Adena Long Resigns as Director of Portland Parks & Recreation
Adena Long has resigned from her position as the director of Portland Parks and Recreation after she was placed on administrative leave last month.
One Thing Has Changed at Portland City Hall: The Socialists Are Setting the Agenda
For the first time in living memory, Portland in effect has two viable political parties—and the second one isn’t the Republicans.
Ideological Foes in Elected Office Learn to Get Along…Sometimes
The mood is often collegial—even sweet—between Portland City Councilors who are DSA members and councilors who oppose them.
Mixed Signals From the DSA Contributed to a Policy Debacle
A recent and high-profile fumble was led by the Portland City Council’s socialist members, who nearly all publicly expressed remorse afterward.
Metro Chamber and City Negotiators Agree to $1.40 Parks Levy
Negotiations between the Portland Metro Chamber and city officials over the appropriate size of a parks levy to ask the City Council to send to the November ballot have ended, at least for now.
Portland Elections Commission Ponders Donation Swaps
The commission stopped short of saying definitively whether the practice was antithetical to the Small Donor Elections program.
Prosper Portland Names New Executive Director After Former Leader Leaves at Mayor’s Request
Cornell Wesley is set to assume control of a agency increasingly at odds with the City Council.
Passage of Trump Tax Bill Imperils Rose Quarter Freeway Expansion and Caps
Although the bill rescinds “unobligated” funds, Albina Vision Trust remains optimistic about $488 million in federal highway grants.
Old Town Tries but Fails to Start Its Own Service District
“Our neighborhood ecosystem is severely out of balance.”
Data Shows Automated Speed Cameras Work. Why Doesn’t Portland Install a Whole Lot More?
“New York City has 3,000 of these things. Based on road miles, I think we should have 1,000.”