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City Councilor Mitch Green Violated Burn Ban by Starting Backyard Brush Fire (opens the original)
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Just before 8 pm on July 26, a 911 dispatcher received a call concerning a fire in the backyard of a Southwest Portland home. Four firefighters responded to the scene. They found the homeowner burning a brush pile the firefighters classified as medium to large, according to the official report of the incident. That home belongs to District 4 City Councilor Mitch Green. The fire, which Green says he started, violated a burn ban issued by the city and Multnomah County six weeks earlier, on June 15
In Hearing, Blazers Refuse to Supply Details of Renovation Unless City Surrenders Power to Sue Them (opens the original)
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A frosty public meeting between city officials and Trail Blazers executives on Thursday offered little in the way of progress toward a Moda Center renovation deal that would guarantee the team stays in Portland. Blazers reps told the Portland City Council and Mayor Keith Wilson that the âthreat of litigationâ posed by a provision in the teamâs current bridge lease with the city, allowing the city to sue for money to maintain the arena as a âfirst-classâ facility if the team relocates,
Oil Terminal Operator Sues City of Portland for Delaying Transfer of Franchise Agreement (opens the original)
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Zenith Terminals LLC filed a federal lawsuit today alleging the city of Portland has unreasonably delayed approving the transfer of Zenithâs franchise agreement with the city to a purchaser of the terminal. Zenith operates a 39-acre, 1.5 million-barrel terminal that receives and distributes crude oil and refined petroleum products, including diesel and aviation fuels. The terminal, located on the Willamette River waterfront in Northwest Portland, includes a pipeline that runs underneath Northw
Initiative to Hire Cops With Climate Dollars Fails First Signature Verification Step (opens the original)
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The initiative seeking to reroute 25% of Portland Clean Energy Fund tax revenues to hiring some 400 police officers has failed the first level of signature verification necessary to place it on the November ballot. The campaign behind the initiative, Safer Portland, submitted 63,000 signatures for verification to the city earlier this month. After its first layer of vettingâthe accuracy of which has been called into question by Safer Portland in a bevy of explosive allegationsâthe cityâs E
Property Owner Says It Will Close Two Downtown Food Cart Pods (opens the original)
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Two longtime food cart pods in downtown Portland will close later this year after the development company that operates them says the cityâs new regulations around waste disposal are unreasonably onerous. The two pods, operated on parking lots owned by the Downtown Development Group, are at Southwest 3rd Avenue and Washington Street, and Southwest 2nd Avenue and Oak Street. The former contains 15 food carts, and the latter has just four. Matt Goodman, co-president of the real estate company, w
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