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WINNERS
1. Solid reporting and fortuitous timing helped
The Skanner scoop Portland's bigger media
(including Willamette Week) on Sept. 29. The weekly
paper was first to report that Lawrence Dark, the embattled
Urban League boss, was calling it quits.
2. OK, so Marshall Glickman didn't land a
Triple-A baseball team by the city's Oct. 1 deadline, but
that didn't stop city officials from telling the Teflon
promoter they wouldn't derail his Civic Stadium deal, and
it sure didn't keep The Oregonian from running its
flattering page 1 job about the "showman" on Oct. 3.
3. Nancy Powell, the atheist who lost a recent court
decision in her long-running battle with the Portland Public
Schools, turned out to be the big winner after all. The School
Board announced a plan that will give Powell exactly what
she wanted--a complete ban on Scouts recruiting on school
property during school hours. |
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LOSERS
1. The hot new game is called "Pigpile on Metro."
First, local trash-disposal officials blasted the regional
agency for not reducing garbage rates. Then Beaverton Mayor
Rob Drake lashed out when Metro criticized the city for
not helping salmon. Finally, a California firm sued Metro
last week over its trash policies.
2. The state may be saying "thanks, but no thanks"
to a $930,000 foundation grant that would pay to spread
the word about the Oregon Health Plan to low-income children.
Seems the state just doesn't have enough money to add any
more poor kids to the rolls.
3. Portland's tumescent sex industry is squirming at
the City Council's proposed registration system for lingerie
modeling and escort services. Question: Is it degrading
for exotic performers to have to carry an ID card? And even
if not, where would they carry them? |
