Dialogue

“Or could the problem go even deeper—to a failure to recognize (or properly appreciate) the symbolic value of statuary?"

“Many times I’ve wished I had a warning I was entering railroad hell.”

“This is a case for Portland Judge Judy if I’ve ever seen one.”

“Forty-one years ago I volunteered to help put Portlandia together. I spent that summer and into fall shaping and brazing the seams. It was brutally hard work with the sun beating down, with multiple torches adding to it.”

“A representative who experiences accountability as abuse is not well suited to representing the people with real stakes in her decisions.”

“Portlandia is an iconic statue that is nationally renowned. It currently rests in obscurity surrounded by a mundane building and trees. Why not place it next to the river?”

“If you can rule on whether a druid can turn into a bee, fly into a dragon’s mouth, and become an orca in one turn, you can handle a motion-to-suppress hearing.”

“The ‘Sea Wall’ could be modified to provide a much larger degree of access on the west side of the river.”

"But if there is some compelling need to name the street after a historic figure, I nominate St. Joan of Arc."

“Superfund cleanup has justice concerns, whether it’s for fishers, Wasco County farmers or front-line communities reliant on the Willamette River.”

“If those services are important we should be doing them in-house with full accountability. Throwing money at nonprofits for essential services is just outsourcing.”

“Only other questions I have is who is starting the class action and where can I sign up?”