I say rip it out but if they want to slap a toll on it and pay for the Big Dig West Coast Edition I'm ok with that too.

For me, Oregon's biggest underutilized resource is the stupid tax kicker. I realize touching it is the third rail of politics here, but it could solve so many problems...

Exactly! If anything, Kotek needs to be discussing how to make preschool for all statewide. If New Mexico can do it, why the heck can't Oregon?

Menno, so close to holding onto the win...

I'm sure these corporations will jump at the chance to fund rebuilding the historical East Wing when The Epstein Ballroom gets razed in a few years.

At the bare minimum at least say it right. It's properly pronounced anti-FAH and not the weirdo Fox/Maga an-TEE-fah version.

As someone who lived in Germany for over 20 years, I have to say most houses there are as gemütlich as a concrete bunker because that's what they are. Glad to see them build more with wood, but this one is using Holzklötze - literally wood blocks. Yes, construction there is less flimsy and cheap.

Thanks for the tip. Just applied!

There's also the Failing Street Bridge here.

I know we're talking MAX here, but my dream would be a tram going all the way up Sandy Blvd to Parkrose TC. It would connect the streetcar in the Central Eastside to the Hollywood transit center and would be a huge win for folks in NE.

Ok, so we must be talking about Fressen bakery, nicht wahr? Where do you get the Oaxacan tacos from over there?