"Read the whole thing." How many times has a blogger suggested that to you as he or she linked to a story that his or her blog had just excerpted or paraphrased? Ironically, even mainstream media types are uttering those words nowadays, as they post in full on the internet what their official broadcasts or dead-tree publications gave readers only parts of.

At least, so it went with The Oregonian's year-end interview with Portland Mayor Tom Potter. The print version was as bland as yesterday's boxed mac and cheese, but the full version, posted by the O's City Hall duo and linked to their blog, makes for a much more interesting read. For example, did you know that:

-- When Potter visited the national drug czar last year and warned about the meth epidemic, he was told that marijuana is actually a bigger problem?

-- Potter thinks that the OHSU Medical Group aerial tram project [rimshot] was a series of "mistakes"?

-- The mayor believes that the Portland Development Commission's job should be to "implement" a "vision" that is created at City Hall, rather than the PDC's developing its own "vision"?