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News

Saturday | September 4, 2010

Tearin' Up The Parking Lot
City Commissioner Nick Fish helps "Depave" a SW Portland church's parking lot, transforming it from asphalt-covered dead zone to community garden.
Go to story: Depave photos

Friday | September 3, 2010

Locker Room Pragmatism
City assures public it's providing Portland's homeless folks with access to storage lockers for "practical--not just humanitarian--reasons." Will "creeping compassion" ultimately undermine self-righteous ruthlessness and free-market fanaticism? Experts fret over the "inevitable unwinding" of multiple decades of carefully contrived pro-corporate cultural conditioning.
Go to story: Homeless get storage lockers in Portland

Thursday | September 2, 2010

Multnomah County "Taps Out" Disposable Plastic Water Bottles
Commissioner asks employees to "pledge" oaths of loyalty.
Go to story: Multnomah County "Takes Back the Tap!"

Wednesday | September 1, 2010

Portland Dealt A Bad Hand
Aces come down hard on the Beavers.
Go to story: Reno Aces defeat Portland Beavers

Tuesday | August 31, 2010

Food Cart Fight
Will Bing's Food Cart Finder best Google Maps' Food Carts Portland!?! The battle rages as iPhone and Android apps skulk nearby.
Go to story: Battle of the Portland Food Cart Apps

Monday | August 30, 2010

Former Transportation Office Spokeswoman Awarded DUII
Mary Volm falls off motor scooter while allegedly intoxicated. Mid-life transportation crisis for would-be Portland City Councilperson?
Go to story: Former Portland candidate faces Ore. DUII charge

Sunday | August 29, 2010

The "go by streetcar" sign at NW Lovejoy and 10th in Portland.

A Streetcar Fuels Desire
Other towns covet Portland's street car success.
Go to story: http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2010-08-30-streetcars30_ST_N.htm

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 == News ==
+=== Saturday | September 4, 2010 ===
+'''Tearin' Up The Parking Lot'''<br />
+City Commissioner Nick Fish helps "[http://depave.org/work/vermont-hills-community-garden/ Depave]" a SW Portland church's parking lot, transforming it from asphalt-covered dead zone to community garden.<br />
+Go to story: [http://www.portlandonline.com/fish/index.cfm?a=315916 Depave photos]
 === Friday | September 3, 2010 ===
 '''Locker Room Pragmatism'''<br />
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 Go to story: [http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2010-08-30-streetcars30_ST_N.htm http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2010-08-30-streetcars30_ST_N.htm]
-=== Saturday | August 28, 2010 ===
+[[Old news|(''Go to older news stories >>>'')]]
-[[File:Electric-car-juice-pump.jpg|thumb|Electric car cattle prod.]]
-'''Electric Car Cattle Prod'''<br />
-Oregon's governor pushes an electric car "future" while [[TriMet]] [http://blogs.wweek.com/news/2010/02/10/trimet-cuts-the-grim-details/ eviscerates public transit]. Will [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mountaintop_removal_mining strip mined coal] compete with [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-helvarg/gulf-oil-disaster-not-war_b_625938.html oil wars] as the [http://www.nader.org/index.php?/archives/1425-The-Progressive-Magazine-The-Profit-in-Highway-Slaughter.html roadway slaughter] continues?<br />
-Go to story: [http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=128277194891981800 Road to electric cars not so easy]
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