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Street roots April 1, 2013 MEPIA BOOWDQP A snapshot of what's happening this week in Portland's top rags and mags ■ The Portland Monthly is featuring the Top 10 headlines published by the magazine in 2012. Coming in at number four was, "Oregon is beautiful." Number three; "Oregon is beautiful on red wine." Number Two; "Beer and wine makes Oregon look beautiful." Coming in at number one; "Oregon looks looks beautiful on weed, wine and beer." ■ The Oregonian will begin a new revenue generating model in the summer that entails renting out most of its empty office space to advertisers in exchange for actually buying an ad in the newspaper. The newspapers editorial board is thought to be moving its office space to Clackamas where it will feel closer to its bat-shit crazy roots. ■ The Willamette Week is working on a cover story about Portlanders whose past is so jacked up that they should never even think about running for office. ■ After ten years, The Portland Mercury is still hoping for its first Oregon Society of Professional Journalist award. ■ Portland Afoot, PDX's 10-minute magazine on buses, bikes and low-car life, will be upgrading to a 15-minute read this coming summer. ■ Bike Portland announced that it has the most readers of any blog in Portland with the least amount of diversity. ■ For the fourth year in a row the Portland Business Journal claims to be the most read newspaper in the region that has yet to question or break any investigative news on the business community. The advertising department say they couldn't be more thrilled. ■ KGW was the first to report a crash on SE 122nd and Stark. Not to be outdone, KATU reported another crash on I-205 Westbound. Reporters at KOIN claimed on Twitter that the two crashes resulted in a traffic jam. Fox 12 reported rain. ■ Street Roots, a paper for "those people," continues to report drivel that most of Portland couldn't care less about. ‘You betcha’ Palin eyes CRC from Alaskan home S T A F F R E P O R TS thing,” she said. Local consultants who have been making roject managers for the Columbia money hand over fist for the past five years River Crossing, also known as the say that their grandkids’ retirement should “Bridge to Nowhere II,” announced today that the $27 billion project will get be a taken care of by the time Palin takes over and they’re fine with the changes. new consultant in the spring. One former Oregon Democrat named “We’re really happy to be bringing on Jefferson Smith says if he were still in office Sarah Palin,” says Richer Bytheday, a he would lock himself to his desk and go on spokesperson for the project. “We know a hunger strike over proposed changes. that by completing this project, Alaska will “Luckily, Jefferson’s only platforms are be that much closer to Oregon residents.” Facebook and some dog on Twitter,” says a Oregon and Washington Democrats have Democrat who wanted to remain struggled to convince their state’s anonymous. Republican officials to sign onto the Bridge Asked why he changed his vote in the last to Nowhere II project. This move sends two months after railing against the project strong signals that they’re willing to work for the past three years, the Democrat said, with anyone to get the job done, sometime “Politics are complicated. Have you ever in the future, at a price that has yet to be thought about how hard it is to actually determined. build a bridge to nowhere?” Palin declined to comment on the details Voters concerned with the project are of the deal, only saying that if she takes the being asked to call a hotline that to-date has job there will need to be significantly more not been set up. Testimony given on the studies done on the issue. “There’s still so outline will be duly noted by someone, many unknowns. It will be important that probably. we understand exactly how to build this P < « / „ s. i / « ' n * to tope for unveiling In a bid to offset the perpetual economic suspension system known as the Columbia River Crossing, Oregon has agreed to let controversial and usually nonsensical artist Cristo perform at the proposed bridge's unveiling. Cristo says he will pay to wrap the new bridge entirely in red tape. 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