Age-Friendly Home Updates
By Rachel Hemmingson I will always remember my visit with a healthy, vibrant retiree in Oregon City who lived up on a bluff. She and her late husban…
Opinion
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…
Representatively Speaking November 2019
By State Representative Rob Nosse As State Representative, not a week goes by where someone does not contact me with concerns about homelessness in …
Representatively Speaking September 2019
By State Representative Rob Nosse Happy Labor Day! Unlike the rest of the world that celebrates workers and their unions on May 1, the United States…
Letters to the Editor May 2019
Save the Bus Stops on SE Division Regarding the so-called Bus Rapid Transit plan (BRT), an $80 million federal grant is good news for Tri-Met and…
Representatively Speaking May 2019
By State Representative Rob Nosse There was a time when Oregon’s K-12 schools were the pride of our state. Our graduation rates were among the highe…
Representatively Speaking April 2019
By State Representative Rob Nosse Recently, articles in The Southeast Examiner and several other local news outlets have highlighted how our stat…
Letters to the Editor April 2019
Dear Editor: Thanks for your recent front-page article on the fact that crime in Portland keeps happening whether we listen or not. It’…
Letters to the Editor March 2019
Greetings I am reading the latest issue and amidst all of the growth and turbulence and congestion of this “New Portland”, there remains The Southea…
Letters to the Editor
To the Editor: In response to the December article by Midge Pierce on “The 5G Juggernaut” I would like to expand a little. Few understand that propo…
Representatively Speaking February 2019
By Rob Nosse, State Representative The 2019 legislative session has begun. Since I began serving, one of my priorities has been addressing the risin…
Portopia January 2019
What to expect in 2019 By Midge Pierce It can only get better, right Portopia? Consider: Ubiquitous Airbnb host Nadia Everywhere delivers an …
Letters to the Editor January 2019
Dear Commissioner Eudaly, Thank you for having a staff member write to answer my concerns about the Residential Infill Project (RIP). I wrote to …
Portopia
By Midge Pierce Feeling Scroogey Portopia? Take heart. Donation buckets and poetry posts are full. Little Libraries balance give and take. Phones re…
Christmas culture in Portland
Op Ed by David Krogh Christmas has different meanings to different people. To devout Christians, it identifies a celebration of the birth of Christ…
Letters to the Editor Nov 2018
Editor’s note: As a follow up to last month’s letter about gas-powered leaf blowers, an important section on noise pollution was omitted. Here is the c…
Letters to the Editor October 2018
An Argument for the Banning of Gas-Powered Leaf Blowers Gas powered leaf blowers have become ubiquitous in Portland and the noise and air pollution …
Portopia Loses Its Righteous Edge
By Midge Pierce Portopia’s storied charm has the yips. The former Rose City is declared a cesspool, the noxious air so thick Beijing boasts better a…
Bricks, Mortars and Memories OpEd August 2018
OpEd By Corey Brunish Everyone wants the safest possible city. Every building owner wants to know he has done everything in his power to make his pr…
Letters to the Editor August 2018
Dear SE Examiner I realize the title of this article is “Pushback Over Parking Reform,” but perhaps you could have found someone’s perspective that …
Representatively Speaking August 2018
Upcoming ballot measures By Representative Rob Nosse In late spring, I wrote about petitions that were circulating and vying for the November bal…
Land use news and notes -OpEd
OpEd By David Krogh, AICP So much is happening in Portland lately in terms of land use, planning, and government processes. Here is a summary of sev…
Letters to the Editor August 2018
To the Editor: I had a fall from my trike – a combination of unfamiliar area, (I’m from SW) failing light, etc. etc. The SE neighbors got me disent…
Letters to the Editor July 2018
Dear Editor, RNA Appoints all Candidates to the Board, Overrules Election Results As a Board Member of the Richmond Neighborhood Association, and…
Representatively Speaking July 2018
What to expect on your ballot By Representative Rob Nosse If you’ve been out in our part of the world this time of year, chances are you have bee…
Portopia July 2018
Hit the Road for Portopia’s Sake By Midge Pierce It’s good to put Portopia in the rearview mirror from time to time. Leave baggage, victim blamin…
Letters to the Editor June 2018
Left turns I read with interest your article in the May 18 SE Examiner. I was ‘with’ you until your comments about left turns in intersections, as y…
Letters to the Editor May 2018
Better recycling Every once in a while the powers that be promote increased cost to consumers to solve a stated city wide problem. I expect such …
Representatively Speaking May 2018
By State Representative If you live or work in the Portland Metro Area, the odds are pretty good that you’ve bought something from a New Seasons…
Letters to the Editor March 2018
To Rep. Nosse There are a lot of problems facing our community right now and we’re all faced with difficult decisions on a daily basis, especially w…
We can be the change
Op-ed By Midge Pierce Ten months ago, a banner hung at Cleveland High protesting police officers at schools. Post-Parkland, conversations have explo…
Representatively Speaking – Short Session Review
By State Representative Rob Nosse Greetings from Salem. I am writing this column from my office on the fourth floor of the Capitol overlooking th…
Portopia Sends 2017 Packing
By Midge Pierce Ah Portopia. Put a bird on 2017 and send it on its troubled way. Yes, there were high points. Totality was a moment to never forg…
Letters to the Editor Jan 2018
To the Editor: The City has been falsifying and covering up information regarding its plan to install traffic diverters on Lincoln St. After the …
Comments in City Infill Project
Op-Ed By David Krogh, AICP Retired Planner I am a resident affected by this project and have already submitted comments via your online survey. H…
Representatively Speaking
Measure 101 By Representative Rob Nosse Lately it feels like the campaign season never ends, and we never get a break from politics. Didn’t we ju…
Letters to the Editor December 2017
Dear Editor: We are Mt. Tabor neighbors who oppose the proposed diverter at SE 50th and Lincoln St. Along the proposed greenway, none of the dive…
Letters to the Editor Oct 17
Dear Editor: Like you, I’ve seen much lamenting of the “loss” of the Gorge and its beauty. I too mourn the landscape I’ve come to know. However, …
Representatively Speaking
By Rob Nosse, State Representative I’ve had some time to reflect on the 2017 session since it ended in July, and it’s safe to say things were harder…
PWB rushes to build controversial filtration plant
Op-Ed By Floy Jones Portland Water Bureau is rushing an August 2 City Council vote to make monumental, onerous, and costly changes to our pristine B…
Letters to the Editor June 17
To the editor: After reading so many recent articles on housing, the homeless, traffic problems, etc., I am amazed that these issues are being dealt…
Letters to the Editor May 2017
Editors note: A reader requested a response from the Portland Water Bureau on the article Drinking winter well-water (concerns with radon, water qualit…
My Portopia March 2016
Feeding the Mouth That Bites You By Midge Pierce As Portopia’s snowglobe turned into swampland last month, head colds, Nyquil and dehumidifiers s…
Representatively Speaking March 2017
By Representative Rob Nosse The Case for HB 2387 Many of you are probably aware of news stories about the rising cost of prescription drugs that …
Letters to the Editor Jan 17
To the Editor: After listening to thousands of concerned citizens of East Portland about the hazards to the city’s neighborhoods posed by the encroa…
2016 recap with a grimace
By Midge Pierce Good riddance 2016. I admit it. My personal views ran off the rails somewhere between not-news, #not-my-president and four-year-ol…
Letters to the Editor December 2016
To The Editor: I’ve lived in Portland since 1965 and in the inner eastside for the past 34 years. We were in Irvington until this year and now in Co…
Representatively Speaking December 2016
By Representative Rob Nosse I will always remember where I was when I heard that Donald Trump won the 2016 election for President. I had just lef…
Infill testimony from southeast resident
By Midge Pierce OpEd Portland residents agree that affordable housing is critically needed. What divides us is whether the Residential Infill Propo…
Positions Flip in a Mixed Bag of Survey Results
By Midge Pierce Once upon a time, several decades ago, neighbors came together to stop the Mt. Hood Expressway from tearing the Eastside apart. Port…
Letters to the Editor October 2016
Dear Editor: In the 25 years that my wife and I have lived in our neighborhood, we have witnessed more change in the last two than the previous 23 y…
Representatively Speaking
Measure 97 This upcoming November election is going to be one of the most important in recent memory. Certainly the presidential election looms larg…
Letters to the Editor
To the Editor: Your recent story titled “Division Preferred for Rapid Transit” was excellently reported. Midge Pierce is to be complimented on her c…
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…
Letters to the Editor August 16
NOTE: The Southeast Examiner was included in many letters regarding Belmont Street zoning. We only have room to print the form letter and a few of the …
Letters to the Editor July 2016
Residential Infill: Another Breach Of Public Trust Dear Editor: As citizens concerned with widespread home demolitions and egregious infill, we a…
Vox Populi – Watching the “Game of Zones”
By Robert McCullough You may suspect that this title is a parody of the wildly popular “Game of Thrones” television serial. And it was chosen in an…
Letters to the Editor June 16
How many homeless folks are in Portland? Last week when I was downtown, for the first time in a long time, I saw people sitting on the streets askin…
Letters to the Editor May 2016
Editors note: Our neighbor has raised awareness of the most recent demolition/rebuild in our neighborhood. The following letter to Commissioner Dan Sal…
Vox Populi – APRIL 2016 – Portland’s Drinking Water
Op-Ed By Scott Fernandez M.Sc. Biology chemistry/microbiology US Executive Order 13563- “The American people deserve a regulatory system that works …
Representatively Speaking April 2016
By Representative Rob Nosse I’m writing this column today as a father and SE Portland resident, as well as a State Legislator. Like many of you, I w…
Letters to the Editor March 2016
To the Editor: For over forty years, the SE Uplift Neighborhood Coalition has listened, helped, advocated, and educated on issues important to the …
More cell-towers planned on school properties
By David Morrison Op-ed from a concerned parent “Parents deserve to know wireless radiation can cause a wide range of symptoms including headaches…
Representatively Speaking
By Representative Rob Nosse Portland’s Housing Crisis With the 2016 legislative session approaching, I thought it was a good time to write another co…
Letters to the Editor January 2016
Dear Editor, I am writing to give my complete support to the Policy Recommendations for Portland put forward by the Division Design Initiative. I own…
Letters to the Editor November 2015
Dear Editor, I read the parking problem solution letter sent by Steve Gutman. I completely disagree with part 2 of his submission. I ow…
Letters to the Editor October 2015
To the Editor: Your article on Vanport really brought back memories. At 86, I remember going to Vanport College the fall of ‘47, my B.A. instructor,…
Displacement of natives part of Oregon’s history
Opinion By Stephyn Quirke The past few months have seen growing conflict over rising rent, houseless sweeps, home demolitions, and a rapidly transfo…
What is YOUR Solution?
The Southeast Examiner is experimenting with a new column to pose controversial questions affecting the neighborhoods and solicit neighbors’ solution…
Letters to the Editor September 2015
Dear Editor: I am writing to thank you for publishing our information seeking volunteers to help children read in your July 15 edition of The Southe…
Representatively Speaking September 2015
By Representative Rob Nosse Greetings from your State Representative! This is my inaugural column, and I hope to do this every couple of m…
Letters to the Editor August 2015
To the Editor: The most recent issue of The Southeast Examiner carried a front-page story updating us on the continuing battle between Portland (Cit…
Letters to the Editor July 2015
To the Editor: Re: the cell tower issue: In 2008 I was made very ill by exposure to mold toxins, which according to many of the physicians I’ve sin…
In response to the safety of wireless technology
Op Ed By David Morrison In response to Edward Louie’s letter to the editor on June 15 regarding an article about a cell tower scheduled to be instal…
Mt Tabor reservoirs: demolition by neglect
Op Ed By Eileen Brady Many residents in Portland are scrambling to delay or preserve historic homes from demolition, while, hiding in plain sight, i…
Letters to the Editor April 2015
Dear Editor, My husband and I are new to the Tabor/Montavilla area and the following has been on our minds for a while. The first time I cruised…
Letters March 2015
To the editor: As soon as I read the February 2015 “Build and They Will Critique”, I nearly fell out of my chair. The statement: “with …
Letters to the Editor February 15
Dear Editor, After reading the article Transit Improvements on Powell Boulevard and Division Street, January 2015, a heavy question poppe…
Scrutinizing PWB application process
OpEd by Mark Bartlett Is the Bureau of Development Services (BDS) providing special treatment to the Portland Water Bureau (PWB) as applic…
Letters to the Editor January 2015
To the editor: My wife and I have lived on Mt. Tabor since 1966. When we first moved in, it was a proud neighborhood. People maintained their y…
Letters to the Editor November 2014
To the Editor: Concerning the extension of short term rentals to condos and apartments, it is not enough for the mayor to say that since t…
Letters to the Editor August 14
Dear Editor: Like many of you, I have heard rumors that St. Francis Parish in the Buckman neighborhood was thinking of selling St. Francis Park (SE …
Water Bureau’s May 23 Boil-Water Advisory Called Into Question by Citizen Group
OP Ed By Katherin Kirkpatrick A group of Mt. Tabor residents submitted their tap water for independent testing during the May 23, 2014, bo…
Letters to the Editor July 14
Dear Editor, Commissioner Fritz and Commissioner Fish will be drafting an amendment, to protect the Mt. Tabor Park Master Plan as well as …
Letters to the Editor June 14
Proposed Portland Street Maintenance Fee The City of Portland is claiming that it needs to raise revenue for street maintenance, but here …
Letters to the Editor May 2014
Dear Editor, It’s Cascadia’s Fault! There are a multitude of reasons to maintain the open storage reservoirs of the Portland Water Syst…
Letters to the Editor April 2014
Dear Editor, It is sidewalk repair time in Portland, and in a City known for its progressive self-consciousness, the sidewalk code is bein…
Science of safe drinking water
OP Ed By Scott Fernandez Master of Science in Biology, M.Sc. Why Shouldn’t Portland Have Safe Drinking Water? The answer is easy: we c…
Future residents of Portland
Op Ed by Rex Burkholder Amidst the debates about how our community should look there is a missing question: who will be living here in the…
Two views on a PUD for Portland
Time for a Portland Public Water District Op-Ed By Floy Jones and Kent Craford Portland’s sewer rates are already …
Letters to the Editor Sept 13
Dear editor; On behalf of Oregon’s 242 cities, the League of Oregon Cities would like to thank Representative Jules Bailey (SE Portland) f…
Letters to the Editor May 2013
Dear Editor, I read with interest your article on Fluoridation. The National Academy of Sciences absolutely endorses fluoridation (www.cdc.gov/fluor…
Letters to the Editor April 2013
Dear Editor: The pending nomination of the north Buckman neighborhood to be an historic district is bad news for homeowners. There is no e…
Letters to the Editor March 2013
Dear Editor, In 10 weeks on May 21, we will be voting on the fluoride issue. Please tell (and remind again later) 10 of your friends to vote NO! and…
Fact sheet on water fluoridation with bibliography
(Letter excerpt) ...I was invited by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to speak before the Democratic House of Representatives in 2002, on the issue of hea…