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The Willamette Week is an alternative newsweekly published in Portland, Oregon. It features reports on local news, politics, and culture. In several cases, the Week has scooped The Oregonian, Portland's major daily newspaper. Notable stories first reported by the Week include:- Uncovering that former governor Neil Goldschmidt had a sexual relationship with a fourteen-year-old girl when he was mayor of Portland in the 1970s. Goldschmidt confessed to the Oregonian before the Week story could be printed, however.
- Revealing that Lewis and Clark College President Michael Mooney had made an unauthorized loan to a energy startup on which the company had defaultedIn finance, default is what occurs when a party is unwilling or unable to pay their debt obligations. This can occur with all debt obligations including bonds, debentures, mortgages, loans, and notes. Default can also occur with sovereign bonds, that is,. (This story lead to Mooney's eventual resignation.)
- Sifting through the trash of the Portland's mayor, policeFor the band, see The Police. For the Polish town, see Police, Poland. Police forces are government organisations ostensibly charged with the responsibility of maintaining law and order. The word comes from the French, and less directly from the Greek pol chief, and the district attorneyDistrict attorney can refer to two kinds of American public officials: United States Attorney of one of the district courts of the federal government of the United States, who serves under the Attorney General A district attorney (city) who serves as the for Multnomah CountyMultnomah County is a county located in the U. State of Oregon, the smallest in area but the largest in population due to Portland, the county seat and largest city in Oregon. The county was named after a Native American people first recorded in the journ, after prosectors argued that refuse was not protected by the Fourth AmendmentThe Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution, which is part of the Bill of Rights, guards against unreasonable searches and seizures. Text The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable s.
Notable features of the Willamette Week include:
- The "Rouge of the Week", in which a recent action by a local person or organization is criticized.
- "Winners and losers", in which the newspaper gives a brief recap of the major news events of the week, from the perspective of who benefited and who did not.
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