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Gutter Punks: On the Streets With Portland’s Lost Tribe Meet the latest outlaw nation to hit the streets of Portland. Call them road warriors, crusties or squatters just don’t call them hippies. Gutter punks, 1996. (Charles Gullung)
This story originally ran in the Sept. 11, 1996 issue of Willamette Week. If you’ve spent any time in downtown Portland this past summer, you’ve probably noticed a new band of vagabonds on the streets. They’re homeless, but they’re not exactly street kids. They’re wanderers, but they’re not exactly hippies. They’re not skaters, streetwalkers, drug dealers, gang-bangers, bag ladies, drunks, tramps or any of the other exotic species who have hollowed out a niche in the shady parts of town.
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A Taste For His Own Medicine Dr. William Newton admits he took drugs from his own patient. He s still in business. Updated January 24, 2017 Here are links to excerpts from the deposition of Dr. William Newton that were played at his trial. www.wweek.com/media/7250-1.wmv www.wweek.com/media/7250-2.wmv www.wweek.com/media/7250-3.wmv www.wweek.com/media/7250-4.wmv Joan Thomas is several hundred thousand dollars richer today than she was last year. The money will make a huge difference for the small grandmother, who has depended on about $400 a month from her late husband s pension for the past 20 years.
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Hydro Hogs These people waste so much water, it s scary. Benjamin Franklin once wrote, When the well is dry, we know the worth of water. In Portland, whose water glass always seems to be full, the abundance is both a blessing and a curse. Nestled between two rivers, doused by 37 inches of rain in an average year and fed by Bull Run Reservoir, the state s largest source of drinking water, Portland boasts more than enough H2O to meet our needs.
Oregon Recover wants 20% Increase in Alcohol Taxes
January 26, 2021
As the new legislative session opens on Jan. 24, Oregon Recover is finalizing a bill which would raise excise taxes on beer, wine, and spirits.
Michael Marshall is executive director and co-founder of Oregon Recovers, a statewide coalition which builds a movement of people in recovery and those around them to fight addiction. In his proposed legislation, Marshall seeks more money to deal with the prevention and treatment of substance abuse disorder.
In the past two years, the Oregon Liquor Control Commission (OLCC) received $519 million in tax revenues, out of which $18 million was apportioned to Mental Health Alcohol and Drug Treatment Program. Marshall and state Representative Tawna Sanchez (D-Portland), a chair of the House Committee on Behavioral Health, are looking to raise liquor prices by 20%. In total, the bill would increase OLCC tax revenue to $746 million over the next two years.