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Multnomah, Washington, and Clackamas counties have reported 45 cases of the bacteria in December, with nine different strains observed in the Portland metro area since October. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Multnomah County is encouraging residents to watch their hygiene after a boost in shigella cases was observed in Old Town Portland. Shigella is a bacteria that spreads via fecal matter, and creates symptoms that include fever, stomach cramps, vomiting, and diarrhea. It can last anywhere from three to 10 days. “Shigella spreads when one person’s infected poop gets into another person’s mouth through food or water, from objects or surfaces with shigella bacteria...

Portland lost 6th-most residents in United States over past year.. Multnomah County, where Portland, Oregon, is located, reportedly lost more than $1 billion in income between 2020 and 2021 as a result of residents fleeing the state amid surging crime, homelessness and safety concerns... 14,257 tax filers and their dependents left Multnomah County during the first year of the pandemic in 2020 and took a record $1 billion of income with them. The data showed that higher earners were more likely to leave since their jobs could be done remotely during coronavirus shutdowns, and the average income of people leaving...

Hundreds of suspected wife-beaters, burglars, drunk drivers, and berserkers of various intensity will not face justice in Oregon's most populous county, according to leftist Multnomah County District Attorney Mike Schmidt. For lack of public defenders, dangerous personalities are being set free under the justified impression that Portland, the slogan of which is "the City that Works," is a legally dysfunctional city in a legally dysfunctional county. Schmidt announced on Monday that in "February of this year, a Multnomah County Circuit Court judge dismissed the first of what is now nearing 300 cases due to a lack of defense counsel over...

Authorities in Portland, Ore., investigated in late 2006 and early 2007 a masseuse's claim that she was sexually assaulted by former vice president and Nobel laureate Al Gore during his visit to that city, but the matter was eventually dropped for lack of evidence, officials said Wednesday. The woman who alleged the assault through her lawyer declined initially to be interviewed by police and did not want officers to pursue the matter, the Multnomah County district attorney's office said Wednesday. She later reconsidered and met with Portland police detectives in January 2009, telling them she "was repeatedly subjected to unwanted...

Disappointment stalks commissioners who favored gay and lesbian marriages voided by state jurists. For seven weeks last spring, the most powerful women on the sixth floor of the Multnomah Building were the county's patron saints of same-sex marriage. Feted at tearful wedding ceremonies. Lauded as civil rights advocates. Defiant in the face of criticism and consequence. But in the wake of the Oregon Supreme Court's decision overturning 3,022 marriage licenses issued to gay and lesbian couples last year, commissioners Lisa Naito, Serena Cruz and Maria Rojo de Steffey and Chairwoman Diane Linn were portraits of disappointment. "I'm saddened," Naito said...

Vote Linn and others from officeLeaders who disregard the public so blatantly on big issues should not be trusted with county government 03/21/04 Multnomah County Chairwoman Diane Linn and the three commissioners who conspired in secret to approve gay marriages may believe history will judge them kindly. It had better, because the present does not. They have proved themselves unfit for public office. They should be recalled or voted out. Leaders in both Multnomah and Benton counties agreed this month to ignore state statutes and start issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples, under the belief that denying licenses to gay...

So much for open government. So much for faith in the people. On Wednesday morning, Chairwoman Diane Linn and three members of Multnomah County's Board of Commissioners -- Serena Cruz, Lisa Naito and Maria Rojo de Steffey -- finally stepped out from behind closed doors and went public with a shameless crusade designed to make a mockery of open-meetings law and the democratic process. They were defensive, timid and disengaged, conduct consistent with a stealth campaign to legalize same-sex marriage without even the pretense of a public debate. Linn and her henchwomen granted special access to Basic Rights Oregon and...

OK...so Multnomah County has decided to attack the Church and the family with the gay marriage thing. We knew this was coming. So, we should, to the degree we can, pray the Rosary at the county building for the conversion of hearts beginning tomorrow morning.

Multnomah County will begin granting marriage licenses to gay and lesbian couples on Wednesday, making it the first jurisdiction in Oregon to officially recognize that same-sex couples can marry. County officials have been discussing the move for more than a week and they made the decision based on a legal opinion. County offcials refused to release the opinion and County Attorney Agnes Sowle did not return repeated telephone calls for comment. But a number of county officials confirmed that the county will begin granting the icenses immediately. The county sheriff's office also was alerted to be on hand at the...

Multnomah County's new income tax passed largely on the strength of yes votes from inner-city Portland, voting records show, while the eastern part of the county voted strongly against it. The final vote tabulation from the county elections office shows a majority of voters in almost all the precincts west of 82nd Avenue voted for the three-year, 1.25 percent tax. It passed with 58 percent of the vote countywide. The pro-tax campaign did manage to win six precincts east of 82nd Avenue, the county's traditional tax dividing line. But a large majority of voters in the rest of mid- and...

Congratulations, Multnomah county [Oregon] voters…you’ve just voted for lying and ineptitude on the part of your politicians by supporting tax hike measure 26-48. A majority of you believed the school and jail doom forecasted by your elected leaders if you didn’t approve this hastily cobbled together measure that doesn’t even spell out how or who will collect your dollars. Or how they will be spent. I guess a voting majority sees no need to improve operations, create efficient systems, reform administrative spending, perform audits and become accountable to taxpayers. As reader Karen Kellogg wrote to the Portland Tribune, “(the) yes...

PORTLAND - Multnomah County Commissioners joined their counterparts in Corvallis and Eugene on Thursday, declaring their opposition to pre-emptive military action against Iraq. Portland's City councilors refused to pass a similar measure last week, with dissenters saying they wanted to focus instead on direct city business. The resolution does not carry the weight of law, but supporters believe it makes an important statement. Commissioners say the county will be affected financially by the decision to wage war. The county receives about one fifth of its one billion-dollar budget from the federal government, money that could be diverted if there is...