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There's one day left to file to run for the Portland City Council.
And Commissioner Amanda Fritz finally has an opponent.
David Morrison, an activist who opposes Wi-Fi installations in schools, filed to run on Feb. 25, because, his website says, "the Portland City Council is not doing enough to keep cell towers out of residential neighborhoods and schools."
His campaign against Wi-Fi isn't new, as WW readers may recall.
Morrison ran for the Portland School Board and lost in 2013 with about 17 percent of the vote.
He sued Portland Public Schools in federal court in 2011 claiming Wi-Fi was "genotoxic, carcinogenic, neurotoxic and otherwise…harmful" to his daughter, who attended Mt. Tabor Middle School.
Despite a lack of scientific evidence to support that claim, PPS had to spend at least $170,000 as of 2012 to debunk Morrison's assertions.
Morrison, a rare book dealer, didn't immediately respond to a request for comment left on his voicemail at home. He doesn't have a cellphone.
Update at 1 pm: "The whole cadmium thing is like a drop in the bucket compared to what's going on here [with cellphones]," he said.
Willamette Week