Wouldn’t be Halloween in Portland this year without someone in a catalytic converter thief costume.

“Dad! There’s a picture of a guy up here with a huge penis. It says ‘Smoke a sack!’”

Want the hundreds of pages of survey questions, analysis and cross tabs of the recent polls commissioned by The Oregonian/OregonLive?

Here ya go. 👇

oregonlive.com/politics/2022/…

I’m headed to the LA Times soon to cover LA county government - which means there’s an incredible job opening up at OPB. It is the best beat with some of the most incredible colleagues. Apply! Please dm me if you have any questions.

How influential is Willamette Week’s endorsement in a local Portland / MultCo election?

An outside group that’s raised $400,000 to defeat Jo Ann Hardesty and Jessica Vega Pederson just dropped a mailer that’s nothing more than text the alt-weekly’s endorsement issue.

The most shocking thing in this photo by far isn’t the graffiti, trash, or cigarette & scotch ads — it’s the number of people reading a newspaper.

“The Hunger Games: Portland Charter Reform” 👀🎬🍿

katu.com/news/local/act…

'Gunfire is now relatively commonplace in many Portland neighborhoods where it was rare just a few years.

'The SE neighborhood of Mt. Scott-Arleta has seen the biggest surge, from one shooting in 2019 through September to 25 in the same period in 2022.' oregonlive.com/crime/2022/10/…

'Cushing is one of at least 9 Portlanders whose civil cases against the city for officers' conduct at 2020 demonstrations has resulted in a settlement payout from the city...

'The city has so far paid about $325,000 to resolve' those cases. via Alex Zielinski
portlandmercury.com/cops/2022/10/2…

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