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Tuesday, January 29, 2013

You read it here first

Here, that is. Then here, and here.

Posted at 1:47 PM | Permalink

Comments (14)

Aren't you just a little tempted to slap that ol' sign on your masthead? Just for a chuckles?

Posted by PDXLifer | January 29, 2013 2:25 PM

I should be paid as an assignment editor.

Posted by Jack Bog | January 29, 2013 2:26 PM

There it goes again, Portland, the city that isn't a city but a privately run corporation, and hey, Charlie's the new CEO.

Posted by Mr. Grumpy | January 29, 2013 2:29 PM

On the other hand, wouldn't the city benefit from "free" advertising of Portland, Oregon on company brochures, etc? Nothing like shutting down more business, and marketing of our city.
Those working on nickel and diming must be desperate to figure out ways to climb out of financial mess.
There are so many regulations, no one will be able to move in this city without asking.
I see no positive change.

Posted by clinamen | January 29, 2013 2:37 PM

Oh, just wait until someone gets the bright idea to bill for royalties on any movie or TV program shot in Portland. "You made a profit off using our city as a backdrop, so we deserve our cut."

Posted by Texas Triffid Ranch | January 29, 2013 3:28 PM

I am not sure why the word "iconic" keeps getting trotted out when someone wants to make a buck. It makes a pretty sorry icon in the Holy Church of Hot Air.

Posted by GEORGE | January 29, 2013 3:38 PM

Golly - the "City that Works" is now claiming to own the reflective photons that happen to hit your camera's ccd. This too will be challenged. And, as all other things involving City litigation, the City shall pay some crony law firm to handle the case and, once more, the City will lose. These are people incapable of getting a clue.

Posted by x-portlander | January 29, 2013 4:10 PM

Is Portlandia old enough to be in the public domain? The Pioneer Courthouse? And all those bronze statues of beavers, elk and even the Benson Bubblers scattered about downtown. Public Domain used to mean something. Who ARE these people implanted in City Hall?

Posted by Nolo | January 29, 2013 4:20 PM

It will be interesting to see what happens when someone who is selling photos of the sign on Etsy (there's plenty of them, trust me, no need to check) refuses and asks the city why they're not going after the folks selling photos of the Hawthorne Bridge, or the Portland building, or old City Hall, etc. etc. etc. Why is this sign any different than any of the icons owned by the city?

Posted by Dave J. | January 29, 2013 4:26 PM

Oh if I only had deep enough pockets to challenge this screwed up logic in court. Somebody needs to bitch-slap the city of Portland with an injunction! Jack, you're the legal mind in these parts. Weigh in!

Posted by Bill Cooper | January 29, 2013 4:37 PM

“There it goes again, Portland, the city that isn't a city but a privately run corporation”

It seems then that due to the City Council resolution against the Supreme Court Citizens United decision, the City of Portland can not claim personhood and no longer claim that people –the citizens of Portland – are actually being represented by city government.

Posted by TR | January 29, 2013 6:06 PM

Shhh! You guys are giving away good ideas for a Portlandia skit for free.

Seriously though, how does a city think that they can charge for images of publicly owned objects, be they bridges, buildings, or signs, that are quite literally in the public domain for all to see. If they want to charge fees for pictures of it, they should keep a shroud over it until you deposit your money. Otherwise, getoutahere.

Posted by JM | January 29, 2013 6:33 PM

"The City That Works....You Over"

Posted by TheOtherDave | January 30, 2013 9:43 AM

Nice masthead. Good for you.

Posted by PDXLifer | January 30, 2013 10:47 PM

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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
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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
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Trader Joe's Coastal Chardonnay 2009
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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
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Mark Bego - Aretha Franklin, the Queen of Soul (2012 ed.)
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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

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At this date last year: 52
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In 2004: 204
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