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Friday, December 28, 2012

The torch is passed

How convenient.

Posted at 6:43 AM | Permalink

Comments (15)

Walmart.

Sam loses.

Posted by Steve | December 28, 2012 7:29 AM

After the massive force of City, County, State and Federal ‘Investigators’ converged on the fire scene spending weeks picking through the ashes and at considerable cost to we taxpayers, they are now telling us they don’t know how the fire started. I suspect they do know how but just can’t prove how and who set the flame.

Posted by Abe | December 28, 2012 7:30 AM

Whenever big business is involved in the Portland area, what isn't suspicious?

Local politicians can't even be trusted.

Posted by Mr. Grumpy | December 28, 2012 7:31 AM

It sure does seem suspicious. We're on the same wave length.

Posted by Bill | December 28, 2012 7:37 AM

And according to the O article "whatever is built there will be leveled" for the new bridge.
So the owners get paid twice, and the taxpayers pay more?
And what about the $1.2 million in back taxes?

Posted by Portland Native | December 28, 2012 7:55 AM

I would hope the city's largest newspaper will dig much deeper into the arson angle unless they are planning to tie the sale into the entire scheme down the road. Meanwhile, a $1000 reward is being offered for information on the arson. Better add another two zeros to that amount if they want real answers.

Posted by gibby | December 28, 2012 7:55 AM

I'd like to know how the fire insurance carrier weighs in on this?

And who'd have guessed? According to the story Sam Adams has been involved one way or another.

Posted by Mr. Grumpy | December 28, 2012 8:02 AM

This talk of a project is a ploy to get the state/city/county to buy up the property now to avoid having to pay much more later.
Would the insurance company have a case against Sammy for stalling the previous project ?

Posted by tankfixer | December 28, 2012 8:08 AM

BTW - I am not implying in any form or way that Walmart is the responsible for the property being available.

I'd look at the owner of that shuttered hotel for the past 10 years myself for answers.

Posted by Steve | December 28, 2012 9:07 AM

The recent house fire on N Chautauqua could also be viewed as suspicious. It is a long one story run down ranch style house that sits on a corner lot. Per the Oregonian, the owner passed away a few months ago. The likely new owner of the property will be a developer who will demolish what is left of the house and replace it with four or more skinny houses. Ka-ching! There are already a number of skinny housed on North Chautauqua.

Posted by TR | December 28, 2012 11:17 AM

Would the insurance company have a case against Sammy ...

Any case against Sam is really a case against the CoP taxpayers - regardless of whether he is still in office.

Posted by John Rettig | December 28, 2012 12:21 PM

An unfortunate circumstance John, for I believe politicians should be held finacially accountable for their misdeeeds in office.

Posted by tankfixer | December 28, 2012 12:30 PM

"Burning Desire Mall"

Posted by Mojo | December 28, 2012 1:49 PM

That hotel used to be a convention destination hotel. A lot of national AKC dog breed clubs held their specialties there (the last one I saw was the Boston Terrier Club of America). It had the advantage of being close to the Expo Center and downtown. Granted, these were not huge conventions, but a lot of conventions aren't huge. They still need places to stage their meetings and events. This was a nice venue.

One might ask, if that place couldn't make it as a convention magnet, how much more attractive does the zombie convention center hotel plan look now?

And yes, it was obviously arson.

Posted by NW Portlander | December 28, 2012 6:14 PM

Arson? Nah. Sam, Tom and I were just smoking a doobie and Sam and Tom kinda' got out of control. More.

Posted by B.P. Red | December 29, 2012 12:20 AM

In Vino Veritas

Charamba, Douro 2008
Horse Heaven Hills, Cabernet 2010
Lorelle, Horse Heaven Hills Pinot Grigio 2011
Avignonesi, Montepulciano 2004
Lorelle, Willamette Valley Pinot Noir 2011
Villa Antinori, Toscana 2007
Mercedes Eguren, Cabernet Sauvignon 2009
Lorelle, Columbia Valley Cabernet 2011
Purple Moon, Merlot 2011
Purple Moon, Chardonnnay 2011
Abacela, Vintner's Blend No. 12
Opula Red Blend 2010
Liberte, Pinot Noir 2010
Chateau Ste. Michelle, Indian Wells Red Blend 2010
Woodbridge, Chardonnay 2011
King Estate, Pinot Noir 2011
Famille Perrin, Cotes du Rhone Villages 2010
Columbia Crest, Les Chevaux Red 2010
14 Hands, Hot to Trot White Blend
Familia Bianchi, Malbec 2009
Terrapin Cellars, Pinot Gris 2011
Columbia Crest, Walter Clore Private Reserve 2009
Campo Viejo, Rioja, Termpranillo 2010
Ravenswood, Cabernet Sauvignon 2009
Quinta das Amoras, Vinho Tinto 2010
Waterbrook, Reserve Merlot 2009
Lorelle, Horse Heaven Hills, Pinot Grigio 2011
Tarantas, Rose
Chateau Lajarre, Bordeaux 2009
La Vielle Ferme, Rose 2011
Benvolio, Pinot Grigio 2011
Nobilo Icon, Pinot Noir 2009
Lello, Douro Tinto 2009
Quinson Fils, Cotes de Provence Rose 2011
Anindor, Pinot Gris 2010
Buenas Ondas, Syrah Rose 2010
Les Fiefs d'Anglars, Malbec 2009
14 Hands, Pinot Gris 2011
Conundrum 2012
Condes de Albarei, Albariño 2011
Columbia Crest, Walter Clore Private Reserve 2007
Penelope Sanchez, Garnacha Syrah 2010
Canoe Ridge, Merlot 2007
Atalaya do Mar, Godello 2010
Vega Montan, Mencia
Benvolio, Pinot Grigio
Nobilo Icon, Pinot Noir, Marlborough 2009
Portuga, Rose 2011
Revelation, Chardonnay, Pays d'Oc 2010
Beaulieu, Cabernet, Rutherford 2005
Monte Alto, Tinto Reserva 2005
Chateau Ste. Michelle, Cabernet, Indian Wells 2009
Espiral, Vinho Rose
Vin-Koru, Pinot Gris 2011
14 Hands, Hot to Trot Red 2009
Rodney Strong, Cabernet, Sonoma 2009
Abacela, Vintner's Blend #11
Portuga, White 2010
La Bourgeoisie, Red 2009
Januik, Red 2009
Three Rivers, River's Red 2008
Kirkland, Alexander Valley Merlot 2008
Muga, Rioja Rose 2010
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

The Occasional Book

Neil Young - Waging Heavy Peace
Mark Bego - Aretha Franklin, the Queen of Soul (2012 ed.)
Jenny Lawson - Let's Pretend This Never Happened
J.D. Salinger - Franny and Zooey
Charles Dickens - A Christmas Carol
Timothy Egan - The Big Burn
Deborah Eisenberg - Transactions in a Foreign Currency
Kurt Vonnegut Jr. - Slaughterhouse Five
Kathryn Lance - Pandora's Genes
Cheryl Strayed - Wild
Fyodor Dostoyevsky - The Brothers Karamazov
Jack London - The House of Pride, and Other Tales of Hawaii
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
Emma McLaughlin & Nicola Kraus - The Nanny Diaries
Brian Selznick - The Invention of Hugo Cabret
Sharon Creech - Walk Two Moons
Keith Richards - Life
F. Sionil Jose - Dusk
Natalie Babbitt - Tuck Everlasting
Justin Halpern - S#*t My Dad Says
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

Miles run year to date: 21
At this date last year: 52
Total run in 2012: 129
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