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Portland Auditor’s Office Wants to Hire a City Employee to Monitor Campaign Advertising

Campaign-finance reforms come with a price tag.

Report Suggests Fixing Dysfunctional Portland Government With a City Manager and Twice as Many Commissioners

The City Club report pans Portland’s current system—but doesn’t repeat past calls for a strong mayor.

Mayor Ted Wheeler, Auditor and Two Portland Commissioners Won’t Let City Workers Join “Get Out the Vote” Effort on Public Time

Commissioner Chloe Eudaly hired a campaign contributor to design the fliers being hung on doorknobs tonight.

Murmurs: Saltzman May Ask Voters to Fix Publicly Funded Elections

In other news: Chip Shields returns!

Audit of Prosper Portland Finds City Agency Struggling To Become Self-Sufficient, and Overpaid a “Babysitter” $475,000

City audit finds Prosper Portland struggling to transition away from tax increment financing to paying for operations from real estate income.

Murmurs: A Seven-Foot-Tall Democratic Donor Gets a Political Opening, But Passes It By

In other news: The Oregon Humane Society director’s new dog draws derision.

City Auditor Mary Hull Caballero Files for Reelection After a Term Focused on Increasing the Independence of the Office

Caballero led the charge in favor of a ballot initiative that increased the independence of the City Auditor’s Office in the spring.

Murmurs: Brewing Street Brawl Derails Parade Plans

In other news: report finds abuse of Oregon’s mentally ill prisoners.

WW's May 2017 Endorsements

This is the fixer-upper election.

Murmurs: Racist Invective Smeared at Two Portland-Area Schools

The blue bubble of Oregon is not immune to ignorance.

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