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Looking for that triple bottom line? The Grist website did some muckraking to get the real poop on green toilet paper: “The bottom line: You can protect your bum without being a bummer for the earth. For maximum absorbency and (guilt-free) comfort, we suggest Seventh Generation double rolls.” Ah, but should we trust a bathroom tissue reviewer named “Grist?” For the full review and even more scatological puns click here . Continue reading →

Just after EW went to press with this week’s cover story on John Kroger, the outsider hoping to shake up the Oregon AG’s office, Kroger announced that he’d been endorsed by former Gov. John Kitzhaber. Read the press release here . Continue reading →

This week Willamette Week featured excerpts from their former reporter’s book. Taylor Clark wrote Starbucked: A Double Tall Tale of Caffeine, Commerce, and Culture (Little, Brown and Company, 304 pages, $25.99). Clark got an advance to write the book after he wrote a story for Willamette Week that “examined the charges commonly lobbed at Starbucks and found some of them had scant grounds.” Continue reading →

The No on 49 campaign warned before the election that if the measure passed: “If the government wants your property for open space, a scenic view, wildlife habitat, or some other government use, M49 allows them to take your property for free.” After the overwhelming vote for the measure, does this now mean that citizines can add the Wildish Land to Mt. Pisgah park for free? Can citizens now get a park in the Amazon headwaters for free? Can we now seize the timber baron and land speculators’ mansions for homeless shelters? Continue reading →

Disgusted that big tobacco bought the Measure 50 vote against kids’ healthcare? Progressive author Frances Moore Lappe says money doesn’t have to rule democracy. Check out her video on publicly financed “clean elections” in Maine, Arizona and Connecticut. Continue reading →

Urban Renewal Defeated Local vote upsets scheme to divert taxes to developer subsidies By Alan Pittman The city of Eugene’s controversial urban renewal plan to subsidize downtown developers with parking garages and other handouts totaling more than $40 million was rejected overwhelmingly by voters on Nov. 6. In unofficial final results, 64 percent voted no on Measure 20-134. Continue reading →

Portland just got featured in the New York Times for cultivating a strong bike culture. Here’s the story and here’s the video. Continue reading →

The city of Eugene withheld the purchase options list for property downtown until after Eugene Weekly went to press with its last issue before the election on Measure 20-134. The list now shows that the city’s land purchase costs have increased from earlier estimates of about $16 million to about $19 million now. The purchase prices average about double the real market value the Lane County Tax assessor has set for the properties. The city has offered some owners up to four times the real market value. Continue reading →

With a straight face, the Oregonian wrote this story about Hillsboro removing a flag painted fire hydrant at a dog park after complaints. The star spangled urinal was set up by cops in memorial to a police dog. Maybe Congress needs to pass a Constitutional amendment. By illustration, here’s a video of urinoterrorism: Continue reading →