Struggles with Ben Smith Sentencing
We wanted to get this out in advance of Tuesday’s sentencing hearing for Benjamin Smith, the Normandale shooter who pled guilty last month. We do...
SWNI Doubles Down, Becomes More Opaque
Opacity, compartmentalization and self-dealing. SWNI seems to be focused on making themselves as insular as possible as the city looks to pay them for it....
SWNI Seeks to Rebrand, Not Fix Past Behaviors
To paraphrase a famous video game quote: SWNI. SWNI never changes. This story should have been out days ago, but the longer I’ve worked on...
Closing Time
We’re closing down. Not everything. But our Twitter presence will indeed be shutting down, effective … well, immediately. This post is going to be fairly...
Ben Smith Murder Trial date set, victims and community prepare for the long haul
All court media and documents we have available can be found on our information page here. Today was the first time Benjamin Smith, accused of...
Public Records Law applies to District Coalition, Judge announces Friday
It’s time for taxpayer-funded organizations doing the public’s business to provide transparency and be recognized for what they are - outsourced government bureaus....
Rain and police refuse to deter Gresham High students
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A breakdown of Anarchy as Order flyers
In a recent livestream I pointed out how the, previously unknown to me, Anarchy as Order Twitter account (@anarchyasorder) had apparently tried to align themselves...
Semi-dramatic reading of public record letter sent by former PPB Records employee
This video was cc’d to Ted Wheeler’s office on July 1st. Content warning for extreme examples of racism, ableism, homophobia/transphobia and xenophobia...
The State of Raindrop Works
This is an editorial. All views and statements made are the personal words of the editorial staff. Please treat this accordingly. If you’re reading this...