Pacific Northwest
Same time, next year
Yeah, yeah, 2007 was a busy year. Now, brace yourself for the Rose City in 2008.
Kimberly Marlowe Hartnett
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Politics
That's not a soup can, it's a political statement!
Shopping 'ꀘtill you drop is, like, so over. Consumers with time on their hands and anarchy in their hearts prefer shopdropping [http://weburbanist.com/2007/12/26/shopdropping-the-subversive-art-of-reverse-shoplifting/http://www.url.com], or reverse shoplifting, which entails adding bogus products
Culture
Condo woes
Ah, carefree condo living. I could tell you about the condominium building that allows two dogs per unit, a rule neatly circumvented by a guy who walks his four pit bulls one pair at a time, denying that he's got a pack of the critters in his 600-square-foot studio. Or the woman who hangs her linge
Elections
603, 503, whatever, just vote
I got a call at home in Portland Monday morning, and the number on my Caller ID started with 603, which is the area code for New Hampshire, that quirky New England state where I lived more than 20 years ago. I pounced on the call, imagining some long-lost friend on the other end – the ideal distract
Politics
In Portland, the sheriff is in a spitball showdown
The turf war is escalating in Oregon's Multnomah County between Sheriff Bernie Giusto, accused of big-time mismanagement and some hinky morals, and County Chairman Ted Wheeler, who aims to take over the running of the county's jails. Most places, fists would probably be flying. Here, things remain o