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PDXppl: Chris Stevens on the “Oregon Stag” Shirt

Tuesday, September 15, 2009

PDXppl is a series of profiles of Portlanders and area residents and what they do.
In any city, flashy marketing tends to take off more than in other localities. Take the “I ♥ NY” shirt or any sports team products as prime examples. Here in Oregon, we’ve come across one such example of a product as [...]

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PDXppl: Nancy Stovall, Vice Chair of the Old Town Chinatown Neighborhood Association

Sunday, July 26, 2009

PDXppl is a series of profiles of Portlanders and what they do. Be sure to take a look at the PDXppl page on the right-hand sidebar of this page where you can keep up on the urban gens of Portland!
Over the past couple of weeks I have been a harsh critic of the University of Oregon’s (UO) [...]

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What Change Brings

Tuesday, July 21, 2009

Pioneer Courthouse Square is my favorite place to meet someone. It’s also the best place to attend a public event, as we saw last Thursday. It’s got a long name, no doubt, but I find I have taken to shortening its name to “the Square” more than once. The space is often marketed as “Portland’s [...]

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Portland: Livability, U.S.A.

Wednesday, July 1, 2009

In case you missed it, the passed two days have been big for Portland. The MAX Green Line saw its inaugural run with head politicos of the Portland area and the Oregon Congressional delegation. (Mayor Sam Adams was missing due to a City Council meeting that happens on Wednesdays.) Today, none other than the Secretary [...]

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TriMet: a public agency with no elected officials

Friday, June 26, 2009

In light of the stark definition in the title of this post, I do not intend to criticize TriMet for not having elected officials in its ranks. I realized this fact after reading a post today over at Portland Transport today. Fred Hansen is not elected, this is true. But I question whether a publicly [...]

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