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WINNERS
1. Metro Executive Mike Burton
won points for political courage with his recommendation
last week that the tri-county agency go to the voters for
a much-needed new property tax. If Burton gets his way he'll
go head-to-head with activist Bill Sizemore, whose measure
to cut Metro's tax base is also aimed for the November election.
2. The city gave the Portland French School a big
win over neighborhood opponents, approving the school's
conditional use permit, including the right to enclose the
school's front yard, which locals had hoped would remain
an open space.
3. Hookers, strippers and others opposed to Portland's
new escort regulations got a boost when a big crowd showed
up for the pre-Valentine's underwear show at Berbati's,
netting the Portland Area Privacy Alliance about $700 for
its fight with City Hall.
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LOSERS
1. It's not often that a city hearings officer takes it
in the shins, but Elizabeth Normand did twice last
week for her Jan. 17 ruling that capped attendance at Sunnyside
Centenary United Methodist Church and clipped its homeless
feeding program. The O's Steve Duin trashed her on Feb.
8 and then, three days later, City Hall released a memo
saying the limit was flat-out dumb.
2. The Port of Portland just can't get a break.
All it wants is to dig down a few more feet in the channel
to bring big ships in from the ocean. First, dredging in
the Willamette River was stopped thanks to a potential Superfund
listing. Now, conservation groups have filed a lawsuit against
the Columbia River dredging, citing that pesky endangered
species listing of the salmon.
3. Portland's political and cultural community
lost a spirited voice last week when Sigrid Clark died of
meningitis at the age of 59. Best-known as the wife of former
mayor Bud Clark, she was also a savvy businesswoman (she
started Mother Goose Antiques) and an accomplished symphony
violinist.
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