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Editor's note: The following letter to the editor appeared in today's Oregonian. See the earlier discussion here at BlueOregon on Karol Collymore's post "New school for the Pearl, no school for everyone else". By Ruth Adkins and Bobbie Regan, Portland School Board We would like to set the record straight on Portland Public Schools' decision to lease classroom space in the Pearl. PPS is not "building a new school." We are committing to a 5-year lease of several classrooms' worth of space in the ground floor of a proposed new, affordable apartment building. The lease would not begin until 2011-12....

On Thursday, the Portland Tribune reported on Capitol rumors that Portland City Commissioner (and BlueOregon contributor) Randy Leonard may be a candidate for Governor in 2010: When Sources Say made a recent trip to the Oregon Capitol, we were surprised – no, make that shocked – to learn that some legislators and lobbyists consider city Commissioner Randy Leonard a viable Democratic candidate for Oregon governor in 2010, when Gov. Ted Kulongoski finishes his second term. Leonard was mentioned right up there with such other high-profile possible contenders as Oregon Congressman Peter DeFazio, former Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber and left-leaning political...