Extremely rarely lurking Brian Owendoffs substack likes gives some good news!

A "group of state lawmakers," henceforth to be known as the Coastal Pollution Caucus, suggesting the timeless all-purpose "balanced approach" and "collaboration" instead of just not polluting the water.

The day after it was released (somehow only to the business journal?), Portland Metro Chamber announced ECONorthwest (who conducted the study) senior project manager Madeline Miller as their new lobbyist and Director of Commercial Real Estate and Development Policy .

Jon Isaacs says DSA is working against people having families in Portland. Bitch who did Preschool for All???

The Speaker here with three posts showing the issues and the stakes in the upcoming midterm and gubernatorial election. But then she drops such a weak closing here. Oregon Democrats need to have more to offer than a generic "will continue to work hard" because it ain't enough.

"Let's be honest about the broader political moment here. PDX voters approved progressive programs like PCEF & Preschool for All. Almost immediately, powerful institutions start looking for ways to shrink them, redirect the money or to argue that they shouldn't have even existed in the first place."

not good that we are already talking about nickel and diming away permanent fiscal capacity to fund housing development to pay for one off grants to expensive nonprofit developments

Emi Koyama is an OG of trans, Asian, disabled sex worker and anti violence organizing who is battling cancer; the org she started, Aileen's, provides barrier free support to street sex workers on the Pacific Coast Highway. Donate to keep Aileen's going while Emi fights cancer. gofund.me/cd8374855

actually i kinda *do* think using genAI should be such a social faux pas that the user is marked as a pariah and no longer feels welcome in the community. "AI is bad" is no longer an abstract (it never was), my city has been under a boil water advisory for a week because of AI data centers

finnish'ed

DATA CENTERS - dashare.zone ADMIN

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Anyone organizing in predominantly white states like Oregon should read Elite Capture the book, but this shorter essay is very accessible too. Our varying communities are not monoliths which is why it’s so important to study and define your own political lens. www.bostonreview.net/articles/olu...

"When the city borrows money for bridges, schools, or transit, it pays massive interest fees to private banks on Wall Street. This 'leak' is a primary cause of local austerity—the feeling that the city is always broke, even when there’s plenty of good ideas and idle resources to go around."

An update! For the last month, every day I wake up to 20some WhatsApp messages from Gaza & Ireland time. Then in the bleary early morning hours, my US comrades and I get to work. Hashem was accepted to University of Limerick and we’re fundraising to make that a reality chuffed.org/project/1650...

Elon Musk came to Hillsboro recently to meet with Intel about a new partnership. Did anyone in Democratic leadership take note at all? Y’all think Musk’s business activities are separate from what he was doing with DOGE and his funding reactionary political programs globally?

Tax the rich. Tax the rich. Tax the rich.

Great news everyone: we have a record number of applications AND we still have room for more kids! Remember how we said "roll out faster"? Time to enjoy the ride! 🎢 Applications reopen on June 16.

The Councilors who voted against holding Urban Alchemy accountable: Smith D1, Pirtle Guiney D2, Ryan D2, Clark D4, Novick D3, Zimmerman D4 Yes Votes: Avalos D1, Kanal D2, Dunphy D1, Morillo D3, Koyama Lane D3, Green D4

What’s really cool watching Myrna and Tammy win is that those two races are built off lessons learned electing DSA members to Portland City Council and we are benefitting from the network effect of momentum over multiple cycles. We are witnessing the snowball effect of socialism at work in Oregon.

After these upsets in Washington County against establishment backed Dems, I nominate these two as next in line. Both have and will continue to be roadblocks for the revenue reform we need to fund working class programs like universal child care and school meals for all.

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This is a huge W and it’s why I’m fighting to build social housing here.

chat is this g good multco.us/news/news-re...

A massive data center is the planned recipient of green energy generated by a $3.3 billion project long opposed by Yakama Nation.

HELL YEAH!!!

THAT'S RIGHT!!

It's an awfully good question.

It’s very clear to me that having 6 progressive Councilors is not enough. We need a strong 7th vote. I will be looking in the districts for who that 7th can be and I will give recommendations as I meet the candidates.

The Portland Police Association, the cop union that lobbied to take $10 million from the community police accountability budget, is crying foul that Councilor Kanal, the most knowledgeable councilor on police accountability, attended a police accountability meeting he was invited to.

Publisher of the Portland Business Journal Candace Beeke, who prev. lamented so-called “economy deniers” and received a Portland Metro Chamber award earlier this year, on Moda Center funding. www.linkedin.com/posts/candac... www.bizjournals.com/portland/new... www.bizjournals.com/portland/new...

“I realize that I’m horribly disappointing some of our union colleagues by talking about putting a pause on a pause, but that is where I’ve wound up at the moment,” Novick said. #Portland

For real though, aside from the red scare push polling that the Portland Metro Chamber did, the Oregonian’s election coverage on these races has been one long red scare. KGW spiked a data center interview after Sen. Sollman complained. Really shameful stuff.

and further, lmao

lol Green 2 dies 6-6, basic accountability for sexual assault and harassment in our shelters voted down by the mod squad. Green 3 also dies 6-6.

‼️ Tell Governor Kotek to reject the Prosperity Council’s new proposals to cut taxes on the rich and corporations ‼️ THIS IS NOT A GOOD PROPOSAL. Sign the petition here: https://bit.ly/43mGaVI #orpol #orleg #forallfamiliesoregon #oregon #portland

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👀 Portland Metro Chamber’s annual meeting will be at none other than Moda Center this year June 24, featuring none other than the Trail Blazers’ new billionaire owner—who laid off 70 workers yesterday—Tom Dundon. www.linkedin.com/posts/portla...

a reminder that segregation among other things is a form of theft

ProPublica used leaked tax returns to calculate that through complex tax avoidance schemes, Jeff Bezos pays a tax rate of 0.98% www.propublica.org/article/the-... So if we doubled the taxes he pays, that would mean he'd still be paying less than 2%.

the oregon timber industry has been poisoning the land forever. then it sold out the mill jobs (look up REITs) and spent the money on spin that "the environmentalists did it". while continuing to poison the land

Huge loss for the local ballot measure in Oregon that would have said that watersheds have rights as an approach to target pollution; business interests spent big to defeat it. www.registerguard.com/story/news/p...

"Given that most workers in the field are women, Preschool for All is effectively the biggest economic development program for women in the County’s history."

(She's talking about YOU! 🫵) Read this beautiful thread from @jvegapederson.bsky.social's State of the County address to reflect on what an enormous people's victory this program is! 🥹❤️✨

we're closing fire stations but throwing money at this asshole???

Tom Dundon, notoriously cheap Dallas billionaire/new Blazers owner/man seeking $600 million from Portland and Multnomah County taxpayers for Moda Center, just laid off roughly 20% of team's front office staff, including 18-year Blazers digital reporter Casey Holdahl. www.wweek.com/news/busines...

Upholding my promise to my three [3] wealthy constituents to keep things bad and, wherever possible, make them worse, wondering why I’m not the most popular member of the Portland city council

portland neoliberals will kill us

minnesota gov. tim walz has signed a bill banning prediction markes (kalshi, polymarket). first state-level ban of its kind. (sports betting via traditional/mobile sports books is still illegal here too)

Portland!! It's rare that we have truly contested judges' races and this primary we have the opportunity to actually make a choice! Jo is a mom at my kids' school and a very good egg and she is endorsed by Working Families Party along with Chris Behre. Don't skip the judge section of the ballot!!!!