Controversial billboards taken down in Portland
Anti-marijuana billboards were removed in Portland after complaints about it’s message, reported KGW. The billboards showed a “marijuana user” as a woman with dark under eyes and bruises on her face.
The billboard’s message, “Marijuana, what is good about it? Nothing,” was met with negative comments from medical marijuana users, who felt it was a misrepresentation.
Oregon tax activist dies
Don McIntire, best known for leading the controversial property tax limiting Ballot Measure 5 in 1990, died of a heart attack in Gresham, reported Coos Bay World. He was 74.
Measure 5 cut property taxes and equalized Oregon school funding, with some school districts receiving more money while other districts suffered from budget/program cuts.
Beer bottle attacker arrested
Newport resident Hector Carrasco-Montiel, 24, was charged with felony assault after permanently injuring a 22-year-old man with a beer bottle back in June, reported The Oregonian.
The assault happened after police had broken up a fight in a Beaverton club on June 20.
Vandals break Portland business windows
A mob of 50 vandals threw rocks at five Southeast Portland businesses, most of them banks, breaking their windows Thursday night, reported KGW. The mob also threw bottles at pedestrians.
Police made no arrests, but are still investigating.
Harry & David to reopen @@http://www.harryanddavid.com/h/home@@
Gourmet gift shop Harry & David, which closed its store two years ago, will be reopening for the holiday season in Eugene, reported the Register Guard.
The company is currently hiring and plans to take in 750 employees for November to December.