Letter to the Editor April 2020
To the Editor: When Commissioner Jo Ann Hardesty announced she had located public land to construct affordable housing on half of the Rose City Golf C…
Editorial
Letter to the Editor March 2020
To the Editor: I commend you for your balanced and informative February 2020 issue. Nancy Tannler’s piece on the Portland Water Bureau’s planned …
Letter to the Editor: Supporting Grocery Co-ops
To the Editor, Many folks in Portland are feeling at a loss when it comes to buying groceries. In 2017 Amazon bought Whole Foods. Last month Portlan…
Letter to the Editor: Response to Midge Pierce
To the Editor, Midge Pierce’s article in the January 2020 issue of The SE Examiner, Council Wrestles Over Contentious Code and Infill Proposals, cov…
Letter to the Editor: PBOT’s Deceitful Actions
Dear Editor: Portland Bureau of Transportation (PBOT) wants to ignore basic traffic engineering principles and install traffic diverters on SE Woodw…
Resolution ( noun ) res-o-lu-tion
By Kris McDowell, Editor This time of year, the use of the word “resolutions” is often in the context of changes for the New Year. Some resolut…
The Changing Face of Christmas
Op Ed by David Krogh “Keep Portland Weird” is one of many descriptors for Portland and it is entirely apropos considering the many diverse philosoph…
Meet The SE Examiner’s New Owner
Dear Readers: A couple of months ago, one of our community members, Kris McDowell, saw our “for sale” ad in the July edition of The Southeast Exam…
Dr. Vino November 2019
So…what wine do you serve with Turkey? What to do when twenty or so of your nearest and dearest, their appetites enraged by the waft of Grandmother…
On the Streets Where We Live
By Nancy Tannler, Editor Coming from the middle of the last century, my imprinting about society is a little different than those born in later gen…
On the Streets Where We Live October 2018
By Nancy Tannler, Editor Fall has such a sense of orderliness and clarity to me. As long as I can remember, I’ve been most aware of the season chang…
On the Streets Where We Live Jan 2018
By Nancy Tannler, Editor Dear Readers: Thanks to our beloved advertisers, The Southeast Examiner will continue to exist in 2018. Their participat…
On the Streets Where We Live August 207
Guest columnist Allan Classen, Editor NW Examiner Dividing the left in the name of the poor A political equilibrium I’ll call the Portland consen…
On the Streets Where We Live
By Nancy Tannler, Editor Dear Readers: The other day I was sitting in Monti’s Cafe, speaking with a writer about the newspaper. It’s places like …
On the Streets Where We Live
Dear Readers: The storms of winter really took their toll this year on the PNW. We had the good fortune of a few beautiful days at the coast this pa…
On the Streets Where We Live Nov 2016
By Nancy Tannler, Editor Dear Readers: We speak for old houses Recently The Southeast Examiner’s content has come under scrutiny by community …
National Historic Designation can save the house next door
By Midge Pierce Design-builder John McCulloch, known for his rescue of Laurelhurst’s Markham house, is an apostate in the construction community. He…
On the Streets Where We Live
By Nancy Tannler, Editor Dear Readers: The past few weeks every time I hear the news, I think of the line in Patty Griffin’s song, “Don’t bring m…
On the Streets Where We Live Juine 16
By Nancy Tannler, Editor Dear Readers, As a native Oregonian, I have witnessed the inevitable change that has occurred here in the City over the …
On the Streets Where We Live
By Nancy Tannler, Editor The changing landscape of SE Portland is happening fast and furiously. Some are happily cheering the construction, thrilled…
On the Streets Where We Live December 2014
By Nancy Tannler, Editor Dear Readers: Occasional trills of anticipation and good cheer for the upcoming season waft through …
On the Streets Where We Live February 2013
By Nancy Tannler, Editor Dear Readers: Thanks for reading the The Southeast Examiner and supporting our advertisers. Because …
Letters to the Editor January 2013
Dear Neighbors The 37 undersigned residents of various close-in neighborhoods in Portland have established Portland Neighbors for Sustaina…
On the Streets Where We Live December 2012
Dear Readers: Once again we enter the darkest days of the year. Our ancestors were pretty intelligent when they decided to hold a celebrat…
On the Streets Where We Live October 2012
Dear Readers: The continuation of sunny warm days this fall has been an unexpected bonus after the slow start to summer this year. I realize why peo…