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May 2008
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Recently in Politics Category8:59 -- With Admans and Fish the winners, the question is what does the City Council look like in the 'coming months and then into next year...Fish probably becomes a Potter ally for the short term, giving ther mayor the chance to move a final agenda with Dan and Nick's votes...then Nick has to figure how he plays it so that he maintains a close enough working relationship with Adams when the new Council forms around Mayor Adams Oregon Matters! Portland Mayor Tom Potter announced Monday morning that he would not seek a second term, begging two questions: Who will replace him? And how will his term as Mayor be remembered? As for who's next, the coming months will see plenty of political skirmishing, but think two words: Sam Adams. Mayor Potter's legacy includes an ongoing committment to improve Portland's homeless problem, most recently with the hotly debated >> Continue reading: Mayor Potter's Legacy Democratic Presidential candidate Barack Obama made his first visit to Portland over the week. The visit was a success for the campaign, which raised $400,000 from the appearance. Meanwhile, Nielsen measurements show Obama is number one on...
The laws of supply and demand know no bounds. With enlistments slumping, the Army has announced it will pay a signing bonus of $20,000 to any new recruits. The signing bonus is offered to new privates who ship out by September 30th, the end of the Army's fiscal year -- proving that while business may be war, war is also a business.<...
Remember the Grand Floral Parade taping brouhaha? Amanda Fritz is thrilled she got asked to sit on Portland's Official Duct Tape Committee: And perhaps the most enticing aspect of this issue is that nobody's life will be irreparably damaged, whatever the Council adopts in the new policy. So many City issues involve millions o... Today's Murmurs column in Willamette Week says oregon is "making a splash" in the presidential fundraising race. By Aaron Weiss In addition to Open Secrets, The NY Times campaign finance site is an amazing tool for comparing candidate fundraising.
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In a surprise to just about no one, Oregon House Speaker 
Nigel Jaquiss cites "highly-placed" sources who tell him Oregon House Speaker