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Oh yeah. People use bikes here too, don’t they?

Hallo Interwebs!!!
morganpdx, new OurPDX blogger here. Welcome to my VERY FIRST POST.
So I figured my first post oughta be super informative and relevant and, well, Portlandy.
So obviously, that means bicycles. How about the mayor, our own embattled Sam, actually forgetting about them?
Seriously? Yeah.
Remember Snowpocalypse? Well, the mayor’s office released a survey [...]

Of Garbage Collection & Igloo Building

by djtv

You see, I had an entire post planned about how annoyed I was that it seemed as if the city’s garbage contractors put no effort into making it through the winter weather. It had all the tough stuff argumentative posts are made of. Buy some chains! Make an effort, everyone else did.
Then as I [...]

12.25.2008 See the rest → 1 comment

Found On Road Dead

by Cosmic Charlie

My older brother and brother-in-law were always play-fighting over which GM product was better: Ford or Chevrolet? Ford was Found on Road Dead. Chevy? Shove it or Leave It. While the debate followed them both to the grave, this week’s storm played no favorites. It was an equal opportunity car-killer.

In my travels, [...]

12.24.2008 See the rest → 2 comments

Why Closing Half the City Schools Doesn’t Work

by Betsy Richter

My kids have been out of school for most of this week. If you have kids, you’re also probably cranky, stressed and less than thrilled with all of this white crap on the ground already (or else you are a freaking saint and I don’t want to know you. Or want some of [...]

12.20.2008 See the rest → 6 comments

Snowpocalypse!!!111eleventy!! Storm Open Thread

by Aaron

Sunday morning update: It’s now snowing – yes, for real. Follow the reports filed by the Twitter Storm Team!
This just in: There is a 100% chance of weather striking the Portland area in the next few days. We might all be buried under 50 FEET OF SNOW! Or maybe not. [...]

12.14.2008 See the rest → 19 comments