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Rational in Portland

A podcast about the people making hard decisions. From addiction, crime and public safety to leadership, politics, and culture, each episode goes beyond headlines to examine what really drives institutions—and the individuals responsible for them.

Copyright: © Kristin Olson

Latest Episodes:

Tom Wolf on Oregon's drug decriminalization measure and the status of San Francisco Dec 14, 2022

Show notes

https://www.tomwolf.org

https://twitter.com/twolfrecovery?s=21&t=T6kUDzmRT_HQ1ChFotKLpA

https://news.ohsu.edu/2022/03/23/fentanyl-is-fueling-a-surging-public-health-crisis-in-oregon

Oregon’s Meth Problem: More Money Than Leadership | The Lund Report

https://www.thelundreport.org/content/few-obtain-treatment-first-year-oregon-drug-decriminalization-grants

https://katu.com/news/recover-northwest/oregon-botched-drug-treatment-plan-tied-to-decriminalization-06-14-2022

https://www.oregonlive.com/politics/2020/10/backers-put-millions-behind-nations-first-bid-to-decriminalize-possession-of-heroin-meth-other-street-drugs.html?outputType=amp

https://www.mailtribune.com/top-stories/2022/01/29/oregon-is-no-2-in-nation-for-addiction-last-on-access-to-treatment/

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10880193/amp/Oregon-botched-drug-treatment-plan-tied-decriminalization.html

https://www.kgw.com/amp/article/news/local/the-story/oregons-drug-decriminalization-flaws/283-6b5c022f-f437-4476-ba44-c6d163ca6d7b

https://www.oregonlive.com/politics/2022/09/experts-tell-oregon-lawmakers-the-state-needs-to-crack-down-on-drug-use.html?outputType=amp

https://www.kgw.com/video/news/local/the-story/oregons-drug-decriminalization-program-is-not-much-like-portugals-actually/283-cbd9da42-ff50-4a45-97f4-4590661d08e1

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10439965/amp/Photos-new-linkage-SF-facility-populated-drug-users-shooting-broad-daylight.html

Terrance Moses: working with the homeless and solutions for homelessness in Portland Dec 14, 2022

Show notes

https://katu.com/amp/news/homeless-crisis/portland-prioritizes-homeless-camp-cleanups-ahead-of-high-profile-events

https://nhnpdx.org

https://www.technetez.com/about.html

https://www.portland.gov/civic/news/2021/4/26/neighbors-helping-neighbors

https://m.facebook.com/100064238336831/

https://www.opb.org/article/2022/12/12/portland-mayor-ted-wheeler-suggests-easing-process-involuntarily-commit-mentally-ill/?outputType=amp

https://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/city-opens-storage-site-to-help-homeless-individuals-keep-neighborhoods-clean-el-cerrito/2226434/

https://www.oregonlive.com/crime/2022/10/two-students-wounded-in-shooting-near-jefferson-high-school-portland-school-officials-say.html?outputType=amp

https://www.kgw.com/amp/article/news/local/cleveland-high-school-shooting-student-shot/283-bb1aa579-f3d4-441c-b47b-0c3269e26d7d

https://www.wweek.com/news/city/2021/08/11/black-portlanders-are-more-likely-to-be-murdered-than-their-peers-in-cities-better-known-for-crime/

Aaron Schmautz on Portland policing Nov 11, 2022

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https://www.ppavigil.org

https://www.oregonlive.com/news/2021/01/portland-commissioner-dan-ryans-home-vandalized-7-times-since-october-he-says.html?outputType=amp

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/amp/nation/mayor-of-portland-oregon-decries-far-left-violence

https://www.wweek.com/news/2020/05/30/video-portland-protesters-smash-windows-and-set-fires-in-multnomah-county-justice-center/

https://www.portlandoregon.gov/police/article/701209

https://www.portlandoregon.gov/police/article/420225

https://twitter.com/joannpdx/status/1291551118271475713?s=46&t=wcmY92uIz-L0kD8XFsS36A

https://www.oregonlive.com/crime/2022/10/portland-shootings-triple-in-3-years-video-captures-spray-of-bullets-in-lents-neighborhood.html?outputType=amp

https://www.wweek.com/news/courts/2022/10/17/oregon-ranks-worst-in-nation-for-prevalence-of-mental-illness/

https://www.oregonlive.com/crime/2022/10/reed-college-grad-should-know-better-than-selling-drugs-to-cleveland-high-school-teens-judge-says.html

https://www.wweek.com/news/2022/09/28/portland-ranks-48th-among-50-big-cities-for-cops-per-capita/

https://www.wweek.com/news/city/2021/08/11/black-portlanders-are-more-likely-to-be-murdered-than-their-peers-in-cities-better-known-for-crime/

https://katu.com/amp/news/on-your-side/portland-community-leaders-disagree-over-role-of-gangs-in-gun-violence-problem

Jessie Burke, Owner of The Society Hotel in the Old Town neighborhood Nov 09, 2022

Show notes

https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/homeless/portland-city-council-homeless-plan/283-e0fd13eb-9252-446d-9ee0-460bb85362e4

www.pdxoldtown.org

www.thesocietyhotel.com

https://www.kptv.com/2022/08/05/police-90-rounds-fired-during-shooting-old-town-2-people-arrested/

https://www.koin.com/news/crime/old-town-or-outlaw-town-portland-oregon-neighborhood-deals-with-growing-violence/

https://www.koin.com/local/multnomah-county/weekend-police-patrols-return-to-old-town-neighborhood/

https://www.wweek.com/news/2021/02/17/a-controversial-private-cleaning-and-security-nonprofit-is-supposed-to-make-downtown-sparkle-but-where-is-the-money-really-going/

https://www.wweek.com/news/2016/09/28/portland-needs-to-build-thousands-of-affordable-apartments-heres-why-it-keeps-coming-up-short/

https://www.wweek.com/news/city/2022/08/15/downtown-portland-among-the-worst-cities-in-terms-of-rebounding-from-the-pandemic-study-shows/

https://www.wweek.com/news/2022/08/31/hundreds-of-portland-city-workers-resist-calls-to-return-to-downtown-offices/#:~:text=Two%20years%20after%20the%20COVID,law%20firm%20employees%20have%20fled.

https://www.oregonlive.com/business/2022/02/workers-visitors-still-arent-coming-back-to-downtown-portland.html?outputType=amp

https://www.wweek.com/portland/article-10366-house-divided.html

https://www.wweek.com/news/2021/09/22/the-saga-of-the-joyce-hotel-shows-the-difficulty-of-producing-affordable-housing/

Dr. Karyn Lewis: How students have been impacted by school closures and remote learning Nov 06, 2022

Show notes

https://www.nwea.org/research/our-researchers/karyn-lewis-phd/

https://www.nwea.org/research/publication/student-achievement-in-2021-22-cause-for-hope-and-continued-urgency/

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/05/briefing/school-closures-covid-learning-loss.html

https://www.brookings.edu/author/dr-karyn-lewis/

https://www.opb.org/article/2022/07/19/national-data-student-learning-pandemic-impact/

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/student-test-scores-pandemic-rcna38106

https://thehill.com/opinion/education/3567695-students-will-need-significant-support-well-past-the-pandemic-funding-cliff/

https://www.msnbc.com/stephanie-ruhle/watch/new-report-sounds-alarm-over-children-s-learning-loss-amid-pandemic-117594181518

https://www.goodmorningamerica.com/news/story/students-fared-full-school-year-covid-19-pandemic-78986604

Phillip Tobias, who confronted Commissioner Hardesty about her military records at city council Nov 06, 2022

Show notes

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=G2JH4_6wrP8

https://www.portlandmercury.com/news/2018/10/24/23960207/mercury-endorsements-vote-jo-ann-hardesty-for-portland-city-council

https://www.portland.gov/hardesty/meet-jo-ann

https://bpa.report/not-this-time/

https://pamplinmedia.com/pt/9-news/408095-307033-hardestys-dance-to-electric-slide-draws-scorn-from-council-opponent

https://www.opb.org/news/article/oregon-portland-jo-ann-hardesty-naacp-city-council-candidate-fiscal-oversight/?outputType=amp

http://records.sos.state.or.us/ORSOSWebDrawer/Recordhtml/8582147

https://secure.sos.state.or.us/oard/viewSingleRule.action?ruleVrsnRsn=286317

https://www.oregon.gov/oha/PH/RULESREGULATIONS/Documents/PH_10-2022.pdf

https://twitter.com/sillyflippy/status/1564061294378258432?s=46&t=zRHJ-PWjooO-dy7Hi5v53w

https://twitter.com/sillyflippy/status/1564061294378258432?s=46&t=zRHJ-PWjooO-dy7Hi5v53w

https://www.portlandoregon.gov/auditor/article/665927

https://www.oregonlive.com/portland/2018/08/portland_council_hopeful_did_n.html

https://twitter.com/sillyflippy/status/1580806802580463616?s=46&t=MU9q1ADcDxXUtTLQ88BkJA

https://www.oregonlive.com/politics/2022/03/city-watchdog-softened-critical-audit-of-portlands-clean-energy-program-after-its-leaders-complained-of-misunderstandings-racist-lens.html?outputType=amp

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jo_Ann_Hardesty

Ben West for Clackamas County Commissioner Nov 06, 2022

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https://benwest22.com/

https://www.facebook.com/BenForOregon/

https://www.ci.wilsonville.or.us/directory-listing/ben-west

https://twitter.com/benfororegon

https://pamplinmedia.com/wsp/134-news/529724-423587-wilsonville-city-councilor-ben-west-files-candidacy-for-county-commission

https://www.aclu.org/bio/paul-rummell-and-benjamin-west

https://sos.oregon.gov/audits/documents/2018-05.pdf

https://imprintnews.org/child-welfare-2/oregon-secretary-state-dennis-richardson-recognizes-struggles-many-foster-parents-state/30039

https://imprintnews.org/child-welfare-2/in-oregon-race-political-ad-from-foster-parents-creates-furor/32220

https://twitter.com/shanedkavanaugh/status/1588677466062979072?s=20&t=Miw-0G3ysOfSfYauCZCXNQ

https://www.facebook.com/OregonFosterFamiliesFirst/

https://pamplinmedia.com/lor/48-news/402673-299416-putting-foster-families-first

https://www.oregon.gov/oha/PH/PROVIDERPARTNERRESOURCES/HEALTHCAREPROVIDERSFACILITIES/CERTIFICATENEED/Documents/NEWCO%20Public%20Comments%20Through%209-30-21.pdf

Our ballot picks and endorsements for the November 2022 general election Nov 02, 2022

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Portlandparty.org

https://www.oregonlive.com/education/2022/10/oregon-ranks-no-5-for-pandemic-reading-loss-no-8-for-math-researchers-say.html?outputType=amp

https://www.koin.com/news/oregon/oregon-second-worst-state-in-u-s-for-addiction-survey-says/

https://www.wweek.com/news/city/2022/07/20/city-council-approves-up-to-122-million-for-clean-energy-fund-grants-to-65-non-profits/

https://www.wsj.com/articles/europe-abortion-law-roe-v-wade-supreme-court-european-union-leak-alito-dobbs-pro-life-choice-civil-womens-rights-11651757568

https://www.oregonlive.com/politics/2022/10/as-republican-christine-drazan-runs-for-oregon-governor-shes-walking-a-careful-line-on-the-ticket-of-a-party-thats-embraced-election-denial-nationally-and-locally.html?outputType=amp

https://www.koin.com/news/elections/gonzalez-blames-hardesty-for-campaign-hq-vandalism/amp/

https://www.wweek.com/news/city/2022/05/09/city-council-candidate-aj-mccreary-paid-15-year-old-son-3200-from-her-campaign-funds/

https://www.wweek.com/news/2022/10/19/wws-general-election-2022-endorsements-portland-city-hall/

https://pamplinmedia.com/pt/10-opinion/561006-449253-tribune-endorsement-rene-gonzalez-for-portland-city-council

https://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/2022/04/editorial-endorsement-may-2022-elect-rene-gonzalez-to-portland-city-council.html?outputType=amp

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/rational-in-portland/id1579198261?i=1000580386065

Portland Firefighters in Crisis: Isaac McLennan and Mariya Fuge Nov 01, 2022

Show notes

https://www.facebook.com/iaff43

https://instagram.com/iaff43?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

https://twitter.com/iaff43?s=21&t=uqs0yl7Addx1Q0TGczya4A

https://twitter.com/isaacmclennan?s=21&t=uqs0yl7Addx1Q0TGczya4A

https://www.oregonlive.com/news/2022/09/portland-firefighters-endorse-challenger-rene-gonzalez-over-commissioner-jo-ann-hardesty.html?outputType=amp

https://reneforportland.com

https://www.wweek.com/news/2021/08/18/the-city-is-inching-toward-a-new-carbon-tax-even-as-the-portland-clean-energy-fund-is-awash-in-cash/

https://www.oregonlive.com/politics/2022/10/can-commissioner-carmen-rubio-save-portlands-beleaguered-clean-energy-fund.html?outputType=amp

https://www.oregonlive.com/news/2021/12/portland-awarded-12m-clean-energy-contract-to-executive-with-long-history-of-financial-misdeeds-unpaid-taxes.html?outputType=amp

https://www.wweek.com/news/2022/10/05/firefighters-are-being-forced-to-work-overtimepart-of-a-near-20-million-cost-to-the-bureau/

https://youtu.be/kRk0z93msLM

https://nypost.com/2022/10/26/portland-man-suspected-of-tire-slashing-spree-leaving-65-victims-in-his-wake/amp/

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/29/us/portland-car-thefts-crime.html

https://thehill.com/changing-america/sustainability/infrastructure/503940-portland-is-latest-city-to-defund-police/amp/

https://www.portland.gov/fire/community-health/chat

Sonia Montalbano: Mingus Mapps's Ulysses PAC alternative charter reform plan Oct 22, 2022

Show notes

https://pamplinmedia.com/pt/10-opinion/560719-448835-letter-vote-no-on-charter-reform-measure

https://www.ulyssespac.com

https://www.wweek.com/news/2022/10/05/we-tried-to-imagine-how-voting-would-work-under-portlands-proposed-charter-reforms/

https://www.wweek.com/news/2022/10/19/wws-general-election-2022-endorsements-ballot-measures/

https://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/2022/10/editorial-endorsement-november-2022-vote-no-on-mega-measure-to-overhaul-portland-city-government.html?outputType=amp

https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5d680f5a1844cb0001d243a4/t/5f7bfcdd3510c16a706bdc2c/1601961183375/Mingus_Mapps_Bio.jpg

https://pamplinmedia.com/pt/9-news/553917-443264-withheld-poll-question-prompts-charter-commission-resignation?wallit_nosession=1

https://www.commonsensegovpdx.com

https://twitter.com/candaceforpdx/status/1582804958201937920?s=46&t=8aSr_sA0dOFchC1RV1xIhw

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