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City & County need grit in Trail Blazer negotiations
Opinion column by Mark Kirchmeier Most Portlanders deep down want the Trail Blazers to stay in Portland. The team’s arrival in 1971 was a landmark that helped place us on the national map and has reaped investment and tourism benefits ever since. But City of Portland and Multnomah County officials need to show muscle in…
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New Trail Blazer owners are fouling city taxpayers: Write them a letter
By Mark Kirchmeier Grim budget figures face Portland’s city government, and some of the predicament can – and should – be laid at the feet of the new owners of the Portland Trail Blazers. Tom Dundon and his local investment partner, Sheel Tyle, are hogging the financial ball. They insist that local taxpayers pay the…
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Wilson talks budget, homelessness, Blazers/Moda Center politics and CEI in NP Review interview
By Mark Kirchmeier As the city faces a $169 million budget deficit this spring, Portland Mayor Keith Wilson believes the city can balance the budget without closing any fire stations or reducing Portland Police Bureau patrols. “I’ve been clear,” the mayor declared. “I also don’t want to see a single park or community center closed…
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UP baseballers blast Ducks in rematch
The Portland Pilots earned the sweep against the nationally ranked Oregon Ducks with a 13-9 win at Joe Etzel Field on April 8. It’s the second win this season over the Ducks and the sixth in the last seven matchups between the two teams. Portland also reacheed 20 wins on the year with the victory, sitting at 20-10. Pilot…
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Legislature must resolve key Portland bills before March 8 deadline
By Jim Redden Many important bills of interest to North and Northeast Portland residents have yet to pass the 2026 Oregon Legislature with just weeks to go. The session that started on Feb. 3 must end by March 8 under the terms of the Oregon Constitution. Regular sessions in even years can only last 35…
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Book Review: Kerry Eggers, the best in Oregon sports writing
Former U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice Earl Warren said that he always read the sports page of a newspaper first “because the front page was about mankind’s failures, and the sports page about people’s successes.” Earl Warren would have loved Kerry Eggers, the dean of Oregon sports writers, whose newly released book “Scrolls of a…
