council will vote on Adams’ proposal to siphon $20 million from Portland’s sewer fees to jump start the recently enacted 2030 [...]

“I Thought Of That While Riding My Bike”*

by Gil Johnson

The past week’s glorious weather has permitted me to actually look up and around as I’ve pedaled my bike throughout town. The veil of drizzle was lifted and the sun illuminated some things I hadn’t been paying attention to. Such as:
Yard signs. This may be too much to ask in a town where one still [...]

02.22.2010 See the rest → 2 comments

African-American Man Stopped by Portland Police, Lives

by Gil Johnson

A young African-American man remains alive and in good health today after being stopped and questioned by Portland Police officers last night.
The man, who said his name is Martell Jered Brandon, was neither tasered, shot with a bean bag gun, shot with a high-powered rifle nor bludgeoned after being intercepted by a pair of police [...]

02.15.2010 See the rest → 19 comments

Measures 66 & 67: Let’s Do The Math

by Gil Johnson

Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: “Businesses don’t pay taxes; they just pass the cost of taxes on to—“
OK, so you’ve heard that. Most recently, you probably heard that from the opponents of Measures 66 and 67. One of their arguments is that Measure 67 in particular is nothing more than a sales [...]

01.20.2010 See the rest → 6 comments

A Statement Left Out of the Voter’s Pamphlet…???

by Gil Johnson

Yes, it’s time for another election — this time, the January 26th Special Election. Registered voters have already received their Voters Guide, with ballots due any day now. But we’ve uncovered a statement from a concerned citizen that inexplicably didn’t make it in the Voters Guide. We’re republishing it here in its entirety, [...]

01.10.2010 See the rest → 11 comments