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Issue #34.08

| Published on Wednesday January 2nd, 2008

Issue Menu: December 26th, 2007 | January 9th, 2008

On the Cover
Sten Calls It Quits
BY NIGEL JAQUISS | Portland’s longest-serving, most controversial city commissioner will resign midterm.
34 comments
News
[City Hall]
Sam I’M Not
BY COREY PEIN | A subset of Portland’s power brokers prepare to back Sho Dozono’s mayoral bid.
12 comments
[Election '08]
Beaver Envy
BY JAMES PITKIN | Jealous of other states always choosing the presidential nominees? Gnaw on this.
2 comments
[Media]
Casualties In The ’Couv
BY COREY PEIN | When pushy reporters confront paranoid cops, only lawyers win.
2 comments
[Catching Up With]
Drugs, A Dump and a “Blue” Child
WW EDITORIAL STAFF | WW Checks in on 3 cover stories from 2007.
9 comments
[Homelessness]
Shelter From The Storm
BY AMANDA WALDROUPE | The city focuses on homeless women—for the moment.
1 comment
Rogue of the Week
The National Guard
WW EDITORIAL STAFF | No free movie tickets, and they don’t even pay for popcorn.
25 comments
Murmurs
We’re here 52 weeks a year.
WW EDITORIAL STAFF
1 comment
The Score
Injunction Junction, What’s Your Function?
WW EDITORIAL STAFF
0 comments
Letters to the Editor
Inbox
BY WW'S BELOVED READERS
0 comments
Culture
Moving Validation
BY CARIN MOONIN | A reformed non-driver gets schooled in spin class.
0 comments
SCOOP
Gossip should have no friends
WW EDITORIAL STAFF
0 comments
[Music]
Bangers ’n’ Mash
WW EDITORIAL STAFF | Tube’s silliest dance party makes the most of its “unfucwitable” attributes.
0 comments
[Music]
David Evan Thursday & Friday, Jan. 3 & 4
BY ANNIE BETHANCOURT | Freak folk gets loud(er) thanks to an emphatic new PDX songwriter.
3 comments
[Music]
RiverCity Bluegrass Festival Friday-Sunday, Jan. 4-6
BY CASEY JARMAN | A group of recent departees and one PDX newcomer spice up RiverCity.
2 comments
[Music]
Earth, Jackie-O Motherfucker, Dragging an Ox Through Water Dec. 27 at Dante’s
BY ERIK BADER | How many musicians does it take to make a Motherfucker?
1 comment
Here Comes Your Fan
[Music]
What Is This?
BY AMY MCULLOUGH | DJ Santo serves up a different brand of cool.
0 comments
Clublist Spotlight
[Music]
Shabby Chic
BY AMY MCCULLOUGH
0 comments
[Screen]
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
BY N.P. THOMPSON
0 comments
Remotely Controlled
[Screen]
Clear Eyes, Empty Sets
BY DANIEL CARLSON | The most painful casualties of the TV war.
8 comments
[Performance]
Brandon Garbot
BY STEPHEN MARC BEAUDOIN | Fourteen-year-old violin phenom debuts at the Schnitz.
8 comments
[Dish]
Northwest Mex
BY HEIDI YORKSHIRE | Trébol delivers Mexican plates with a side of Oregon Ethos.
1 comment
[Dish]
Little Red Bike Cafe
BY LIZ CRAIN | A Kiwi-inspired cafe spreads the love one spoke at a time.
9 comments
NIGHT CABBIE
It's Saturday night, and the weather's miserable—which means business is fantastic.
BY NIGHT CABBIE
8 comments
Made
[Advertising Feature]
Project No. 14: Making Yarn—Part 2
BY LAYNE STRATTON
0 comments
Headout Picks
[Headout]
Denied Again!
BY BYRON BECK | Today was supposed to be a big day for gays. That was until last Friday, Dec. 28.
5 comments
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