Elections On the night he lost his race for U.S. Senate in 2008, Steve Novick gave one of the more extraordinary concession speeches... More
Novick Unchained
The City Council candidate is riding such a groundswell of support, he feels he can voice any idea. He has a lot of them.
Elections On the night he lost his race for U.S. Senate in 2008, Steve Novick gave one of the more extraordinary concession speeches... More
Election is Coming
For the City Hall throne and other races, we reveal our picks for the 2012 primary.
Cover Story Candidate Photography by Kenton Waltz This local election season has had all the intrigue of Game of Thrones, with scheming, betrayals... More
Murmurs: DIY Taxidermist Winged by Feds
You’d think the Feds have bigger game to chase.
Murmurs DIY taxidermist Emily Humphries, whom we featured last fall (see “The Right Stuffing,” WW, Sept. 21, 2011), says the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is investigating her under the Migratory Bird Tr More
What the Muck?
The Portland Harbor is a toxic embarrassment. And there’s plenty of blame to go around.
Cover Story In any good monster movie, the initial terror comes from knowing there’s something awful out there—even though you don’t get a good look at it. It lurks in the shadows or just bene More
Campaign Confidential
WW gets city hall candidates to make public questionnaires used to win special-interest-group support.
Elections If a candidate for mayor knocks on your door and asks for your vote, you probably won’t try to pin him or her down... More
How Steve Novick Might've Handled Occupy Portland (Updated)
News Steve Novick, the environmental lawyer and former U.S. Senate candidate who is running to replace Randy Leonard on the Portland City Council, laid out his platform yesterday in a lengthy BlueOregon post.The post went on in what Novick calls "mind-numbing detail" about his proposal for a city-backed health care clinic targeting workers who have disproportionately high health care expenses, modeled on ... More
Grocery Union Leader and Others React to Anti-Labor Language in New Seasons Market Handbook
News A story in this week's print edition of WW exploring mayoral candidate Eileen Brady's work behind the scenes at New Seasons Market during the company's early days has provoked strong reactions from labor unions and other City Hall candidates. Brady has repeatedly said she wrote New Seasons' first employee handbook in 2000. The first bound, published employee handbook distributed to workers in March ... More
Running Out the Meter
Who among the city hall hopefuls has best avoided the parking patrol?
City Hall Public records offer clues about what politicians are really like. Do they pay their bills, vote or license their dogs? And what about parking tickets? All the major City Hall candidates have them an More
Randy Leonard Endorses Adams for Mayor, Fires Warning Shot at Cogen
News City Commissioner Randy Leonard may be exiting City Hall, but he's not yet giving up his influence over Portland politics.Fresh off his announcement Wednesday that he will not seek re-election in 2012, Leonard tells WW he will endorse Mayor Sam Adams if Adams chooses to run for a second term next year. The two men have been close allies on the City Council."If Sam runs, I will endorse him," Leonard ... More
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