http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/portland/ en-us Thu, 3 Dec 2009 23:21:09 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2399730/posts Portland has the 19th worst traffic congestion in the country, with 23 percent of the city’s roads having “heavy delays,” according to a report released Wednesday.Seattle’s road woes are the worst, followed by Los Angeles at No. 2, with 38 percent of its roads having heavy delays, followed by Chicago (37 percent), San Francisco (35 percent) and New York City (31 percent), according to global positioning system (GPS) company TomTom of Concord, Mass.The company ranked cities as most to least congested according to how fast cars could travel on the street network. Traffic was defined as congested if drivers... Portland Business Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2399730/posts#comment Thu, 3 Dec 2009 23:21:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2367386/posts A Multnomah County jury Monday ordered the city of Portland to pay three men a total of $175,000 for a 2007 encounter with police at a downtown parking garage in which the men accused officers of battery, assault and false arrest. The jurors found the testimony of two independent witnesses especially compelling. The witnesses, a young college couple, saw the entire episode and corroborated the stories of the three men: Harold Hammick, Ri'Chard Booth and Alex Clay. "Justice does work," Clay said after the verdict. "The system does work." A city attorney had argued last week during the trial that... oregonlive.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2367386/posts#comment Wed, 21 Oct 2009 12:31:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2350856/posts Video story at link http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2350856/posts#comment Tue, 29 Sep 2009 16:48:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2318434/posts In Oregon, one in four people can’t find full-time jobs Here’s the thing that worries unemployed Woodstock resident George Snipes: What if things are worse, much worse, than we are being told? They are, says Andrew Sum, an economist who heads the Center for Labor Market Studies at Northeastern University in Boston. Sum has analyzed employment data for all 50 states, and he says that those charts provide statistical verification of what Snipes feels in his gut: Oregon’s 12.2 percent official unemployment rate is something of a red herring and far from a true indicator of the social hardship taking... Portland Tribune http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2318434/posts#comment Tue, 18 Aug 2009 03:44:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2282257/posts PORTLAND, Ore. — A cell phone text exchange between Portland Mayor Sam Adams and the young man who was briefly his lover predicts "we are both ruined" shortly after the affair became public early this year. In documents released by the Oregon attorney general’s office on Tuesday, a four-page redacted summary of e-mail exchanges between Adams and Beau Breedlove last January show mutual concern for the breaking scandal. In one exchange on Jan. 27, apparently from Breedlove to Adams, Breedlove writes: "Well, now we are both ruined. Disgraced and ashamed. I’m sorry Sam." He continues: "I’m the felon, the slutty... http://news.bostonherald.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2282257/posts#comment Tue, 30 Jun 2009 10:06:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2277151/posts PORTLAND, Ore., -- There’s a new nightclub opening in Portland for people who like to swing. And it's not the tree-tire variety, community park child's activity or mid 1950s dance style. Club Sesso opens Friday to Portland couples who like to have sex with other couples -- or singles who enjoy having sex with other couples. And iconic porn film star Ron Jeremy has lent his name and prestige to downtown's newest destination. Club Sesso is located on SW 1st Avenue. Paul Smith, its owner, is relocating from Clackamas and expects a lot of business. Portland just doesn't have a... NW Cable News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2277151/posts#comment Mon, 22 Jun 2009 22:56:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2273553/posts Saudi Arabian Muslim Student Raed Al-Saif at Univ. of Tampa Tries To Get On Plane With 7 inch Butcher Knife in His Carry On Bag, the last name "Al-Saif" is linked to Al-Qaeda. Fifteen of the nineteen on 9/11 hijackers were from Saudi Arabia they used box cutters and small knives to take over control of the 4 airplanes on 9/11. The United States government determined that al-Qaeda, headed by Osama bin Laden, bore responsibility for the attacks, with the FBI stating "evidence linking al-Qaeda and bin Laden to the attacks of September 11 is clear and irrefutable". The Government... Islam in Action http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2273553/posts#comment Wed, 17 Jun 2009 13:51:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2274060/posts PORTLAND, Ore. - Portland Mayor Sam Adams could lose two homes in north Portland after falling behind on his mortgage payments. The homes in question sit side-by-side on North McClellan Street in the Kenton neighborhood and both are now in pre-foreclosure. KATU obtained a copy of two notices of default against the properties, showing the mayor has not paid a mortgage payment on either home for five months. With late fees, that adds up to over $10,000 in back payments. Adams said Tuesday his financial problems stemmed from the fact that he had to pay up front for legal bills... KATU http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2274060/posts#comment Thu, 18 Jun 2009 01:17:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2252884/posts In October, as the stock market tanked and the economy shed 400,000 jobs, Matt Singer moved from Oxnard, Calif. to Portland, Ore. He didn't have a job, but he was attracted to the city's offbeat culture and hungered for change. Mr. Singer's plan was to get an editing or writing gig at an alternative weekly newspaper, the job he was doing in California. Seven months later, the 26-year-old is still without a steady job -- and still here. "I wasn't really aware of how bad the job situation was at the time," says Mr. Singer. This drizzly city along the... Wall Street Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2252884/posts#comment Sun, 17 May 2009 23:17:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2244860/posts Mayor Sam Adams was involved in a three-car accident Sunday that resulted in no injuries but left a few questions about the cause. Adams was driving his GMC pickup about 6:15 p.m. at 1457 North Hayden Island Drive, near the parking lot of Car Toys at Jantzen Beach. Ryan Reed said he was turning his 2002 WRX Subaru wagon right from North Hayden Island Drive into the Car Toys parking lot when Adams' pickup, which was behind his car, "T-boned" his vehicle, striking the passenger side. Reed, an employee of the Tigard Car Toys store, said the impact pushed his... Oregon Live http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2244860/posts#comment Tue, 5 May 2009 21:51:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/747510/posts PORTLAND - Tests indicated explosives residue on the luggage of a local Islamic religious leader arrested at the Portland International Airport on charges of document fraud, a federal prosecutor said Monday at the man's arraignment. Sheik Mohamed Abdirahman Kariye, 41, was arrested at the airport without incident around noon Sunday and booked at the Multnomah County Jail. Kariye on Monday pleaded innocent to two felony charges of using false information - including a changed name - while applying for and receiving three different Social Security cards between 1983 and 1995. The federal indictment also alleges that Kariye used an altered... KATU-TV http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/747510/posts#comment Tue, 10 Sep 2002 00:12:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2198749/posts The National Theme is Repeal the Pork, Cut Taxes -- the local event will focus on "accountability".Here's the National Website: taxdayteaparty.comMore than 50 cities this time More than 30,000 participants this time More details coming! If you are interested in collaborating in the organization and execution of this event, please email: geoffludt (at) gmail (dot) comtwitter: @breaktheirbonesphone: 503 320 4399 PortlandTeaParty.tumblr.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2198749/posts#comment Wed, 4 Mar 2009 05:44:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2188639/posts PORTLAND, Ore. -- The man at the center of an investigation into Mayor Sam Adams' sex scandal has done a nude photo shoot for an undisclosed amount of cash. The Advocate reported Beau Breedlove accepted Unzipped Magazine's offer to be featured on the magazine's May cover, going Los Angeles last weekend for the shoot. "He came to L.A. to prove that the Portland scandal does not define his sexuality,” Unzipped's Online Editor Sean Carnage told Advocate.com. Oregon Attorney General John Kroger is investigating whether Mayor Adams engaged in illegal activity in the relationship. A firestorm of debate has raged over... Northwest Cable News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2188639/posts#comment Wed, 18 Feb 2009 22:40:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2175483/posts PORTLAND, Ore. - New details are emerging every day as the pieces of the scandal surrounding Portland's embattled mayor continue to unfold and people come forward. A longtime friend of Beau Breedlove, who spoke with KATU News on condition of anonymity, has new light to shed on the scandal that has divided the city into two sides - those for and against Mayor Sam Adams. In this latest development, Breedlove's friend told KATU News that he heard from him almost four years ago that he was having sex with a Portland politician - at a time when Breedlove was 17... KATU http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2175483/posts#comment Sat, 31 Jan 2009 06:03:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2172572/posts PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Mayor Sam Adams, who has admitted lying about a sexual relationship with a teenager, said Sunday that he would not resign. A city commissioner, Randy Leonard, told The Associated Press that Mr. Adams had left a phone message in the morning saying he had decided to remain in office. Two other commissioners told The Oregonian of Portland that Mr. Adams, the city’s first openly gay mayor, had told them the same thing. The fourth, Amanda Fritz, declined to comment. Efforts to reach Mr. Adams were unsuccessful. The Oregonian’s editorial page has called for his resignation, as... New York Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2172572/posts#comment Tue, 27 Jan 2009 13:39:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2172049/posts PORTLAND, Ore. -- A man opened fire outside a downtown Portland nightclub Saturday night, killing two girls and wounding seven other people before shooting himself in the head, police said. Gunfire erupted near the popular downtown bar Kells Irish Pub and the underage nightclub The Zone at about 10:30 p.m., according to the Portland Police Bureau. Police said nine people were shot on the sidewalks and streets outside the two establishments. By the time police arrived, a teenage girl had already died, police said. A second teenage girl died after being taken to a Portland hospital. The victims have been... KPTV.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2172049/posts#comment Mon, 26 Jan 2009 18:19:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2168887/posts You'd think, listening to Portland Mayor Sam Adams' apologies for his poor judgment in having sex with a teenager, that the whole thing was a passing mistake. A misjudgment, maybe, covered up by a pro forma lie in the heat of a campaign. When pressed, Adams on Monday reversed that long-standing lie about his 2005 relationship with a young man named Beau Breedlove and admitted that it was sexual, not platonic or mentoring. Adams apologized Tuesday for lying and for pressuring Breedlove into lying, too, when the rumors about them first arose in 2007, early in the mayoral campaign. Adams... Oregonlive http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2168887/posts#comment Wed, 21 Jan 2009 18:00:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2168150/posts One thing we seem to breed in Oregon are big political scandals, and the latest one is hitting Portland Mayor Sam Adams with gale force. Adams admitted to The Oregonian and Willamette Week Monday that he lied back in September of 2007 when he denied rumors that he had had a sexual relationship with a teenager who had been a legislative intern. Adams, who is openly gay, said that while he first met the intern, Beau Breedlove, when he was 17, the two did not have sex until after Breedlove turned 18. When rumors about the two first surfaced in... The Oregonian http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2168150/posts#comment Tue, 20 Jan 2009 17:43:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2167775/posts Story Updated: Jan 19, 2009 at 5:25 PM PST By KATU.com Staff PORTLAND, Ore. - Newly sworn-in Mayor Sam Adams has admitted having a sexual relationship with a teenage intern he met in 2005, according to Willamette Week, a news partner of KATU. The paper said it spoke with Adams Monday afternoon while the mayor was in Washington D.C. In that interview, the paper reports, Adams said the relationship with Beau Breedlove lasted for a couple of months in 2005. Adams and Breedlove met in 2005 when Breedlove was 17 years old. Adams told Willamette Week the pair had a... Willamette Week http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2167775/posts#comment Tue, 20 Jan 2009 01:34:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2167772/posts Mayor Sam Adams acknowledged today that he had a sexual relationship in 2005 with an 18-year-old man he had mentored. He said he lied when asked about it in 2007 and told the young man, Beau Breedlove, to lie about it, too. The revelations come nearly a year and a half after Adams and Breedlove insisted, in the weeks after rumors surfaced in summer 2007, that their relationship was strictly platonic. Adams, who is openly gay, said he had acted as a mentor to Breedlove, then 17, at a time when the legislative intern was struggling to come out of... The Oregonian http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2167772/posts#comment Tue, 20 Jan 2009 01:31:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2167735/posts Rita Skeeter must be writing for The Oregonian these days. For those of you not familiar with the Harry Potter books, the Rita Skeeter character is a reporter who writes articles that are so thoroughly slanted towards a particular point of view that they contain very little truth (if any). It appears that since leaving The Daily Prophet, Rita Skeeter is now working and writing for The Oregonian under the pen name of Betsy Hammond. Portland's biggest newspaper published Hammond's article in their Sunday edition, titled In a Changing World, Portland remains overwhelmingly white, that is so full of libtarded... http://redhotright.blogspot.com/ http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2167735/posts#comment Tue, 20 Jan 2009 00:26:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2160348/posts Servers suffer as gratuities, and their incomes, plummet with the economyNobody is sitting at the rack at Mary’s Club on a Friday afternoon. The rack is the counter that lines the stage at Mary’s, an institution among Portland strip clubs, at 129 S.W. Broadway Ave. Customers who sit at the rack, up close to the dancers, are expected to tip dollar bills or more throughout the performances. In fact, there’s a sign in Mary’s Club that reads, “If you’re watching and not tipping, you’re stealing.” But it’s easier to watch and not tip from seats further back or at the... Portland Tribune http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2160348/posts#comment Wed, 7 Jan 2009 17:58:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2142616/posts Still seeking to out lib the liberal Mecca’s of San Francisco and Seattle, Portland, Oregon is home to a class of professional protesters who live only to protest. Nothing energizes these moonbats more than the United States defending itself or fighting those who seek our total destruction. It should come as no surprise that once again, the malcontents that have infested Portland are seeking to make Portland a Sanctuary City where those who desert the obligation they volunteered for in our Military can come to when they need a safe place to live. The anti-war ilk in Portland desire the... Right In A Left World http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2142616/posts#comment Thu, 4 Dec 2008 07:11:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2142012/posts Activists from several peace groups will go before the Portland City Council today seeking support for making Portland a sanctuary for military resisters -- service members who have gone AWOL to protest the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. They hope the City Council will instruct police officers to ignore federal arrest warrants if they make a traffic stop of a soldier absent without leave. The activists say such a stance is backed by the city's formal opposition to the Iraq war. And, they say, it's in line with the city's withdrawal from the federal Joint Terrorism Task Force as well... The Oregonian http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2142012/posts#comment Wed, 3 Dec 2008 10:34:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2130902/posts PORTLAND -- Students are trying to get a Portland school re-named after President-elect Barack Obama. Portland Public Schools was already in the process of re-naming the school currently known as “Clark K-8 at Binnsmead School” and a naming committee is working on a list of suggestions that the public will eventually vote on. But after the November election, some of the students got the idea to throw Obama’s name into the ring. A couple of people have e-mailed the school, suggesting it be named after the new American leader and Willamette Week was even reporting that students at the school... kgw.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2130902/posts#comment Wed, 12 Nov 2008 19:33:06 GMT