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City Commissioner Sam Adams added Dan Savage to his list of endorsements for mayor at Rebooting Democracy's PolitiPalooza party tonight.

Dan Savage--well-known for his syndicated column Savage Love--emceeded Rebooting Democracy's political fashion sh...   More

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About 450 people are here at Montgomery Park this weekend for Rebooting Democracy, jazzing themselves up for the election year.

(Here let me disclose that when I'm not blogging for WW, I'm volunteering for the conference. One of my friends from co...   More

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All the presidential election results from 3,000 miles away giving you that political itch to take action? This weekend gives you a chance to scratch that itch, and to scratch it hard.

The event at Montgomery Park is Rebooting Democracy — and ...   More

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Here's an update to WW's report about City Council voting this week whether to provide $338,043 to a non-profit that provides case management and other services to the Portland homeless, to operate ...   More

News The amount of shelter space set aside for homeless women in Portland may soon triple for the rest of the winter. City Council is expected to pass an ordinance today, Jan. 2 that will allocate $338,043 ...   More

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The Idaho Statesman reported last week that the Boise City Council voted to spend $2 million on ending homelessness, as part of a "10-year Plan to Reduce and Prevent Chronic Homelessness."
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In a press release this week to show off mayoral candidate Sam Adams' education bona fides, Adams listed quite a long list of endorsements.

The header on his press release is
Portland will succeed as a...   More

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About 150 people opposed to a liquefied natural gas pipeline that would cut across Oregon gathered Wednesday outside NW Natural's headquarters in Portland and called on Gov. Ted Kulongoski (who considers his political legacy to depend upon his record on    More

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What says the holidays better than protesting the possibility of a second (stupid) war?

That's what some Portlanders will be doing this Thursday at noon, when they'll meet outside the Portland offices of U.S. Reps. Earl Blumenauer and David Wu (both D-Oregon)...   More

News More than 50 people gathered outside of Gordon Smith's Portland office at the World Trade Center Wednesday morning to protest his inconsistent voting record in the U.S. Senate.

"We need to hold him accountable and have him stand on his record," says Meredith Wood-Smith, chair of the Democratic Party of Oregon.

The protest was organized by the Democratic Party of Orego...   More