Willamette Week

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.

Portland Auditor Mary Hull Caballero Returns to City Council With Modified Ethics Reforms

Portland Auditor Mary Hull Caballero is returning to City Council on Wednesday with a slightly reworked version of the ethics proposal Mayor Charlie Hales blasted in April as puzzling and unnecessary, and this time she has the backing of Commissioner Nick Fish and better odds of seeing her reforms enacted.

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