Today's edition of WW features an interview with Ray Horton, the Mount Tabor retiree who is fighting a proposed Portland "street fee" by trying to recall Mayor Charlie Hales and Commissioner Steve Novick.
Horton says he filed his recall petitions on July 11 because Hales and Novick "have a dismissive attitude toward people who express concerns about budgeting."
WW asked both officials to respond to Horton—who has so far collected 15 of the 34,921 signatures he'll need to get on the ballot.
Hales issued the following statement:
Novick sent WW a statement he first released to The Portland Tribune on July 12:
In his email to WW, Novick adds: "If I WEREN'T trying to do something about the maintenance and safety issues in our transpiration network, I would deserve to be recalled."
WWeek 2015