As Portland Mayor Mark Dion and the Portland City Council begin their work, I pulled out for discussion below the best ideas of those most recently running around housing affordability and the environment. I do this in the hope that if we highlight their good ideas, they will feel even more empowered to pursue them.…
Many people believe the mayor of Portland holds little power. But that’s not true. The power of the office is not what it should be, to be sure. But the position provides ample tools for a mayor interested in making significant change for the people of Portland. As the official head of Portland’s policymaking body…
Two weeks ago, the Portland city council killed an effort by Mayor Kate Snyder and the Greater Portland Chamber of Commerce that would have undermined our citizen initiative effort. I wrote about the mayor’s proposal a while back, but just to recap, it would have allowed city staff to block an initiative prior to even…