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    Vadim Mozyrsky for Multnomah County Commissioner, District One Apr 03, 2024
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    • https://www.votevadim.com
    • https://www.oregonlive.com/politics/2024/02/clackamas-county-reduced-homelessness-by-65-since-homeless-services-tax-passed.html?outputType=amp
    • https://www.wweek.com/news/2023/07/26/emails-show-that-even-as-multnomah-county-massively-underspent-homeless-services-dollars-it-fought-metros-corrective-action-plan/
    • https://www.wweek.com/news/2021/12/02/multnomah-county-auditor-finds-joint-office-overstated-number-of-homeless-people-it-housed/
    • https://www.wweek.com/news/2023/02/01/they-left-portland-is-losing-some-of-its-biggest-fans/
    • https://www.oregonlive.com/politics/2024/03/multnomah-county-chair-has-unparalleled-power-to-block-proposals-she-doesnt-like.html?outputType=amp
    • https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/the-story/multnomah-county-winter-storm-warming-shelter-report-severe-weather/283-dab953b9-6b72-45a6-b26c-9ea2377960ee
    • https://www.oregonlive.com/portland/2024/02/why-multnomah-countys-plan-to-move-hundreds-of-homeless-campers-into-apartments-utterly-failed-to-meet-its-goals.html?outputType=amp
    • https://multco-web7-psh-files-usw2.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/s3fs-public/2022%20Point%20In%20Time%20Report%20-%20Full.pdf
    • https://www.oregonlive.com/news/2023/04/staff-drug-use-alleged-misconduct-shuttered-multnomah-county-behavioral-health-center-now-reopened.html?outputType=amp
    • https://www.wweek.com/news/courts/2024/02/15/man-repeatedly-caught-drug-dealing-in-downtown-portland-has-gained-attention-of-federal-prosecutors/
    Pete Grabiel for Oregon State House of Representatives, District 33. Mar 11, 2024
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    Pete Grabiel is a Portland lawyer and a Democratic candidate for the Oregon State House of Representatives in District 33.

    • https://www.petegrabiel.com
    • http://www.pitzerlaw.net/attorneys.html
    • https://www.wweek.com/news/2023/02/01/they-left-portland-is-losing-some-of-its-biggest-fans/
    • https://www.wweek.com/news/courts/2022/10/17/oregon-ranks-worst-in-nation-for-prevalence-of-mental-illness/
    • https://www.americanbar.org/groups/legal_aid_indigent_defense/indigent_defense_systems_improvement/publications/or-project/
    • https://www.oregonlive.com/crime/2023/08/national-embarrassment-judge-sets-10-day-deadline-to-release-people-held-in-jail-without-lawyer.html
    • https://www.kgw.com/article/news/health/oregon-worst-in-nation-for-addiction-treatments-locals-rally-in-salem/283-b2e5b42b-218e-4b2c-9ec5-f3ce9fca8c74
    • 'https://www.wweek.com/news/courts/2022/10/17/oregon-ranks-worst-in-nation-for-prevalence-of-mental-illness/
    • https://www.oregonlive.com/education/2024/02/students-nationwide-have-rebounded-after-pandemic-but-not-in-oregon-consequences-could-be-severe.html
    • https://www.kgw.com/article/news/education/oregon-students-fall-further-math-reading/283-78a61f5a-c3ff-471b-9004-f2285de9b9ff
    Derek Clevenger On the Problems With the Oregon GOP Mar 11, 2024
    Show notes

    Derek Clevenger is a political consultant who was the mayor of Aumsville and attempted a run for the Oregon State Legislature as an Independent.

    • https://www.politico.com/news/2024/02/01/oregon-supreme-court-gop-walkout-00139079
    • https://www.opb.org/article/2022/02/28/three-oregon-lawmakers-wont-run-reelection-citing-low-pay-growing-job-demands/?outputType=amp
    • https://www.opb.org/article/2022/05/17/oregon-us-house-sixth-congressional-district/?outputType=amp
    • https://apnews.com/article/nonchristians-unfit-elected-office-oregon-lawmaker-f25ce01bc0c3106522b02b46effdbe56
    • https://theoregonway.substack.com/p/veterans-see-open-primaries-as
    • https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/01/31/us/pandemic-learning-loss-recovery.html
    • https://oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2023/05/22/heres-what-oregons-controversial-abortion-gender-affirming-care-bill-would-do/
    • https://www.wweek.com/news/state/2021/06/11/oregon-house-expels-rep-mike-nearman-who-allowed-armed-protesters-to-breach-state-capitol/
    • https://www.opb.org/article/2022/02/28/three-oregon-lawmakers-wont-run-reelection-citing-low-pay-growing-job-demands/?outputType=amp
    Nicole Buscher, Multnomah County Corrections Deputies Association Union President Mar 01, 2024
    Show notes
    • https://www.wweek.com/news/courts/2024/01/31/fired-state-trooper-files-lawsuit-accusing-oregon-state-police-of-covering-up-widespread-misconduct/
    • https://www.wweek.com/news/courts/2024/02/20/state-records-suggest-multnomah-county-deputies-let-hoover-gang-members-beat-up-jailhouse-rivals/
    • https://nw-rrc.org
    • https://www.kgw.com/article/news/crime/gun-violence/portland-shootings-homicides-report-analysis-gangs/283-273aedf1-4908-4cfd-ad0c-21c2d9272f01
    • https://www.koin.com/news/crime/portlands-homicide-rate-nearly-double-other-west-coast-cities/amp/
    • 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://x.com/rationalinpdx/status/1666861880630214656?s=46
    • https://x.com/rationalinpdx/status/1653986649649586178?s=46
    • https://www.kgw.com/article/news/investigations/multnomah-county-misdemeanor-theft-shoplifting-prosecutions/283-f787c79b-a70c-4cb6-b48a-fb22cafbc15d
    • https://www.wweek.com/news/2023/03/08/no-matter-how-violently-he-behaves-the-state-hospital-keeps-expelling-this-mentally-ill-portlander-back-to-town/
    • https://x.com/rationalinpdx/status/1703940073107128805?s=46
    • https://www.oregonlive.com/portland/2024/02/why-multnomah-countys-plan-to-move-hundreds-of-homeless-campers-into-apartments-utterly-failed-to-meet-its-goals.html
    • https://apnews.com/article/drug-overdose-deaths-fentanyl-portland-oregon-94d880c06809bc5248d8c14f34a92a64
    Bob Weinstein for Portland City Council, District 4 Feb 29, 2024
    Show notes
    • https://www.bobforportland.com
    • https://x.com/bob4portland?s=21
    • 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/2022/08/03/a-polling-result-never-seen-by-the-citys-charter-commission-show-portlanders-overwhelmingly-favored-placing-three-reforms-on-the-ballot-separately/
    • https://www.portland.gov/transition/documents/july-public-comment-report/download
    • https://www.portland.gov/bhr/class-comp/language-pay-differential-overview
    • https://x.com/rationalinpdx/status/1755673364184920355?s=46
    • https://media4.manhattan-institute.org/wp-content/uploads/portlands-police-staffing-crisis.pdf
    • https://www.portland.gov/wheeler/homelessness
    • https://www.wweek.com/news/2023/02/01/they-left-portland-is-losing-some-of-its-biggest-fans/
    • https://www.wweek.com/news/2024/02/07/internal-documents-show-multnomah-county-believes-it-cant-fund-free-preschool-for-all-kids-unless-it-raises-its-tax-by-08/?mc_cid=918eb72b72&mc_eid=6e4c39d97a
    • https://x.com/rationalinpdx/status/1685542859058094081?s=46
    Eli Arnold for Portland City Council, District 4 Feb 04, 2024
    Show notes

    Eli Arnold is a former wartime military helicopter pilot and is now a member of Portland Police Bureau's Central Bike Squad. Eli is running for Portland City Council in District 4.

    • https://www.eliforportland.com
    • https://www.instagram.com/eliforportland?igsh=djRxcGYydHdjNDZu
    • https://www.oregonlive.com/crime/2023/01/portlands-101-homicides-in-2022-set-new-record-at-some-point-we-have-to-be-tired-of-burying-our-children.html?outputType=amp
    • https://www.instagram.com/ppbcentralbikesquad/
    • https://abcnews.go.com/US/oregon-officials-declare-state-emergency-address-fentanyl-crisis/story?id=106826829#:~:text=Overdose%20deaths%20from%20synthetic%20opioids,to%20the%20county%27s%20health%20department.
    • https://www.kgw.com/article/news/crime/portland-teen-stabbed-max-train-update/283-ace79520-c950-4ba4-a778-ea53a3ae4ba4
    • https://www.oregonlive.com/crime/2023/01/portlands-101-homicides-in-2022-set-new-record-at-some-point-we-have-to-be-tired-of-burying-our-children.html
    • https://www.oregonlive.com/portland/2023/04/portland-approves-up-to-50-million-for-urban-alchemy-to-run-mass-shelter-sites.html
    Betsy Johnson and Max Williams: Why we should fix Ballot Measure 110 Feb 03, 2024
    Show notes

    Betsy Johnson is a former Oregon Senator and Oregon gubernatorial candidate. Max Williams is the former Chair of the Oregon House Judiciary Committee and former head of the Oregon Department of Corrections. They are working to pass a bill in the legislature that would amend Ballot Measure 110, which decriminalized all drugs in Oregon.

    • https://fixballotmeasure110.com
    • https://fixballotmeasure110.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/VERSION-C.pdf
    • https://x.com/senbetsyjohnson?s=20
    • https://www.koin.com/news/oregon/oregon-ranks-worst-in-the-country-for-drug-problems-report/
    • https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2023I1/Downloads/CommitteeMeetingDocument/278599
    • https://x.com/rationalinpdx/status/1745871725093683328?s=20
    • https://oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2023/12/07/with-youth-overdose-death-rates-soaring-state-offers-free-opioid-reversal-medication-to-schools/
    • https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/30/us/portland-fentanyl-emergency.html
    • https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamapsychiatry/article-abstract/2809867
    • https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/20503245231167407
    • https://www.kptv.com/2023/09/26/oregon-washington-see-largest-increases-fentanyl-deaths-since-last-year/
    • https://www.thelundreport.org/content/opinion-oregon-lawmakers-must-include-youth-prevention-drug-policy-proposals
    • https://gooddrugpolicy.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/ECP_OR-exec-summarypollcrosstabs.pdf
    Why We Must Repeal Measure 110: Josh Marquis, Former Clatsop County District Attorney Feb 03, 2024
    Show notes

    Josh Marquis is the former District Attorney of Clatsop County, Oregon. He has written for the LA Times, the Wall Street Journal, and the New York Times, among other publications.

    • https://www.coastda.com
    • https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamapsychiatry/article-abstract/2809867
    • https://time.com/6318102/decriminalizing-drugs-overdose-study/
    • https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/20503245231167407
    • https://www.wweek.com/news/2023/02/01/they-left-portland-is-losing-some-of-its-biggest-fans/
    • https://www.oregonlive.com/data/2023/07/multnomah-county-lost-record-1-billion-in-income-in-2021-as-residents-moved-away.html?outputType=amp
    • https://www.oregonlive.com/news/2023/12/majority-of-portland-voters-say-theyd-leave-if-they-could-as-crime-homeless-concerns-persist-new-poll-finds.html?outputType=amp
    • https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/24215979/ppa-survey-toplines-01249-december-2023.pdf
    • https://www.koin.com/news/oregon/oregon-ranks-worst-in-the-country-for-drug-problems-report/amp/
    • https://www.kgw.com/article/news/health/oregon-worst-in-nation-for-addiction-treatments-locals-rally-in-salem/283-b2e5b42b-218e-4b2c-9ec5-f3ce9fca8c74#
    • https://gooddrugpolicy.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/ECP_OR-exec-summarypollcrosstabs.pdf
    • https://x.com/rationalinpdx/status/1617930240155877376?s=46
    • https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/safe-supply-around-the-world-1.6479317
    Clackamas County Commissioner Ben West and Former Oregon Lawyer Don Courtney Jan 28, 2024
    Show notes

    Ben West is a Portland native, although he now lives in Clackamas County. Ben is a nurse, a military officer, and a Clackamas County Commissioner. Ben and his husband, Paul, sued the State of Oregon and won the right to get married. Ben and Paul are raising an adopted son, who is black. Former Oregon lawyer Donel Courtney advocated for the Lents Neighborhood where he lived in Portland, pushing back against homelessness and crime. Donel has since moved to India.

    • https://www.clackamas.us/bcc/west
    • https://www.aclu.org/bio/paul-rummell-and-benjamin-west
    • https://www.kgw.com/video/news/crime/multnomah-county-da-prosecutes-fewer-than-half-of-misdemeanor-theft-cases-including-shoplifting/283-ca7da81d-d336-46ca-b7e3-85f954be028f
    • https://www.oregonlive.com/data/2023/07/multnomah-county-lost-record-1-billion-in-income-in-2021-as-residents-moved-away.html?outputType=amp
    • https://katu.com/news/local/man-arrested-for-allegedly-threatening-portland-bus-driver-with-knife-police-say-trimet-north-precinct
    • https://www.brookings.edu/articles/combating-poverty-understanding-new-challenges-for-families/#:~:text=One%20of%20our%20arguments%2C%20based,until%20age%2021%20and%20get
    • https://manhattan.institute/podcast-series/the-glenn-show
    • https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/the-story/oregon-measure-110-poll-majority-against-want-repeal/283-9157a8c0-aa66-4303-b391-36afe7b12b4c
    • https://www.northamericarecovers.org
    • https://x.com/rationalinpdx/status/1617930240155877376?s=20
    • https://attpdx.com
    • https://www.ontargettrainingpdx.com/personal-trainer-near-me
    • https://glennloury.substack.com/p/the-truth-about-roland-fryer
    Sgt. Aaron Schmautz, President of the Portland Police Association, on Oregon's decriminalization of drugs, his trip to Portugal, and Portland's Police Accountability Commission Dec 27, 2023
    Show notes

    Sgt. Aaron Schmautz is the President of the Portland Police Association (PPA). The PPA is an independent labor organization representing Portland police officers and other employees of the Portland Police Bureau. Sgt. Schmautz discusses his recent trip to Portugal with other Oregon leaders to learn about Portugal's decriminalization of drugs and how it compares to the decriminalization of drugs in Oregon. Sgt. Schmautz also discusses a poll commissioned by the PPA regarding the Portland Police Accountability Commission (PAC), which shows that a majority of respondents do not approve of the PAC's recommendations regarding police accountability and that the majority of respondents favor city council sending the ballot measure that created the PAC back to the voters.

    • https://www.ppavigil.org
    • https://www.oregonlive.com/news/2023/12/majority-of-portland-voters-say-theyd-leave-if-they-could-as-crime-homeless-concerns-persist-new-poll-finds.html?outputType=amp
    • https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/24215979/ppa-survey-toplines-01249-december-2023.pdf
    • https://www.kgw.com/article/news/politics/poll-survey-portland-police-union-civilian-oversight-accountability-commission/283-9037044c-5d41-47f8-9ea2-7340425203d9
    • https://www.oregonlive.com/news/2023/11/oregon-leaders-tasked-to-act-on-measure-110-fentanyl-went-to-portugal-in-search-of-answers-heres-what-they-found.html?outputType=amp
    • https://manhattan.institute/article/portlands-police-staffing-crisis
    • https://www.startribune.com/minneapolis-police-staffing-levels-reach-historic-lows-amid-struggle-for-recruitment-retention/600305214/
    • https://open.spotify.com/episode/0mD4J6lN0ulxeiwCAMAK2N?si=98bf39b279f5431b
    • https://www.koin.com/news/portland/portland-waterfront-police-memorial-vandalized-for-second-time-this-year/
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