BEST OF PORTLAND: By the People, For the People
Table of Contents: | By These People
October 8th, 2008
Unlucky Strike | The Oregon lottery is going into detox—and our state budget is along for the smoke-free ride.8 comments
October 1st, 2008
Jail Junkies | Who knows more about stopping property crime: Kevin Mannix or an ex-addict who stole 1,000 cars?15 comments
September 24th, 2008
Portland’s screen scene showcases this season’s latest looks. 3 comments
September 17th, 2008
Shipracked | Judy Shiprack wants to be your next county commissioner. Here’s what she doesn’t want you to know about a real-estate deal gone bad. 18 comments
September 10th, 2008
Señor Smith | Low-wage Latino workers keep Sen. Gordon Smith’s family business humming. Not all of them are legal.37 comments
September 3rd, 2008
OMFG IT'S MFNW!4 comments
August 27th, 2008
Sometimes a Great Lawsuit | Ken Kesey’s last prank pits his widow in a court battle with his best friend and a Playboy model.5 comments
August 20th, 2008
Sliced Bread, Beware | A better fire hose, a poker aid & a foldable clipboard—meet six Portland inventors whose big ideas are the best thing since, well, you know.1 comment
August 13th, 2008
How to Live Cheap in Portland | Throwing too much money away on food and shelter? here’s WW’s Recession Survival Guide.13 comments
August 6th, 2008
The Queer and the Qur’an | Ali is gay. And Muslim. Can he be both?42 comments
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[July 23rd, 2008]
This is America. And in America, dammit, we vote. For presidents, idols, dogs, city commissioners, you name it—we live and breathe and sweat beautiful, shimmering beads of democracy.
And with WW’s annual celebration of everything that makes this burg such an invigorating, amazing and sometimes bizarre place to live, we asked you to vote once again.
Every other week of the year, we tell you what we like (and loathe). But this week is different. Because nobody knows this city better than you. So we’ve made the heart of this year’s Best of Portland our improved, expanded, hyper-local readers’ poll.
We carved up our city into 12 districts (look right) that we figure are a good match to the city’s geographical and cultural diversity. Then we asked you to name the best your district has to offer, along with city-wide questions about the big stuff: media, politics...hair removal.
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You sure rose to the challenge: 2,674 of you filled out the online ballot. The top turnout, with 433 voters, came from Neglected Southwest—apparently the hills aren’t so neglected after all. We’re throwing a Voter Appreciation Party at the Dublin Pub (6821 SW Beaverton-Hillsdale Highway, 297-2889) on Thursday, July 31.
You’ll find all the results of our cultural election here, organized by topic with the winners listed by district, in alphabetical order.
One more thing. We can’t resist offering our own opinions, so we’ve also included some of own, far more idiosyncratic Bests. They’re inside the dot boxes with the big headlines—from Ruby the turkey vulture to Brittan the Barber Babe. Enjoy and celebrate the Best of this city we call home. —Ben Waterhouse.
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EDITOR: Ben WaterhouseCONTRIBUTORS: Elianna Bar-El, Byron Beck, Tiffany Lee Brown, Kelly Clarke, Anna Dukehart, Jeremy Gillick, Whitney Hawke, Hannah Hultine, Kat Hyatt, Casey Jarman, Matt Korfhage, A.P. Kryza, Laura Shinn, Michael Mannheimer, Amy G. McCullough, Richard Meeker, Aaron W. Mesh, John K. Minervini, Carin Moonin, Sara Moskovitz, Hanna Neuschwander, Corey Pein, James Pitkin, Jonah Sandford, Beth Slovic, Ethan Smith, Hank Stern, Mike Thelin, Leigh Van der Werff, Ben Waterhouse, Joseph Watts, Marianna Hane Wiles
COPY CHIEF: Kat Hyatt
COPY EDITORS: Matt Buckingham, Sarah Smith, Leigh Van der Werff
ART DIRECTORS: Maggie Gardner and Ben Mollica
PRODUCTION STAFF: Brian Brown, Snow Blackwood, Nicholas Curtin, Soma Honkanen, Tom Humphrey, Christie Wright
PHOTOGRAPHERS: Erik Bader, Darryl James, Vivian Johnson, Brian Lee
WEB EDITOR: Ian Gillingham
WEB PRODUCTION & MAP MAGIC: Rob Adams, VIctor Graf
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