Interesting opinion piece in today's O. It seems that former U.S. attorney and big-time political player Sid Lezak isn't so sure he likes the pending deal to have Texas Pacific Group and ex-Gov. Neil Goldschmidt take over Portland General Electric. (No sense looking for the column on the O web "site"; as usual, it can't be found. It's on the front page of the Commentary section of the hard copy edition.)

Anyway, a vote of no confidence from Sid and his co-author, former Port of Portland president Ken Lewis, signals an unusual little rift in the old boy network that is so Portland. I'm still not buying a city takeover of PGE, but an actual public debate among members of the top-dog clique sure is fascinating.