PCC Bond Blog
For questions about the bond measure, email: future@pcc.edu.
The purpose of this blog is to provide accurate information about the Portland Community College bond measure, Measure No. 26-95, on the November ballot.
Dana Haynes, spokesman for PCC, joined the college in June 2007 after 20 years spent in Oregon newspaper newsrooms.
He can be reached at: dana.haynes@pcc.edu
(Records 1 to 10 of 69 results.)
- How to nix that 'bond' e-mail signature
- November 19, 2008
- OK, many of us added that green signature, called a "lock-up," to our outgoing e-mails. It said "Remember to Vote." Well, the election is behind us. How do we get rid of those things? It depends on which e-mail system you're u...
- Across Oregon, most money measures failed
- November 12, 2008
- According to The Oregonian , 57 percent of money measures on the November ballot, throughout the state, went down in defeat last week. That makes PCC’s passage of its bond measure all the more remarkable. Send your feedback to dana....
- This has nothing to do with the bond, but it's just fun
- November 08, 2008
- George. Followed by John, Thomas and James. Then comes John, Andrew and Martin, followed by William, John, James, Zachary, Millard, Franklin and James. And Abraham. Leading to Andrew, Ulysses, Rutherford, James, Chester, Grover and Benjamin. Grove...
- Going old-school on election night
- November 07, 2008
- The above photo, courtesy of Russell Banks, shows the collected brain trust of Portland Community College on election night, trying to answer the question: Did we win? We’d gathered at a bar in north Portland – the idea ...
- Whew! Voters OK PCC's bond measure
- November 06, 2008
- It’s official. The bond measure passed. My cohort, James Hill, and I were having a joint heart attack: when everyone woke up Wednesday morning, we were losing by 4,000 votes. We were down 2,000 by the time I got to campus; down 1,000 ...
- As of noon Wednesday, the PCC bond measure is too close to call
- November 05, 2008
- Did the PCC bond measure win? The answer is: We don’t know! As of noon tody (Wednesday), it’s too close to call. The measure was down by about 4,000 votes when I ate breakfast. It was down about 2,800 when I got to the ...
- Election day, and the volunteers keep working
- November 04, 2008
- Six hours to go. This is why I love election day so much: I step out into the College Center’s main mall and find two volunteers staffing a booth, taking people’s ballots. The ballots then will be dropped off at the Mult...
- With one day to go, thanks to everyone who votes -- one way or another
- November 03, 2008
- One day to go. I started this blog on Aug. 11 and, with a few exceptions, filed every weekday and a few weekends. I offered up 62 posts. Somewhere around 2,300 unique viewers have come to the site since then (thanks go to Gabriel McGovern of...
- Attack of the attacking ads -- yikes!
- November 02, 2008
- Two days to go. OK, now I’m feeling the hate. I’ve been telling everyone who will listen that I absolutely love election season. My bachelor’s degree is in political science, and I’m one of those guys who zoom...
- Smart reporters know to get the 'boilerplate' written early
- November 01, 2008
- Three days to go. Ah, a man after my own heart! Oregonian reporter David Holley was on the phone to me Thursday and Friday, doing what’s called “boilerplate” for the story he’ll be writing after the results...