This segment was from the Local portion of program 87.

Local   (Matt Wingard) The Portland Police Bureau has been under siege for recent actions resulting in numerous deaths.   Portland City Commissioner Dan Saltzman requested further review, and the FBI is now beginning an investigation into at least one specific incident, the fatal police shooting of Aaron Campbell, an unarmed man who was shot in the back earlier this year.   If the investigation finds violations of federal criminal civil rights statutes, what can and should be done to get the police bureau back on track?

This segment was from the Local portion of program 86.

Local (Al Young)   The Portland City Council recently approved a plan that would impose new regulations on where and how developers can build along an 11-mile stretch of the Willamette River.   The River Plan, as it’s called, would require developers to set aside 15 percent of their property for landscaping when they start projects, and would require any existing project that expands a business’s footprint would undergo a new city review process.   Many businesses along the river are already crying foul, and rumor has it that Washington is already courting the ports and railyards to move north.   Is the new River Plan the best way to strike a balance between businesses and the river environment, or will it just drive businesses out of the state?

This segment was from the Local portion of program 85.

Local:   (Al Young) The City of Portland is taking unspent money from the Big Pipe waste-water project, to use for other purposes, such as bike paths.   The Willamette Week newspaper has documented other cases where the City of Portland is taking money collected for one purpose and using it for other purposes.   Are these the kind of decisions Portland officials were elected to make?

This segment was from the Local portion of program 84.

Local:   (Al Young) As we sit here and tape this show, the Metro Council is discussing the urban growth boundary, and voting on agreements with the three Portland-area counties to designate which land will be developed and which will remain rural for the next 40 to 50 years.   Should Metro be picking the winners and losers, and will these property owners have any recourse if they want to but can’t develop their land?

Local (Mike Riley) Vestas, the world’s largest windmill maker has announced that it will create 1,200 new jobs in Portland, relocating its North American headquarters and building a new manufacturing plant.   Solarworld is turning its Hillsboro factory into the largest solar-wafer and cell factory in the United States and adding 1000 new jobs by 2010.   Is the Portland Metro area setting the stage to become a regional leader in global “green-energy” development?