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By Sara Hottman, The Oregonian, July 29, 2013 For decades, the sidewalk outside Portland City Hall has been home to a rotating population of protesters who push the limits of the city’s 32-year-old camping ban. Homeless campers stay for weeks or months to protest war, homelessness policies or the anti-camping law itself. Last week, in […]
By David Stabler, The Oregonian, Feb. 2, 2013 From two blocks away, Bonnie Kahn sees the flashing lights of police cars under the Vista Bridge. No, not again. Kahn jerks her car to a stop in front of her office, right below the bridge. A body lies in the road, 20 feet away, on a […]
From The Oregonian – November 19, 1992. Not available elsewhere online. Portland Mayor Bud Clark is considering many ideas for his life after politics, but one could stir as much controversy as anything he did in office: opening a tavern that would cater to late-stage alcoholics. “It sounds contradictory,” Clark said Wednesday. But he said […]
From the Oregonian, June 27, 1992 – not available elsewhere online The Portland Police Bureau should make sweeping changes in the way it trains officers to handle firearms, potentially fatal confrontations and mentally disturbed people, a new study recommends. The study comes in response to the accidental death of a 12-year-old hostage killed Jan. 16 […]
From the Oregonian, September 10, 1989 Overdose: cocaine and crime in Portland – the first of twelve parts READ – all parts of Overdose: cocaine and crime in Portland Judy Charlton sat on the front porch of her Northeast Portland home one evening a few weeks ago to watch the people who make up the […]
From The Oregonian – November 28, 1987 There are fewer drunks lying on the street and the litter is picked up, everyone agrees, but beyond those points, there’s little consensus on how well Mayor Bud Clark‘s 12-point plan for the homeless is working. Nearly two years after the plan was unveiled, social service providers in […]
From The Oregonian, October 1, 1987 – by columnist Phil Stanford At the Old Town Market, on the corner of Northwest Third and Couch, the word is definitely Thunderbird. A pint (or more precisely, 375 milliliters) costs $1. That’s not much for wine, but it’s a lot for kerosene. The wholesale price for the same […]
From The Oregonian, September 19, 1987 Trying to preserve a delicate truce between business interests and social service agencies, Mayor Bud Clark is trying to stop Baloney Joe’s planned move to Old Town. The Burnside Community Council, which runs the Baloney Joe’s emergency shelter at the east end of the Burnside Bridge, has purchased a […]
Eds. Note – In retrospect this article shows the power of the “business community” over Portland’s mayor to oppress the homeless. Within days Stoops was outed as a homosexual by the Willamette Week and threatened with prosecution for raping a teenager – who quickly disappeared and later denied Stoops had done anything wrong. Seeing a […]
From The Oregonian, February 23, 1986 – not available elsewhere online READ –’12-point Dan’ earns credit for selling homeless plan (PDF)
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