@shanedkavanaugh From a campaign standpoint, volunteer and financial resources are thin from both a lot of candidates as well as ranked choice removing the us vs them frame that can be a big motivator in bringing in both. Nobody is knocking cuz there is nobody to knock, we wouldn’t skip you
Candidates putting lawn signs in places without permission, knowing they likely won’t be removed are the political equivalent of the person who doesn’t return their shopping cart, with no regard for anyone but themselves, at the general expense, please stop #orpol
*someone who calls themselves a centrist despite their very far-right track record, and offers up platitudes rooted in fear that they never deliver on* can win
Mingus “I didn’t get a big donation from the police union, oh no wait I did, but I am not going to keep it, oh wait I am going to keep it nevermind” Mapps is back at it
just wrapped a video call w @CommMapps abt Broadway Bike Lane Scandal. He still denies knowing that his bureau director was planning to move forward w a major project. He denies he ever signed off of any plans, despite email from PBOT director saying she consulted him.
Two more candidates join what is likely to be a crowded race for the 12-person City Council.
Robin Ye is chief of staff to Rep. Khanh Pham; he also served on the Charter Commission, which helped create the form of government he now seeks to help govern.
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Had a good chat with @PDXStResponse responders yesterday. One was a lifelong Portlander. He had never seen the city as bad as it has been in recent years.
He worried about enablement and noted the large number of out-of-staters he runs into in unsanctioned campsites...drawn to M110 and Portland's reputation as a sanctuary for those with warrants/criminal priors.
We agreed on quite a bit. Need to change the reality and the perception of Portland streets.
Putting that much of Montavilla in the inner East district might have made the outer East Portland district a more conservative force than the west Portland district tho
The commission tasked with deciding where to draw Portland's district lines has essentially narrowed it down to one map: Alder, the map that pulls Sellwood/Eastmoreland in all of Portland west of the Willamette River.
@Ecosozialismus Wildest part is that if you remove like two, maybe three sentences from their endorsement write up, it would be a Hardesty endorsement. They knew, but for some reason they didn’t care