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WINNERS
1. Good news for pro-labor vegetarians. The
state's farmworkers union has called off a three-year boycott
of Gardenburgers, Inc. The union targeted the company because
Gardenburgers' distributor, Norpac, was viewed as anti-labor.
But last week Gardenburgers announced it will be peddling
its own patties, putting the tasty veggie pucks back on
the politically correct menu.
2. You have to hand it to defense lawyer Pat
Birmingham. In February, a jury deadlocked in the high-profile
perjury trial of his client, Clackamas County District Attorney
Terry Gustafson. In Gustafson's retrial last week, much
of the same evidence was presented. This time, the judge
threw out the whole case.
3. The homeless and the hungry won
big in Portland's 12th annual Chef's Night Out benefit.
The April 26 gig grossed $71,800, a 9 percent jump from
1998. The popular shindig, held at the Portland Center for
the Performing Arts, featured over 35 of the city's best
restaurants offering up sample-sized victuals to support
Oregon Food Bank, Sisters of the Road Cafe and St. Vincent's
Food Train.
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LOSERS
1. Portland book baron Mike Powell narrowly
failed in his effort to keep his 350 employees from signing
on with the International Longshore and Warehouse Union.
The 161-to-155 vote means Powell will have to prepare for
the company's first contract negotiations.
2. Not everyone is thrilled about the reopening
of the Hawthorne Bridge. Bicyclists are bummed because
the county will now remove the 13-month-old bike path from
the Morrison Bridge--even though elected city, county and
Metro officials want to create a permanent bike path across
the bridge. County officials say it's too expensive because
they have to rent the concrete barriers that separate cyclists
from cars. Cyclists will plead their case at a public hearing
at Metro on May 4.
3. Talk-radio fans are now without one local voice
following KEWS' canning of longtime talk jock Bill Gallagher
Monday. Gallagher's left-of-center views apparently didn't
mix with the station's Limbaugh-anchored lineup. The worst
part for Gallagher is that he got the ax just hours before
he was to interview Nick Hornby, one of his favorite authors.
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