At Mayor Wilson's State of the City address Friday, he again relied on anecdote -- not data -- to prove his response to homelessness is working.
@lmonghughes.bsky.social digs into the numbers today:
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Y'all not talking about the mayor's budget enough for me 👀
What's y'all's first impressions 🫣😬
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Not me and my team setting aside all day to read the mayor's budget but he still hasn't sent it to us yet 😒 so I guess I'm cancelling my evening plans because now I've gotta read the budget all night before the hearing tomorrow at 9:30am 🫠
Don't forget to sign up to testify btw:
I've just been on one lately 😂 I think people have taken my silence for weakness, so just gotta remind folks that I'm the queen of matching energy 😉
I'm the only candidate that got all 4 paper endorsements and I was ahead by 4k votes in the first round of counting. You're allowed to not like the outcome but just because you didn't choose it doesn't mean I didn't rightfully earn the support of my constituents to represent their voices.
Thanks! 😀
Libra is the best sign 😌
I think when new leaders get elected into spaces not designed for us it's our duty to do the hard work of culture shifting so that MORE people like us want to be leaders. It's a very difficult environment to work in and I'm trying to make it easier for more Candaces to be here. 😌🙌🏾
It isn't just about him. And yes agree that the conversation ended pleasantly, which I appreciate. But I've gotten that argument from people constantly all year and finally I needed to say something. Hence why I decided to just write a whole column about it & something all the WOC on council face.
lol no I'm just writing a column in response to that conversation and had another thought to add 😂
Politics isn’t nice. It isn’t friendly. Pretending it is doesn’t make it less toxic...it just hides who’s carrying the weight of that toxicity. If you support me, that means believing me when I tell you what it’s like to lead in spaces that aren’t built for us.
It's the only way culture can change.
Tired of being told by people who “supported my campaign” that I’m “acting like a victim” when I name the racial power dynamics at City Hall. You elected a Blacktina to lead in a space not built for her voice. And I’m doing exactly that. This is what leadership looks like. This is the work.
Me with my kickball team, The Ball Busters
Not us winning both of our games by double digits 😌🤏🏾 lfgggg 🔴🦵🏾🏃🏾♀️
My first kickball game of the season on my new team is today!!! I'M EXCITED 🥳
Exactly.
This is why Nancy Metayer's family removed Bowen from her last name and used her maiden name after she was murdered by the man she was married to.
Radical and POWERFUL.
Her killer should forfeit the right to posthumously possess her.
My latest.
I’ve been watching the media coverage of the murders of Dr. Cerina Fairfax and Vice Mayor Nancy Metayer.
One way media can fight back against male violence:
If you kill your wife, you don’t get to be called a “husband” any more.
You’re her killer.
open.substack.com/pub/karenatt...
Again: the gun you keep in the home for “protection” increases your risk of homicide by 3-fold, of suicide by 5-fold, and for men, risk of suicide more than 10-fold
The second you bring a gun into the home you’ve dramatically increased the risk of death for your family 🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️
Mayor Mamdani and President Obama read a picture book to a group of children.
Mayor Mamdani and President Obama chat and laugh with a group of children.
Mayor Mamdani and President Obama chat and laugh.
Children hug Mayor Mamdani.
Today, President Barack Obama and I read to a group of toddlers at Learning Through Play Pre-K Center in the South Bronx.
In between singing wheels on the bus, we discussed our administration’s vision for this City — one where New York’s Cutest have the strongest start possible.
YES!!! Go Dukes 😎
I'm also from NoVa 🤩
Thank you for sharing your feedback and I also hope you have a wonderful Saturday in this beautiful city we all love. 🩷
I agree that we all want what's best for Portland. And as a representative of a district with the most people of color, children, and low income people, sometimes that means I have to speak up in ways that go against the grain. I work closely with the mayor and I challenge him. It's part of the job!
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All of my programming from my office this year is geared towards helping people understand politics so they can use it to make change in their communities. I'm really excited to roll out the youth leadership academy, shared power collective, and workshop with me policy program. Stay tuned!
Well that's why I use my platform to do exactly that. To share what's happening behind the scenes, talk about what's left unsaid. I spent the first decade of my career teaching young people how to navigate politics and use their voice, and I'm committed to doing it even more as an elected. 🫶🏾
Me too! I'm very kind. And kindness to me is honesty. It's speaking up when you see injustice. It's having the courage to say the thing that's uncomfortable because that's the only way things change. We should all be more kind! 🩷
It's the hardest thing to adjust to as an east coaster, because where I come from, people are very direct. And you can be both direct AND polite, which I do all the time. But that is treated as "divisive" by people who are used to silence. Couldn't be me!
The problem with Portland politics is that people treat "politeness" as neutral or even positive, meanwhile I have met some of the most hostile polite people in City Hall. They do a great job speaking in code and hiding behind a smile while systematically pushing policies that actually hurt people.
