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Portland police, DOJ settlement fails on multiple fronts

The Mental Health Association of Portland remains firm on Department of Justice v. City of Portland. The position elucidated in this column has been our unvarying stance since the outset of the lawsuit, and, barring sudden, cataclysmic changes descending ...

7 Aug 2014 - Jason Renaud
Mayor Sam Adams reflects on his time at City Hall and Portland's future

Mayor Sam Adams reflects on his time at City Hall and Portland's future by Israel Bayer, Staff Writer Mayor Sam Adams has spent the majority of his life serving the City of Portland. Love him or not, Adams has helped build a foundation for Portland t ...

8 Nov 2012 - Street Roots
Mayor Adams: Local obligations will suffer under planned federal budget cuts

Mayor Adams: Local obligations will suffer under planned federal budget cuts By Sam Adams, Contributing Columnist Last August, Congress passed a bill authorizing the president to increase the nation’s debt ceiling, while also requiring that the deficit be ...

7 Feb 2012 - Street Roots
Calling City Hall, Occupy Portland on housing...

Calling City Hall, Occupy Portland on housing... In spirit, the Occupy Wall Street and Occupy Portland protests over the past five weeks are about creating social change, locally and nationally, on a range of policy matters from poverty to foreign wars. F ...

11 Nov 2011 - Street Roots
Walking the talk for an Office of Equity and Human Rights

Walking the talk for an Office of Equity and Human Rights By Commissioner Amanda Fritz and Mayor Sam Adams Portland has the reputation of being a progressive and innovative city, however, not all Portlanders have access to opportunities or feel welcome. P ...

19 Sep 2011 - Street Roots
City elections an opportunity for renewed push on housing

City elections an opportunity for renewed push on housing SR editorial from the August 5th edition. Announcements and rumors about the up and coming Portland election in 2012 have the city buzzing. With the announcement that Mayor Sam Adams, an establishe ...

11 Aug 2011 - Street Roots
Interstate and beyond: Lessons of history resonate as the city prepares to expand Urban Renewal Area

Interstate and beyond: Lessons of history resonate as the city prepares to expand Urban Renewal Area by Jake Thomas Roslyn Hill can no longer quite visualize the neighborhood she grew up in. Probably because it doesn’t exist anymore. While in the third gr ...

5 Jul 2011 - Street Roots
Mayor Sam Adams talks with Street Roots

Mayor Sam Adams talks with Street Roots By Joanne Zuhl and Israel Bayer, Staff writers Support him or not, probably few people would want to trade places with Sam Adams right now. His first 18 months in office as Portland’s mayor has been saddled with a c ...

24 Jun 2010 - Street Roots
You’ve stepped up to the plate, mayor; lets hit a home run

You’ve stepped up to the plate, mayor; lets hit a home run By Jenny Westberg An Open Letter to Sam Adams: Dear Sam, Thank you for responding, finally, to our repeated calls to bring accountability to the Portland Police Bureau. It may have taken a couple ...

22 Jun 2010 - Street Roots
Extra! Extra!

Extra! Extra! You may be able to hold out a few more days before the skies break and the sun arrives, but you don’t have to wait a moment longer for a sneak peak at the new Street Roots, coming your way, hand delivered by your friendly neighborhood vendor ...

10 Jun 2010 - Street Roots