Urban Legends

Far from hurricane country but no less rainy is the all-purpose workhorse City of Portland Printing and Distribution department, in Portland, Ore. It's a small city by New York standards, but all that means to Manager Ron Hadduck is that the shop can load on outside work.

"We are the in-plant for all city agencies, and many small, quasi-governmental organizations, as well as parts of state and county government," he says.