Our house is old for Portland, having been built in 1892 by George Martin, great-grandfather of the Beatles’ producer, and at that time the local manager of the San Francisco Bridge Company. That company had been hired by the City of Portland to build a …
My research for the Malheur takeover has led me into the morass of public records. In theory these are documents created by public agencies which should be available to the citizenry. Some official material on the Malheur occupation is available, but most of the reports …
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Portland has thousands of homeless people in its borders, most living in tent camps on city sidewalks, undeveloped land next to freeways, and other corners. The previous mayor declared a “Homeless Emergency” which, best as I can tell, means camps will not be broken up …
It has been difficult for me to get a grasp on what has been happening every night in downtown Portland, so I talked with a friend, Caleb, who had participated in some of the demonstrations, and he agreed to show me the ropes. We met …
