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		<title>May edition posted online</title>
		<link>http://midcountymemo.com/memlog/may_2012/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 May 2012 20:55:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Curran</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The May 2012 Mid-county Memo is posted online. A recap of its contents: Last month, the top three mayoral candidates debated at David Douglas High School&#8217;s Howard Horner Performing Arts Center; the new Neighborhood Prosperity Initiative areas are approved; Parkrose School District averts a teacher&#8217;s strike; David Douglas special education teacher Annie Harrell is named [...]]]></description>
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		<title>For years, east Portland neighborhood associations operating illegally</title>
		<link>http://midcountymemo.com/memlog/neighborhoodassociations_illegal/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2012 17:26:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee Perlman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[City news]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Cindy Comfer]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Are east Portland neighborhood associations all illegal? Technically yes, says East Portland Neighborhood Office Executive Director Richard Bixby, but it is not their fault. It is his. A handful of the City&#8217;s 95 recognized neighborhood associations are 501(c)3 non-profit corporations, able to offer tax deductions for donations. Most of the rest fall into a different [...]]]></description>
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		<title>April edition posted online</title>
		<link>http://midcountymemo.com/memlog/april_2012_recap/</link>
		<comments>http://midcountymemo.com/memlog/april_2012_recap/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Apr 2012 17:30:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Curran</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Parkrose Business Association]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The April 2012 Mid-county Memo is posted online. A recap of its contents follows: Bre&#8217;Shay Barnes was named Rose Festival Princess from Parkrose; the new Neighborhood Prosperity Initiative areas struggle to meet financial goals; Parkrose School District declares impasse with teachers; PSD Superintendent Karen Fischer Gray is one of four finalists for Reynolds job; the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mayoral candidate Jefferson Smith to Portland voters: &#8216;I get it, and I can get it done&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://midcountymemo.com/memlog/smith_interview/</link>
		<comments>http://midcountymemo.com/memlog/smith_interview/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Mar 2012 18:44:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee Perlman</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Charlie Hales]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Parametrix]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Editor’s note: The 2012 elections are a watershed moment in city politics. For the first time in decades, with the mayor declining to run for re-election, Randy Leonard retiring from his council seat and incumbent commissioner Amanda Fritz facing a serious challenge, there will be at least two, if not three new faces at City [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Brady promises &#8216;incremental change&#8217; for east Portland</title>
		<link>http://midcountymemo.com/memlog/brady_interview/</link>
		<comments>http://midcountymemo.com/memlog/brady_interview/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 20:03:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee Perlman</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://midcountymemo.com/memlog/?p=2075</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Editor&#8217;s note: The 2012 elections are a watershed moment in city politics. For the first time in decades, with the mayor declining to run for re-election, Randy Leonard retiring from his council seat, and incumbent commissioner Amanda Fritz facing a serious challenge, there will be at least two, if not three new faces at City [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fritz trumpets favoritism</title>
		<link>http://midcountymemo.com/memlog/fritz_favoritism/</link>
		<comments>http://midcountymemo.com/memlog/fritz_favoritism/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 23:59:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Curran</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[City news]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Commissioner Amanda Fritz]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[east Portland]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Amanda Fritz]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Annette Mattson]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[At a Portland City Council Candidate forum &#8212; the first in a series sponsored by the Gateway Area Business Association &#8212; City Commissioner Amanda Fritz, vying for reelection, proudly told the audience how she intervened on behalf of Portland General Electric executive and David Douglas School Board chair Annette Mattson to get a small portion [...]]]></description>
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		<title>February 2012 recap</title>
		<link>http://midcountymemo.com/memlog/feb_2012_reca/</link>
		<comments>http://midcountymemo.com/memlog/feb_2012_reca/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:03:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Curran</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Posted online, here&#8217;s a recap of the February 2012 edition of the Mid-county Memo &#8230;. Tom West, girls varsity basketball coach at Portland Christian for 30 years, was named Oregon&#8217;s 2010-2011 National Federation of State High School Associations Coach of the Year. Including Parkrose, the Neighborhood Prosperity Initiative, part of the implementation of the City’s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Business association all in with Parkrose NPI</title>
		<link>http://midcountymemo.com/memlog/parkrose_npi-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 21:41:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Curran</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#1057;&#1042;&#1045;&#1058;&#1048; &#1043;&#1045;&#1054;&#1056;&#1043;&#1048;The Parkrose Neighborhood Prosperity Initiative wrapped up its three organizational meetings last month with creation of a seven-person steering committee for the next step: a formal commitment to the Portland Development Commission and city, then formation of an &#8220;urban renewal light&#8221; district bringing physical, permanent improvements along Sandy Boulevard, from Northeast 99th to 120th [...]]]></description>
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		<title>East Portland prominent in Portland Plan</title>
		<link>http://midcountymemo.com/memlog/portland_plan/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 23:30:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee Perlman</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Andre Baugh]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[As the Portland Planning and Sustainability Commission continued their review of the draft document last month, Mid-Multnomah County had a prominent place in the draft Portland Plan. At their January 24 meeting, after praising Bureau of Planning and Sustainability and other bureaus&#8217; staff work, they approved the Plan unanimously and forwarded it to City Council. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Parkrose Neighborhood Prosperity Initiative meeting tonight</title>
		<link>http://midcountymemo.com/memlog/parkrose_npi/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 23:36:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Curran</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The second of the three meetings for the Portland Development Commission&#8217;s Parkrose Neighborhood Prosperity Initiative is tonight, at 7 p.m. in the Religious Education Building behind St. Rita Catholic Church, 10029 N.E. Prescott St. An article in the Mid-county Memo on the formation of the six new mini urban renewal areas was published in December [...]]]></description>
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