An intersting article about "a man who works as an usher for the Rose Garden, where the Blazers play, wrote a lengthy (and somewhat angry) post revealing how much money he earns as an usher ($9.25 per hour) and how much he stands to lose in a prolonged lockout. The post reveals some interesting details, including how much ushers earn during a typical game, that national TV games entail longer hours for the arena crew and that this particular usher (and presumably others in Portland) have not gotten a bump in hourly pay for nearly two years."