Gonzalez Abandons Attempt to Change Reform Measure After Frosty Reception This Week
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Portland commission eyes more big changes to City Hall; voters could decide
They include provisions that would require the city to consider the environmental impact of all municipal decisions, allow Portland residents to decide how to spend millions of city dollars each year and potentially expand voting rights to noncitizens.
‘People are mad’: Portland votes on government changes | AP News
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Portland’s official slogan is “The City That Works,” but after a tumultuous few years, many residents feel the city is anything but that. Homelessness and gun violence are surging and parts of downtown are struggling, unable to recover from the coronavirus pandemic and the racial justice protests that gripped the city in 2020.
Pamplin Media Group - Charter reform opponents: Portland misleading voters
Editorial endorsement November 2022: Vote ‘no’ on mega-measure to overhaul
A measure on the November ballot that would radically transform Portland city government would install a City Council structure unused by any city in the nation, make it harder to hold City Council members accountable and open the door for fringe candidates to win a seat, the editorial board writes. Voters should vote no on Measure 26-228 and look to an alternative from Commissioner Mingus Mapps next year.
Ballot measure to change Portland government tops $400K in donations, mostl
The political campaign promoting a contested ballot measure to change Portland’s form of government and election system continues to draw big bucks from a small cluster of non-profit advocacy groups and wealthy backers.
Ballot measure to change Portland government tops $400K in donations, mostl
The political campaign promoting a contested ballot measure to change Portland’s form of government and election system continues to draw big bucks from a small cluster of non-profit advocacy groups and wealthy backers.
How best to distribute political power in Portland? Fault lines erupt over
Amid deepening dissatisfaction with how Portland runs, or too often fails to, a proposed measure to transform city government is among the most consequential to appear on ballots in recent memory.
Pamplin Media Group - Portland Charter reform measure stays on Nov. 8 ballo
Lawsuit challenging ballot language for Portland charter reform measure dis
The leader who brought the suit, James Posey, failed to notify the city’s elections officer in writing that he’d filed a court petition seeking the rewording, as required by law.
Multnomah County voters could decide in November whether to extend voting r
The proposal is among seven changes to the county charter that the volunteer charter review commission will put before voters this fall.