Monthly Archives: December 2015

Dear candidate: You can’t just be the opposite of what I don’t want

Dear candidate, I understand you are interested in my vote for both the 2016 presidential primary and — assuming you get past that first hurdle — the general election. Thank you for your interest. We have received a number of other applications and will review them all with great interest. Please be aware that while […]

Portland housing, a crisis of our own making

New Portland Mayor Ethan Strimling isn’t even sworn into office yet, and is already setting up a task force to try to solve the Portland housing crisis. Nothing in the world is more dangerous than a committee or a blue ribbon commission tasked with “solving” a big problem. Invariably the “solution” will involve some major government […]