News Political consultant Jon Isaacs, who ran a successful capital bond campaign last year for Portland Public Schools, is going to work for PPS Superintendent Carole Smith, according to three sources familiar with his plans. In 2012, he also helped run mayoral candidate Eileen Brady's unsuccessful primary campaign. Isaacs rose to prominence within political circles running FuturePac, the political arm ...   More

News One of the state's top political operatives is on the move again. Jon Isaacs, currently the executive director of the Oregon League of Conservation Voters informed his board this week that he will depart the environmental group to join Grant Park Strategies, the burgeoning political consulting firm founded by Josh Kardon, the former chief of staff to U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.).Isaacs ran FuturePac, ...   More

News  Yesterday, WW reported that serious differences of opinion have arisen over Ballot Measure 76, the measure approved last year by state voters to dedicate 15 percent of Oregon Lottery proceeds (more than $80 million annually) permanently to wildlife habitat and parks. The Nature Conservancy, which provided most of the measure's $1.4 million bankroll, is now waffling on a previous agreement to ...   More

News WW reported last week that Jonathan Poisner would be leaving the Oregon League of Conservation Voters after 12 years as its executive director. Today, we learn that Poisner's replacement will be Jon Isaacs, who's well-connected in Democratic circles. Isaacs' background includes stints as executive director of FuturePAC, the political committee for Oregon's House Democrats; and as both campaign ...   More