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() Hey, Neighbor!

1969-12-31

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() Hey, Neighbor!
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() Ask the Editor

1969-12-31

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() What Were We Thinking? - WW Editor Mark Zusman answers your questions about our coverage.
Got a question about the future of journalism or how Willamette Week covered something, or didn’t cover it? Ask away. WW Editor Mark Zusman—that's his friendly mug in the picture—will respond to as many reader questions as he can, right here!...

() Cover Story

1969-12-31

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(COVER STORY) The Good, The Bad And The Awful - WW’s biennial ranking of metro-area legislators.
Illustrations by Jessica HirscheReader beware: What follows is largely gossip and opinion. To get an independent assessment of metro-area lawmakers, WW has conducted an anonymous survey of Salem lobbyists, Capitol staffers and journalists toward the end of every legislative session since we began publication in ...

() Q & A

1969-12-31

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(WEB EXTRA) John Kroger - Oregon’s Attorney General Answers WW’s Questions on The Adams Report.
Attorney General John Kroger came to WW for a wide-ranging interview Tuesday about his investigative report into Mayor Sam Adams’ involvement with Beau Breedlove. WW will be putting daily video installments of the 90-minute interview throughout the upcoming week. Meanwhile, here are transcribed excerpts of his interview. WW: Let’s get started. Did y...

() Murmurs

1969-12-31

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() Don’t Stop ’Til You Get Enough.
As first reported Tuesday on wweek.com, Multnomah County Sheriff Bob Skipper failed his first attempt to pass a police certification course. Even though Skipper legally required basic training because he’d been out of active duty for so long, the Legislature this spring...

() Letters to the Editor

1969-12-31

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() Inbox - But Wait—There’s More!
Unless you’ve been living under a rock with your eyes closed and your fingers in your ears, you know Ed McMahon, Farrah Fawcett, Michael Jackson and Billy Mays all died last week. As recently as 10 years ago, public eulogizing for such entertainment-industry heavyweights might have been done in the form of a soft-focus TV retrospective, or a tasteful photo spread in Time magazine. ...

() Cheapskate

1969-12-31

Culture
() The Best Cheap And Free Deals In Town
Got a great deal? Email it to us at deals@wweek.com. GET LIKE GUMBY: Friendly House, the Northwest neighborhood center nonprofit, offers free yoga to Portlanders making less than $23,750 per year—bring proof of your income to register. 1737 NW 26th Ave., 228-4391. 9-10 am Mondays....

() SCOOP

1969-12-31

Culture
() Gossip Should Have No Friends
AUSSIES LOVE TATERS: If you were hanging out at the food carts on Southeast 12th Avenue and Hawthorne Boulevard on Saturday night, you might have noticed a dude in a red cape and onesie singing in front of Potato Champion as the cameras rolled around him. Don’t be alarmed: It was only Nurses singer Aaron Chapman. It turns out Australian-based onl...

() Brew Views

1969-12-31

Screen
() Top 5 Movies To Watch In Theater Pubs This Week:
1. The Girlfriend Experience: Have you met my girlfriend? Mission. 2. Team America: World Police: Technically, she is an expensive prostitute. Cinema 21. 11 pm Friday, July 3.3. Tyson: Frankly, the whole exchange is rather sordid, and best not to think too hard about. Laurelhurst....

() Headout Picks

1969-12-31

Headout
() Perilous Northern Lights - A public service announcement from WW on this Independence Day.
IMAGE: Dennis CulverIt’s true: Blowing shit up on the Fourth of July expresses solidarity with our Founding Fathers. But on this holiday, WW would like to remind Oregonians that our kind of fireworks are as down-to-earth as we are. Oregon bombs burst up to six feet in the air and no higher, thank you very much...