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Sunday, April 18, 2010

The ventriloquist

When Portland's creepy mayor gives you the hard sell about how we need to spend more tax dollars on "sustainable" real estate development, remember who pulls his strings -- always has and always will.

Posted at 10:02 AM | Permalink

Comments (11)

Edlen is convinced sustainable building has finally arrived as a viable business strategy, thanks in part to the Obama administration's view of the green economy as one of the country's primary economic engines.

So basically, he doesnt actually care about the environment. He just found a new way to fleece taxpayers.

Posted by Jon | April 18, 2010 10:32 AM

It's all about marketing!

I suggest
"Jack Bog's Green Blog"

The money will just roll in...

Posted by dman | April 18, 2010 11:11 AM

http://djcoregon.com/news/2010/01/15/delegation-heads-to-the-capitol-for-osc-funding-ssby/

A delegation will travel to Washington D.C. next week to lobby for funding for the Oregon Sustainability Center, which is slated to cost around $90 million.
According to Anne Mangan, spokeswoman for the Portland Development Commission, OSC project partners are still trying to finalize some of the initial funding for the project, which would create the first living building office tower.
A representative from the Governor’s office, Mayor Sam Adams, Mark Edlen of Gerding Edlen Development, Rob Bennett of the Portland Oregon Sustainability Institute and others will travel to the East Coast in the next week to meet with different federal agencies, including the Department of Energy and the Department of Commerce. . . .

http://www.pdc.us/new/releases/2010/news-release-2010-01-22.asp
The above link, Jan. 22, 2010 PDC news release - $120 million for the proposed Sustainability Center and a list of names who went to DC.

Posted by clinamen | April 18, 2010 11:37 AM

But hey, our city gets almost a full page of print in this week's Economist. We must be doing something right, no?

Posted by jimbo | April 18, 2010 11:56 AM

http://www.economist.com/world/united-states/displaystory.cfm?story_id=15911324

Sounds like a PR piece sent to the Economist.
This is one way the insiders can get more people to come here,
it helps their agenda to transform our once beloved city into what and for whom?

I suspect many come here with savings and hope, how long will that last?
Many others are concerned that after a lifetime here they no longer will be able to afford to live here and may have to make plans to leave.

Posted by clinamen | April 18, 2010 12:51 PM

Jon, most people care about the environment, but Edlen cares more about it because he sees the money opportunity. He's an opportunist. He "believes" in affordable housing if he sees the money like he did with PSU, to build a student housing tower on Broadway. He was well rewarded.

He's now lobbying with CoP and PDC to call student housing, work force housing as "affordable housing" to reap all the tax dollars, subsidies attached.

He sniffs out the coming politically, planning correct agenda and capitalizes on it. And along the way he wines and dines and socializes to help the planning mafia understand and develop the next
fad. He's a partner, and that is what CoP loves-Partnerships, Stakeholders, limited RFPs (Request for Proposals) that narrowly define projects with the latest fad to be met. With Edlen helping to define the fad and RFPs, he's right in the forefront for reimbursement.

Posted by lw | April 18, 2010 1:04 PM

If poor Sammy could just hear how the big dogs probably talk about him behind his back.

Posted by Bart | April 18, 2010 5:02 PM

What European city most reminds me of Portland? How about Stalingrad!

Posted by Sludge Puppy | April 18, 2010 6:03 PM

There should be no second chances for the "private partners" of publicly-funded deals that fail. If someone uses public money, such as urban renewal money, or even gets the benefit of SDC deferrals for low-income housing, and then the project fails - they should be barred from ever again participating in publicly funded deals in the future.

Posted by Frank | April 18, 2010 6:53 PM

But then no one would be left to qualify for handouts.

Posted by Isaac Laquedem | April 18, 2010 8:11 PM

Nice. So Molly Bordonaro is on the Gerding Edlen team.

Ironic that someone who is supposedly conservative and against big government is at a firm that makes huge money off publicly funded schemes.

I'm beginning to hate the town I grew up in.

Posted by ld | April 19, 2010 7:29 AM

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Quinta das Amoras, Vinho Tinto 2009
Mauro Molino, Barbera d'Alba 2009
Garda Chiaretto Rose
Columbia Crest, Two Vines Vineyard 10 White
Chateau Ste. Michelle, Pinot Gris, Columbia Valley 2009
L'Hortus, Rose de Saignee 2010
Maculan, Pino & Toi 2008
McKinley Springs, Bombing Range Red 2008
Trader Joe's Pinot Gris 2009
Montes Alpha, Cabernet 2007
Gran Sasso, Sangiovese, Terre di Chieti 2009
Garda, Classico Chiaretto Rose
Beaulieu, Cabernet, Rutherford 1999
Picos del Montgo, Tempranillo 2008
Chateau de Montmirail, Vacqueyras 2008
La Granja 360, Syrah 2009
Montgras, Carmenere Reserva 2009
Lange, Pinot Gris 2009
Columbia Crest, Horse Heaven Hills Cabernet 2008
Kirkland, Pinot Grigio 2010
Trader Joe's Coastal Syrah 2009
Columbia Crest, Horse Heaven Hills Merlot 2008
Trader Joe's Coastal Chardonnay 2009
Vieux Papes Red
Domaine de l'Aujardiere, Chardonnay 2009
Santa Rita, Cabernet, Medalla Real 2007
Penfold's, Koonunga Hill Shiraz Cabernet 2008
Guild, Red, Lot #02 2008
Dievole, Dievolino Sangiovese 2008
Laforet, Burgogne Chardonnay 2009
Columbia Winery, Merlot 2007
Bonterra, Cabernet 2008
Elk Cove, Pinot Gris 2009
Maquis Lien 2006
Scott Paul, Pinot Noir, Le Paulee 2007
Cameron, Chardonnay
B.R. Cohn, Cabernet, Silver Label 2006
Graffigna, Cabernet 2005
Palo Alto, Reserve Red 2008
Menguante, Garnacha 2008
Lange, Pinot Gris 2009
Felsina Berardenga, Vin Santo 1997
Anne Amie, Pinot Gris 2009
McKinley Springs, Bombing Ramge Red 2007
Vieux Papes Red
Dionysius Chardonnay 2009
Haden Fig, Pinot Noir 2009
Vega Montan, Mencia 2008
Chateau la Vernede, Coteaux du Languedoc 2007
Mount Defiance, Hellfire (White) 2008
Root: 1, Cabernet 2008
Columbia Crest, Two Vines Pinot Grigio 2009
Columbia Crest, Two Vines, Vineyard 10 White, 2008
Columbia Crest, Two Vines, Vineyard 10 Rose, 2007
Abacela, Grenache Rose 2009
Avia Cabernet 2004
Lemelson Pinot Noir, Thea's Selection 2007
Chateau de la Roulerie, Rose d'Anjou 2009
Casal Garcia, Vinho Verde Rose
La Ferme Julien, Rose 2008
Cana's Feast, Bricco Red, 2006
Hogue, Genesis Merlot, 2008
Owen Roe, Sharecropper's Cabernet, 2008
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J. Scott, Pinot Noir 2008
Edmunds St. John, White, Heart of Gold 2008
Columbia Crest, Walter Clore Private Reserve 2006
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Cameron, Willamette Valley Chardonnay
Il Valore, Sangiovese, Giovane, Puglia 2008
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Domaine du Pesquier, Cotes du Rhone 2005
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Domaine Matrot, Chardonnay, Bourgogne 2007
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Chandler Reach, Monte Regalo 2006
Elk Cove, Pinot Gris 2008
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D'Aragon, Old Vine Garnacha 2008
Columbia Crest, Walter Clore Private Reserve 2005
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Columbia Crest, Grand Estates Merlot 2006
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Jack Walker - The Extraordinary Rendition of Vincent Dellamaria
Colum McCann - Let the Great World Spin
Niccolò Machiavelli - The Prince
Harper Lee - To Kill a Mockingbird
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Sharon Creech - Walk Two Moons
Keith Richards - Life
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Mark Herrmann - The Curmudgeon's Guide to Practicing Law
Barry Glassner - The Gospel of Food
Phil Stanford - The Peyton-Allan Files
Jesse Katz - The Opposite Field
Evelyn Waugh - Brideshead Revisited
J.K. Rowling - Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
David Sedaris - Holidays on Ice
Donald Miller - A Million Miles in a Thousand Years
Mitch Albom - Have a Little Faith
C.S. Lewis - The Magician's Nephew
F. Scott Fitzgerald - The Great Gatsby
William Shakespeare - A Midsummer Night's Dream
Ivan Doig - Bucking the Sun
Penda Diakité - I Lost My Tooth in Africa
Grace Lin - The Year of the Rat
Oscar Hijuelos - Mr. Ives' Christmas
Madeline L'Engle - A Wrinkle in Time
Steven Hart - The Last Three Miles
David Sedaris - Me Talk Pretty One Day
Karen Armstrong - The Spiral Staircase
Charles Larson - The Portland Murders
Adrian Wojnarowski - The Miracle of St. Anthony
William H. Colby - Long Goodbye
Steven D. Stark - Meet the Beatles
Phil Stanford - Portland Confidential
Rick Moody - Garden State
Jonathan Schwartz - All in Good Time
David Sedaris - Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim
Anthony Holden - Big Deal
Robert J. Spitzer - The Spirit of Leadership
James McManus - Positively Fifth Street
Jeff Noon - Vurt

Road Work

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At this date last year: 50
Total run in 2011: 113
In 2010: 125
In 2009: 67
In 2008: 28
In 2007: 113
In 2006: 100
In 2005: 149
In 2004: 204
In 2003: 269